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We are thrilled and honored to announce that the University Musical Society (UMS) has been selected as one of the 2014 recipients of the National Medal of Arts, announced by the White…

A look into Detroit Dance City Festival, a weekend of celebration and exploration of contemporary dance.

Composer chat with Gabriela Lena Frank, whose new work Cuentos Errantes will be premiered at a concert with the Sphinx Virtuosi this September.

Tell us what you thought! This is the place to comment on the performance and talk to other people about what you saw and heard. What will you remember about the performance…

UMS has something to inspire everyone, from classical music, jazz, global, and indie music, to dance and theater. From left to right, artists on our 2015-2016 season: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, to…

Audra McDonald. Photo by Andrew Eccles.  We can’t wait for the return of six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald. She’ll perform at Hill Auditorium on September 17, 2015. UMS has had the…

By the second week of June, I was newly married, a recently minted Doctor of Musical Arts, and had become an internationally recognized scholar of heavy metal music.

On a summery July 2015 day, the University of Michigan Swimming & Diving team spent the day with UMS, getting an up close look at Burton Tower and historic Hill Auditorium, and learning…

UMS launched a new artists in residence program during our 2014-2015 season. Artists received complimentary tickets to our performances, a stiped, and more. We hoped to inspire creative work with performance. In…