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Behind the Scenes with Kiss & Cry
It’s dance. It’s theater. It’s film. Kiss & Cry seamlessly blends artistic disciplines to create a wholly unique DIY aesthetic that is captivating audiences around the world. Go behind the scenes with the…

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What happens when you leave your office unattended on your birthday…
What happens when you leave your office unattended on your birthday….Happy Birthday to our director of programming Michael Kondziolka!

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UMS Documentary Wins EMMY Award
We are honored to report that our “A Space for Music, A Seat for Everyone” documentary has just won the ‘Best Historical Documentary’ EMMY at the Michigan EMMY award! Thank you to…

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UMS Staff at Motown Museum
The UMS staff went for an outing on June 4! We started where it all began — with the Temptations at Detroit’s Motown Museum.

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This Day in UMS: Twentieth Annual UMS May Festival
“This day in UMS History” is an occasional series of vignettes drawn from UMS’s historical archive.

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Thomas Sheets (1952-2014)
We are saddened to report that Thomas Sheets, former choir director at First Baptist and former UMS Choral Union conductor, passed away suddenly on April 24, 2014. In the photo above, he conducts…

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Donald Bryant (1918-2014)
UMS was saddened to learn about the death of former UMS conductor Donald Bryant. In the photo above, Dr. Bryant is pictured with Handel’s Messiah soloists at Hill Auditorium in 1971. During…

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Celebrating Our Programming Director
Our programming director Michael Kondziolka celebrated his 25th anniversary with UMS during our 2013-2014 season, and we celebrated with cake at our season announcement party.

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UMS: A Victor for Students
Learn about how UMS engages the student community at the University of Michigan.