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All of our digital presentations are free-of-charge to audiences everywhere, and we hope that you will share them with friends and family near and far. Please join us for these upcoming programs,…

Each year, UMS and the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance pair students with an internship working for a dance, theater, or music ensemble that UMS will present in its season. In the 2020/21 Season, they will be working directly with UMS staff and Digital Residency Artists.

Releasing 11/13, WDWHI​ is the first of four singles from Tunde’s forthcoming full-length album to be released during their Digital Artist Residency with UMS.

UMS and the DTE Energy Foundation are pleased to honor Thurston High School English teacher Rachel Bomphray as the 2020 DTE Energy Foundation Educator of the Year.

Joyce taps into the energy of early voter lines leading up to Election Day, framing Woody Guthrie’s classic folk song in conversation with Hamilton producer and University of Michigan alum Jeffrey Seller, plus students from the Poll Hero Project.

We talked with Sava Farah, SavCo’s Chief Executive Officer, and learned more about her history in Ann Arbor, fond memories with UMS, and discussed the harmonious relationship between arts presenters and the Ann Arbor restaurant scene.

Braylon Edwards, who is no stranger to the University of Michigan campus, is one of UMS’s newest patrons and donors. The former Wolverines football player recently sponsored UMS’s digital presentation of Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason.

UMS has just announced new digital events through December, including Wynton Marsalis’ Sounds of Democracy and Messiah Mixtape!

Masco Corporation just celebrated its 25th season of supporting UMS. We talked with Lauren Plawecki, Communications and Development Coordinator, to learn more about Masco’s history with UMS.