UMS 2022/23 Season Brochure

144TH SEASON

2022/23

WELCOME BACK TO UMS.

Welcome back to the shared experience of live performance.

Take your seat. Feel the sound. Expand your landscape. Live the moment.

LIVE THE

MOMENT

2 Welcome to the 144th Season

Elena Urioste by Alessandra Tinozzi

WELCOME TO

THE 144TH

UMS SEASON

As we come to the end of our first season of

returning to live performances after a hiatus

caused by the pandemic, all of us have been

reminded again of how amazing our UMS

audiences truly are.

You have stayed with UMS on a journey this

season that didn’t always have a straight path,

but one where the ultimate destination —

coming together safely as a community and

being reminded of our humanity — made

the trip worthwhile and hopefully satisfying.

We are feeling optimistic that our 2022/23

season will move us even further along that

path, and we invite you to lean in and “live

the moment” next season with us. We will

enter it with many lessons learned and with

renewed appreciation, shared by our artists,

for the incredible commitment you have

demonstrated these past two years.

After a year in which many artists and large

ensembles were rightly cautious about

touring, we are excited to announce that

our 2022/23 season showcases a scale of

season that feels more familiar, including

the return of our popular genre-based fixed

packages (see pages 24-25 for details). No

fewer than six great orchestras will appear

on the Hill Auditorium stage, including two

performances by the Berlin Philharmonic;

the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

and Chineke! Orchestra from the UK, both of

which were rescheduled after the pandemic

prevented international touring; and the

rescheduling of the Sphinx Symphony

Orchestra’s Hill debut, celebrating its 25th

anniversary. These orchestras and their

leaders are all taking an exciting, thoughtful,

and active approach to reshaping much of

their programming, charting a more inclusive

future that is long overdue.

We’re also thrilled to be in partnership once

again with our longtime friends Wynton

Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center

Orchestra — this time in a week-long

residency that will include his symphonic

masterpiece All Rise and a big band concert

by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra,

as well as a special appearance at the Big

House, where they will be featured during a

Michigan Marching Band halftime show. This

residency has been years in the making, and

there will be more surprises from the group

along the way.

UMS’s renegade theater festival, No Safety

Net, will return for its third installment,

with details on all productions and artists

announced in the fall. We are now able to

share that kicking off NSN 3.0 will be the

terrific Belgian theater company Ontroerend

Goed with a uniquely palindromic work about

the environment — a piece that gives us

hope that perhaps we can undo some of the

damage that has already been done.

As we look ahead to our new season, we

would be remiss not to recognize our partners

at the University of Michigan, whose support

envelops so many departments and programs.

We are grateful for the confidence that

University leadership has in UMS and are

eager to continue forging new relationships

across campus with faculty and students alike.

We invite you to join us next season. Live

the moment and be reminded once again

just how much we've all missed the beauty

and wonder of great artistry, and the power

it holds for us as human beings to be able

share it with one another.

Sincerely,

Matthew VanBesien

UMS President

For tickets call 734.764.2538 or visit ums.org

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2022/23

SEASON

AT-A-GLANCE

SEP

TREVOR NOAH: BACK TO ABNORMAL

Friday, September 16 // 8 pm

Hill Auditorium

OCT

EMERSON STRING QUARTET

Saturday, October 1 // 8 pm

Rackham Auditorium

SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF, PIANO

Friday, October 7 // 8 pm

Hill Auditorium

WYNTON MARSALIS’S ALL RISE

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA

WITH WYNTON MARSALIS

University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra

and Choirs

UMS Choral Union

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor


Hill Auditorium



Sunday, October 16 // 4 pm

Hill Auditorium

CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

Wednesday, October 19 // 7:30 pm

Hill Auditorium

THE RITE OF SPRING / COMMON GROUND[S]

PINA BAUSCH FOUNDATION, ÉCOLE DES

SABLES OF SENEGAL, AND SADLER'S WELLS

Pina Bausch / Germaine Acogny &

Malou Airaudo, choreographers



Power Center

DANISH STRING QUARTET


Rackham Auditorium


Are we not drawn onward to new erA by Mirjam Devriendt

NOV

AIDA CUEVAS WITH MARIACHI AZTLÁN

Friday, November 4 // 8 pm

Hill Auditorium

BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER

Kirill Petrenko, chief conductor

Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin


Hill Auditorium



Saturday, November 19 // 8:30 pm

Hill Auditorium

DEC

HANDEL’S MESSIAH


Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra

Scott Hanoian, conductor

Saturday, December 3 // 7:30 pm

Sunday, December 4 // 2 pm

Hill Auditorium

ITZHAK PERLMAN & FRIENDS

Itzhak Perlman, violin

Emanuel Ax, piano

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Juilliard String Quartet

Saturday, December 10 // 8 pm

Hill Auditorium

SPECIAL DOUBLE-BILL!

BÉLA FLECK MY BLUEGRASS HEART

AND PUNCH BROTHERS

Friday, December 16 // 7:30 pm

Hill Auditorium

JAN

TAKÁCS QUARTET

WITH JEREMY DENK, PIANO

Wednesday, January 18 // 7:30 pm

Rackham Auditorium

ARE WE NOT DRAWN ONWARD TO NEW ERA

ONTROEREND GOED

Alexander Devriendt, director

Friday, January 20 // 8 pm

Saturday, January 21 // 8 pm

Power Center

AARON DIEHL TRIO: MIRROR


Rackham Auditorium

SPHINX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

EXIGENCE (Eugene Rogers, music director)

Tito Muñoz, conductor

Aundi Moore, soprano

Sunday, January 29 // 4 pm

Hill Auditorium

NO SAFETY NET 3.0

UMS's Renegade Festival | January-February 2023 | Details to be announced!

FEB

JOSHUA BELL, VIOLIN

Tuesday, February 7 // 7:30 pm

Hill Auditorium

BRNO PHILHARMONIC

Dennis Russell Davies, conductor


Brass of the U-M Symphony Band

Christian Schmitt, organ

Friday, February 10 // 8 pm

Hill Auditorium

BALLET PRELJOCAJ: SWAN LAKE

Angelin Preljocaj, artistic director and

choreographer

Friday, February 17 // 7:30 pm

Saturday, February 18 // 7:30 pm

Sunday, February 19 // 2:30 pm

Detroit Opera House

MAR

MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA

Saturday, March 11 // 8 pm

Hill Auditorium

STEP AFRIKA!

C. Brian Williams, founder and

artistic director

Sunday, March 12 // 4 pm

Hill Auditorium

DANIEL HOPE, VIOLIN

ZURICH CHAMBER ORCHETRA

Friday, March 17 // 8 pm

Hill Auditorium

FARIDA AND THE IRAQI MAQAM ENSEMBLE


Rackham Auditorium

CHINEKE! ORCHESTRA

Andrew Grams, conductor

Elena Urioste, violin


Hill Auditorium

APR

CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT

Cécile McLorin Salvant, vocals

Sullivan Fortner, piano

Marvin Sewell, guitars

Alexa Tarantino, flutes

Keita Ogawa, drums and percussion

Friday, April 14 // 8 pm

Hill Auditorium

JULIUS EASTMAN’S FEMENINE

WILD UP

Christopher Rountree, music director

Sunday, April 16 // 4 pm

Rackham Auditorium


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TREVOR NOAH: BACK TO ABNORMAL

Friday, September 16 // 8 pm

Hill Auditorium

Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central’s Emmy

and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show,

is widely known for his social commentary

touching upon issues of racism, immigration,

incarceration, and the protest movement.

Born in South Africa to a Black South African

mother and a white European father during

apartheid, Noah knows what it means to

live in a divided nation, and he brings a

unique perspective in his incisive social

and political criticism of the larger issues

at play in the US and in the world today. His

“Back to Abnormal” tour marks his first live

UMS stand-up set, following a widely viewed

virtual talk with U-M students in 2020.

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EMERSON STRING QUARTET


Rackham Auditorium

PROGRAM

Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat

Major, Op. 12

Johannes Brahms String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat

Major, Op. 67

George Walker Lyric for Strings

Antonín Dvořák String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major,

Op. 105

After 46 years, thousands of concerts, more

than 30 recordings, nine Grammy Awards, and

countless other achievements, the Emerson

String Quartet returns to Ann Arbor as part of

its farewell tour. Founded as a student group

at The Juilliard School in 1976 and named for

the transcendentalist poet and philosopher

Ralph Waldo Emerson, the quartet has

performed 17 concerts in Rackham

Auditorium since its UMS debut in 1989.

SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF, PIANO


Hill Auditorium

“[András Schiff] is one of the most

penetratingly serious masters of the

keyboard before the public today. Full stop.”

(Boston Globe) A pianist, conductor, and

lecturer, he brings masterful and intellectual

insights to his performances, which have

inspired audiences and critics alike. He

will draw from his vast classical repertoire,

brilliantly uniting performance and pedagogy

as he brings his role as a master educator to

the stage, allowing audiences to experience

both his artistry and the thinking behind

it. Program will include works by Mozart,

Beethoven, and Schubert, with each

selection introduced from the stage.

Permanently Endowed Support:

Darragh Humphrey Weisman Memorial Endowment Fund

Trevor Noah


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A WEEK-LONG RESIDENCY THAT HONORS TRADITION

AND PUSHES BOUNDARIES.

FEEL THE

SOUND


Wynton Marsalis's All Rise courtesy of Jazz at Lincoln Center

WYNTON MARSALIS’S ALL RISE



University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra

and Choirs




Hill Auditorium

Wynton Marsalis with Tappan Middle School students by Peter Smith

Wynton Marsalis’s massive jazz symphony

All Rise (Symphony No. 1) was commissioned

by the New York Philharmonic for the

millennium and had its world premiere on

December 29, 1999. The combined forces of

a symphony orchestra, jazz orchestra, and

chorus capture the stylistic range of this

epic blues suite. Blending influences from

African chant, New Orleans parade music,

gospel, symphonic modernism, and Latinbased

music, All Rise (Symphony No. 1) is

a 12-movement arc built on the structure

of the Blues that moves from uplifting

and energetic to dark and distressing to

Marsalis’s vision of the “togetherness and

ascendance” of humanity. Marsalis has said

that this monumental work is about “the rise

from destruction to creativity, drawing joy out

of tragedy, and refusing to be beaten down.”

Of the world premiere performance, the

Chicago Tribune enthused, “Marsalis finds

plangent blues melody at [the] core…This is

what makes All Rise cohere even though its

12 movements span entire continents and

musical cultures.”




Hill Auditorium

“The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

is ridiculously tight, executing tricky

maneuvers like a fighter jet.” (DownBeat)

Since 1988, Wynton Marsalis has led the

15-piece Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra,

which simultaneously honors the rich

heritage of Duke Ellington and Louis

Armstrong while presenting a stunning

variety of new works from illustrious names,

many of whom perform regularly with the

ensemble. Following Friday's performance

of Marsalis's All Rise, the group returns in

its big band format for an afternoon of jazz.

“You know it’s a good gig when you can’t tell

if the band or the audience is having more

fun.” (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel).

This appearance concludes a week-long

residency that will include two public

concerts, a School Day Performance for K-12

students, connections with students at the

U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance —

and a halftime appearance with the Michigan

Marching Band!


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The Rite of Spring by Maarten Vanden Abeele

CITY OF BIRMINGHAM

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA




Hill Auditorium

PROGRAM

Benjamin Britten Four Sea Interludes from

Peter Grimes

Edward Elgar Cello Concerto in e minor, Op. 85

Thomas Adès The Exterminating Angel Symphony

Claude Debussy La mer

The electrifying young Lithuanian conductor

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, a former Dudamel

Fellow and associate conductor at the Los

Angeles Philharmonic, was appointed music

director of the City of Birmingham Symphony

Orchestra in 2016, following in the footsteps

of Simon Rattle and Andris Nelsons. Her

tenure has been one of unqualified success,

generating excitement among live audiences

and critics worldwide. She brings the CBSO

to Ann Arbor as part of a limited US tour with

cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason performing

Elgar’s Cello Concerto, composed in the

aftermath of World War I. The orchestra

had a close association with Elgar, who

conducted the ensemble’s very first concert

over a century ago, in 1920. The program also

includes an abbreviated orchestral rendering

of Thomas Adès’s third opera, based on Luis

Buñuel’s 1962 surreal film about a collection

of society characters who find themselves

inexplicably trapped together at a post-opera

party. The CBSO “brilliantly captured the

profound, uncanny disquiet that makes [the

film] so unforgettable.” (Bachtrack)

Permanently Endowed Support: Ilene H. Forsyth Choral

Union Endowment Fund

THE RITE OF SPRING /

COMMON GROUND[S]

PINA BAUSCH FOUNDATION,

ÉCOLE DES SABLES OF SENEGAL,

AND SADLER'S WELLS

Pina Bausch / Germaine Acogny &

Malou Airaudo, choreographers



Power Center

“How would you dance, if you knew you were

going to die?” the late choreographer Pina

Bausch asked her dancers in 1975, when

she created her vision of The Rite of Spring,

where a young woman is sacrificed so spring

can arrive. Her pioneering work, one of the

first that established her iconic approach

to dance theater, is now being performed

by a newly assembled company of dancers

from more than a dozen African countries.

The Rite of Spring is paired with a new work

created, performed, and inspired by the lives

of two remarkable women: Germaine Acogny,

the founder of École des Sables in Senegal

who is widely considered “the mother of

contemporary African dance,” and Malou

Airaudo, an iconic dancer in early works from

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. A poetic

and tender antidote to The Rite of Spring,

common ground[s] reflects their shared

histories and emotional experiences.

DANISH STRING QUARTET


Rackham Auditorium

PROGRAM

Franz Schubert Quartet No. 14 in d minor, D. 810

(“Death and the Maiden”)

Lotta Wennäkoski Pige

Franz Schubert “Death and the Maiden”

(Song arranged by the Danish String Quartet)

Beginning as students at a summer music

camp before they were even teenagers, the

members of the Danish String Quartet have

an extensive history of musical collaboration.

For their third UMS appearance, they bring

their Doppelgänger project, an ambitious

four-year international commissioning

project in which four composers create

new works in response to a masterwork by

Franz Schubert. In this concert, they pair

Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” quartet

with a new work by Finnish composer Lotta

Wennäkoski, who has been praised for her

mastery of color and musical textures.

Permanently Endowed Support: Carl Cohen, whose

bequest will establish an endowment to support a

Chamber Arts performance in perpetuity


45 ANIVERSARIO: YO CREO QUE ES TIEMPO

AIDA CUEVAS WITH

MARIACHI AZTLÁN


Hill Auditorium

“[Aida] Cuevas is to Mexico what Aretha

Franklin is to the United States: a powerful

voice that encapsulates the essence of her

nation’s spirit. (Kansas City Star)

The voice, charisma, and talent of Aida

Cuevas has led to one of the most important

careers in traditional Mexican and Latin

American music. The “Queen of Ranchera

Music,” Cuevas exhibits her stunning vocals

and her unwavering devotion to traditional

mariachi music and its demanding vocal

forms. With a 46-year career and nearly as

many albums, she was awarded the 2018

Grammy Award for “Best Regional Mexican

Music Album,” the first time a woman has

received the award. Cuevas is a master of the

Mariachi art song, ranging from her falsetto

heavyweight “El Pastor” to her iconic Juan

Gabriel hits including “Te Doy Las Gracias,”

“Te Vas a Quedar Con Las Ganas,” and

“Quizás Mañana.” With her unique voice

and style, she has left a remarkable imprint

in the history of Mexican music. Aida Cuevas

is joined by Mariachi Aztlán, one of the top

collegiate mariachi bands in the country.

Aida Cuevas For tickets call 734.764.2538 or visit ums.org 11



Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin


Hill Auditorium

PROGRAM

Andrew Norman Unstuck

W.A. Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major,

K. 207

Erich Korngold Symphony in F-Sharp Major, Op. 40

The Berlin Philharmonic’s new chief conductor,

Kirill Petrenko, makes his UMS debut with

this two-concert residency. Born in Siberia,

Petrenko came from a musical family and

served as music director for opera companies

in three cities, all the while maintaining a

strong interest in the symphonic repertoire.

For this debut concert, he conducts Andrew

Norman’s 10-minute orchestral joyride,

Unstuck, which brims with invention and

energy. The orchestra’s first concertmaster

takes the stage for Mozart’s first violin

concerto, and the orchestra concludes its

program with Erich Korngold’s only symphony.

Completed in 1952 and dedicated to the

memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the

work had a radio premiere in 1954 and was

not performed in concert until 1972, 15 years

after the composer’s death. A huge success

in Hollywood as a film composer, Korngold is

known for his sweeping orchestrations and

brilliant orchestral color, all of which are on

display in this insightful and dramatic score.

Funded in part by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen

Foundation




Hill Auditorium

PROGRAM

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 7

“Kirill Petrenko has a way of hearing deep

into textures and harmonies that is at times

really quite startling. He gives us X-ray ears.”

(Gramophone) The Berlin Philharmonic’s

second program features Gustav Mahler at his

most mysterious, with the tantalizing nocturnal

atmosphere of his Symphony No. 7. The work,

which remains the least known and least

performed of all of Mahler’s symphonies, was

composed in the summers of 1904 and 1905,

during Mahler’s only respite from the demands

of conducting. The work’s wide palette of

orchestral colors is filled with shadows and

contrasts, and it had a mixed reception when

it premiered in Prague in 1908. Nevertheless,

it converted the Mahler skeptic Arnold

Schoenberg, who wrote in great detail about his

response to the work, stating unequivocally, “As

for which movement I liked best: All of them!”

Funded in part by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen

Foundation


Kirill Petrenko

A NEW CHIEF CONDUCTOR MAKES

HIS UMS DEBUT WITH TWO CONCERTS.

TAKE

YOUR SEAT


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Jeremy Denk by Josh Goleman

HANDEL’S MESSIAH


Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra

Scott Hanoian, conductor

Saturday, December 3 // 7:30 pm

Sunday, December 4 // 2 pm

Hill Auditorium

Handel composed his oratorio Messiah over

the course of a single month in 1741, six

months before its triumphant premiere at a

new concert hall in Dublin. Nearly 300 years

later, Handel’s Messiah fills Hill Auditorium with

its ravishing beauty, brought to life by friends

and colleagues from the community. Music

director Scott Hanoian conducts the UMS

Choral Union and the Ann Arbor Symphony

Orchestra in this annual holiday tradition.

Please note that the Saturday performance will

begin at 7:30 pm.

ITZHAK PERLMAN & FRIENDS

Featuring

Itzhak Perlman, violin

Emanuel Ax, piano

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Juilliard String Quartet


Hill Auditorium

Itzhak Perlman

PROGRAM

Jean-Marie Leclair Sonata for Two Violins in e minor,

Op. 3, No. 5

W.A. Mozart Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major,

K. 493

Ernest Chausson Concert for Violin, Piano, and

String Quartet, Op. 21

Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin,

Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely

afforded a classical musician. Beloved for

his charm and humanity as well as his talent,

he is treasured by audiences throughout the

world who respond not only to his remarkable

artistry, but also to his irrepressible joy for

making music. For this special performance

in Hill Auditorium, he brings together pianists

Emanuel Ax and Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the

Juilliard String Quartet for a mixed chamber

music program.

SPECIAL DOUBLE-BILL!

BÉLA FLECK MY BLUEGRASS HEART

AND PUNCH BROTHERS

Friday, December 16 // 7:30 pm

Hill Auditorium

When Punch Brothers and Béla Fleck come

together in this special double-bill evening,

one thing is certain: audiences benefit from

their lifelong devotion to bluegrass as much

as the musicians. The band of virtuosi that

comprise Punch Brothers has spent more

than a decade changing the face of acoustic

music, stretching the limitations of their

instruments and influencing a generation

of young musicians, some of whom will

appear with Béla Fleck as part of his set

based on his 2022 Best Bluegrass Grammywinning

album My Bluegrass Heart. Beyond

the baker’s dozen of Grammy Awards and

Genius Grants between them, their collective

skills bring worldly rhythms and soulful jams

to Hill Auditorium. While Punch Brothers

founder Chris Thile and Béla Fleck have made

several UMS appearances with their own

projects in recent years, this special concert

marks Punch Brothers' return to UMS for

the first time since 2009. “With enthusiasm

and experimentation, Punch Brothers take

bluegrass to its next evolutionary stage,

drawing equal inspiration from the brain and

the heart.” (Washington Post)

TAKÁCS QUARTET

WITH JEREMY DENK, PIANO


Rackham Auditorium

PROGRAM

Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in F Major,

Op. 77, No. 1

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Quartet in E-Flat Major

Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major,

Op. 44

The Takács Quartet — fresh from its

performance last season with bandoneón

player Julien Labro — returns to Rackham

Auditorium with pianist Jeremy Denk. The

intrepid ensemble shines a light on the sole

string quartet written by Fanny Mendelssohn

Hensel, an active 19th-century composer

whose works were largely unrecognized

during her lifetime. Jeremy Denk joins the

group for the second half with Schumann’s

ebullient piano quintet, one of the very first

works to pair the traditional string quartet

configuration with piano. Dedicated to Clara

Schumann, the fiendishly difficult piano part

was first performed by Fanny Mendelssohn’s

brother, Felix, when Clara fell ill, though

she was at the keyboard for the first public

performance a month later.

Permanently Endowed Support: Ilene H. Forsyth Chamber

Arts Endowment Fund

For tickets call 734.764.2538 or Photo: visit ums.org Takács Quartet 15

25TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

SPHINX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

EXIGENCE (Eugene Rogers, music director)




Hill Auditorium

PROGRAM

Carlos Simon Motherboxx Connection

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Ballade for Orchestra

Valerie Coleman Seven O'Clock Shout

Michael Abels Delights and Dances

Traditional, arr. Augustus Hill Fix Me, Jesus

Carlos Cordero Holding Our Breath

Joel Thompson Seven Last Words of the Unarmed

John Legend / Common, arr. Eugene Rogers

“Glory” from Selma

ARE WE NOT DRAWN ONWARD

TO NEW ERA

ONTROEREND GOED

Alexander Devriendt, director


Saturday, January 21 // 8 pm

Power Center

“Life must be lived forwards, but it can only

be understood backwards.” (Kierkegaard)

Like its title, this performance is a palindrome

that you will be able to see both forwards

and backwards — because some people

believe humanity is moving forward, while

others believe the opposite. Some say the

world is coming to an end, and others call

them doomsayers. No matter who is right, in

our quest for progress, we have dramatically

changed the world we live in. Are our actions

irreversible? Or can we undo them? This

performance presents a visual metaphor

for this crucial moment in our future history,

tracing the process of humans moving

towards their downfall — or their salvation.

Are we not drawn onward to new erA is “an

inventive, meticulously choreographed

artistic commentary on humanity’s

collective destruction of the Earth and every

person’s responsibility to commit fully to its

rehabilitation.” (The Skinny) An Edinburgh

Fringe First Award winner, this powerful

piece of theater is a “technically dazzling,

emotionally devastating show.” (Time Out)

This presentation is part of No Safety Net 3.0, UMS's

Renegade Theater Festival. Additional artists and

details will be announced in Fall 2022.

Joshua Bell by Richard Ashcroft

AARON DIEHL TRIO: MIRROR


Rackham Auditorium

UMS audiences may remember Aaron Diehl

as the incredible pianist who performed

alongside Cécile McLorin Salvant in Lydia

Mendelssohn Theatre in February 2020

and at the Michigan Theater in 2017. This

new project showcases his fluency in both

Western classical repertoire and dynamic

jazz improvisation. He and his trio explore

the connections between J.S. Bach’s

counterpoint and the vocabulary of bebop,

interspersing solo sections from The Well-

Tempered Clavier with Diehl’s own music in

corresponding keys. “Diehl gracefully melds

two worlds, merging the improvisational

spirit of jazz with the compositional

intricacies of Western classical music.”

(Downbeat)

Permanently Endowed Support: Helmut F. and

Candis J. Stern Endowment Fund

In this concert, postponed from January 2021,

Detroit's Sphinx Organization celebrates

its 25th anniversary, and UMS presents the

full orchestra on its first-ever national tour,

immediately after its Sphinx Competition

performances. The all-Black and Latinx

Sphinx Symphony Orchestra is composed of

top professionals from around the country,

with members serving as mentors to

Competition finalists and promoting works by

Black and Latinx composers. Sphinx’s vocal

ensemble, EXIGENCE, joins the ensemble for

several pieces, including Joel Thompson’s

Seven Last Words of the Unarmed, a powerful

multi-movement choral work that was

premiered by the U-M Glee Club in 2016

and memorializes the last words spoken by

seven African American men killed by police

or other authority figures.

This concert is presented in conjunction with

SphinxConnect, a national convening focused on

diversity and inclusion in the arts.

JOSHUA BELL, VIOLIN


Hill Auditorium

With a discography of more than 40 albums

and a career spanning over 30 years as a

soloist, chamber musician, conductor, and

music director, Joshua Bell is one of the

most celebrated violinists of his era. The

Bloomington, Indiana, native has served as

music director for Academy of St. Martin in

the Fields since 2011 and maintains an active

interest in music education and technology,

partnering with an instrument sampling

company and creating a VR experience for

the Sony PlayStation. Bell returns for his fifth

recital program and ninth appearance under

UMS auspices since his 1989 Hill Auditorium

debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Program to be announced.


Aaron Diehl by Maria Jarzyna For tickets call 734.764.2538 or visit ums.org 17

BRNO PHILHARMONIC

Dennis Russell Davies, conductor





Hill Auditorium

PROGRAM

Leoš Janáček Sinfonietta

William Bolcom Humoresk for Organ and Orchestra

Leoš Janáček Glagolitic Mass

Dennis Russell Davies last appeared in

Ann Arbor with the Bruckner Orchester

Linz in a program featuring Angélique Kidjo

performing a new song cycle by Philip Glass.

Now he returns with his new orchestra, the

Czech Republic’s Brno Philharmonic, which

was founded in 1956 and serves as a living

tribute to Leoš Janáček’s music. Janáček was

educated in Brno and spent most of his life

there, and his extensive experience working

with and composing for choirs was evident

in his compositions. The Glagolitic Mass — so

named because it was written in the oldest

known Slavic alphabet — has been performed

only once at UMS, in 1988, and is a patriotic

masterpiece, more of a hymn to the Czech

nation and Slavic culture than a religious or

ecclesiastical tribute.

BALLET PRELJOCAJ: SWAN LAKE


choreographer

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, original score

79D, electronica

Boris Labbé, video design

Éric Soyer, lighting design

Igor Chapurin, costume design




Detroit Opera House

Contemporary dance superstar Angelin

Preljocaj tackles the Mount Everest of the

ballet world with his new take on Swan Lake.

Combining Tchaikovsky’s musical masterpiece

with contemporary arrangements, he reinvents

the timeless and familiar tale of love, betrayal,

seduction, and remorse into a contemporary

ecological tragedy. The evil sorcerer von

Rothbart is an industrialist who wants to exploit

fossil fuels against a backdrop of unbridled

capitalism, while Siegfried and Odette are the

two eco-conscious heroes who try to thwart

his plans. With 26 dancers, this Swan Lake

truly takes flight in its beautiful tribute to the

original. Audiences who have seen Ballet

Preljocaj’s previous four appearances in Ann

Arbor, including the magical Snow White a

decade ago, are in for a treat when classical

ballet meets modern dance on the stage of the

Detroit Opera House.

Co-presented with Detroit Opera.


Ballet Preljocaj Swan Lake by JC Carbonne

A TIMELESS TALE REINVENTED.

EXPAND YOUR

LANDSCAPE


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MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA

Maria Schneider, composer and bandleader


Hill Auditorium

“Maria Schneider is a national treasure,”

proclaims National Public Radio. The

2019 NEA Jazz Master, 2021 Pulitzer

Prize finalist (for her 2020 album Data

Lords), and seven-time Grammy winner

brings her 18-member collective to

Hill Auditorium for their UMS debut.

Schneider’s music has been hailed by

critics as evocative, majestic, heartstoppingly

gorgeous, imaginative,

revelatory, riveting, daring, and beyond

categorization. Blurring the lines

among genres, her commissioners

stretch from Jazz at Lincoln Center to

the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and

the American Dance Festival — and

also include a collaboration with David

Bowie. Formed as a tribute to Gil Evans,

who orchestrated many of Miles Davis’s

charts, Schneider’s band tackles lush and

complex works that bring new energy to

the jazz orchestra landscape.

STEP AFRIKA!

C. Brian Williams, founder and artistic

director


Hill Auditorium

Step Afrika! introduces audiences to

the importance of stepping in cultural

identity and the use of body percussion

as a means of communication. Their

performances blend percussive dance

styles practiced by historically African

American fraternities and sororities,

traditional West and Southern African

dances, and an array of contemporary

dance and art forms. Featuring the

powerful dance of the Zulu nation and

the poly-rhythmic South African gumboot

dance, they integrate songs, storytelling,

humor, and audience participation into a

cohesive, compelling artistic experience

that showcases their technique, agility,

and pure energy. The first professional

dance company dedicated to the tradition

of stepping, Step Afrika! is featured in the

Smithsonian’s National Museum of African

American History and Culture with the

world’s first interactive stepping exhibit.


Maria Schneider by Briene Lermitte

Step Afrika! by Sekou Luke

DANIEL HOPE, VIOLIN

ZURICH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA


Hill Auditorium

PROGRAM

Aaron Copland “Hoe-Down” from Rodeo

Duke Ellington “Come Sunday” from Black, Brown

and Beige

Florence Price Adoration

Kurt Weill American Song Suite

Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Aaron Copland “At the River” from Old American

Songs

Philip Glass Echorus

George Gershwin Song Suite

After their UMS debut in November 2019,

which featured Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

paired with a new take on the work by Max

Richter — a concert that many audience

members cited as their favorite of the year —

violinist Daniel Hope returns with the Zurich

Chamber Orchestra in a new program that

takes a deep dive into the rich repertoire

of American music, exploring its roots and

distinctive qualities. “We know a piece is

from America the moment we hear it,” Hope

says. “But what makes it sound American?”

With arrangements by Paul Bateman for

solo violin with various classical and jazz

combinations, this concert will explore both

familiar and unfamiliar tunes by a variety of

American composers.

FARIDA AND THE IRAQI MAQAM

ENSEMBLE


Rackham Auditorium

Farida Mohammad Ali was born in Karbala,

Iraq, and has established a reputation

throughout the Arab world for her brilliant

performances of the classical maqam, a form

of Arab art music traditionally sung by men.

Her powerful voice and extensive training

have enabled her to perform some of the

most challenging maqams, and her mastery

of the form is truly extraordinary with both

a technique that requires full command of

complex melodies and an understanding of

the philosophies embedded within them.

Farida specializes in maqam al-baghdadi,

which has its roots in the culture of

Mesopotamia and is a secular form that relies

on improvisation. When Farida became the

first Iraqi woman to perform maqam in the US

in 2001, the New York Times reviewer likened

her to Linda Ronstadt, while the Chicago

Tribune detected "the swelling sweetness of

Bonnie Raitt wrapped around the gale-force

power of Pavarotti."

CHINEKE! ORCHESTRA




Hill Auditorium

PROGRAM

Carlos Simon Fate Now Conquers

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto in g minor

Florence Price Symphony No. 1 in e minor

Founded in 2015 to provide career

opportunities to young Black and ethnically

diverse classical musicians in the UK and

Europe, the Chineke! Orchestra comprises

exceptional musicians from across the

continent. The brainchild of Chi-chi Nwanoku

OBE, an ex-sprinter and double bass player

who was a founding member of the Orchestra

of the Age of Enlightenment and typically

found herself the only Black musician on

stage in any concert, Chineke! makes its

UMS debut three years after it was originally

scheduled. The concert features three works

that have never been performed on UMS

concerts. Florence Price’s first symphony was,

in 1933, the first symphonic work by a Black

woman to be performed by a major American

orchestra. Steeped in American folk music,

spirituals, and church hymns, her work reflects

her experience as a Black woman raised in

the post-Civil War South. Sphinx laureate

Elena Urioste joins the orchestra for Samuel

Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto. The

program opens with a short work by Carlos

Simon, a U-M alumnus whose works are now

gaining national attention.

Pronounced chi-NECK-ay, the orchestra’s name

comes from a Nigerian Igbo exclamation for

“something amazing.”


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Julius Eastman by Chris Rusiniak

CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT

Cécile McLorin Salvant, vocals

Sullivan Fortner, piano

Marvin Sewell, guitars

Alexa Tarantino, flutes

Keita Ogawa, drums and percussion


Hill Auditorium

A UMS favorite since her 2017 debut, Cécile McLorin Salvant

continues to defy expectations with her genre-obliterating virtuosity.

The singer, composer, and visual artist has a passion for storytelling

and finding the connections between blues, folk traditions from

around the world, theater, jazz, and Baroque music. She is an

eclectic curator who unearths rarely recorded, forgotten songs with

interesting power dynamics and unexpected twists; a composer of

new songs; and a visual artist who works in the medium of textile

drawings. Each of her past three recordings has won the Grammy

for Best Jazz Vocal Album, and in 2020 she was named a MacArthur

fellow. The New York Times called Ghost Song, released in March 2022,

“her most revealing and rewarding album yet.” After her 2020 set in

Mendelssohn Theatre with pianist Aaron Diehl, she brings her quintet

to Hill Auditorium.

JULIUS EASTMAN’S FEMENINE

WILD UP

Christopher Rountree, music director


Rackham Auditorium

American composer, pianist, vocalist, and dancer Julius Eastman was

young, gay, and Black when it was even more difficult to be young,

gay, and Black in America. He swerved in, out, and through academia,

downtown experimental music, discos, Meredith Monk’s early

ensembles, European tours, sex clubs, and Carnegie Hall. He died in

1990 at age 49, less than a decade after the New York City Sheriff’s

Department evicted him and threw most of his scores and belongings

into the winter snow of the East Village. Eastman sometimes gifted his

manuscripts to friends and musical colleagues; now, more than three

decades since his death, his work is being regifted by those whose

lives he touched. The Los Angeles music collective Wild Up is creating

a series of performances and a multi-volume anthology to carry his

music forward, starting with Femenine. The minimalist work debuted

in 1974, two years before Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians and

Philip Glass’s Einstein on the Beach had their first performances; yet

Eastman was punished for being ahead of his time, in the rejection of

both his music and his person. “Wild Up’s new rendition takes a page

from Eastman’s personal playbook: It’s exuberant, a bit in your face,

sometimes capricious, and always surprising.” (NPR Music)


Cécile McLorin Salvant For tickets call 734.764.2538 or visit ums.org 23

2022/23 FIXED SERIES LISTING

Zurich Chamber Orchestra by Harald Hoffmann

CHORAL UNION SERIES

11 PERFORMANCES IN HILL AUDITORIUM

MAIN FLOOR

$850 / $740 / $660

MEZZANINE

$640 / $550

BALCONY

$420 / $340 / $270 / $184

Sir András Schiff, piano


Wynton Marsalis’s All Rise

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

with Wynton Marsalis

U-M Symphony Orchestra and Choirs




City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra




Berliner Philharmoniker

(two different programs)

Kirill Petrenko, conductor



Itzhak Perlman & Friends

with Emanuel Ax, Jean-Yves Thibaudet,

and the Juilliard String Quartet


Sphinx Symphony Orchestra

EXIGENCE




Joshua Bell, violin


Brno Philharmonic

Dennis Russell-Davies, conductor





Daniel Hope, violin

Zurich Chamber Orchestra


Chineke! Orchestra





CHAMBER ARTS SERIES

6 PERFORMANCES IN RACKHAM AUDITORIUM

$280 / $250 / $200 / $140

Emerson String Quartet


Danish String Quartet


Takács Quartet

with Jeremy Denk, piano


Aaron Diehl Trio: Mirror


Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble


Julius Eastman’s Femenine

Wild Up

Christopher Rountree, artistic director


Danish String Quartet by Caroline Bittencourt

JAZZ SERIES

5 PERFORMANCES

MAIN FLOOR

$260

MEZZANINE

$220 / $190

DANCE SERIES

3 PERFORMANCES

MAIN FLOOR

$210 / $190 / $115

BALCONY

$195 / $140

Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis’s All Rise



U-M Symphony Orchestra and Choirs







Hill Auditorium

Aaron Diehl Trio: Mirror


Rackham Auditorium

Maria Schneider Orchestra


Hill Auditorium

Cécile McLorin Salvant


Hill Auditorium

The Rite of Spring / common ground[s]

Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables

of Senegal, and Sadler's Wells

Pina Bausch / Germaine Acogny & Malou

Airaudo, choreographers



Power Center

Ballet Preljocaj: Swan Lake


choreographer




Detroit Opera House

Step Afrika!

C. Brian Williams, founder and artistic director


Hill Auditorium


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NO SAFETY

NET 3.0

A RENEGADE

FESTIVAL

JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2023


PROVOCATIVE

THEATER.

COURAGEOUS

CONVERSATIONS.

NO

SAFETY

NET

RETURNS FOR

ITS THIRD

INSTALLMENT IN

WINTER 2023

This three-week festival tackles

contemporary issues with opportunities

for dialogue and inquiry. Details will be

announced in Fall 2022. Subscribers will

receive priority access to tickets for all

No Safety Net 3.0 events.

Presented in Partnership with:

Are we not drawn onward to new erA by Mirjam Devriendt


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DIGITAL

EVENTS

Spektral Quartet with Khaled Yassine by Mark Jacobson

Throughout the past two years, UMS has continued to pilot new digital

events, including:

UMS

CONNECT

A new digital series that invites

audiences to dive deeper into the

season’s performances in casual

conversations with artists and

creators

UMS

LIVE SESSIONS

Beautifully produced, intimate, and

informal concerts by UMS artists

that are filmed without audiences

and designed for an at-home

experience

DIGITAL

PERFORMANCES

Developed by artists who may

or may not be on UMS’s live

performance season and offered to

UMS audiences

DIGITAL

EVENTS

Includes contextual talks and

discussions that supplement and

amplify important elements of our

presentations

Our digital events — all of which are offered at no cost — continue to both

broaden and deepen the UMS experience. We invite you to join us online

and on demand during the 2022/23 season. New digital events will be

announced throughout the season.

SNEAK PEEK!

We're delighted to announce

that our filmed theatrical

presentation of James Anthony

Tyler's Some Old Black Man,

starring Wendell Pierce and

the late Charlie Robinson, has

been picked up by PBS's Great

Performances for national

distribution and will be available

on demand beginning this fall.

Details to be announced.


UMS DURING

COVID

"I HAD PEACE OF MIND THAT WE COULD ENJOY THE SHOW

KNOWING THAT EVERYONE'S SAFETY WAS FIRST."

(Audience member at Hill Auditorium)

During the 2021/22 season, UMS presented more

than two dozen live performances with vaccine

and mask requirements, as well as numerous digital

events. Audiences of up to 3,000 people enjoyed

UMS performances and the opportunity to return to

the live event experience.

As we all do our best to work through the global

pandemic, we also recognize that expectations may

be different when we start a new season in the fall.

At this point, we anticipate that the 2022/23 season

will be a return to a pre-pandemic normal, at least in

terms of attending live events, and we will continue

to offer subscribers complete flexibility if conditions

change — either in our region, or for you personally.

WHILE PROTOCOLS MAY CHANGE AS WE

GET CLOSER TO LIVE EVENTS, WE ASK ALL

AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO DO THEIR PART TO

CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE.

To that end, we encourage audience members who

are not feeling well to stay home — and we’ll offer

subscribers ticket refunds, exchanges, credit for future

performances, and donation options upon request.

For further details and the latest information about safety

protocols, please visit ums.org/safety. This page will be

updated regularly as conditions evolve.

We fully support our patrons who will continue

to mask and want to remind everyone that in the

absence of mask and vaccine mandates, one-way

masking still provides substantial protection.

Ballet Folklórico de México by Peter Smith For tickets call 734.764.2538 or visit ums.org 29

LIVE THE

MOMENT.

PLAN THE

FUTURE.

Forever


Darragh and Bob Weisman

DARRAGH AND

BOB WEISMAN’S

LOVE STORY BEGAN

WHILE ATTENDING

UMS CONCERTS AT

HILL AUDITORIUM

AS UNIVERSITY

OF MICHIGAN

STUDENTS IN 1957.

And as their courtship and relationship advanced, so

did their love of UMS. Over the following 63 years, they

attended hundreds of events, gradually moving from

the balcony to the main floor and from students to UMS

benefactors.

When Darragh passed away in 2021, Bob decided to

honor her memory and their relationship by creating

an endowment that would allow future generations to

benefit from their generosity…forever.

“The original seed was planted when we first started

attending UMS performances for $2 a ticket. I know

that someone else’s support made it possible for me

to buy affordable tickets as a student, and I knew then

that I wanted to do something like this in the future,”

Weisman says.

INCLUDING UMS IN YOUR ESTATE PLAN WILL HELP

ENSURE THAT THE EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT OF THE

PERFORMING ARTS WILL CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST

MICHIGAN FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

GIFTS OF ANY SIZE

MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Please visit ums.org/forever or call Marnie Reid at

734.647.1178 to learn more about how you can make

your forever gift to UMS.


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Handel's Messiah by Peter Smith

SEASON

TICKETS

Order online at

ums.org/seasontickets

1.

Become part of the UMS family by purchasing

Season Tickets!

During the 2021/22 season, audiences

praised UMS for putting the safety of artists

and audiences first and foremost. While we

can’t predict now what the next phase of the

pandemic will look like, we want to assure you

that we will continue to prioritize both safety

and flexibility for our season ticket holders.

As a subscriber, you can choose one of our

fixed packages — Choral Union, Chamber

Arts, Dance, and Jazz — on pages 24-25. Or

select any five (or more!) events from this

brochure to create your own Series:You.

SEASON TICKET

PACKAGES COME

WITH GREAT PERKS,

INCLUDING:

SAME- SEAT RENEWAL FOR

CHORAL UNION AND CHAMBER ARTS

SUBSCRIBERS

It’s been a while…but we’ve saved your

seats! If you subscribed to the Choral Union

or Chamber Arts series in the 2019/20

season, you will have access to those same

seats when “renewing” this season.

2. TICKET DISCOUNTS

Purchase at least 5 events, and you’ll save

10%. Purchase the entire season, and save

25%! Discounts apply on additional tickets

purchased throughout the year (standard

processing fees apply). Fixed package prices

already reflect the ticket discounts.

3. ACCESS TO THE BEST SEATS —

AT THE BEST PRICES

Season ticket holders get their foot in the

door early, which means that when it’s time to

assign seats for individual performances,

you’ll be covered.

4. RISK-FREE TICKET RETURNS

& EXCHANGES

If you’re not feeling well, uncomfortable

attending, or find that you’re going to

be out of town and can’t make an event,

we’ve got you covered with fee-free ticket

returns. Season ticket holders will continue

to have the most flexibility, with options

for exchanges into future programs, ticket

donations, and refunds.

5.

FREE PARKING

Order at least six events by Friday, June 24

and receive free parking for central campus

performances in the Power Center structure

(Fletcher Street), a close walk to most

performance venues. Be sure to check the

box on the order form or when ordering online

if you wish to take advantage of this offer;

parking passes are not automatically included.

6. INSTALLMENT BILLING &

PAYROLL DEDUCTION

Installment billing is easier than ever, with

three installments spaced throughout the

summer with a minimum order of $300 (credit

card only). And installment billing is now

available both online and by phone.

The first installment will be processed upon

receipt of your order, with subsequent

installments billed to your credit card on or

around July 13 and August 10.

Do you work for U-M and want to have the

value of your tickets withdrawn through

payroll deduction? Just place your order

by Friday, June 3, and the deductions will

be made in your June, July, August, and

September paychecks. Payroll deduction

orders must be placed by phone or mail.

AND DON’T FORGET

ABOUT THE INTANGIBLE

BENEFITS OF

SUBSCRIBING:

PERSONAL FULFILLMENT

Let’s be honest — it’s hard to find those

moments of personal escape, and sometimes

we have to schedule them into our lives. UMS

takes you to a place where the imagination is

thriving, and UMS season tickets allow you to

invest in yourself — and in the quality of life in

our community.

BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

Create shared memories with the people

who are important to you, and build lasting

friendships with others who love the arts.

SATISFY YOUR CURIOSITY

We always love to hear from subscribers

who took a chance on something they

weren’t sure they would enjoy or had never

experienced before. Often, it ends up being

their favorite event of the season! So be bold

and be curious — discover an artist you’ve

never heard of, try an art form you haven’t

experienced, or join us for an interactive

learning program. In every UMS season, you

can count on unexpected moments that will

stay with you for a lifetime.


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SEAT

MAPS

*

A B C D E

Prices levels may vary by floor. See the order form for specific

prices based on the seats you are requesting in each venue.

HILL AUDITORIUM (H1)

Orchestra Concerts

HILL AUDITORIUM (H2)

Recitals & Amplified Concerts

STAGE

STAGE

4

3

2

4

3

2

5

4 3 2

1

5

4 3 2

1

MAIN FLOOR

MAIN FLOOR

10 9 8 7 6

10 9 8 7 6

16

MEZZANINE

15 14 13 12

11

16

MEZZANINE

15 14 13 12

11

21

20

19

18

17

21

20

19

18

17

BALCONY

BALCONY

POWER CENTER (P)

RACKHAM AUDITORIUM (R)

STAGE

STAGE

3 1

5

1

2

4

3

2

8

4

10

9

MAIN FLOOR

7

6

7 5

6

8

BALCONY


IMPORTANT

DATES

JUNE

AUGUST

FRI 6/3

TUE 8/2

• Deadline for payment by U-M

payroll deduction

• Deadline for Choral Union &

Chamber Arts season ticket

holders to renew same seat

location

MON 8/29

• Seating priority deadline for

donors and renewing season

ticket holders to upgrade

seats

TUE 6/21

• Individual event tickets

APRIL

available for donors of

THU 4/28

$2,500+

• Season tickets go on sale to

renewing subscribers

• Subscribers to the 2021/22 or

2019/20 season will receive

seating priority when orders

are placed before May 9, 2022

MAY

TUE 5/10

• Season tickets go on sale to

the public

FRI 6/24

• Deadline for free parking

benefits

JULY

WED 7/20

• Individual event tickets

available for donors of $250+

• Group Sales Reservations

Open

• Public Single Ticket Day —

tickets to all individual events

on sale

• Student individual event

tickets on sale ($12 or $20

with ID for most events; Berlin

Philharmonic $25)

SEPTEMBER

THU 9/8

• Kids Club Tickets on sale; see

page 37 for more information

FRI 9/30

• Last day to order UMS season

ticket packages


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TICKETING

POLICIES &

INFORMATION

Season tickets will be mailed in late July. There is a $10 service charge for all season ticket orders

(per order not per ticket). Individual event prices are guaranteed through Friday, July 29, 2022.

SEASON TICKETS/SEATING PRIORITY

Please note: During the renewal period, we are

unable to provide specific seat locations when

you purchase your season tickets. The Patron

Services team will assign seating in June, after

the renewal deadline. Priority seating is given

to renewing subscribers (from the 2021/22 or

2019/20 seasons) as well as annual donors of

$1,000+.

If you subscribed to the Choral Union or

Chamber Arts Series in the 2019/20 season,

you will have access to those same seats

when renewing this season.

DONORS

Donors who support UMS with annual gifts of

$1,000 or more receive the highest priority

seating based on level of giving, including

new season tickets and seating upgrade

requests.

Donations may be included with your ticket

order. Ticket orders must be received by

Friday, June 3, 2022, to be eligible for seating

priority.

FIXED SERIES

Fixed series season ticket holders (for

Choral Union, Chamber Arts, Dance, Jazz, and

Marathon packages) receive priority before

Series:You and individual event purchasers.

Season tickets will be filled in the order

received.

SERIES:YOU

Series:You season ticket holders (those

who purchase at least 5 different qualifying

events) receive priority seating before

individual event purchasers and the best

prices if orders are submitted by Friday,

July 29, 2022. Season ticket orders must be

received by Friday, September 30, 2022, to

receive the 10% discount. All requests will be

filled in the order received.

PLEASE PROVIDE AN UP-TO-DATE EMAIL

ADDRESS & MOBILE PHONE NUMBER

UMS sends updated concert-related parking

and late seating information via email a few

days before each event. Please be sure that

the Patron Services Office has your current

email address on file. This information will be

used to communicate ticketing and seating

updates throughout the season. Mobile

phone numbers will be used in the event of a

late-breaking change and will not be used for

solicitation purposes.

TICKET FLEXIBILITY

TICKET EXCHANGES, REFUNDS

& DONATIONS

If you’re not feeling well, uncomfortable

attending, or find that you’re going to be out

of town and can’t make an event for which

you have tickets, we’ve got you covered with

fee-free ticket returns. We’ll continue to offer

season ticket holders options for exchanges

into future programs, ticket donations, credit

for future programs, and refunds.

REFUND POLICY

Programs and artists are subject to change. If

an artist cancels an appearance, UMS makes

every effort to substitute that performance

with a comparable artist. Refunds will be

offered to subscribers if a substitute cannot

be found, or in the event of a date change.

Service charges are not refundable. UMS

will not cancel performances because of

inclement weather.

TICKET DONATIONS/UNUSED TICKETS

Tickets may be donated to UMS until the

published start time of the concert. A receipt

will be issued for tax purposes; please consult

your tax advisor. Unused tickets that are

returned after the performance begins are not

eligible for UMS Credit or as a donation.

ACCESSIBILITY

All UMS venues have barrier-free entrances.

Seating spaces for patrons with mobility

disabilities and their companions are located

throughout each venue, and ushers are

available to assist patrons. Assistive listening

devices are available in all venues. Further

accessibility information, including relay

calls, large-print programs, and information

about elevator access, is posted at

ums.org/accessibility, or call 734.764.2538

for more information.


ADDITIONAL TICKET

PROGRAMS

GROUP TICKETS

Groups of 10 or more people attending a single

event will receive priority over individual

event purchasers and save up to 20% off the

regular ticket prices to most performances.

For more information, contact the UMS Group

Sales Office at umsgroupsales@umich.edu or

734.763.3100.

UMS accepts group reservations beginning

Wednesday, July 20. Plan early to guarantee

access to great seats!

STUDENT TICKETS

Student subscriptions may be purchased

beginning Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Student

subscriptions cost $20 per ticket, with a

minimum of 3 qualifying events purchased

(maximum of two tickets per college or

university ID). Seats will be assigned by the

Patron Services Office.

Student subscribers receive all subscriber

benefits and must show student ID when

picking up tickets. This offer cannot be

combined with other subscription discounts.

Student subscriptions are available at

ums.org/students.

Student tickets for individual performances

will be available for students in accredited

degree programs and high school students,

subject to availability, beginning Monday,

August 29, 2022. Student tickets cost $20

(main floor and mezzanine) and $12 (balcony).

Student tickets for the Berlin Philharmonic

cost $25 each.

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES &

UMS KIDS CLUB

UMS welcomes children over the age of

three. Not all performances are appropriate

for children, so please use discretion

and/or speak to a UMS Patron Services

Representative for guidance.

The UMS Kids Club program, which provides

discounted tickets for children in grades 3-12

and an accompanying adult, will go on sale on

Thursday, September 8, 2022. Visit

ums.org/kids for more information.

HOW TO

ORDER

UMS.ORG

734.764.2538

Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express accepted.

ONLINE

For credit card and installment billing orders, order season ticket

packages online at ums.org.

For payroll deduction, please call our Patron Services Office.

IN PERSON

Visit the UMS Patron Services Office on the north end of the Michigan

League building (911 N University Ave). UMS also sells tickets for the

U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance and the Ann Arbor Summer

Festival. Visit ums.org/contact for up-to-date hours.

PHONE HOURS

Mon-Fri, 10 am – 5 pm

Closed Sat and Sun

MAIL

UMS Ticket Office

Burton Memorial Tower

881 North University Avenue

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1011

Make checks payable to UMS.

QUESTIONS?

Contact the UMS Ticket Office at 734.764.2538 or umstix@umich.edu.

To learn about our School Day Performances

and other programs for children in grades

K-12, please visit ums.org/k12.


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PRIVATE AND

PUBLIC

SUPPORT

In addition to financial support from our

annual donors and corporate sponsors,

grants from private foundations and our

funding partners help make it possible

for UMS to invest in special initiatives —

providing free, $12, and $20 tickets to U-M

students; awarding grants that help U-M

faculty integrate the performing arts into

their curriculum; and bringing cutting-edge,

provocative performances that challenge us

to see and experience the world in new ways.

GENEROUS

PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT

COVERS OVER 60% OF OUR

ANNUAL OPERATIONS,

including artistic programs and

related education and community

engagement activities.

DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

ENDOWMENT FUND

Special project support for several

components of the 2022/23 UMS season

is provided by the Doris Duke Charitable

Foundation Endowment Fund, established at

UMS with a challenge grant from the Leading

College and University Presenters Program at

the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

THE INDIAN TRAIL CHARITABLE

FOUNDATION

An annual grant supports the Bert’s Ticket

program, which extends an invitation to all

first- and second-year U-M undergraduate

students to attend one UMS performance

free of charge.

MICHIGAN ARTS AND CULTURE

COUNCIL

General operating support is provided by the

Michigan Arts and Culture Council and the

National Endowment for the Arts.

MICHIGAN MEDICINE

Michigan Medicine provides multi-year

support for UMS programs.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

Special project support for UMS programs

and initiatives is provided by the National

Endowment for the Arts.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

The University of Michigan provides important

annual support for special UMS projects

and initiatives in the 2022/23 season. This

support ensures that the performing arts

play an important part in students’ learning,

and champions the artistic and cultural

vibrancy on campus, in Ann Arbor, and across

Southeast Michigan and the wider University

of Michigan community.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CREDIT

UNION ARTS ADVENTURES PROGRAM

The University of Michigan Credit Union

Arts Adventures Program provides access

for extraordinary arts experiences and

exceptional learning opportunities for

students and families in our community.

WALLACE ENDOWMENT FUND

Each season, a UMS presentation is funded

in part by the Wallace Endowment Fund,

established with a challenge grant from the

Wallace Foundation to build participation in

arts programs at UMS.

UMS is a member of the University of

Michigan arts consortium, the Arts Alliance,

and CultureSource.

UMS is a nondiscriminatory, affirmative

action employer.

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HOW TO ORDER

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PHONE HOURS

Mon-Fri, 10 am – 5 pm

Closed Sat and Sun

ONLINE

For credit card and installment billing orders, order subscription

packages online at ums.org.

For payroll deduction, please call our Patron Services Office.

IN PERSON

Visit the UMS Patron Services Office on the north end of the

Michigan League building (911 N University Ave). UMS also sells

tickets for the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance and the Ann

Arbor Summer Festival.

Visit ums.org/contact for up-to-date in-person hours.

MAIL

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Make checks payable to UMS.

QUESTIONS?

Contact the UMS Ticket Office at 734.764.2538 or umstix@umich.edu

IMPORTANT

DATES

THU 4/28

Season tickets go

on sale to renewing

subscribers

Subscribers to the

2021/22 or 2019/20

season will receive

seating priority when

orders are placed

before May 9, 2022

TUE 5/10

Season tickets go on

sale to the public

FRI 6/3

Deadline for payment

by U-M payroll

deduction

Deadline for Choral

Union & Chamber Arts

season ticket holders

to renew same seat

location

Seating priority

deadline for donors

and renewing season

ticket holders to

upgrade seats

TUE 6/21

Individual event

tickets available for

donors of $2,500+

FRI 6/24

Deadline for free

parking benefits

WED 7/20

Individual event

tickets available for

donors of $250+

Group Sales

Reservations Open

TUE 8/2

Public Single Ticket

Day — tickets to all

individual events

on sale

MON 8/29

Student individual

event tickets on sale

($12 or $20 with

ID for most events;

Berlin Philharmonic

$25)

THU 9/8

Kids Club Tickets on

sale; see page 37 for

more information

FRI 9/30

Last day to order

UMS season ticket

packages

Season Ticket requests are filled in the order in

which they are received, with priority given to Fixed

Series and renewing Series:You subscribers. Order

early to guarantee the best seats before tickets go

on sale to the public.

UMS Donors with annual gifts of $1,000 or more are

given seating priority for upgrades and new series

when orders are received by Friday, June 3, 2022.

1. FIXED SERIES

PACKAGES

Orders must be received by Friday, September 30. Please consult the seating maps on pages 34

as you make your selections.

Series (# of performances)

# of

Packages

Gold

Main

A

Main

B

Main

A

Mezz

B

Mezz

B

Balc

C

Balc

D

Balc

E

Balc

Total

Choral Union Series (11)

x

850 740 660 640 550 420 340 270 184

=

Gold Main

Gold Balc

A Mezz

A B C D

Chamber Arts Series (6)

x * * 280 250 200 140

=

Dance Series (3)

210 195 190 140 115

x

*

=

Please circle your preferred performance (events with only one performance are not listed)

Rite of Spring / common ground[s] Fri 10/21, 8 pm Sat 10/22, 8 pm

Ballet Preljocaj Swan Lake Fri 2/17, 7:30 pm Sat 2/18, 7:30 pm Sun 2/19, 2:30 pm

Jazz Series (5)

x

260 220 * 190 * *

=

Marathon Series (28)

x

1,523 * * * 760 *

=

* seats are not available in this price section for venue listed

1

Fixed Series Package Sub-Total = $

Questions? Contact the UMS Ticket Office at 734.764.2538

Outside the 734 area code and within Michigan, call toll-free 800.221.1229 continue to step 2 >>>

2. SERIES:YOU,

STUDENT

SUBSCRIPTIONS

& ADD-ON

PERFORMANCES

Artist

Date, Time (Venue)

SERIES:YOU: Choose 5 or more events

from this listing and take 10% off.

Orders must be received by Friday,

September 30 to receive the discount.

Individual event prices are guaranteed

until Friday, July 29, 2022.

Are you purchasing a student subscription?

Yes No

# of

Tickets

Gold

Main

A

Main

B

Main

Gold

Balc

A

Mezz

STUDENT PACKAGES: Select 3 or more

performances for access to $20 student seats.

Seats are assigned by the Patron Services

Office. You must present your student ID to

pick up your tickets in August.

If yes, please only fill out the number of tickets for each event (2 max per event). Your total cost will be

$20 per ticket. No additional discounts apply.

B

Mezz

B

Balc

C D E

Total

Trevor Noah

Fri 9/16, 8 pm (H2)

x

125 125 95 85 85 50 50 45 25

=

Emerson SQ

Sat 10/1, 8 pm (R)

x

* 60 54 * * * 46 30 *

=

András Schiff

Fri 10/7, 8 pm (H2)

x

60 56 50 50 42 32 26 22 12

=

Wynton Marsalis All Rise

Fri 10/14, 8 pm (H2)

x

80 70 60 70 60 50 40 30 18

=

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orch with

Wynton Marsalis

Sun 10/16, 4 pm (H2)

x

66 60 56 56 46 40 34 26 14

=

City of Birmingham Symphony/

Kanneh-Mason

Wed 10/19, 7:30 pm (H1)

x

60 54 48 48 42 34 26 22 14

=

Rite of Spring / common ground[s] 1

Fri 10/21, 8 pm (P)

x

75 68 * 68 * 56 50 * *

=

Rite of Spring / common ground[s] 2

Sat 10/22, 8 pm (P)

x

75 68 * 68 * 56 50 * *

=

Danish SQ

Fri 10/28, 8 pm (R)

x

* 56 48 * * * 36 24 *

=

Aida Cuevas

Fri 11/4, 8 pm (H2)

x

54 54 50 34 26 26 22 * 12

=

Berlin Philharmonic 1 (Korngold)

Fri 11/18, 8 pm (H1)

x

150 125 100 100 85 60 50 40 25

=

Berlin Philharmonic 2 (Mahler)

Sat 11/19, 8:30 pm (H1)

x

150 125 100 100 85 60 50 40 25

=

Handel’s Messiah 1

Sat 12/3, 7:30 pm (H2)

x

38 30 26 30 26 24 20 16 14

=

Handel’s Messiah 2

Sun 12/4, 2 pm (H2)

x

38 30 26 30 26 24 20 16 14

=

Itzhak Perlman & Friends

Sat 12/10, 8 pm (H2)

x

125 100 90 85 75 56 48 34 20

=

Béla Fleck & Punch Brothers

Fri 12/16, 7:30 pm (H2)

x

70 65 60 60 50 40 * * 14

=

Takács SQ with Jeremy Denk

Wed 1/18, 7:30 pm (R)

x

* 60 54 * * * 46 30 *

=

Are we not drawn…

Ontroerend Goed 1

Fri 1/20, 8 pm (P)

x

48 44 * 44 * 38 30 * *

=

Are we not drawn…

Ontroerend Goed 2

Sat 1/21, 8 pm (P)

x

48 44 * 44 * 38 30 * *

=

Aaron Diehl Trio

Fri 1/27, 8 pm (R)

x

* 48 42 * * * 36 26 *

=

Sphinx Symphony

Sun 1/29, 4 pm (H1)



Outside the 734 area code and within Michigan, call toll-free 800.221.1229

x

60 54 48 48 42 34 26 22 14

Series:You listing continues on next page >>>

=

Artist

Date, Time (Venue)

# of

Tickets

Gold

Main

A

Main

B

Main

Gold

Balc

A

Mezz

B

Mezz

B

Balc

C D E

Total

Joshua Bell

Tue 2/7, 7:30 pm (H2)

x

80 72 68 68 56 42 34 26 14

=

Brno Philharmonic

Fri 2/10, 8 pm (H1)

x

66 60 56 56 46 36 30 24 14

=

Ballet Preljocaj Swan Lake 1

Fri 2/17, 7:30 pm (DOH)

x

139 119 89 139 * * 59 29 *

=


Sat 2/18, 7:30 pm (DOH)

x

139 119 89 139 * * 59 29 *

=


Sun 2/19, 2:30 pm (DOH)

x

139 119 89 139 * * 59 29 *

=

Maria Schneider Orchestra

Sat 3/11, 8 pm (H2)

x

50 46 40 40 30 * * * 14

=

Step Afrika!

Sun 3/12, 4 pm (H2)

x

50 46 40 40 30 * * * 14

=

Daniel Hope / Zurich Chamber Orch

Fri 3/17, 8 pm (H1)

x

60 54 48 48 42 34 26 22 14

=

Farida and Iraqi Maqam

Sun 3/19, 4 pm (R)

x

* 42 38 * * * 32 26 *

=

Chineke! Orchestra

Sat 3/25, 8 pm (H1)

x

60 54 48 48 42 34 26 22 14

=

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Fri 4/14, 8 pm (H2)

x

60 54 48 48 42 34 26 * 12

=

Julius Eastman's Femenine

Sun 4/16, 4 pm (R)

x

* 42 36 * * * 32 24 *

=


Series:You Sub-Total = $

Less 10% (must purchase at least 5 events) = $

2

Series:You Total (please do not round) = $

Student Subscription Total (# of tickets @$20) = $

3. PARKING

Pre-Paid Event Parking Passes may be purchased in advance for $5 each for the University of

Michigan Thayer and Fletcher Street parking structures, just a short walk from most concert

venues in Ann Arbor. Vouchers may be redeemed for parking beginning two hours before the event

and expire at the end of the 2022/23 season. Each parking pass is good for one use only. Parking

is not guaranteed with vouchers, so please arrive early to allow enough time to park.

Pre-Paid Parking Passes

x

$5 each

=

Subscriber benefit! I subscribed to six or more events prior to June 24, 2022 and would like free parking in the Power Center (Fletcher

Street) structure on UMS event nights.

3

Parking Sub-Total = $


Outside the 734 area code and within Michigan, call toll-free 800.221.1229

continue to step 4 >>>

4. INVEST IN UMS WITH

AN ANNUAL DONATION

Your financial support is essential to UMS. When you make a tax-deductible contribution in addition to your subscription, you invest in the artistic

and innovative excellence UMS brings to the stage, as well as the hundreds of educational activities that engage audiences of all ages throughout

Southeast Michigan.

YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT IS ESSENTIAL

$10,000+ Mainstage Performance

Support

$5,000+ School Day Performance and

In-School Workshops with

Teaching Artists

$2,500+ Ticket Subsidies and

Transportation Grants for

Under-Served Schools

$1,000+ Paid Internships at UMS

$500+ Ticket Subsidies for One

U-M Class to Attend a UMS

Performance

$250+ Master Class, Class Visit, or

Q&A with a Visiting Artist

$100+ Ticket Subsidies for Six U-M

Students

If you are a donor, please print your name(s) as you would like it to

appear in the program book listing, or check the box below to remain

anonymous. Donors of $250 or more will be listed in the program book.

Remain anonymous

4

Donation Sub-Total = $

I intend my full donation to be tax-deductible and decline all non-deductible benefits.

CHECKLIST

Please double check that you have completed the following

before mailing in your order. Have you:

Filled out the next page with mailing and payment

information?

Included your mobile phone number and your email

address(es) (to be used for concert notifications and/or

ticketing concerns)

Signed and enclosed your check (payable to UMS), or signed

the credit card line in “payment information”

[Dance Series and Marathon Series only] Circled your

desired performances on the order form for events with

multiple performances?

Included an annual donation to UMS? Thank you!

TOTALS

1 Fixed Series Package Sub-Total $

2 Series:You Sub-Total (do not round) $

3 Parking Sub-Total $

Postage/Handling $ 10.00

Sub-Total (Total 1-3 + Postage)

Filled out and included the entire order form? Please do not

cut the order form before sending.

4

Tax-Deductible Contribution to UMS $

Questions?

Grand Total

Contact the UMS Patron Services Office at 734.764.2538 or

umstix@umich.edu

Outside the 734 area code and within Michigan, call toll-free 800.221.1229 please continue to next page >>>

5. IMPORTANT SEATING INFORMATION

A. If the seat section you selected is not available for an event that you have purchased, would you prefer (please check all that apply):

Change my seats to the next higher price section

Call me at the mobile number listed below

Change my seats to the next lower price section

Email me at the address listed below

If available, move me to a different performance of the same event and keep the same price section (note any exceptions below)

Please note: if you do not check a box, you will automatically be moved to the next lower price section, and the cost difference will be converted to UMS Credit, which may be

used at any time during the 2022/23 season. A UMS Credit receipt will be sent to you. If the venue that you have selected has several levels (e.g., main floor and balcony), UMS

will keep your seats on the level that you requested and move you to the next lower price section, unless you indicate otherwise here:

B. Accessibility-Related Seating Needs or Special Seating Requests

C. I would like my tickets mailed to:

The address

below

Please hold my tickets at the

League Ticket Office for me to pick

up prior to my first performance

I’m ordering student season tickets

and will pick up my tickets at the

League Ticket Office after August 1

My summer address

(please list address

and dates below):

6. MAILING INFORMATION

UMS ACCOUNT NUMBER (if known)

LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

ADDRESS*

CITY STATE ZIP

CELL PHONE (include area code)

LANDLINE (if used, include area code)

EMAIL ADDRESS (for up-to-date information on parking, start times, late seating, program changes, etc.)

*Tickets will be mailed to the address provided later this summer. If you would like your tickets mailed to a different address or held for pickup at the League Ticket Office, please see

the “important seating info” section above. Tickets will be mailed in late July, or after the final installment is charged.

7. PAYMENT INFORMATION

My payment is by U-M Payroll Deduction (order must be received by Friday, June 3, 2022). I understand I will be billed in four installments,

once monthly in June, July, August, and September. Donations will be deducted in monthly installments beginning in July.

NOTE: Payroll deduction requests must be mailed or emailed to umstix@umich.edu. Payroll Deduction requests will not be accepted online.

U-M EMPLOYEE ID NUMBER

AUTHORIZATION SIGNATURE

CHECK (payable to UMS)

INSTALLMENT BILLING

Donations will be charged in full upon receipt, or call 734.647.1175 for additional options. Season ticket packages may be charged in three

installments, as indicated below.

I want to take advantage of installment billing for my season tickets (credit card orders totaling $300 or more). Tickets will be mailed once

all installments have been processed.

I understand that my card will be billed in three equal installments: when the order is received, and on or around July 13 and August 10.

For orders postmarked after July 1, installment billing will be applied in two equal installments: when the order is received and August 10.

OFFICE USE ONLY TICKET TOTAL: DONATION:

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