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Playing in a string quartet is both exhilarating and infuriating. Often simultaneously.

The truth is, you probably don’t need program notes for Berlioz’s ubiquitous Symphonie fantastique…

UMS is excited to welcome Omar Offendum, a Syrian American rapper, poet, hip hop artist and activist, as the 2018-2019 Education and Community Engagement Research Residency Artist.

Applications are open for our Wallace Blogging Fellows program. Apply by October 31, 2018.

UMS Friends, Thank you for a wonderful first season at UMS! As we wrap up our fiscal year on June 30th, I want to extend a special thank you for the important part…

The 21st Century Artist Internship program was developed to help prepare students for the new demands that working artists face in the contemporary marketplace. This highly competitive program is open to University…

The University Musical Society (UMS) and the DTE Energy Foundation are pleased to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. High School Teacher Denise Allen and Thurston Elementary School Teacher Yael Rothfeld as the…

This post was written by Veronica Dittman Stanich. Veronica danced for a variety of choreographers in New York, then went on to earn a PhD in Dance Studies from The Ohio State…

This essay is published in conjunction with FRAME: A salon series on visual art, performance, and identity surrounding the No Safety Net Series theater festival performances. “FRAME & Storytelling” is written by Angela G. King….