UMS 2023/24 Annual Report

ANNUAL

REPORT

145TH

SEASON

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

145TH

SEASON

2 23/24 Annual Report

After the proverbial curtains closed

on our 23/24 season, I found myself

reflecting with profound gratitude and

pride on the remarkable journey we

have undertaken together over the past

few years. This past season was not just

a series of performances; it was a true

celebration of the arts, a reaffirmation of

our communal bonds, and a testament

to the unifying power of music, dance,

and theater.

This year, our stages were graced by

an extraordinary array of talent and

innovation. From the awe-inspiring

melodies of British guitarist John

McLaughlin and Indian tabla virtuoso

Zakir Hussain with Shakti to the soulstirring

immersive performance cycle

by the Druid theater company of Sean

O’Casey’s Dublin Trilogy, each event was

a moment of magic that will resonate in

our memories for years to come.

I am particularly proud of our special

projects and community collaborations

this season. Collaborations with the

U-M Arts Initiative; the School of Music,

Theatre & Dance; and other campus

units and leaders resulted in thoughtprovoking

and engaging performances.

Our commitment to inclusivity

through programs like Pay-What-You-

Wish performances at the Ypsilanti

Freighthouse ensured that the arts

remained financially accessible to all

members of our community.

Our learning and engagement initiatives

once again took center stage, fostering

a deeper connection between artists

and audiences. Artist residencies and

masterclasses provided invaluable

opportunities for learning and

inspiration, while our K-12 and university

programs nurtured the next generation

of artists and art lovers.

In the digital arena, we made significant

strides in expanding our digital

programming to reach new audiences.

Our streaming options, behind-thescenes

content, and interactive events

allowed us to connect with new

audiences beyond Southeast Michigan.

None of this would have been possible

without the unwavering support of

our patrons, sponsors, donors, and

partners at the University of Michigan.

Your generosity and dedication are

the heartbeat of UMS, enabling us to

bring world-class performances to Ann

Arbor and beyond. I extend my deepest

gratitude to each and every one of you.

As we look forward to the next season,

we carry with us the successes and

memories of this past year. Each

performance, from world-renowned

symphony orchestras to intimate,

cutting-edge theater, contributes to a

tapestry of artistry that has enriched our

lives and strengthened our community.

Thank you for being an integral part of

our journey and the UMS community.

I look forward to seeing you again as

we continue to explore, innovate, and

celebrate the arts in the seasons to come.

With warmest regards,

Matthew VanBesien

UMS President

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About UMS

OURMISSION

To inspire individuals and enrich

communities by connecting audiences and

artists in uncommon and engaging experiences.

OUR GUIDING

PRINCIPLES

From the illustrious to the unknown,

from the traditional to the experimental,

UMS opens the doors to a fascinating

journey, full of new discoveries. We

remain committed to our mission but

are also compelled to adapt — as our

organization always has — building on

our traditions and history, responding to

the issues of our time, and embracing

our future. This juxtaposition of the

traditional and the innovative is truly

part of our DNA at UMS, and why we

keep challenging ourselves each

day and each season to be a cultural

resource for our community.

The performing arts are foundational

to human existence. At their best, they

can illuminate shared life experiences

across cultural differences and create

a space for conversation, growth, and

healing in an ever-more polarized

society. This is why we do what we

do — and guiding us in this work and

our vision is our commitment to the

following core principles:

CREATIVITY AND

RESPONSIVENESS

Creativity, innovation, and learning are

central to UMS’s mission, and providing

inspiring experiences for our entire

community is our north star. We aspire

to present special, high impact artistry

and to nurture artists creating new

and important work, and we hope UMS

can transcend the walls of our venues

and become part of our thinking, our

memories, and our lives.

BELONGING AND RESPECT

UMS is a place where everyone belongs.

Our work is driven by the inspirations

and needs of both our artists and our

community. We see and respect each

person’s humanity, and we use our

platform as a performing arts presenter

to elevate and celebrate the human

condition, cultivate empathy, foster

meaningful dialogue, and promote

wellness and healing. We value and

learn from our differences and elevate

celebrations of life, love, joy, and even

sadness. And we bring this same care

and compassion to ensure all who work

and volunteer at UMS feel valued.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY,

INCLUSION, AND

JUSTICE WORK

We acknowledge that we alone cannot

solve larger societal issues, but we have

a moral and organizational imperative to

treat all people with equity and fairness,

engage in intercultural work that

embraces diversity and inclusion work,

and dismantle barriers to resources —

at the individual and community level,

as well as in our day-to-day operations

with artists and partners. We strive to

put the needs and inspirations of artists,

partners, and audiences at the forefront

of our work, and we actively share

our resources to support and engage

artists, audiences, and perspectives

historically excluded from our industry

and our organization.


OUR

VISION

UMS is a cultural catalyst for Michigan:

the premiere destination for artistic celebration,

creative possibility, challenging conversations,

and meaningful impact.

STRATEGIC

PLANNING

As we approach our 150th season,

UMS has begun work to properly

commemorate this milestone

through a celebration of past,

present, and future: commissioning

and producing new works, shaping

exciting strategic and artistic

partnerships, and finding ways to

further invest in the people who

make it all possible — artists,

audiences, staff, board, volunteers,

and partners.

A team of UMS staff and board

members worked with the Tom

O’Connor Group throughout the

23/24 season to develop a five-year

plan for UMS, to cover the period

leading up to and including our 150th

season in 28/29. The plan comprises

four main pillars

THE UMS COMMUNITY:

Cultivating a Culture of

Belonging

Goal: Cultivate a culture that prioritizes

a shared sense of welcome,

belonging, and transparency

as a foundation for all that UMS

achieves and aspires to do.

UMS is a sought-after employer,

collaborator, and partner, and its

values are apparent to audiences

and donors, its full- and part-time

staff, its hundreds of volunteers,

and its community, educational,

and artistic partners.

THE UMS INFRASTRUCTURE:

Building Our Capacity to Support

Our Vision and Realize Our

Ambition

Goal: UMS responsibly invests

its resources to create the

most optimal and exciting

environments for artists, our staff,

and our community: establishing

pathways for artistic celebration

and incubation across various

programs and platforms, providing

opportunities for deeper audience

experiences and meaningful

impact for all stakeholders, and

developing the physical spaces

and technology required to

support it all.

THE UMS PROMISE:

Championing Uncommon Ideas

and Experiences

Goal: UMS is internationally respected

and locally cherished, building on

its extensive history with an iconic

mix of traditional and innovative

programming that serves as an

artistic and cultural conduit for

the world to Michigan, and for

Michigan to the world.

THE UMS AMBITION: Leveraging

Our Strengths for a Bold, Secure,

and Sustainable Future

Goal: UMS reaches its 150th season

operating with vision and

confidence, and marked

by strategic financial and

philanthropic models that support

our programming, personnel,

and capital aspirations. UMS

is a responsible leadership

organization that mindfully

stewards its resources to

support an ambitious, evolving,

and sustainable portfolio of live

performing arts activities that

is increasingly available and

accessible to all.

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Programmatic Leadership

Packed to the brim, the 23/24 season expanded

the boundaries of UMS. A powerhouse opening

week launched a season with over 10 events

at or near capacity, including thrilling debuts,

meaningful sonic contributions, moments where

the arts and resistance came together, and

countless opportunities to be present.

PROGRAMMATIC

LEADERS


GRAND EVENTS

& THRILLING

DEBUTS

September started us off, setting Hill

Auditorium abuzz with superband Snarky

Puppy performing songs from their 2023

Grammy-winning Empire Central for our

season opener. Big, bold, eclectic, and

electric, the 19-piece ensemble brought its

detailed arrangements of fetching melodies,

layered harmonies, exciting solos, ear-candy

synth effects, and propulsive beats. Snarky

Puppy’s originality set the stage for a

dynamic season.

Four nights later, we hosted the 50th

anniversary of the revolutionary ensemble

Shakti, featuring British guitarist John

McLaughlin and Indian tabla virtuoso Zakir

Hussain in an extraordinary sellout event.

HIP

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In a much-anticipated UMS return, superstar

soprano Renée Fleming and pianist Inon

Barnatan presented the world premiere

of Voice of Nature, an all-new multimedia

performance. Inspired by Renée’s 2023

Grammy Award-winning album Voice of Nature:

The Anthropocene, the unique performance

included beloved songs and new commissions

alongside an original National Geographic

Society video reflecting the musical selections.

In addition to their world premiere recital

program, Fleming and Barnatan immersed

themselves on the U-M campus. Fleming

brought her Music and Mind project to UMS,

featuring a panel discussion presented in

partnership with Michigan Medicine that

explored the relationships between the

arts and neuroscience. The panel featured

local researchers and practitioners from

the University community who shared their

experiences and the numerous ways music has

proven to positively impact human health.

Inon Barnatan’s performance with Fleming

launched a week-long residency that ended

with his performance with the Jerusalem

String Quartet in Rackham Auditorium a week

later. Between the two performances, he led

piano and chamber music masterclasses at

the School of Music, Theatre & Dance and

gave a free recital featuring selections from his

just-released album, Rachmaninoff Reflections.

The recital included his own virtuosic solo

piano arrangement of Rachmaninoff’s beloved

Symphonic Dances, which mesmerized an

attentive capacity audience. We’re grateful to

Elaine and Peter Schweitzer for sponsoring

Inon Barnatan’s residency week with UMS.

I’VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF

MEETING SCIENTISTS, THERAPISTS,

AND MUSICIANS AROUND THE

WORLD, AND MY PASSION FOR THE

INTERSECTION OF HEALTH AND THE

ARTS HAS ONLY GROWN.”

— Renée Fleming


THESE EXPERIENCES

WERE MADE POSSIBLE

WITH THE SUPPORT

OF MANY GENEROUS

SPONSORS, INCLUDING

MICHIGAN MEDICINE.

For 20 years, UMS friends from

Michigan Medicine have played

a leading role in making UMS

performances and educational

programming possible.

It started with a group of physicians

who felt the restorative power of

arts experiences was critical to

relieving the stresses of their jobs

and who wanted to make sure these

events continued to support future

generations.

These volunteers began a tradition

of hosting an annual reception,

which introduced new faculty and

clinicians from across the region’s

medical community — including

neighboring hospital systems such

as Trinity Health, Henry Ford, and

Beaumont — to UMS, raising funds

to start an endowment that would

help support UMS programs. Thanks

to many generous donors throughout

these past 20 years, the Medical

Community Endowment has grown

to over $250,000, providing income

to help underwrite a Hill Auditorium

performance each season.

Several faculty from Michigan

Medicine were also interested in

exploring the idea of integrating

arts experiences into the curriculum

for residents and house officers as

part of their post-graduate training.

After partnering together on two

preliminary initiatives, UMS and

Michigan Medicine faculty teamed

up over a decade ago to apply

for a grant to support their new

“Medical Arts” Program. Now an

annual program, participants come

together about once a month during

the academic year to experience

performances, analyze works of

visual art, and meet with artists

and creators in an effort to foster

essential but often overlooked

skills in their training, such as

empathy, awareness of social

context, and comfort with ambiguity

and uncertainty, all of which are

pervasive elements of clinical care.

As these relationships within

Michigan Medicine grew, the

University’s academic medical

center, recognizing the importance

of the arts in health and well-being

for its patients, students, and faculty,

began sponsoring a series of UMS

events each year. UMS has worked

with its touring artists to provide

lobby concerts and bedside visits

through the Gifts of Art program, to

bring children’s musicians to C.S.

Mott Children’s Hospital, and, last

season, to host renowned soprano

Renée Fleming for her Music and

Mind program. Fleming spoke about

the latest research into the powerful

impacts of music and the arts in

health and the human experience.

She was joined by colleagues

from Michigan Medicine, including

neurologist Dr. Zachary London,

cardiologist Dr. John Bisognano, and

music therapist and studio manager

of Sophie’s Place at C.S. Mott

Children’s Hospital Meredith Irvine,

as well as musicologist Dr. Charles

Lwanga, who each shared research

projects of their own as well as their

experiences with music and arts in

clinical practice.

UMS is grateful to Michigan

Medicine and its extraordinary

leadership, and we are proud to

bring performances and learning

opportunities that spark joy, enhance

wellness, and connect us to each

other and our shared humanity to our

campus and community.

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THEIR PERFORMANCE WASN’T OUTSTANDING BECAUSE

IT WAS REMINISCENT OF EUROPEAN CLASSICAL MUSIC —

IT WAS OUTSTANDING BECAUSE EVERY MUSICIAN ON STAGE

SHARED A GOAL OF MAKING POWERFUL MUSIC TOGETHER, AND

THEY EMITTED A RADIANT ENERGY THAT CAPTIVATED EVERY

MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE, REGARDLESS OF THE MUSICAL

JOURNEYS THAT LED THEM TO HILL THAT NIGHT.”

— Michigan Daily Arts Writer Jack Moeser

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The energy and passion of the Orquesta

Sinfónica de Minería sent the Hill

Auditorium audience into rapturous

applause following the ensemble’s UMS

debut performance in October. Mexico’s

top orchestra was led by maestro Carlos

Miguel Prieto and featured a program of

music by Mexican and Latino composers,

including Venezuelan pianist Gabriela

Montero, who performed her own Piano

Concerto No. 1, as well as an encore

improvisation of a song suggested on

the spot by an audience member. The

orchestra’s energetic percussion section,

led by Maestro Prieto, also participated in

a masterclass for U-M SMTD students the

following morning. The performance and

masterclass was made possible by Wacker

Chemical, a company based in Germany

with locations in Ann Arbor and México City.


In January, UMS had the pleasure of

presenting classical superstar trio Emanuel

Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma in

an all-Beethoven concert that included a

transcription of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1

for piano trio. This marquee evening resulted

in another full house at Hill Auditorium,

with over 900 students in attendance. The

warmth of the artists with each other and

the audience made it a memorable evening

for all.

Also in January, UMS presented LaTasha

Barnes’s The Jazz Continuum, a new

production centering the prolific artistry

of jazz music and dance as a cornerstone

of Black American culture and community.

Unlike a typical choreographed

performance, the content changes from city

to city because it incorporates new talent

from each region where it is performed. The

Jazz Continuum seeks to build community

and connect to the artists’ stories and

histories through movement.

For her Power Center appearance,

Barnes collaborated with House of Jit,

a Detroit-based dance collective that

spreads awareness of and pushes the

limits of Detroit Jit, a street-dance style

characterized by fast footwork. The House of

Jit collective then returned to the Ypsilanti

Freighthouse in September 2024 with their

own show.

I’M REALLY HONORED TO

FACILITATE MAKING SPACE

FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY

UNAPOLOGETICALLY CELEBRATE

WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY’VE

CONTRIBUTED TO THE WORLD.”

— LaTasha Barnes

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January also featured Mariachi Herencia

de México with La Marisoul, which

brought audience members from around the

state together for an unforgettable night of

Mexican music and culture. The 2024 Latin

Grammy nominees presented an evening

that simultaneously honored the past and

celebrated the present and future of

mariachi music.

Long-time UMS corporate sponsor Old

National Bank teamed up with Rehmann, a

business consulting and professional advisory

firm, to co-sponsor UMS’s presentation

of Mariachi Herencia de Mexico featuring

La Marisoul. Old National Bank’s business

banking unit and Rehmann’s professional

advisory services were a perfect match,

hosting clients for a pre-performance

Mexican-themed reception. The two

companies will team up again during the

2024/25 season for a holiday event prior

to Joyce DiDonato and Kings Return’s

performance on December 14. We are thrilled

to welcome the team at Rehmann as a new

corporate sponsor, and thank our friends at

Old National Bank for their continued support.

UMS president Matthew VanBesien; Todd Clark, CEO

of Community Banking and Executive Vice President

at Old National Bank; and Adam Williams, Principal,

Advisory and Tax Services at Rehmann


March brought another exciting UMS debut

with the Isidore Quartet. Founded in 2019,

the New York-based string quartet had already

been awarded a 2023 Avery Fisher Career

Grant, a virtually unheard-of recognition so

early in an ensemble’s career. During their

time here, they led a masterclass with SMTD

students and recorded a digital-exclusive

performance featuring a work by the

trailblazing composer, jazz pianist, and sixtime

Grammy winner Billy Childs. The digital

performance, released over the summer for

a limited time period, reached an additional

1,300 viewers.

Young Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä led

Orchestre de Paris in Debussy’s Prelude

to the Afternoon of a Faun and Stravinsky’s

complete Firebird in another sold-out Hill

Auditorium performance. This thrilling UMS

concert also featured the debut of 19-yearold

pianist Yunchan Lim, who performed

Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Lim’s

meteoric ascent to international stardom

began in 2022 at age 18, when he won gold

at the Van Cliburn Competition. The audience

for this highly anticipated event included over

800 enthusiastic students.

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Also in March, Samara Joy made her UMS

debut following her 2023 Grammy wins for

Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best New Artist,

only the second time in Grammy history that

a jazz artist has received the Best New Artist

nod. The performance date, which took place

during Women’s History month, coincided with

the 100th birthday of Sarah Vaughan, an artist

who has served as an important source of Joy’s

inspiration. Joy set the capacity audience at Hill

Auditorium on fire with her astounding vocals,

singing both originals and standards — and then

stayed hours after the show to greet hundreds of

adoring fans.

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin led the extraordinary

Philadelphia Orchestra in two performances

to close the 23/24 season. The season finale

put the UMS Choral Union and music director

Scott Hanoian on display with Johannes

Brahms’s German Requiem. The Orchestra

has had a deep history in Ann Arbor since its

1913 debut, and their two different programs

recalled nearly 50 years of May Festival

residencies from years past.

THE EXTRAORDINARILY POWERFUL

PERFORMANCE MOVED ME TO TEARS, NOT

JUST DURING THE CONCERT BUT ALSO

IN THE QUIET MOMENTS OF REFLECTION

THAT FOLLOWED AND EVEN THE NEXT DAY!

I am walking on air. Minority communities are

rarely represented in major establishments,

so I’m tremendously grateful that Yannick

Nézet-Séguin incorporated Florence Price’s

composition into the program. I also attended the

stimulating pre-performance session moderated

by Doyle Armbrust featuring Kori Coleman of

D-Composed in the lobby. I like that UMS is openminded

enough to mix it up!”

— Email from audience member

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RESIDE

In addition to the events listed earlier, UMS

supported over 150 free educational activities

throughout the 23/24 season, commissioned

and produced new artistic works, and

sponsored artist residencies — including

two month-long residencies at the

Ypsilanti Freighthouse.


NCIES

UMS AT THE

YPSI FREIGHTHOUSE

After its initial pilot residency in April

2023, UMS proudly continued its

exciting partnership with the City

of Ypsilanti at the historic Ypsilanti

Freighthouse for two different monthlong

residencies in 23/24. Each

residency featured a blend of music,

dance, and interactive experiences

designed to resonate with audiences of

all ages. This initiative has become so

ingrained into our season that it’s hard

to remember 23/24 was the first season

with two full residencies!

That Ypsilanti Freighthouse residencies

are marked by a Pay-What-You-Wish

ticket model and an eclectic variety of

events for multi-generational audiences,

all programmed from a community-first

lens. Through the two residencies,

we welcomed over 2,200 guests from

across Southeast Michigan — a third

of whom self-identified as Ypsilanti

residents.

We are delighted that the Freighthouse

has become a creative hub for local and

regional artists, as well as a gathering

place for culturally curious audiences of

all ages. Take a look back at our favorite

moments — from the local talents of

our Open Mic Night participants and the

immersive fun of our free Family Events

to an extended residency with HUB New

Music at Estabrook Elementary School

in Ypsilanti.

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RESIDE


NCIES

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Residencies

AKROPOLIS

REED

QUINTET

The Akropolis Reed Quintet’s residency was

particularly meaningful, as we welcomed back

these five Michigan alums — including former

UMS student employee Kari Landry! — for their

first-ever UMS performance.


THE

RESIDENCY

INCLUDED:

A WELCOME HOMECOMING

Akropolis returned to their alma mater,

leading a chamber music masterclass

for students at the U-M School of

Music, Theatre & Dance.

BACK TO SCHOOL(S)

A class visit to 2nd grade students at

Estabrook Elementary in Ypsilanti.

A concert and Q&A at Tappan Middle

School in Ann Arbor.

A short performance and woodwind

coaching session for students at Ann

Arbor’s Scarlett Middle School.

A MUSICAL DREAM

The Akropolis Reed Quintet

performed a virtuosic UMS debut

in Rackham Auditorium, with an

innovative, genre-defying program

that included an arrangement of

Gershwin’s An American in Paris.

They were joined by jazz pianist

and composer Pascal Le Boeuf and

drummer Christian Euman in the

spectacular Are We Dreaming The

Same Dream? — recently nominated

for the 2025 Grammy for Best

Instrumental Composition!

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Residencies

THE

JAVAAD

ALIPOOR

COMPANY’S

THINGS HIDDEN SINCE THE

FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD

Known for his innovative and thoughtprovoking

work, British-Iranian

theatermaker Javaad Alipoor explores

contemporary issues through the lens of

digital culture, identity, and social justice.

His new work, Things Hidden Since the

Foundation of the World, represented a

full-circle moment for UMS, as it concluded

a trilogy of Alipoor’s works that explored

the relationship between contemporary

technology and contemporary politics.

(UMS presented The Believers Are But

Brothers, the first work in the trilogy, as part

of its No Safety Net 2.0 Festival in early

2020.) Alipoor’s 2023 residency at UMS

provided a rich opportunity for both the

university and the broader community to

engage with his multifaceted approach to

theater and storytelling.


THE

RESIDENCY

INCLUDED:

PENNY STAMPS SPEAKER SERIES

Javaad Alipoor and musician/activist

King Raam began their Ann Arbor

residency with a Penny Stamps

Distinguished Speaker Series lecture at

the Michigan Theater, hosted by NPR’s

Neda Ulaby.

The full lecture is available to stream

on demand.

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CLASS VISITS

Javaad Alipoor spent time with

students at Pioneer High School’s

World Literature classes to discuss and

preview his play; students at the school

participated in an in-depth theater

residency exploring the themes of

the work.

He also visited several U-M classes,

including “Revolutionary Iran,” a history

course, and a performance practice

workshop at the School of Music,

Theatre & Dance.

SCHOOL DAY PERFORMANCE

The Pioneer students were among

a group of about 200 students from

schools in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Detroit,

and Plymouth-Canton who took a field

trip to experience Things Hidden.

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Residencies

ENGAGING ARTS & RESISTANCE

ACROSS CAMPUS

Things Hidden Since the Foundation of

the World was supported by the U-M

College of Literature, Science, and

the Arts and the U-M Arts Initiative,

and represented UMS’s final program

as part of the U-M Arts & Resistance

Theme Semester (see more details

about this theme semester later in this

report).

SIX CULMINATING

PERFORMANCES

UMS presented five public

performances and a School Day

Performance of The Javaad Alipoor

Company’s Things Hidden Since the

Foundation of the World at the Arthur

Miller Theatre.


MARTHA

GRAHAM

DANCE COMPANY

In February, the Martha Graham Dance

Company participated in an extended

learning and engagement residency that

reached hundreds of elementary and

college students plus the community at

large including:

• An energetic school day performance at the Power Center

with nearly 900 students from 10 different schools

• Six additional visits to area schools by company members

• A visit to UMS’s undergraduate course at U-M, “Engaging

Performance”

• A UMS 101 on The Graham Technique, led by former Graham

dancer Peter Sparling

• A U-M SMTD dance class led by Martha Graham dancer

Lorenzo Pagano

• Post-Performance Q&As

• A You Can Dance workshop with Lorenzo Pagano, open to

amateur dancers of all ages and skill levels at the Riverside

Arts Center in Ypsilanti

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Commissions and Premieres

FLINT ARTIST

RESIDENCY

In addition to its work on the Ann Arbor

campus, UMS is proud to share its

resources with UM-Flint by supporting an

artist-in-residence on the Flint campus,

a program funded in part by the U-M Arts

Initiative. The program, a collaboration

with the UM-Flint Arts + Culture Research

Cluster, engages a Flint-area artist in a

residency on the campus of U-M Flint and

throughout Southeastern Michigan during

the academic year, centering the creation

of art in the campus experience.

This season, UMS welcomed Anthony

Feimster, better known by his stage name

Feimstro. Feimster is a Flint-based pianist,

vocalist, and composer who used his

residency to collaborate with musicians

and other artists to create new work. The

residency culminated in the release of his

second studio album Dis Aint No Joke in

May 2024.

COM

AND PR

As part of the September 2023 Ypsilanti

Freighthouse residency, Detroit-based

saxophonist and composer and U-M

alumnus Marcus Elliot led a sevenpiece

band of musicians and artists in

a special collaboration with the African

American Cultural and Historical Museum of

Washtenaw County that honored the history

of Ypsilanti as a refuge for Black Americans

dating back to the 1830s. Commissioned by

UMS to celebrate Ypsilanti’s bicentennial,

the new work, Sonic Contributions, was

inspired by stories from significant moments

in the history of Ypsilanti. Those stories

shaped original music compositions that

highlighted the bravery of those who sought

freedom on the Underground Railroad, and

honored the resilience that the African

American community in Ypsilanti has shown

throughout time.

Spurred by the residency itself, this UMS

commission premiered at the Freighthouse

in two meaningful evenings. The final dress

rehearsal was filmed and released for

streaming to further share this

monumental work.

Watch Video


MISSIONS

EMIERES

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In February, UMS produced and hosted

the world première of composer Nkeiru

Okoye’s When the Caged Bird Sings,

a collaboration between UMS and the

U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

An elaborate work that fused elements

of oratorio, theater, and opera in a multimovement

musical ceremony, Caged Bird

was truly a collaborative effort, packing the

Hill Auditorium stage with a full orchestra,

chorus, and the EXIGENCE vocal ensemble,

as well as four soloists and a narrator.

Commissioned by the University of Michigan

School of Music, Theatre & Dance, the piece

draws on inspiration from the Black church

and celebrates the spirit of rising above

expectations and transforming adversity

into triumph. Partly in tribute to the activist

and poet laureate Maya Angelou, the work

celebrates Black women, commemorating

those who have paved a path for future

generations in many fields of human

endeavor.

During her time in Ann Arbor, Okoye also

participated in two public discussions

about the new work and her overarching

career, was interviewed as part of the Penny

Stamps Speaker Series, and joined U-M Arts

Initiative executive director Mark Clague in a

pre-concert conversation.


February also saw a special preview

performance by Martha Graham Dance

Company of the new work We The

People. Choreographed by Jamar Roberts,

resident choreographer for the Alvin Ailey

American Dance Theater, and set to music

by Rhiannon Giddens, the piece opened up

the conversation about how the American

vernacular dance in Rodeo emerged from

immigrant and enslaved communities.

The performances also included Agnes de

Mille’s 1942 classic Rodeo with the iconic

score by Aaron Copland reorchestrated

for a bluegrass ensemble, and Martha

Graham’s final complete work, Maple Leaf

Rag, celebrating the founder’s timeless

and uniquely American style of dance as

the influential dance company approaches

its 100th anniversary.

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In March, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire

and pianist Sullivan Fortner brought

a unique concert to UMS inspired by the

collaboration between the great jazz

trumpeter Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines,

a key figure in the evolution of jazz piano

playing. The concert was a tribute to the

iconic Armstrong/Hines album Weather Bird,

a series of groundbreaking recordings that

showcased each artist’s individual brilliance

as well as the seamless synergy between one

of the most influential duets in jazz history.

Performing only in Ann Arbor to a sold-out

Rackham Auditorium, Fortner and Akinmusire

brought charisma and delight, even

announcing from the stage that they were

going to play through intermission because

they were having so much fun and didn’t want

to stop. As the evening reached its conclusion,

the pair played Eden Ahbez’s “Nature Boy” as

an encore, leaving the crowd feeling enriched

by this new jazz pairing nearly a century after

the one that inspired it.


The thread of new commissions continued

through the end of the mainstage season with

the Takács Quartet, whose program nodded

to the natural world. In between Haydn’s

“Sunrise” quartet and Beethoven’s second

Razumovsky quartet, the slow movement

of which was inspired by Beethoven’s

contemplation of the starry sky, the Quartet

performed a new UMS co-commission by

Nokuthula Endo Ngwenyama that was inspired

by a deep sense of awe and wonder in nature.

Born in Los Angeles of Zimbabwean-Japanese

parentage, Ngwenyama’s work flow was a

huge hit among audiences, prompting one to

email,

NOKUTHULA NGWENYAMA’S “FLOW” WAS

WONDERFUL.

Its heart and soul [was] a string quartet, but new

and modern. It sat so well between the Haydn

and the Beethoven, and I’d love to hear it again.

Brava to Ms. Ngwenyama, and to the Takács

Quartet for the whole program.”

— Email from audience member

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THE

ORCHESTRA OF

THE AMERICAS

RESIDENCY

CARLOS MIGUEL PRIETO,

KAYHAN KALHOR, AND YO-YO MA

In the summer of 2023, Yo-Yo Ma’s

management team approached UMS

about an opportunity to host a one-of-akind

musical gathering at the University

of Michigan in June 2024. This project

would bring together talented young

musicians from around the world to

rehearse, workshop, and perform an allnew

concerto in advance of its official

world premiere at the Elbphilharmonie in

Hamburg, Germany in 2025.

The Orchestra of the Americas, a Latin

Grammy-winning ensemble led by

conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto and

composed of young pre-professional

musicians from around the world

were joined by 20 students from the

U-M School of Music, Theater & Dance

to participate in a week of rehearsals

and workshops for this new double

concerto, which was written for cello and

kamancheh (spiked fiddle) by composer

Kayhan Kalhor. The piece celebrates 25

years of musical friendship between

Ma and Kalhor, who were both original

members of the Silkroad Ensemble.

After months of complex planning and

preparation during our 23/24 season, this

project came fully to life with a weeklong

residency and culminating preview

performance in Hill Auditorium on Tuesday,

June 11, 2024, marking the official end to

the 23/24 season and UMS’s first June

performance in decades.


WELCOME TO ANN ARBOR

Thursday, June 6

More than 60 musicians from 18

countries arrived in Ann Arbor for

the start of the residency. A morning

orientation allowed the Orchestra of

the Americas musicians to meet the

participating U-M SMTD students and

explore the beautiful University of

Michigan campus.

SECTIONAL REHEARSALS

ACROSS CAMPUS

Thursday-Saturday, June 6-8

Musicians worked together over three

days during sectional rehearsals led

by faculty from OA and U-M SMTD, as

well as OA conducting fellows. They

ensured the collective ensemble was

well prepared before the arrivals of

conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto and

soloists Yo-Yo Ma and Kayhan Kalhor.

In addition to the new Kalhor concerto,

their performance repertoire included

Gabriela Ortiz’s Téenek, plus Ottorino

Respighi’s Roman Festivals and Pines

of Rome.

ALL TOGETHER ON STAGE

Saturday, June 8

After an exciting first rehearsal with the

full orchestra and guest artists, Yo-Yo

Ma joined the musicians for a quick

photo op!

AN INSIDER’S PERSPECTIVE

Monday, June 10

U-M SMTD oboist Mark Doerr, who

participated in the residency, took over

UMS’s Instagram account to give us an

insider’s look (and listen!) of the final

day of rehearsals with his colleagues.

In this clip, he tackles a passage from

Respighi’s Pines of Rome.

Watch Video

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A PACKED AUDIENCE

Tuesday, June 11

Audiences began to fill the 3,500-seat

Hill Auditorium in eager anticipation

of the residency’s culminating

performance. This concert sold out

within a week of its public on-sale in

January.

VENUS IN THE MIRROR

PREVIEW PERFORMANCE

Yo-Yo Ma and Kayhan Kalhor brilliantly

performed Venus in the Mirror, Kalhor’s

new double concerto, in the first half of

the program.

Kalhor shared the following insights on

his composition:

As a musician, I have always cherished

the profound privilege of interpreting

the voice of my musical culture and

instrument in moments of solitude and

alongside those I hold dear. Over the

past 50 years, this freedom has enabled

me to define my perception of life

through the Arts.

Amidst a world in turmoil, a 25-year

journey of friendship and collaboration

with a remarkable individual is a

milestone that calls for artistic

commemoration.

This piece serves not only as a

celebration of our bond but also as a

reflection on the social interests and

complexities in general and during the

past few years, particularly the current

situation and social nuances of my home

country and the brave young Iranians,

especially Iranian women.

The concerto, Venus in the Mirror, is

a testament to peace and friendship.

It was born out of a desire to create a

moment of tranquility amid chaos and to

explore the delicate balance of human

existence. This theme resonates deeply

in these complicated times.


A THRILLING SECOND HALF

In the second half of the program,

audiences were treated to Ottorino

Respighi’s masterpieces Roman

Festivals and Pines of Rome, which

featured the sonic brilliance of

antiphonal brass from the balcony.

AN ENCORE UNLIKE ANY OTHER

Carlos Miguel Prieto and the Orchestra

of the Americas kept the celebration

going with two joyous encores by

Alberto Ginastera and Zequinha de

Abreu, which had the crowd stomping

their feet. The final encore featured

improvised musical and dance solos

by the musicians — an Orchestra of

the Americas tradition at every concert

they perform!

In the final of several standing ovations,

OA musicians proudly unfurled flags

from their home countries in a fantastic

sendoff, a visual commemoration of this

unforgettable residency and week of

cultural exchange.

WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WAS A

CULMINATION OF INCREDIBLY HARD

WORK, EXECUTED FLAWLESSLY WITH

PASSION, TENACITY, AND HEART.

I hope you felt what I felt from both the

orchestra members and the audience — a

kind of people’s communion transcending

time and space, words that we often use in

our sector, but this time, those descriptions

landed in our collective hearts.

I am deeply grateful and appreciative to the

whole team for working individually and

collaboratively to this kind of cultural work

that truly makes a difference.”

— Yo-Yo Ma, in post-residency message

to UMS staff

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OUR SINCEREST

APPRECIATION

Every staff member at UMS played a

significant role behind the scenes in

bringing the Orchestra of the Americas

residency to life. We especially thank

our project leaders in the Programming,

Production, and Learning & Engagement

teams for their tireless dedication to

making this summer residency possible:

Alex Gay, Director of Production

Cayenne Harris, Vice President,

Learning & Engagement

Marissa Honig, Project Manager

Mark Jacobson, Vice President,

Programming and Production

The Orchestra of the Americas residency

was only possible because of the

passionate support from university,

individual, and corporate sponsors who

were essential to making it happen at

the University of Michigan. We thank

all of our sponsors for their incredible

generosity and commitment to our mission

of connecting audiences and artists in

uncommon and engaging experiences:

Orchestra of the Americas residency sponsors,

with Kayhan Kalhor, Yo-Yo Ma, and Carlos Miguel

Prieto. L-R: Mark Clague (Arts Initiative), Thea

Glicksman, Menakka Bailey, Peter Schweitzer,

Kayhan Kalhor, Yo-Yo Ma, Carlos Miguel Prieto,

Rachel Feder, Dan Feder, Eileen Weiser, Richard

Caldarazzo, Mike Martin, Brian Weisman.

Not pictured: Matt and Nicole Lester, Linh and

Dug Song, Helga and Jerry Bilik, Stephen and

Faith Brown, Shaomeng Wang and Ju-Yun Li, Ellie

Serras, Dianne Widzinski, Jon and Sandy Willen,

Sesi Motors, Honigman


UMS

IMPACT

STRENGTHENING OUR

SOCIETY THROUGH

THE ARTS

UMS is dedicated to work that not

only enriches the cultural life of

the University of Michigan and the

surrounding community but also

inspires broader societal change. As

mentioned earlier, the world premiere

of Nkeiru Okoye’s When the Caged

Bird Sings, the Underground Railroadinspired

work Sonic Contributions

by Marcus Elliott at the Ypsilanti

Freighthouse, and the exploration

of jazz by LaTasha Barnes’s Jazz

Continuum all connected to larger

social and cultural issues, bringing

audiences together for experiences

that expand and enrich the way

we see one another and the world.

In fall 2023, UMS presented

performances and many campus

engagement events as part of the

University of Michigan’s Arts &

Resistance theme semester, with

support from the U-M Arts Initiative:

Javaad Alipoor, DruidO’Casey, and

DakhaBrakha.

Javaad Alipoor’s 2023 residency

exemplified the commitment to

fostering innovative and socially

relevant art. Alipoor’s creative talents

and unique perspective as a British-

Iranian theatermaker stimulated

important conversations about the role

of the arts in addressing contemporary

social issues.

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THERE IS THIS ENERGY INSIDE THE

THEATER AT THE END OF TRILOGY

DAYS THAT IS OTHERWORLDLY.”

We’ve all experienced something, but it’s

different every time. To commit to a full

day, I think you take the characters to heart

because you live that day with them. You live

in that tenement world. You live in that Sean

O’Casey world for the day.”

— Druid actor Caitríona Ennis

In October, UMS brought the magic of

Ireland’s Druid Theatre Company

to Ann Arbor with the presentation of

Sean O’Casey’s Dublin Trilogy, featuring

three pivotal plays by the legendary Irish

playwright: The Shadow of a Gunman, Juno

and the Paycock, and The Plough and the

Stars. Directed by the renowned Garry

Hynes, this trilogy not only captivated

audiences but also provided a deep

immersion into the heart of Dublin’s sociopolitical

landscape during the early 20th

century.

Presented in only two US cities —New York

and Ann Arbor — by a single company of

18 actors, the staging of all three plays as

a cohesive trilogy allowed theater-goers

to experience the full arc of O’Casey’s

narrative, feeling the interconnectedness

of personal and political struggles across

different periods of Irish history.

Over the course of a seven-hour day that

included all three plays, audience members

immersed themselves in the experiences

of people during different moments in

Ireland’s history, tastefully mixing together

tragedy and comedy. An Irish-inspired

Zingerman’s dinner allowed audiences to

fuel up between the performances of

The Shadow of a Gunman and Juno and

the Paycock.

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UMS Impact

Ukrainian “ethno-chaos” band DakhaBrakha

opened our November lineup with a thrilling

return to Hill Auditorium. This performance,

presented in association with the Center for

Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies

(CREES), highlighted the incredible bravery,

resilience, and determination of the Ukrainian

people in the midst of war — a message that

the band conveyed through both their music

and the visual representations that appeared

on screen as they performed.

Immediately after their performance, the

musicians were introduced to students

from CREES for an intimate meet-and-greet

backstage, where students shared stories

about themselves and their appreciation for

DakhaBrakha’s music in Ukrainian. These

students were just a handful of the nearly

500 who attended the performance.

CONSIDERING THAT UKRAINE HAS A

BIG NEIGHBOR WHO THINKS THAT EVEN

THE EXISTENCE OF OUR COUNTRY IS

A HISTORICAL MISUNDERSTANDING…

EVERY ONE OF OUR CONCERTS ABROAD

CAN BE REGARDED AS A POLITICAL ACT

IN ITSELF.”

— Marko Halanevych, DakhaBrakha

founder and musician

The following morning, DakhaBrakha joined

CREES students and professors for brunch

and a tour of the Center’s special exhibition,

Guardian Passage: The Power of Ukrainian

Cultural Memory in the Face of War.


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UMS Impact

UMS AT U-M

Partnerships with the University of

Michigan represent a cornerstone of

the learning and engagement activities

that UMS presents, with dozens of

opportunities each year for students

to engage with UMS artists through

masterclasses, opportunities to perform

premieres of new works, classroom

visits, lectures, demonstrations,

and more.

U-M STUDENT

EXPERIENCE SPONSORS

Presenting Sponsors:

THE EHRENBERG FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND

PATTI ASKWITH KENNER

TIM AND SALLY PETERSEN

Supporting Sponsors

STEPHEN AND ROSAMUND FORREST

STUDENT TICKET ENDOWMENT FUND

WALLIS C. KLEIN ENDOWMENT FUND

STUDENT IMPACT

UMS’s impact on students includes

programs at both the K-12 and

university levels. Each year, over 20%

of our audiences are students who

attend through specially discounted

ticket programs and collectively

save over $540,000 each year. One

can’t underestimate the impact that

attending these performances has on

students, whether they are from SMTD

or other areas of study.

In reflecting on her time at Michigan,

one SMTD student noted, “The

University Musical Society brought in

so many guest artists and orchestras

who would come through Ann Arbor,

Michigan. The Berlin Philharmonic

comes [to the US], and they play in

Carnegie Hall, they play in Chicago

Symphony Hall, and they play in…

Hill Auditorium. It’s ridiculous to get

to hear that caliber of artistry right

there on campus. We learned so

much from that.”

An engineering student, who was a

recipient of a free ticket to the Yo-Yo

Ma / Emanuel Ax / Leonidas Kavakos

concert provided by an anonymous

donor, wrote,

I HAD AN INCREDIBLE TIME AT

THE YO-YO MA PERFORMANCE.

THAT WAS MY FIRST CONCERT

AT HILL AUDITORIUM, AND AS A

SENIOR THAT WAS SOMETHING I

REALLY WANTED TO DO BEFORE I

GRADUATED.

I used to play the cello and piano

and have looked up to Yo-Yo Ma for a

long time, and it was really exciting to

actually hear him play in person. I even

made friends with another student

next to me who had also received a

ticket from the donor.” Another student

added, “I hope to one day also be able

to give back to students like this.”

But the impact of UMS on students

extends far beyond the performances

on stage.

CLASSROOM EXPERIENCES

At the University level, UMS works

with professors in a variety of

departments — encompassing

engineering, dentistry, chemistry,

English, the arts, and more — to

incorporate UMS events and class

visits by UMS artists into their syllabi.

This past season was the 10th

year of UMS’s popular “Engaging

Performance” class, which invites

undergraduate students to learn more

about the arts directly from the artists

we present, as well as attending

performances and writing about them.

This year, the class, which is co-taught

by faculty in the School of Music,

Theatre & Dance and the College of

Literature, Science & the Arts, was

taught by the two professors who

led the first iteration: Yopie Prins and

Matthew Thompson. Read more on

our blog.

Read Article

21ST CENTURY INTERNSHIP

PROGRAM

UMS Campaign Co-Chairs Tim and

Sally Petersen have been involved with

UMS for many years and sponsor the

21st Century Artist Internship program,

which places four SMTD students each

summer with companies that UMS will

be presenting the following season.

Their support allowed Matthew Eggers

(theater and production design, class


of '24) to work with Javaad Alipoor in

England and Scotland; Sasha Gusekhin

(vocal performance and biology,

cognition, and neuroscience, '24) to

work with The Philadelphia Orchestra;

Kate Klassa (organizational studies

and theater arts, '24) to intern with the

Martha Graham Dance Company; and

Emilia Vizachero (acting, '24) to work

with Druid in Ireland, in advance of the

DruidO’Casey trilogy presented here.

These extraordinary opportunities can

be life-changing for both the interns and

the companies that host them.

MEDICAL ARTS PROGRAM

In addition to these opportunities and

others already mentioned in this report,

UMS and Michigan Medicine continued

its Medical Arts program, which provides

opportunities for U-M residents and

house officers to attend performances

and engage with UMS artists as part of

a larger conversation about how the arts

and medicine intersect.

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Ypsi UMS Freighthouse

Impact

EXPERIENCES

FOR K-12

STUDENTS


On the K-12 front, in addition to School

Day Performances (two of which were

livestreamed and available on demand

to schools across the state), a series of

artist facilitators went into classrooms

in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Allen Park,

Detroit, and Bloomfield Hills to prepare

students to attend a UMS performance

and to debrief with them about the

experience afterwards. Each classroom

attending a School Day Performance

receives a learning guide that connects

what they will see with curricular

requirements for various levels of

instruction. These guides are also

provided for two digital-only School

Day Performances that are made

available to families across the state.

Of particular note this past year was a

relationship with Ypsilanti’s Estabrook

Elementary School. In addition to

hosting members of the Akropolis Wind

Quintet, the students at Estabrook

worked with contemporary chamber

music ensemble Hub New Music.

For an in-school residency known

as Hub Lab, students at Estabrook

worked directly with musicians from

Hub New Music to compose their own

piece, which was later performed

by the musicians at the Ypsilanti

Freighthouse. Tyler Rindo, a teacher

at Estabrook, wrote to UMS when the

residency was over:

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT

TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR

SUPPORT AND ENTHUSIASM THIS

YEAR AS YOUR TEAM PROVIDED

SO MANY INCREDIBLE MUSIC

OPPORTUNITIES FOR MY STUDENTS.

In the month of April alone EVERY

SINGLE ESTABROOK STUDENT had the

opportunity to enrich their education

with a HIGH QUALITY LIVE performing

arts experience at the freighthouse.

Yesterday at our district music

department meeting we were sharing

our visions for the future of our

Ypsilanti music programs and I spoke at

length about the positive experiences

my students had with the freighthouse

music residency. Specifically, my

vision is that every single YCS student

(3,721) gets to see a live high quality

performing arts experience every year.”

SCHOOL DAY

PERFORMANCES BY

THE NUMBERS

14,963

Students impacted, including

10,829 who viewed a digital

performance

46%

Of students were from underserved

communities

17

School districts participated in

UMS School Day programs

21

Cities participated in UMS

School Day programs

7

Participating counties: Clinton,

Genesee, Kalamazoo, Macomb,

Oakland, Wayne, Washtenaw

ARTIST FACILITATORS

1,303

students participated in...

46

workshops from ...

18

schools

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UMS Impact

K-12 PROGRAMS ARE MADE

POSSIBLE BY

Presenting Sponsors

Principal Sponsors

RICHARD AND NORMA SARNS

Patron Sponsors

ANONYMOUS

DAVID AND KIANA BARFIELD FAMILY FOUNDATION

KAREN AND CHARLIE CHAPELL

THE COZAD FAMILY

DAVID AND JO-ANNA FEATHERMAN

DAVID AND PHYLLIS HERZIG ENDOWMENT FUND

TIMOTHY AND JO WEISE JOHNSON

TIM AND LISA LYNCH

WARDE AND CHRISLAN FULLER MANUEL

PRUDENCE AND AMNON ROSENTHAL K-12

EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FUND

GAIL FERGUSON STOUT

Additional funding provided by

Supporting Sponsors

MENAKKA AND ESSEL BAILEY

ELAINE A. BENNETT

MATT AND NICOLE LESTER FAMILY


BE CHALLENGED.

145TH

SEASON

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People

PEOPLE

We welcomed several new staff members

during the 23/24 season:

The marketing team welcomed Miranda

Tolsma at the top of the season, in July

2023, as Digital Marketing Coordinator.

A Michigan State graduate, Miranda has a

background in graphic design and comes

to UMS after positions with the digital

marketing firm Capacity Interactive and

American Repertory Theater in Boston.

ARTS INITIATIVE AT U-M

The Arts Initiative, launched in 2019 by the

Office of the President, is a university-wide

endeavor to make the arts central to U-M’s

identity and mission. It seeks to illuminate

and expand human connections, inspire

collaborative creativity, and build a more

just and equitable world through the arts.

Mark Clague, professor of music, former

UMS board member, and associate dean

for collaborations and partnerships in the

School of Music, Theatre & Dance, was

recently named the Arts Initiative’s

inaugural executive director following

a national search.

Alex Gay rejoined UMS as our Production

Director in November 2023. Alex was a

familiar name to UMS, having worked in

our production office from 2015-2022

as assistant production manager, before

leaving to work at the Power Center. We

were delighted to lure him back to run our

production office, where he oversees all

of the backstage and technical aspects of

UMS events.


Our development office welcomed

Courtney Ross in the role of

Development Associate, Annual Giving

in March. Courtney came to UMS from

the music nonprofit Accent Pontiac,

where she served as operations

director, and has also worked with

the University of Michigan’s Office of

University Development and the Ann

Arbor Summer Festival.

Athena Papageorgiou joined UMS

in May as Special Events Coordinator,

managing the details of many activities

in the UMS president’s office and

for the development team. An active

community volunteer, Athena is a former

UMS Ambassador and a former usher,

having helped at countless School Day

Performances.

In addition, Justine Sedky and Rochelle

Clark took on new roles at UMS. Justine

left the Development team to become our

new Community and Audience Programs

Manager in the Learning & Engagement

Department, and Rochelle became the

Production Manager in June 2024 after

nearly five years of working in the Patron

Services Office.

We also said farewell to Kathleen

Operhall, who stepped down after

serving as the manager of the UMS

Choral Union for 26 years.

BOARD TRANSITIONS

UMS bid farewell to two board members

who stepped down after eight years on

the Board of Directors.

Chris Conlin, owner of Conlin Travel,

served on the board for eight years,

including two as secretary and seven

as a member of the Development

Committee, where he played a role

in creating the Forward Fund to help

sustain UMS during the pandemic.

Through Conlin Travel, Chris has been

a performance sponsor for a variety

of events, including Jazz at Lincoln

Center, the Philadelphia Orchestra,

and Aida Cuevas, to name just a few.

He also encouraged UMS to host travel

experiences and helped launch and plan

UMS tours to New Orleans, Edinburgh,

and Amsterdam/Berlin/Vienna.

Gail Stout also served on the board

for eight years, and her relationship as

a volunteer goes back to 2009, when

she joined the UMS Ambassadors

(then called the Advisory Committee).

She served as chair of that group in

the 2013/14, and as a board member

has served on numerous committees,

including chairing the Education &

Community Engagement committee in

2017/18. Gail has a deep commitment

to UMS’s learning and engagement

programs, is a steadfast sponsor of

our school day performances, and

maintains deep relationships to music

education through both the local K-12

schools and at U-M and the Michigan

Marching Band, where she helped make

the New York Philharmonic’s halftime

appearance in 2015 a possibility. With

her late husband, John, she sponsored

mainstage performances through their

company, Stout Systems, including Chick

Corea, Cécile McLorin Salvant, and Jake

Shimabukuro. She experienced her

first UMS concert when she was just

six months old and her mother, a UMS

Choral Union member, smuggled her into

Hill Auditorium for Handel’s Messiah.

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People

BOARD MEMBERS

At the annual meeting in June 2024,

five new board members were

elected to their first four-year term:

THE 23/24 SLATE OF

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

WILL ALL RETURN FOR

THE 24/25 SEASON:

Christina Kim and Brian Willen,

co-chairs

Rob VanRenterghem, vice chair

Timothy G. Marshall, treasurer

Karen Chapell, secretary

James Coleman

Vice President, Client and Community

Relations Director at PNC Bank

Nakia Johnson

Head of Regulatory Strategy and

Compliance Operations at Google

DeAnne Ramos

Chief Financial Officer at the University of

Michigan Credit Union (UMCU)

Dug Song

Co-founder of the Song Foundation, and

co-founder and former CEO of Duo Security

Gwendolyn (Wendy) Yip

Amateur classical pianist, arts champion,

and First Lady of the University of Michigan


UMS

SUPPORTERS

DONOR IMPACT

As the Leader and Best among

nonprofit university arts presenters,

UMS aims to bring the transformative

power of music, theater, and dance to

audiences, students, and community

members across generations. Any

and all investments from members of

our community make it possible for

us to fulfill our mission, but many gifts

stand out because they demonstrate

the ways in which UMS is meaningful

to you.

LARGEST GIFT IN UMS HISTORY

The 23/24 season saw the largest

gift to University Musical Society

in its 146-year history, from

longtime UMS supporters Eileen

Weiser and Richard Caldarazzo,

pictured below with UMS Board

Co-Chairs Brian Willen and

Christina Kim and UMS President

Matthew VanBesien.

With a generous gift of $5 million,

the University of Michigan alumni

established the Weiser Caldarazzo

Iconic Artists Endowment Fund,

which will support two performances

each season by significant artists or

ensembles recognized as icons in

today’s vibrant performing arts scene.

“The performing arts are precious

to both of us for the haven they

provide from everyday life. We

treasure how the arts challenge us,

make us laugh or cry, provoke new

thoughts and ideas while lifting up

our emotions. They are essential to

creating tolerance, strengthening

our humanity, and helping people

find balance in our increasingly

complex world,” Weiser explained.

“The University Musical Society

has provided amazing performance

opportunities for 146 years. We are

grateful that we can help ensure

that tradition of excellence for the

future, both for the performers they

nurture and the joy they bring to our

community,” Caldarazzo added.

This is the first gift that Weiser and

Caldarazzo are making together, and

the largest gift that UMS has ever

received since its founding in 1879.

It helps to ensure that we can always

invite the world’s most iconic and

important artists and ensembles

to perform on our stages and for

the benefit of our students and the

broader community, especially as we

look forward to our 150th season in

2028/29.

Read on to learn more about several

donors who have let us know about

their bequest intentions to benefit

UMS and its future audiences.

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A BEQUEST INTENTION FROM DIANE

AND GARY STAHLE

Longtime Canton residents Diane and Gary

Stahle have enjoyed UMS performances

since the 1990s. Diane, a retired hospital

administrator, particularly enjoys the

orchestras and pianists UMS presents,

while Gary, a retired engineer, is more

partial to jazz. They first began sponsoring

performances 10 years ago and, as they

got to know the organization better,

realized they had an opportunity to make

an additional impact through their estate.

Diane and Gary are generously bequeathing

75% of their estate to UMS to help ensure

that future generations are able to enjoy the

same caliber of musical performances that

have brought them so much joy.

JERRY AND DALE KOLINS THEATER

ENDOWMENT

UMS Campaign Council members Jerry and

Dale Kolins are enthusiastic Wolverines

who venture back to Ann Arbor from their

California home frequently for both football

and UMS performances. Among their most

memorable UMS experiences were the

residencies by the Royal Shakespeare

Company. In 2014, Dale and Jerry established

the Jerry and Dale Kolins Shakespearean

Endowment Fund to help UMS continue

to bring classical theater to campus. To

help grow the endowment, Jerry and Dale

recently updated their estate plans to

include a $250,000 bequest to UMS. Their

“forever gift” to UMS will help ensure that

U-M students and the Ann Arbor community

can enjoy dynamic theater presentations

from a wide range of playwrights and

theatermakers.


LESLIE AND MARY ELLEN GUINN

ENDOWMENT FUND

Rachel and Dan Feder recently established

an endowment in honor of Rachel’s parents,

Leslie Guinn (who passed away in 2020)

and Mary Ellen Guinn, both of whom were

involved in the University of Michigan’s

School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD).

Mary Ellen danced with The Joffrey Ballet

and American Ballet Theatre before later

teaching at SMTD. Leslie joined the faculty

in 1971, serving as chair of the voice

department and director of the Vocal Arts

Division from 1986 until his retirement in

1999, after which he helped establish the

Vocal Health Center at Michigan Medicine.

Rachel’s parents instilled a deep love of

music in her, leading her to study flute at

SMTD, and she later became a public school

educator. The endowment will support the

performances and programs at UMS that her

family so cherished.

CARL COHEN CHAMBER ARTS

PERFORMANCE FUND

During Carl Cohen’s 62 years as professor of

philosophy at the University of Michigan, he

was a fixture at UMS chamber music concerts

in Rackham Auditorium. While he sponsored

performances for many years, in 2015 he chose

to create a provision in his will establishing

an endowment for UMS that would continue

supporting great chamber music for future

generations to enjoy. Carl passed away last fall,

and the $500,000 he directed to UMS from

his estate has been used to establish the Carl

Cohen Chamber Arts Performance Fund, which

will fully underwrite the direct costs of one

chamber arts performance each season

in perpetuity.

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DARRAGH H. AND ROBERT O.

WEISMAN MEMORIAL

ENDOWMENT FUND

Bob and Darragh Weisman met through

mutual friends while students at the

University of Michigan. At the time, the

one outlet they had to be together on a

regular basis was attending concerts at Hill

Auditorium. When Darragh died in 2021, Bob

remembered that other UMS supporters

had established endowments to fund

performances in perpetuity. He wanted to

establish a fund to both honor Darragh and

provide a forever gift to an organization

that meant so much to both of them. Bob

made gifts during his lifetime to establish

an endowment in Darragh’s memory,

and provided a gift through his estate to

complete the endowment after he passed

away last fall. UMS is honored to steward

this “forever gift,” ensuring that great

music will be available to the community

for generations to come.

To have her name go on forever is big, not just

for her memory, but for our family. UMS has

meant a lot to us over the years. To be able

to see that UMS is going to be able to go on,

not only for Darragh and the family, but for

the Ann Arbor community, that great music

will be here for decade after decade. It was

60+ years for us, I think this gift will help it go

on longer. Endowing this concert for Darragh

is everything I hoped it would be. — Bob

Weisman, on establishing the endowment

to honor his wife. After Bob passed away in

2023, his family renamed the endowment for

both of them.


PLANNED GIFTS /

BEQUESTS

Thank you to our community of

donors who made generous gifts

to UMS over the past year (July 1,

2023 – July 1, 2024).

Every gift is important to UMS. Due to

space constraints, we have recognized

supporters of $100 and above in the

following listing. An entire list of UMS

supporters can be found at ums.org/

support.

We apologize in advance for any

omissions or errors. Please contact

us at umsgiving@umich.edu or

734.647.1175 with corrections.

We are grateful to the following

people who have included UMS

in their estate plans. These future

gifts, many directed toward

establishing endowments, help

secure the future success of UMS

for generations to come.

Anonymous

Bernard and Raquel Agranoff

Mike Allemang

Carol and Herb Amster

Neil P. Anderson

Dr. and Mrs. David G. Anderson

Catherine S. Arcure

Barbara K. and

Laurence R. Baker

Emily Bandera

Barbara Barclay

Rodney and Joan Bentz

Kathy Benton and

Robert Brown

Linda and Maurice Binkow

Elizabeth S. Bishop

Mr. and Mrs. W. Howard Bond

Mr. and Mrs. Pal E. Borondy

Barbara Everitt Bryant

Lou and Janet Callaway

Pat and Geroge Chatas

Mr. and Mrs. John Alden Clark

Carl Cohen

Alan and Bette Cotzin

Dallas and Sharon Dort

Jo-Anna and

David Featherman

Penny and Ken Fischer

Susan Ruth Fisher

Dorothy and Larry Fobes

Meredith L. and Neal Foster

Thomas and Barbara Gelehrter

Dr. Sid Gilman and

Dr. Carol Barbour

Anne and Paul Glendon

Thea and Elliot Glicksman

Katherine Hein

Debbie and Norman Herbert

David and Phyllis Herzig

Rita and Peter Heydon

John and Martha Hicks

Gideon and Carol Hoffer

Marilyn G. Jeffs

Thomas C. and

Constance M. Kinnear

Diane Kirkpatrick

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Kolins

Frank Legacki and

Alicia Torres

Leo and Kathy Legatski

Richard LeSueur

Paul and Carolyn Lichter

Robert and Pearson Macek

Susan McClanahan

Griff and Pat McDonald

Joanna McNamara

Rachelle and

Michael Michelon

M. Haskell and

Jan Barney Newman

Len Niehoff

Dr. and Mrs. Frederick O’Dell

David Parsigian

Irena Politano

Eleanor Pollack

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Powers

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Raddock

Anthony L. Reffells

Marnie Reid

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ricketts

Prue and Ami Rosenthal

Ellie Serras

Alyce Sigler

Irma J. Sklenar

Richard W. Solt

Diane and Gary Stahle

Julie Howe Stewart

James L. Stoddard

Eric and Ines Storhok

Louise Taylor

Roger Valade

Hans H. Wagner

Robert O. Weisman

Edward and Colleen M. Weiss

Roy and JoAnn Wetzel

Ann and Clayton Wilhite

Max Wicha and Sheila Crowley

Marion Wirick

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald G. Zollar

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YOU TO OUR MANY

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(of R. & P. Heydon)

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UMS Supporters

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and Family

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Jessica Pace

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United Jewish Foundation

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Kate Sullivan

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Susan Sutherland

Andrew Swain

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Nancy Szabo and Steven Ratner

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Orit Szwarcman

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Suzanne Tainter and Kenneth Boyer

David Tallman

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Alanda Tate

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Louise Taylor

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Deborah Taylor

David Teare

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Jerrold Thompson

David Thompson

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Bruce Tobis

Elizabeth Tocce

Hitomi Tonomura

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Joan Topping

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Alicia Torres

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William Treharne

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Elizabeth and Daniel Triner

Dushyant Trivedi

Elena Tsai

Linda Tubbs

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Maureen Tyler

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Alvan Uhle

Fawwaz Ulaby and Jean Cunningham

Susan B. Ullrich

Joe and Suzanne Upton

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Lola Usmanova

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Leticia Valdez

Robert Valle

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Linda van Gelder

Carol VanBesien

Matthew VanBesien and Rosie Jowitt

Karla and Hugo Vandersypen

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Addy Vansledright

Bradley Vauter

Christine Veenstra

Anne Veis

Elsa Verderber

Sonali Vijayavargiya

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Andrew Vine and Caroline Blane

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Virginia Wait

Richard and Shelley Walinski

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Shaomeng Wang and Ju-Yun Li

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Paul Ward and Laura Lamps

Stanford and Sandra Warshawsky

Arthur and Renata Wasserman

Harvey and Robin Wax

John Weber and Dana Zakalik

Richard and Madelon Weber

Deborah Webster and George Miller

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Weiermiller

Neal and Susan Weinberg

Arnold J. Weiner

Richard and Gretchen Weir

Elise Weisbach

Joan and Matt Weisberg

Lois Weisman

Robert O. Weisman

Edward and Colleen Weiss

Joan B. Wells

Charles Werney

James and Karen Westphal

Robert Westveer

Julie Wheaton

Prof. James B. White and

Mary F. White

Kathy White

Mac and Rosanne Whitehouse

Susan Whitlock and Dr. Earl Lewis

Max Wicha and Sheila Crowley

Dianne Widzinski

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Peter and Karen Wildman

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Steven and Helen Woghin

Matthias Wolf

Charlotte A. Wolfe

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Eric Woodhams

Richard Woodhams

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Bryant Wu

Roger Wykes

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Yan Xie

Xin Xie

Y

Mary Jean and John Yablonky

Wen Ye

Nathan Yee

Mark Yoshida

Misuzu Yoshioka

Sarah Young

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Kathleen Zaracki

Sergei Zari

Gerald B. and Christine Zelenock

Barbara and David Zimdars

Gail and David Zuk

TRIBUTE GIFTS

Gifts to UMS were made in

honor or in memory of the

following individuals during

the 23/24 season:

Bert Askwith

Mel Barclay, M.D.

Bradford Bates

Lawrence Berlin

Timothy A Brennan

Karen and Charlie Chapell

Reginald Ciokajlo

Carl Cohen

Ellwood Derr

H. Michael Endres

Jim Garavaglia

Ken Guire

Anne Lee Hawkins and

Rane L. Curl

Christa Janecke

John B. Kennard, Jr.

David Kennedy

Christina Kim

Leo Legatski

Rhona Aronoff Lewinshtein

Barbara and Irving Nusbaum

Jean Long

Clara Jane Owens

Eric Ross Quackenbush

George Grosenwald

Tom Thompson

Brian Willen

Gary Woodworth

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UMS Supporters

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

ENDOWED FUNDS

The success of UMS is secured in part by income from UMS endowment

funds. You may contribute to an existing endowment fund or establish

a named endowment with a minimum gift of $25,000. We extend our

deepest appreciation to the many donors who have established and/or

contributed to the following funds:

H. Gardner and Bonnie Ackley Endowment Fund

Herbert S. and Carol Amster Endowment Fund

Catherine S. Arcure Endowment Fund

Menakka and Essel Bailey Endowment Fund for Artistic Brilliance

Carl and Isabelle Brauer Endowment Fund

Anne and Raymond Chase Endowment Fund

Choral Union Endowment Fund

Carl Cohen Chamber Arts Performance Fund

Lisa D. Cook Endowment Fund

Sally Cushing and Michael Gowing Chamber Arts Fund

Dahlmann Sigma Nu Endowment UMS Fund

Hal and Ann Davis Endowment Fund

Dallas and Sharon Dort Endowment Fund

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Endowment Fund

John R. and Betty B. Edman Endowment Fund

Epstein Endowment Fund

Oscar Feldman Endowment Fund

Ken Fischer Legacy Endowment Fund

Barbara Fleischman Theater Endowment Fund

Stephen and Rosamund Forrest Student Ticket Endowment Fund

Ilene H. Forsyth Endowment Funds for Choral Union, Chamber Arts, and Theater

James Garavaglia Theater Endowment Fund

Anne and Paul Glendon Endowment Fund

Leslie and Mary Ellen Guinn Endowment Fund

Susan and Richard Gutow Renegade Ventures Endowment Fund

George N. and Katharine C. Hall Endowment Fund

Karl V. Hauser and Ilene H. Forsyth Choral Union Endowment Fund

Norman and Debbie Herbert Endowment Fund

David and Phyllis Herzig Endowment Fund

Richard and Lillian Ives Endowment Fund

JazzNet Endowment Fund

William R. Kinney Endowment Fund

Wallis Cherniack Klein Endowment for Student Experiences

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Kolins Shakespearean Endowment Fund

Samuel and Marilyn Krimm Endowment Fund

Frances Mauney Lohr Choral Union Endowment Fund

Natalie Matovinović Endowment Fund

Medical Community Endowment Fund

Dr. Robert and Janet Miller Endowment Fund

NEA Matching Fund

Nicoli Family Fund

Ottmar Eberbach Funds

Palmer Endowment Fund

Mary R. Romig-deYoung Music Appreciation Fund

Prudence and Amnon Rosenthal K-12 Education Endowment Fund

Charles A. Sink Endowment Fund

Herbert E. and Doris Sloan Endowment Fund

Dr. HIldreth H. Spencer Endowment Fund

James and Nancy Stanley Endowment Fund

Helmut F. and Candis J. Stern Endowment Fund

Susan B. Ullrich Endowment Fund

UMCU Arts Adventures Endowed Fund at UMS

UMS Endowment Fund

UMS Theater Endowment Fund

The Wallace Endowment Fund

Weiser Caldarazzo Iconic Artists Endowment Fund

Darragh H. and Robert O. Weisman Memorial Endowment Fund

The Zelenock Family Endowment Fund


145TH

SEASON

DAKHABRAKHA by Andriy Petryna

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FY24

FINANCIAL

STATEMENTS

Our 145th season included 42

mainstage performances; four inperson

school day performances

(unfortunately, one was canceled

due to a snowstorm); digital

presentations of two school day

performances, two family events,

and two UMS Live Sessions; and

two full-scale residencies at the

Ypsilanti Freighthouse, which

included 26 public events and

workshops plus numerous events

for the K-12 community. The

Americans for the Arts Economic

Impact calculator estimates that

the economic impact of these

programs on our local community

is more than $10 million and over

200 jobs. We’re grateful to the

committed staff, dedicated board

and volunteers, and generous

donors and investors who helped to

make this season possible.

Our complete audited financial

statements are available on

our website at ums.org/about/

financial-statements, with a

topline summary on the next page.

For comparison purposes, we

have included both FY22 (which

reflected a smaller scale of inperson

programming) and FY23,

in addition to the most recent

statements reflecting FY24.

During FY24, we showed a net

surplus from operations of nearly

$680,000, a nearly $900,000

improvement from the previous

year. Our total net assets improved

dramatically, with a $4.9 million

increase.

These FY24 statements are

representative of UMS’s overall

position of financial strength due

to the excellent stewardship of

our board and staff, the generous

support from and deep partnership

with the University of Michigan,

and the deep and long-held

commitment of our audiences and

donors. Nevertheless, as we look

ahead to the coming years, we

continue to be mindful that we can

take nothing for granted and must

continue to be vigilant with respect

to potential economic headwinds

and unforeseen long-term impacts

of the pandemic on artist tours and

attendance.

We are extraordinarily grateful to

all who continue to support UMS

during these uncertain times, and

proudly submit these financial

results for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Matthew VanBesien

President, UMS

Christina Kim

Co-Chair, UMS Board of Directors

Brian Willen

Co-Chair, UMS Board of Directors


OPERATING RESULTS FY24 FY23 FY22

Ticket Revenue $3,152,367 $2,747,813 $1,252,681

Other Earned Revenues $750,074 $709,607 $455,943

Net Investment Income $1,439,815 $1,305,958 $1,185,385

Gifts and Grants (1) $3,176,736 $3,140,366 $4,242,080

Gifts and Grants Released from Restrictions (2) $497,940 $287,992 $209,954

University of Michigan (3) $1,954,500 $1,945,588 $1,685,000

Operating Revenue $10,971,432 $10,137,324 $9,031,043

Concert Expenses & Related Programs (4) $6,127,582 $6,436,158 $5,408,917

Administrative Expenses (5) $2,664,717 $2,516,784 $2,069,183

Development Expenses $1,499,745 $1,402,602 $1,277,161

Operating Expenses $10,292,044 $10,355,544 $8,755,261

Net Surplus/(Deficit) from Operations $679,388 ($218,220) $275,782

NET ASSETS (including Endowment Funds) FY24 FY23 FY22

Beginning Balance - Net Assets $40,307,984 $40,309,719 $36,244,606

Changes in Net Assets:

Gifts and Grants $2,070,220 $1,780,304 $1,026,491

Gifts and Grants Released from Restrictions (2) $(497,940) ($287,992) ($209,954)

Net Investment Income $21,834 $34,648 $48,059

Net Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments Without Donor Restrictions $748,606 ($376,976) $839,017

Net Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments With Donor Restrictions $1,893,656 ($933,499) $2,085,718

Net Surplus/(Deficit) from Operations $679,388 ($218,220) $275,782

Total Change in Net Assets $4,915,764 ($1,735) $4,065,113

Ending Balance - Net Assets (6) $45,223,748 $40,307,984 $40,309,719

(1) This line includes $1,628,106 in FY22 from the Shuttered Venue Operating Grant and $362,800 in FY21 from Payroll Protection Plan, which was forgiven.

(2) Represents gifts and grants received in prior years whose gift or grant restrictions (purpose and/or timing) were met.

(3) Represents discretionary support provided by the U-M Offices of the President and Provost, as well as other University units.

(4) Includes digital artist residencies and digital programming expense for FY21 when there were no in-person performances, as well as ongoing digital

programming expense.

(5) Includes estimated market value of in-kind subsidized lease costs for office space: $139k (FY24), $136k (FY23), $138k (FY22), and $143k (FY21).

(6) Includes an Endowment Fund balance of $42,439,736 at the end of FY24. Of that amount, $25,909,823 is permanently restricted; $4,791,727 is temporarily

restricted; and $11,738,186 is unrestricted.

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24 EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 2023

Snarky Puppy

Shakti 50th Anniversary Tour

Featuring John McLaughlin, Zakir

Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan,

Ganesh Rajagopalan, and

Selvaganesh Vinayakram, with

very special guest Béla Fleck

Renée Fleming, soprano

Inon Barnatan, piano

Ypsilanti Freighthouse

September Residency

Yoga at the Freighthouse

Open Mic Night

slapslap Family Workshops

Marcus Elliott: Sonic

Contributions

Square Dance at the

Freighthouse

LIGHTNING: A One-of-a-Kind

Drag Show Extravaganza

West African Dance Workshops

Manual Cinema: Leonardo!

A Wonderful Show About

a Terrible Monster

OCTOBER 2023

Jerusalem String Quartet

Inon Barnatan, piano

DruidO’Casey:

Sean O’Casey’s Dublin Trilogy

The Plough and the Stars

The Shadow of a Gunman

Juno and the Paycock

Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería

Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

Gabriela Montero,

piano/composer

NOVEMBER 2023

DakhaBrakha

Akropolis Reed Quintet

Pascal Le Boeuf, piano/composer

Christian Euman, drums

Javaad Alipoor Company:

Things Hidden Since The Foundation

Of The World

Maxim Vengerov, violin

Polina Osetinskaya, piano

DECEMBER 2023

Handel’s Messiah

UMS Choral Union

Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra

Scott Hanoian, conductor

Jake Shimabukuro:

Holidays In Hawai’i

Michael Feinstein and

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Two Pianos: Who Could Ask For

Anything More?

JANUARY 2024

The Godfather Live

Grand Rapids Symphony

John Varineau, conductor

Hélène Grimaud, piano

Latasha Barnes’

The Jazz Continuum

Mariachi Herencia de México

featuring La Marisoul

Emanuel Ax, piano

Leonidas Kavakos, violin

Yo-Yo Ma, cello

FEBRUARY 2024

WORLD PREMIÈRE

When The Caged Bird Sings

Nkeiru Okoye, music and libretto

University Symphony Orchestra

University Choirs and

EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble

Eugene Rogers, music director

Kenneth Kiesler, conductor

James Ehnes, violin

Andrew Armstrong, piano

Martha Graham Dance Company

Janet Eilber, artistic director

MARCH 2024

Igor Levit, piano

Isidore String Quartet

Orchestre de Paris

Klaus Mäkelä, conductor

Yunchan Lim, piano

Weather Bird: Reimagining The

Music Of Earl Hines And Louis

Armstrong

Sullivan Fortner, piano

Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet

Samara Joy

APRIL 2024

Takács Quartet

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

UMS Choral Union

Scott Hanoian, music director

Ypsilanti Freighthouse

April Residency

Swing Dance at the Freighthouse

Hub New Music

Y2Gay Drag Show at the

Freighthouse

Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger:

A Story of the London Fog

featuring Little Bang Theory

Dancing Through México with

El Ballet Folklórico Estudiantil

Joe Reilly Earth Day Family

Performances

Shigeto Live Ensemble

Regenerate Orchestra

Open Mic Night

JUNE 2024

Orchestra of the Americas

with Yo-Yo Ma and Kayhan Kalhor

Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor


UMS

STAFF &

VOLUNTEERS

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

Matthew VanBesien, President

Jessica Adamczyk, Senior Executive

Assistant to the President and

Manager, Board and U-M Relations

Athena Papageorgiou, Special Events

Coordinator

ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE

Carmen Rodriguez, Vice President,

Finance and Administration

Scott Baker, Business Systems Analyst

Salina Naranjo, Senior Accountant

John Peckham, Director of Administration

& Information Systems

Amy Valade, Accounting Clerk

DEVELOPMENT

Ryan Davis, Vice President and Chief

Development Officer

Susan Bozell Craig, Director of

Development

Rachelle Michelon, Associate Director

of Development, Annual Giving

Lisa Michiko Murray, Associate

Director of Development,

Foundation & Government

Relations

Margaret Reid, Associate Director

of Development, Major Gifts and

Planned Giving

Courtney Ross, Development

Associate, Annual Giving

Will Smith, Director of Major Gifts &

Special Projects

LEARNING & ENGAGEMENT

Cayenne Harris, Vice President,

Learning & Engagement

Terri Park, Associate Director, Learning

& Engagement K-12 Programs

Justine Sedky, Community & Audience

Programs Manager

Maddy Wildman, University Programs

Manager

MARKETING &

COMMUNICATIONS

Sara Billmann, Vice President,

Marketing & Communications

Eric Woodhams, Director of Digital

Media

Miranda Tolsma, Digital Marketing

Coordinator

Lilian Varner, Marketing & Media

Relations Manager

PATRON SERVICES

Anné Renforth, Director of Patron

Services

Rochelle Clark, Patron Services

Associate

Corrinne Hamilton, Group Sales &

Promotions Associate

Bridget Kojima, Patron Services

Assistant Manager

Nina Renella, Front of House Assistant

Manager

PRODUCTION/PROGRAMMING

Mark Jacobson, Vice President,

Programming & Production

Alex Gay, Production Director

Anne Grove, Artist Services Manager

Mary Roeder, Associate Director of

Programming

Kaylin Stinson, Artist Services

Associate

UMS CHORAL UNION

Scott Hanoian, Music Director and

Conductor

Kathleen Operhall, Chorus Manager

STUDENT EMPLOYEES &

PART-TIME ASSISTANTS

Anya Baldus

Madeline Balog

Treasa Bell

Aditya Bodanapu

Melanie Castaneda

Priyal Deep

Aiden Drysdale

Matthew Eggers*

Ashton Gibson

Alexandra (Sasha) Gusikhin*

William Halloran

Candace Jung

Koralynn Kennedy

Katherine (Kate) Klassa*

Isabella Kressaty

Kimberly Masters

Jasper Morris

Christian Mulville

Jayant Namdhari

Matthew Osterholzer

Gabriel Paredes

Nathan Rodriquez

Lily Roof

Madison Ruiz

Schnadè Saintïl

Emilia Vizachero*

*21st Century Artist Intern

HEAD USHERS

Ali Newton

Juli Pinsak

Sanjay Ravipati

Brian Roddy

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Christina Kim, co-chair

Brian Willen, co-chair

Rob VanRenterghem, vice chair

Karen Chapell, secretary

Timothy G. Marshall, treasurer

Karen Bantel

Kiana Barfield

Rachel Bendit

Marco Bruzzano

Christopher Conlin

Timothy Damschroder

Keith Dickey

Linda Gregerson

Neil C. Hawkins

Ibrahim Jarjoura

Barbara Kaye

David Leichtman

Timothy G. Lynch

Pretti N. Malani

Chrislan Fuller Manuel

Michael C. Martin

Elizabeth Birr Moje

Rishi Narayan

Mariam C. Noland

Eli Saulson

Peter Schweitzer

Gail Ferguson Stout

Louise Taylor

Alicia Torres

David Wilhoit

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS:

Geoffrey Chatas, Executive Vice

President and Chief Financial

Officer, University of Michigan

David Gier, Dean, School of Music,

Theatre & Dance, University of

Michigan

Laurie McCauley, Provost, University of

Michigan

Santa J. Ono, President, University of

Michigan

REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD:

Mary Anne Beltzman, UMS

Ambassadors

Katherine Goldberg, UMS Sustaining

Directors

Norman G. Herbert, UMS Sustaining

Directors

Beth McNally, UMS Ambassadors

Tim Petersen, UMS Campaign Council

UMS AMBASSADORS

Mary Anne Beltzman, co-chair

Beth McNally, co-chair

Lisa Armstrong, secretary/treasurer

Jordan Harrison, volunteer coordinator

Kirsten Williams, school day

performance chair

Astrid Beck, membership co-chair

Jaye Kain, membership co-chair

Janet Torno, social coordinator

Terri Park, UMS liaison

Oliver Baldner

Arlene Barnes

Susan Beel

Todd Beel

Elaine Bennett

Francine Bomar

Andrea Ciske

Mike Dergis

Wenli Frisch

Joan Grissing

Susan Jarvis-Noetzel

Cathy King

Jean Kluge

Leah Korth

Susan Krueger

Michael Lee

Vivienne Lee

Daria Massimilla

Barb Mulay

Athena Papageorgiou

Janet Popper

Anne Preston

Sue Rebner

Pat Rideout

Jill Ross

Ellen Sapper

Andrew Schneider

Elena Snyder

Brian Watson

Be Present

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2014 National Medal of Arts Recipient

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UMS 2023/24 Annual Report

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