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Season’s Greetings from UMS

Please enjoy our holiday greeting and message of hope for 2021 from the UMS staff!

STORY

Introducing Sacramento Knoxx

UMS is pleased to welcome Sacramento Knoxx as this season’s Education and Community Engagement Research Residency Artist.

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Graduate from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s “Swing University” this January

This January, UMS will join forces with Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) to offer Swing University: Jazz as a Tool for Liberation for the Michigan community.

We recognize the Ford Motor Company Fund, long-time supporters of UMS. We talked with their Manager of Community Programs to learn more about Ford’s history with UMS, Lisa’s own background with the arts, and the Fund today.

STORY

Happy Thanksgiving from UMS

As we look back upon the past several months and the challenges faced by both our community and the world as a whole, we want to take a moment to acknowledge all…

VIDEO

Listening Parties with Spektral Quartet & Tarek Yamani

The Spektral Quartet and Tarek Yamani shared music with each other — and our audiences — that has shaped their artistic backgrounds and formed their artistic identities.

STORY

Donor Spotlight: David Featherman

We recognize David Featherman, former director of the Institute for Social Research. David and his wife Jo-Anna have been involved with UMS since the mid-1960s.

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You Can Dance–Outside!

Every season UMS offers the You Can Dance series at the Ann Arbor YMCA, where dancers from our visiting companies lead a movement workshop that explores the company’s movement style. With the…