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  Have you checked out any of our free educational events? Take a look at the first Night School of the season: “Curious about Dance” on Feb. 2nd at 7 pm.  

The Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev return for two performances of Russian orchestral masterpieces. This performance features pianist Denis Matsuev in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 alongside Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition,…

An excited crowd waits for the eighth blackbird performance! Did you attend? Don’t forget to share your thoughts.

Insightful and passionate violinist Jennifer Koh talks with UMS Lobby contributor and composer Garrett Schumann about creative programming choices, contemporary works, and the power of music. The virtuoso violinist returns to Ann…

The Mariinsky Orchestra returns to UMS on January 24-25, 2015. The Mariinsky Orchestra (then Kirov Orchestra) first performed in Ann Arbor in 1992. In this 1998 photo from our archives, conductor Valery…

Check out our video trailer of eighth blackbird’s upcoming performance Saturday, January 17th at 8 pm here.

This post is a part of a series of playlists curated by UMS staff, artists, and community. Check out more music here. eigth blackbird. Photo by Luke Ratray. The Chicago-based chamber ensemble eighth…

Editor’s note: This article initially appeared in the Ann Arbor Observer in October 2000 and offers a snapshot of the history of theater in Ann Arbor and major developments in the city’s…