Blog

On the Road is an annual dinner and auction benefiting UMS Education and Community Engagement Programs, which bring arts experiences to over 25,000 students, teacher and community members yearly. The evening features…

1. Laurie Anderson, last at UMS in 10/11 Season. 2. Philadelphia Orchestra, 1976 May Festival. What’s your most memorable UMS performance experience? Tell us about it & win. Describe a live UMS…

I am saddened by the news of blues legend Dave “Honeyboy” Edward’s death earlier this week. It was a thrill to see him at UMS’s “Blues at the Crossroads” event last February,…

Image: The Simple Things in Life My sincerest apologies…I’m a little delinquent here with my second “dispatch.” I was operating at a fairly severe sleep deficit for a bit there.  But I’m…

Single Tickets to all individual performances went on sale at our ticket office yesterday, and you came prepared with lists of your favorites. Got your own list performances? Add a picture on…

Some renegades: 1. Einstein on the Beach and 2. Random Dance. A friend from Minneapolis was visiting earlier this summer, and we got to talking about the dreaded “mud months” up here…

Oh goodness me!  I’m back in Edinburgh!  During the Fringe!  The largest arts festival in the world!  It’s been 9 years exactly since my last (and first) visit, when I came as…

We want to know what you find interesting and important about Hill Auditorium. The 12/13 season is Hill Auditorium Centennial Season (the venue opened in May 1913 with a concert by the…

The volunteers at UMS are incredible: from our volunteer usher corp to the fundraising work undertaken by our Advisory Committee Members, we could not do what we do without them. So, when…