In October 2022, UMS hosted an intensive weeklong residency with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra that included two concerts, a School Day Performance, multiple residency activities on and off campus, and a halftime performance at the Michigan football game. While a February residency precludes an appearance on the 50-yard line, we’re thrilled that Wynton and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will return for another distinctive UMS residency this year, presenting the preview premiere of Marsalis’s Symphony No. 5 for symphony orchestra and jazz orchestra, which will receive its world premiere a few months later by The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Composed in honor of America’s 250th birthday, the new composition will be performed by musicians from the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance and the beloved Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.