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The 2025 Grammy Awards ceremony was a particularly memorable celebration for UMS. Seven unique voting categories featured UMS guest artists and ensembles as winners! Discover them all and explore their award-winning music…

At UMS, we love celebrating champions of artistic “marathons,” from our Marathon Series subscribers who get tickets to every event of the season, to guest artists who take a deep dive into…

La Marisoul is one of the most prominent voices in Mexican-American music today, creating original and innovative music that transcends borders and genres.

Caroline Shaw and Gabriel Kahane explore Jorge Luis Borges’ infinite library of randomized text in new UMS co-commission, “Hexagons.”

Composer, trumpeter, bandleader, and storyteller Etienne Charles shares insights into his new multimedia work, Earth Tones, with Anastasia Tsioulcas, the University of Michigan Knight-Wallace 24/25 Arts Journalism Fellow.

2024 has been a transformative year of growth and outstanding programming at UMS! Join us as we revisit some of our favorite memories.

UMS and the DTE Energy Foundation surprised Estabrook Elementary’s Tyler Rindo with the 2024 DTE Energy Foundation Educator of the Year Award.

The Berliner Philharmoniker has a rich history of performances in Hill Auditorium dating back to 1955 — the first year the orchestra ever toured the United States. Their return this November included extensive opportunities for audience and community engagement on and off the stage.

A cappella quartet Kings Return turned their stairwell rehearsals into a viral sensation.