UMS Arts Roundup: October 29

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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

• An interesting article by Michael Kaiser on The Power of Celebrity.

Artist Updates

• The Cleveland Orchestra receives funding for its new Center for Future Audiences.
• Watch this NPR Tiny Desk Concert of Stile Antico. They preview some music from their newest album Puer Natus Est.
• Listen to African drumming legend Tony Allen on World Cafe.

UMS News

• NT Live broadcast series kicks off with Complicite’s A Disappearing Number–read about it here.

• MetroTimes preview of the ONCE festival.

Local Shout-Outs

• Metro Detroit music patrons attended concert at Christ Church Cranbrook to hear the musicians of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Just For Fun

• Halloween fun–Deceptive Cadence Halloween Puzzler.