Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at UMS

Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will be in residency at the University of Michigan from October 10-16.
Thank you to our Residency Sponsors, Elaine and Peter Schweitzer, for making this momentous week possible.
Tickets to Hill Auditorium Performances:
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Residency
The Ever Fonky Lowdown
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and Wendell Pierce
Acclaimed actor Wendell Pierce narrates Wynton Marsalis’s 2019 masterpiece The Ever Fonky Lowdown, combining droll commentary with soulful, big band-backed vocals.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Residency
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Sunday, April 25The 26/27 season comes to a close with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and his final as artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the end of an era.
Additional Residency highlights include:
- A Penny Stamps Speaker Series conversation with Wynton Marsalis and Warde Manuel (10/12)
- An in-person and livestreamed School Day Performance for K-12 students (10/13)
- A halftime appearance with the University of Michigan Marching Band (10/15)
- Master classes, workshops, and more opportunities for students and others to connect with JLCO members in Ann Arbor, Milan, Ypsilanti, and Detroit
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Thank you to Our Supporters
Residency Sponsors
Elaine and Peter Schweitzer
Principal Sponsors
Menakka and Essel Bailey
Gil Omenn and Martha Darling
Supporting Sponsors
Dallas and Sharon Dort Endowment Fund
Anthony Reffells
Nancy and James Stanley
Jay and Christine Zelenock and the Zelenock Family
School Day Performance Sponsors
David and Kiana Barfield Family Foundation
Prudence and Amnon Rosenthal K-12 Education Endowment Fund
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