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

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.

The Ford Motor Fund is a long-time supporter of the UMS Education and Community Engagement programs. We talked with its Manager of Community Programs to learn more about Ford’s history with UMS, Lisa’s own background with the arts, and the Fund today.

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…

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.

David Featherman and his wife Jo-Anna have been involved with UMS since the mid-1960s. They have hosted fundraising events, have attended many UMS events over the years, and are generous supporters of School Day Performances.

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…

Beverley (Bev) Geltner, with her husband Gerson (not pictured), has been a ticket holder, donor, and volunteer for UMS for more than 50 years. Bev’s volunteer roles at UMS have ranged from Advisory Committee member to Board Chair, and she currently is a member of our Sustaining Directors.

As theaters and venues close worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic, artists and presenters are developing innovative ways to inspire and challenge audiences. In collaboration with U-M arts presenter, the University Musical…