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Martha Graham Dance Company returned to the Power Center stage to celebrate its 100th anniversary with three unforgettable performances and a dynamic lineup of events. The week brought together company dancers, U-M…

Martha Darling and Gil Omenn have lived in Ann Arbor for more than 25 years and have been avid arts supporters in our community, serving on the boards of UMS and the…

Miles and Trane on Record: A Critic’s Favorites Mark Stryker is the writer and producer of the documentary film The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit (2025, now streaming on Prime Video)….

Detroit-based author and jazz historian Mark Stryker shares some historical context behind the lasting legacies of Miles Davis and John Coltrane in advance of UMS’s presentation of a  centennial tribute to the…

On Friday, February 13, 2026, Hill Auditorium will reverberate with some of the most deeply spiritual and profoundly moving choral music of the past half-century as the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir presents…

What does it sound like to put the heartbeat of a city into music? To capture the complexity of a metropolis where dazzling energy, deep inequalities, collision and connection live side by…

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis returns to Hill Auditorium on Saturday, Feburary 7, 2026, with an unforgettable tribute to one of jazz’s greatest figures and cultural explorers, Duke…

UMS is delighted to host México’s Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería for their return to Hill Auditorium on January 21, along with Venezuelan trumpet virtuoso Pacho Flores for his UMS debut. Together, they…

2025 delivered unforgettable memories to UMS audiences, both on and off our stages! As the year comes to a close, let’s take a look back at some of our favorite moments: Seong-Jin…