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This season, we’re thinking a lot about “play” and “creativity.” Where is the space for play in our daily lives? What role does play have in the creative and artistic process? What can other professional sectors outside the arts learn from play?

Over the past several years, Julie Wallace has worked on our student staff in the UMS ticket office and in the office of the President, providing enthusiastic and creative support to UMS’s ongoing endeavors.

  Thanks for Scanning! UMS presents The Gate Theatre Dublin performances (opening night Thursday, 10/27!).   Your reading options! Leslie Stainton’s Q&A with Gate Artistic Director Michael Colgan Topics covered: Do actors…

If you’ve seen Susurrus, and you’re still thinking, “but what does it all mean?’ You’re in luck. While David was here, we captured a Q & A session with him in the Matthaei Botanical Gardens.

This week’s news includes changes in the orchestra and opera worlds, reviews of Rosanne Cash and Jordi Savall, piano for all, and bringing together the original “Sound of Music” cast — on Oprah!

Multi-media dominatrix Laurie Anderson opened the 1999/2000 UMS season with three performances of Songs and Stories from Moby Dick in the Power Center.  The piece took Melville’s great novel as its inspiration,…

Last Thursday (September 23), UMS and Ann Arbor singer-songwriter Chris Bathgate hosted The Local “Lists” Show. Local and regional musicians were charged with creating their own personal lists of essential songs everyone should know—a task inspired by Rosanne Cash’s “The List” recording and concert. Each artist performed a few tunes off their list live for an audience of about 100 at Ann Arbor’s Yellow Barn.

This week’s list includes potential innovations in orchestral contracts, the difficulties of preserving Merce Cunningham’s legacy, review of Laurie Anderson’s Delusion from its New York premiere, and the history of meaty fashion (yes, you read that right!).

Many artists presented by UMS over its 132-year history have a long and rich history of performances with the organization. Soprano Beverly Sills was certainly no exception. Throughout the 1970s, Beverly Sills made numerous appearances under UMS auspices, culminating with this, her final appearance in 1977, just a few short years before announcing her retirement in 1980.