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Talking Transatlantic… The role of the arts in Intercontinental Dialogue and Leadership Development

TN2020 is a network for action which brings together emerging leaders from Europe and North America to revitalize transatlantic and global links for the future. Aged 25 to 35, the network includes young professionals from business, civil society, the arts, science and media who are on track to lead their professions and societies by 2020. I represented UMS and the arts along with a handful of other “creative types”… actors, fashion designers, dancers and educators.

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Tell us what you think and you could win an Apple iPad (Survey ends July 15!)

By completing this survey in its entirety, you will be entered in a drawing for an Apple iPad WiFi.

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UMS Staff Picks: Vijay Iyer Trio and Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Apex selected by Mark Jacobson, Programming Manager

SN: This concert features a double bill of two jazz combos: the Vijay Iyer Trio and Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Apex. What can audience members expect to hear from these two ensembles? In what…

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Oysters — The Tudor Version of Cinema Popcorn

Just came across this interesting article about what theatergoers ate in Elizabethan times, as determined by excavations under the Globe and Rose Theaters. Oysters anyone?  Sturgeon?  How about an elderberry pie? What’s…

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An interview with Michael Kondziolka, UMS Director of Programming

UMS Programming Director Michael Kondziolka is a man brimming with enthusiasm for the performing arts, and that enthusiasm is infectious.

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Search Hundreds of Photos… and 100 Years of Concert Programs

Finally–the time has come! Thanks to the Ann Arbor District Library, we launched the beginnings of the UMS digital archive!

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UMS Staff Picks: Sankai Juku selected by Lisa Murray, Manager of Foundation & Government Grants

Welcome to the first in a series of weekly summer blog posts called “UMS Staff Picks”. These posts will feature my interviews with UMS staff members in which they discuss the event…

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The Hill Auditorium Organ

Michigan Today presents the history of the organ in Hill Auditorium, dating back more than 100 years.

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This Day in UMS History: Philadelphia Orchestra with Isaac Stern (May 11, 1963)

This Day In UMS – May 11, 1963 Hill Auditorium The Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy, conductor Isaac Stern, violinist Trumpet Voluntary – Purcell Concerto in e minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op….

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