UMS’s Arts Roundup: September 10

Many members of the UMS staff keep a watchful eye on local and national media for news about artists on our season, pressing arts issues, and more. Each week, we pull together a list of interesting stories  and share them with you.  Welcome to UMS’s Arts Round-up, a weekly collection of arts news, including national issues, artist updates, local shout-outs, and a link or two just for fun. If you come across something interesting in your own reading, please feel free to share!

Arts Issues

• The play’s the thing:  tackling children’s theater

Artist Updates

• And the winner is…The Kennedy Center announces its 2010 honorees
• Former Boston Symphony Orchestra onductor Seiji Ozawa on life and work after cancer
• Answering questions about the origins of the universe:  a look at choreographer Liz Lerman’s new work
• Leonard Slatkin extends contract as guest conductor with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

UMS News

• Ann Arbor.com previews UMS’s opening production, Susurrus
• And the first review is in!

Local Shout-Outs

• Michigan State steps up with new music program for Detroit students
• U-M faculty member Evan Chambers and the University Symphony Orchestra celebrate the release of The Old Burying Ground