UMS Ovation Celebrating Ken Fischer
On Saturday, May 6, 2017, at our Ovation Spring Gala we honored Ken Fischer and his 30 years of leadership at UMS, while raising important funds for UMS Education and Community Engagement programs. Explore a selection of photos from the celebration below, or view the complete gallery.
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- UMS Choral Union kicks off the evening.
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- Ken Fischer with guests.
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- Ken Fischer with guests.
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- Christina Maxwell singing to Ken, Penny, and Matt Fischer.
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- Leonard Navarro, Amy Blackman, and Ken.
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- Lynne Settles, Ken, and Jill Ross. Lynne and Jill are the 2017 DTE Energy Foundation Teachers of the Year.
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- President Mark Schlissel’s opening remarks.
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- Martha Graham Dance Company dancers.
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- U-M President Mark Schlissel with Ken.
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- Festivities center court.
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- Julien Labro on the accordina.
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- Joan Morris and William Bolcom.
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- Ken with Elizabeth Hayes, niece Abigail Fischer, Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, and family members
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- Ken’s niece Sophia Shorai.
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- Sophia and Ken.
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- Carla Dirlikov Canales and Ken.
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- Conductor Steven Jarvi with a favorite story.
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- Ken and Colleen Jennings-Roggensack.
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- David Barrett piano prelude.
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- Composer and pianist David Barrett.
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- Steven Jarvi conducts students in Hail to the Victors.
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- UMS Ovation and hail.
UMS will host an official retirement reception on Thursday, June 1, the 30th anniversary of Ken’s first day on the job at UMS. The event will take place at Rackham Assembly Hall from 4-6 pm and is free and open to the public. RSVP requested. Join us!
Memorable Moments from 2016
As 2016 draws to a close, all of us at UMS would like to thank you for being an essential part of a remarkable year filled with exceptional performances and inspiring moments.
Here are some of our favorite UMS moments from 2016 — from performance artist Taylor Mac to the Berlin Philharmonic’s November Residency.
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- Handel’s Messiah
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- UMS Song Remix
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- At the Ann Arbor Townie Party
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- At the Ann Arbor Townie Party
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- At the Ann Arbor Townie Party
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- Opening night with The TEAM
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- Taylor Mac performs
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- Taylor Mac, in the audience.
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- In the lobby before Taylor Mac’s performance.
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- During Taylor Mac’s visit to U-M course.
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- At the season-opening event at the Ann Arbor Skatepark.
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- At the season-opening event at the Ann Arbor Skatepark.
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- At the season-opening event at the Ann Arbor Skatepark.
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- At the season-opening event at the Ann Arbor Skatepark.
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- At the season-opening event at the Ann Arbor Skatepark.
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- Berlin Philharmonic conductor Simon Rattle in master class.
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- Berlin Philharmonic conductor Simon Rattle in master class.
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- During Dorrance Dance school day performance.
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- During Dorrance Dance school day performance.
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- With choreographer Nora Chipaumire at Detroit’s Downtown Boxing Gym.
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- With choreographer Nora Chipaumire at Detroit’s Downtown Boxing Gym.
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- With choreographer Nora Chipaumire at Detroit’s Downtown Boxing Gym.
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- With choreographer Nora Chipaumire at Detroit’s Downtown Boxing Gym.
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- With choreographer Nora Chipaumire at Detroit’s Downtown Boxing Gym.
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- K-12 classroom workshop.
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- Classroom visit.
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- At Ovation Spring Gala.
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- At Ovation Spring Gala.
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- At Ovation Spring Gala.
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- At Ovation Spring Gala.
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- At Ovation Spring Gala.
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- At Ovation Spring Gala.
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- At Ovation Spring Gala.
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- At Ovation Spring Gala.
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- Mariachi Vargas classroom visit.
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- Mariachi Vargas classroom visit.
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- Mariachi Vargas classroom visit.
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- During the performance of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan.
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- During the performance of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan.
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- During Jake Shimabukuro’s school day performance.
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- During Jake Shimabukuro’s school day performance.
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- During Jake Shimabukuro’s school day performance.
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- During Jake Shimabukuro’s school day performance.
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- Dorrance Dance performance.
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- Dorrance Dance performance.
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- Classroom workshops ahead of Dorrance Dance.
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- Dorrance Dance performance.
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- Dorrance Dance performance.
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- Classroom visit with dancers from Camille Brown’s company.
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- Post-performance Q&A with Camille Brown and company.
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- Post-performance Q&A with Camille Brown and company.
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- In the lobby ahead of Camille Brown’s performance.
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- In the lobby ahead of Camille Brown’s performance.
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- At the Berlin Philharmonic reception.
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- At the Berlin Philharmonic reception.
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- During rehearsal with the Berlin Philharmonic.
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- During rehearsal with the Berlin Philharmonic.
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- During rehearsal with the Berlin Philharmonic.
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- In the lobby ahead of Berlin Philharmonic’s performance.
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- In the lobby ahead of Berlin Philharmonic’s performance.
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- U-M master class with the Berlin Philharmonic.
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- U-M master class with the Berlin Philharmonic.
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- Jake Shimabukuro performs.
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- Jake Shimabukuro at the school day performance.
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- Jake Shimabukuro at the school day performance.
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- Jake Shimabukuro at the school day performance.
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- Ken Fischer at the Blue Nile Restaurant with corporate partner Habte Almaz.
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- At the Ann Arbor Townie Party.
We can’t wait to kick off the New Year with many extraordinary performances. Take a peek. A reminder that the UMS ticket office is closed for the holidays through January 2, 2017, though ticket sales continue online.
There’s also still time in 2016 to make an annual gift to UMS. Your generosity ensures UMS can continue to unleash the power of the performing arts to engage, educate, and transform — inspiring people of all ages and enriching communities through uncommon and engaging experiences. The future vibrancy of our region depends on it.
From all of us at UMS, we wish you a joyous holiday season and a Happy New Year filled with uncommon and engaging experiences.
Outlier: Hauntings of the Avant-Garde
One night, long, long ago (about 10 days heretofore, to be exact), UMS and “experimental film happening,” HOTT LAVA, took over the former UMMA Off/Site space on the corner of S. University and Forest in Ann Arbor for an evening of performance, experimental film, music, and general merriment. Monikered OUTLIER: Hauntings of the Avant-Garde, this gathering was the culminating event of the much anticipated three-day celebration of the 50th anniversary of the ONCE Festival, and featured: Patient to Patient (Ryan Howard and Sean Patrick), Laurel Halo, Todd Osborn, Forest Juziuk, Chanel Von Habsburg-Lothringen, Jacob Mendel, Tom Buckholz, B. Thomas Hunter, Ted Kennedy, and others.
Herein, find a photo album of the evening’s activities. Thanks to Mark Gjukich for capturing these images.
(For those in attendance during the memorable/infamous/collective-scratching-of-heads moment better known in some circles as the “Gallon Challenge,” fear not…I have only included action shots of the milk in its native plastic jug. For those of you who are wondering what I’m talking about…ask me in person sometime. Or just Google it at your own peril. You should know in advance of your query that a true Gallon Challenge generally affords its contender a full 60 minutes to safely accomplish the feat. This was NOT the case at OUTLIER. Yikes.)