2017-2018 Season

Season Opening Event!
Butler, Bernstein & The Hot 9

Every Brilliant Thing

US Premiere Screening:
Einstein on the Beach

National Theatre Live in HD:
Tony Kushner’s Angels in America:
Part One: “Millennium Approaches”

National Theatre Live in HD:
Tony Kushner’s Angels in America:
Part Two: “Perestroika”

Emerson String Quartet
Calidore String Quartet

L’Etat de siège (State of Siege)
Théâtre de la Ville

Amir ElSaffar’s
Rivers of Sound Orchestra

Written in Water
Ragamala Dance Company

National Theatre Live in HD:
Simon Stone’s Yerma

Daniil Trifonov, piano

20th Anniversary
Sphinx Virtuosi

Crosscurrents
Zakir Hussain & Dave Holland

Bassem Youssef
The Joke Is Mightier than the Sword

China NCPA Orchestra

Chanticleer
Heart of a Soldier

The Knights

John McLaughlin Farewell US Tour
John McLaughlin & Jimmy Herring
Meeting of the Spirits: Music of Mahavishnu Orchestra

New York Philharmonic
Bernstein’s Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival

Bernstein and Bolcom: Celebrating the American Experience
U-M Symphony Band Concert

Handel’s Messiah

J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
Bach Collegium Japan

What’s in a Song
Martin Katz, piano and curator

Hair & Other Stories
Urban Bush Women

Haydn Mega-Concert
St. Lawrence String Quartet

Underground Railroad Game
Ars Nova

Theater Matters: Livestream Viewing Party and Panel in Detroit

Moscow’s Vakhtangov Theater
Live in HD:
Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya

Us/Them
BRONKS and Richard Jordan Productions

(I Could Go On Singing) Over the Rainbow

Sensory Friendly Open Rehearsal:
Russian Renaissance

M-Prize Winner!
Russian Renaissance

Maxim Vengerov, violin
Roustem Saïtkoulov, piano

Livestream Event: FK Alexander

FK Alexander: Livestream Viewing Party in Detroit

They, Themself, and Schmerm

Q&A: Janai Brugger, soprano

Master Class: Gabriel Kahane

Janai Brugger, soprano
Martin Katz, piano

8980: Book of Travelers
Gabriel Kahane, vocalist and composer

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

Decompress: A closing night celebration of No Safety Net

Lecture and Panel: Gender Identity 101 & Being Transgender in our Community

Master Class: Ian Bostridge, tenor

Schubert’s Winterreise
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Julius Drake, piano

Romeo and Juliet
American Ballet Theatre

American Ballet Theatre:
An Opening Night Gala

Medical Community Dinner

Joshua Bell, violin
Sam Haywood, piano

American Ballet Theatre Master Class

National Theatre Live in HD:
Stephen Sondheim’s Follies

Emmanuel Pahud, flute
Alessio Bax, piano

The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess:
A Symposium

Kaleidoscope: What is Cultural Appropriation?

Opera in Concert
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess

Talking About Porgy and Bess:
A Post-Performance Discussion

Immersion: Exploring African- American History in Ypsilanti

Borderline
Company Wang Ramirez

You Can Dance: Company Wang Ramirez

Elias Quartet

Path of Miracles
Tenebrae

Piedmont Blues:
A Search for Salvation

Steve Lehman & Sélébéyone

Lily Baldwin: Through You VR Screenings

Moderated Q&A:
Cultural Institutions
in the On-Demand
Economy

Women in the Performing Arts:
Leading Organizations through Changing Times

Nederlands Dans Theater

Bubble Schmeisis

Tignon: Work-in-Progress Showing

Salon Discussion: Lily Baldwin

You Can Dance: Nederlands Dans Theater

The Music of Chick Corea
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Chick Corea

Artemis Quartet

Artist Interview: Colin Stetson

A Tribute to The Jazz Epistles
Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya
featuring Freddie Hendrix, trumpet

Sorrow — A Reimagining of Górecki’s Third Symphony
Colin Stetson

Opera in Concert
Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo
Apollo’s Fire / The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra

Apollo’s Fire: Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo
UMS 101: Classical Music & Opera

Cold Blood
UMS 101: Dance & Theater

Cold Blood

Emanuel Ax, piano

Ovation 2018:
Bet on a Fabulous Time