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Photo: Brazilian star Gilberto Gil performs at Hill Auditorium on April 4, 2015 at Hill Auditorium. Photo by Jorge Bispo. The Brazilian Tropicália movement in the late 1960s is perhaps one of…

This post is a part of a series of playlists curated by UMS staff, artists, and community. Check out more music here. We’ve been working with WCBN, the University of Michigan student-run community…

Editor’s note: This post is a part of a series by U-M student and UMS intern Hillary Kooistra, who’s covering our free UMS Night School: Curious About Dance workshop series. Not New, But…

Writer Robert James Russell is a UMS Artist in Residence this season. We’ve asked five artists from across disciplines to take “residence” at our performances and to share the work these performances inspire….

Greg Baise chats with vocalist and violinist Petra Haden about working with Bill Frisell, growing up in a musical family, and her interest in the nooks and crannies of film scores.

Members of Dawn of Midi hold court into the late-night hours with concert sponsor Stuart Frankel; John Lewis, U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD) jazz studies student and co-director of Arts…

Hear from Jerry Blackstone as his last concert with the Choral Union approaches! Get tickets to the Feb. 14th 8 pm show here.

Painter Carolyn Reed Barritt is a UMS Artist in Residence this season. We’ve asked five artists from across disciplines to take “residence” at our performances and to share the work these performances…

Hillary Kooistra recounts her summer travels with the Trisha Brown Dance Company.