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 


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 





Sunday, October 16 // 4 pm 


CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, conductor 

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello 

Wednesday, October 19 // 7:30 pm 


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 




Are we not drawn onward to new erA by Mirjam Devriendt

NOV 

AIDA CUEVAS WITH MARIACHI AZTLÁN 

Friday, November 4 // 8 pm 


BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER 

Kirill Petrenko, chief conductor 

Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin 





Saturday, November 19 // 8:30 pm 


DEC 

HANDEL’S MESSIAH 


Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra 

Scott Hanoian, conductor 

Saturday, December 3 // 7:30 pm 

Sunday, December 4 // 2 pm 


ITZHAK PERLMAN & FRIENDS 

Itzhak Perlman, violin 

Emanuel Ax, piano 

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano 

Juilliard String Quartet 

Saturday, December 10 // 8 pm 


SPECIAL DOUBLE-BILL! 

BÉLA FLECK MY BLUEGRASS HEART 

AND PUNCH BROTHERS 

Friday, December 16 // 7:30 pm 


JAN 

TAKÁCS QUARTET 

WITH JEREMY DENK, PIANO 

Wednesday, January 18 // 7:30 pm 


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 



SPHINX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

EXIGENCE (Eugene Rogers, music director) 

Tito Muñoz, conductor 

Aundi Moore, soprano 

Sunday, January 29 // 4 pm 


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 


BRNO PHILHARMONIC 

Dennis Russell Davies, conductor 


Brass of the U-M Symphony Band 

Christian Schmitt, organ 

Friday, February 10 // 8 pm 


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 


STEP AFRIKA! 

C. Brian Williams, founder and 

artistic director 

Sunday, March 12 // 4 pm 


DANIEL HOPE, VIOLIN 

ZURICH CHAMBER ORCHETRA 

Friday, March 17 // 8 pm 


FARIDA AND THE IRAQI MAQAM ENSEMBLE 



CHINEKE! ORCHESTRA 

Andrew Grams, conductor 

Elena Urioste, violin 



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 


JULIUS EASTMAN’S FEMENINE 

WILD UP 

Christopher Rountree, music director 

Sunday, April 16 // 4 pm 



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TREVOR NOAH: BACK TO ABNORMAL 

Friday, September 16 // 8 pm 


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. 

Title Sponsor 

EMERSON STRING QUARTET 



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 



“[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 





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.” 





“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 





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 



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 

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45 ANIVERSARIO: YO CREO QUE ES TIEMPO 

AIDA CUEVAS WITH 

MARIACHI AZTLÁN 



“[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 



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 





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 


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 



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 


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 



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) 





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 



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 



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 






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 





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 



“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 



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 



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 



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 





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 



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 



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) 


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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 








Aaron Diehl Trio: Mirror 



Maria Schneider Orchestra 



Cécile McLorin Salvant 



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 





Step Afrika! 

C. Brian Williams, founder and artistic director 




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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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IN PERSON 

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

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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. 

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