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AADL Talks To: Michael Kondziolka, former Director of Artistic Programming at University Musical Society

Michael Kondziolka
Michael Kondziolka

In this episode AADL Talks to Michael Kondziolka. Michael, who retired in 2023, served for 30 years as the director of artistic programming and production for the University Musical Society. Michael talks with us about the thrill of bringing performers to Ann Arbor; how he and the UMS team responded to the changes and challenges of the late 1990s and how he helped reshape UMS’s aesthetic and took programming in different directions.

 

1960s: Ann Arbor's Gay Bars

Back in the 1960s, as to where I spent the most time, outside of the bars our band played music in, it was

Leonard Bernstein rehearsing at Hill Auditorium, February 1984 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Leonard Bernstein rehearsing at Hill Auditorium, February 1984 image
Year:
1984
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 16, 1984
Caption:
More than words are involved when Leonard Bernstein makes music. There are his face and his baton and his body, and the energy they all transmit. And, because Wednesday's rehearsal was open to the media, there are these pictures by News Chief Photographer Jack Stubbs.

Leonard Bernstein rehearsing at Hill Auditorium, February 1984 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Leonard Bernstein rehearsing at Hill Auditorium, February 1984 image
Year:
1984
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 16, 1984
Caption:
Famed conductor Leonard Bernstein rehearses with the Vienna Philharmonic, then relaxes for a moment, left, Wednesday afternoon. He is in Ann Arbor for concerts Wednesday night and tonight.

Leonard Bernstein relaxing at Hill Auditorium, February 1984 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Leonard Bernstein relaxing at Hill Auditorium, February 1984 image
Year:
1984
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 16, 1984
Caption:
Famed conductor Leonard Bernstein rehearses with the Vienna Philharmonic, then relaxes for a moment, left, Wednesday afternoon. He is in Ann Arbor for concerts Wednesday night and tonight.

Leonard Bernstein rehearsing at Hill Auditorium, February 1984 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Leonard Bernstein rehearsing at Hill Auditorium, February 1984 image
Year:
1984
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 16, 1984
Caption:
More than words are involved when Leonard Bernstein makes music. There are his face and his baton and his body, and the energy they all transmit. And, because Wednesday's rehearsal was open to the media, there are these pictures by News Chief Photographer Jack Stubbs.

Leonard Bernstein rehearsing at Hill Auditorium, February 1984 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Leonard Bernstein rehearsing at Hill Auditorium, February 1984 image
Year:
1984
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 16, 1984
Caption:
More than words are involved when Leonard Bernstein makes music. There are his face and his baton and his body, and the energy they all transmit. And, because Wednesday's rehearsal was open to the media, there are these pictures by News Chief Photographer Jack Stubbs.