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Happy Birthday, Anton!
Anton Chekhov’s was born January 29, 1860. UMS is celebrating his sesquicentennial in March…
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra & UMS: The Ultimate Long-Term Relationship
Editor’s note: Chicago Symphony Orchestra returns to Ann Arbor on October 29, 2015. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s January 27, 2010 appearance in Hill Auditorium is the 202nd in a series of performances…
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This Day in UMS History: Mummenschanz (Jan 26 & 27, 1987)
In 1972, Swiss actors Bernie Schürch and Andres Bossar and Italian-American actress Floriana Frassetto formed their now celebrated visual theatre group. They gave themselves an original name, Mummenschanz (roughly meaning masquerade), and set out with a sense of fun and imagination to invent a new form of theatre.
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra: A Personal Reflection by Michael Kondziolka, UMS Director of Programming
I had such a formative concert experience as a 22-year-old with a performance by the Chicago Symphony that every time they come back to UMS, I relive it…and get really excited and…
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra: A Personal Reflection by Sara Billmann, UMS Director of Marketing
Growing up as an active musician in a small town in Wisconsin, the names of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra section leaders were practically as well known to us as the neighbors down…
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Seven Doors of UMS and the Chicago Symphony
In Bluebeard’s Castle, seven doors are opened, revealing something terrifying behind each. What’s behind seven doors in Ann Arbor? You tell us!
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The Creative Process Behind “Fondly Do We Hope…”
One of the wonderful aspects of the Fondly… project is that the company has kept a blog that documents the show’s creative journey. On the blog you can follow the company through the rehearsal process, the premiere, and, now, the tour. The blog provides a rare glimpse into how the art is made, casting light on some of the more mysterious elements in the performance and providing both artistic and historical context.
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This Day in UMS History: Debut of the Camerata Orchestra of Salzburg (Jan 20, 1978)
The Orchestra made its UMS debut in January 1978 with a performance of Handel, Boccherini, Mozart, and Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins (as a violinist, I don’t think this piece is performed nearly often enough).
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This Day in UMS History: Hungarian Folk Ballet of Budapest (Jan 17, 1978)
The audience at the Power Center 21 years ago got to see a real Czardas, which the program says is “a virtuosic dance from northern Hungary.”
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