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The King’s Singers: Ken Fischer’s First Presentation
Ken Fischer first presented The King's Singers at the Kennedy Center in February 1983. Read his incredible story of the concert (challenges include blizzards!) which took place 30 years ago on Valentine's Day.Our interview with the Detroit Sound Conservancy
Our interview with the Detroit Sound Conservancy & the DSC's picks for must-visit Detroit music locations.Tweet Seats 2: Théâtre de la Ville: Ionesco’s Rhinocéros
Find out what happened in our tweet seats section at Rhinocéros.[PLAYLIST] UMS Staff Summer Music Picks
Summer is here. We asked our UMS staff to submit songs that say "summer." Listen to our picks & add your own.Q&A with Percussionist Joseph Gramley
Multi-percussionist Joseph Gramley is a professor of music at the University of Michigan and will be appearing as a guest artist with the Pavel Haas Quartet on April 18th in Rackham Auditorium....Behind the Scenes With Jason Moran
Jason Moran is part of the Charles Lloyd New Quartet. We asked him to share his performing experiences, and we also wanted to know what Jason's been listening to lately. "Charles is a bit of a sprinter himself, so at the drop of a hat, he'll go shooting off into the forest, and we will search for him. These metaphors manifest themselves in the music..."The Lives of Men – Guest Blog by Leslie Stainton
Lobby contributor Leslie Stainton will guest blog the San Francisco Symphony American Mavericks festival throughout this weekend.First “Mavericks” – Guest Blog by Leslie Stainton
Lobby contributor Leslie Stainton guest blogs the San Francisco Symphony American Mavericks festival.RSC Creative Residency in Ann Arbor
Next month, the Royal Shakespeare Company will visit Ann Arbor for its 2012 creative residency. During three previous, extensive residencies, presented by UMS, the RSC performed 3 history plays, a world premiere stage adaptation of Salman Rushdie's “Midnight’s Children," and “Antony and Cleopatra” and “The Tempest" starring Patrick Stewart. This residency is a working residency and a collaboration with U-M, during which the RSC will share and discuss two plays it hopes to produce during its next season. Check out these open to the public events.Not Quite-Live-Blogging Robert Wilson and Philip Glass Conversation at the Michigan Theatre
Last night's Penny W. Stamps Speaker Series featured a conversation with Einstein on the Beach co-creators Philip Glass and Robert Wilson. Anne Bogart, acclaimed theater director, moderated the conversation. Leslie Stainton (almost) live-blogs the event.Three Trucks, 28 Crew Members, 37 Performers: Einstein on the Beach Load-in at the Power Center
Inside the Power Center 14 days before the opening of Einstein on the Beach, it’s not immediately clear that this is, “hands down, the biggest show ever” to hit this auditorium, as UMS programming manager Mark Jacobson told me shortly before we entered the theater. But after an hour or so of listening to production manager Will Knapp talk about the challenges of mounting the giant opera here in Ann Arbor, I began to see what Jacobson meant.Why Renegade? with Time-Warping Powers
Leslie Stainton covers the "Why Renegade?" panel and Mark Clague talks about renegades' time-warping powers.Interested in Einstein Revival? – An Anatomy of auditioning for Einstein on the Beach
I don’t know about you, but I am a fan of Philip Glass. My iPod contains everything from his symphonies to his string quartets, his film scores and solo piano music, and of course, his operas. I listen to him in the car, while I’m cooking, while I’m thinking, at the gym… sometimes you are just in a Philip Glass kind of mood. So, you can understand why I briefly stopped breathing when I received an email from a new music-singing friend last March entitled, “Interested in Einstein Revival?”Fifteen Minutes with Fame: The Audra McDonald Q&A
Audra McDonald performed at Hill Auditorium on Nov 4. A brief Q&A session with U-M Musical Theatre students preceded the performance. Sarah Bichsel, UMS Social Media Intern, attended and transcribed this session.Performances for the Whole Family: Filling the master calendar with UMS events
Part of the excitement of coming back to town at the end of summer is collecting all the calendars—Ann Arbor Public School’s holiday and half-day calendar, Huron High School’s band calendar, Clague...Top Auction Items (that you can get at this year’s On the Road!)
On the Road is an annual dinner and auction benefiting UMS Education and Community Engagement Programs, which bring arts experiences to over 25,000 students, teacher and community members yearly. The evening features...
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