UMS Concert Program, : University Musical Society: 2006/2007 --

Season: 2006/2007
University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor

University of Michigan Ann Arbor
ums 128th UMS SEASON 2Q06 / 2007
Welcome to UMS!
When the extraordinary becomes the ordinary, it's easy to lose perspective.
Over the past 128 years, Ann Arbor has hosted countless extraordinary performing artists. For more than a century, UMS has provided a distinctive series of performances that enriches the community broadly by enhancing its status as an attractive place to live and work. But the UMS series does much more than enrich the community -it also speaks personally to each individual concertgoer in ways that are personally meaningful. Over the past year, UMS has gathered stories from audience members who have described the arts' ability to heal fractured relationships, to force a deeper level of introspection, to create memories that can be re-lived for years to come, and even to solve seemingly insurmountable problems in their lives.
That transformative power of the arts -that moment of connection between the individual audience member and the individual artist on stage -is what UMS tries to achieve with each performance on its series. We strive to make each and every concert we present an uncommon and engaging experience, providing aesthetic connections to moments of unsurpassed beauty, visceral responses of raw emotion, the ability to think in new ways.
The arts provide a promise of transcendent moments, of reminders of what is possible. As a UMS audience member noted earlier this year, "UMS takes me to a place where imagination is thriving."
Now that's extraordinary.
Cover Photo: Trio Mediaeval (by cf-wesenberg)
123th UMS SEAS
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September
9 Sat Kadim Al Sahir Monogram
21 Thu Amalia Hernandez' Ballet Folklorico de Mexico GlobalAmericas, Monogram
23 Sat Alice Coltrane Quartet: Translinear Light Jazz, Monogram
A Celebration of John Coltrane's 80th Birthday
29 Fri Emerson String Quartet Chamber Arts
October
7 Sat Marian McPartland TrioBill Charlap Trio Jazz, Piano, Monogram
13-14 Fri-Sat Martha Graham Dance Company Dance, Monogram
14 Sat Martha Graham Dance Family Performance Family
19 Thu Florestan Trio Chamber Arts, Monogram
20-22 Fri-Sun Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Choral Union, Monogram (Fri only)
Valery Gergiev conductor
Shostakovich Centennial Festival (three different programs)
24-29 Tue-Sun Royal Shakespeare Company Theater
A Festival of Shakespeare's Classics
Antony and Cleopatra
Julius Caesar
The Tempest
November
1-12 Wed-Sun Roval Shakespeare Company Theater
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Sat
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Sun
Thu
December
2-3 Sat-Sun
A Festival of Shakespeare's Classics
Antony and Cleopatra
Julius Caesar
The Tempest Trio Mediaeval Dan Zanes & Friends Jonathan Biss piano
Manuel Barrueco and Cuarteto Latinoamericano London Philharmonic Orchestra Kurt Masur conductor Sarah Chang violin
Handel's Messiah
Monogram
Family
Choral Union, Piano, Monogram
Chamber Arts, GlobalAmericas, Monogram
Choral Union, Violin
Monogram
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January
12 Fri Takacs Quartet Chamber Arts
12-13 Fri-Sat Bright Sheng's Silver River Monogram
20 Sat Sekou Sundiata: the 51st (dream) state Monogram
21 Sun The Chieftains Monogram
February 1 Thu Big 3 Palladium Orchestra Jazz, GlobalAmericas, Monogram
3 Sat Joshua Bell violin Choral Union, Violin
6 Tue Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Dance, Monogram
16-17 Fri-Sat Stephen Petronio Company Dance, Monogram
18 Sun Time for Three Chamber Arts, Monogram
22 Thu Dave Holland Octet and Big Band Jazz, Monogram
March
11 Sun Midori violin Choral Union, Violin
14 Wed Tamango's Urban Tap: Bay Mo Dilo (Give Me Water) Dance, GlobalAmericas, Monogram
15 Thu Wynton Marsalis and Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Jazz, Monogram
16 Fri Gilberto Gil GlobalAmericas, Monogram
17 Sat Murray Perahia piano Choral Union, Piano
20 Tue Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Choral Union, Monogram
Myung-Whun Chung conductor
23 Fri Rahim AlHaj and Souhail Kaspar Monogram
24 Sat Canadian Brass Monogram
30 Fri Pablo Ziegler Quintet for New Tango Jazz, GlobalAmericas, Monogram
Claudia Acufia vocalist
31 Sat David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness Monogram
April 12 Thu Measha Brueggergosman soprano Choral Union, Monogram
William Bolcom piano
13 Fri John Williams and John Etheridge: Together and Solo Monogram
15 Sun Jerusalem String Quartet Chamber Arts
19 Thu Netherlands Bach Society: Bach's Mass in b minor Monogram
20-21 Fri-Sat Trinity Irish Dance Company Dance, Monogram
21 Sat Trinity Irish Dance Family Performance Family
22 Sun Los Folkloristas GlobalAmericas, Monogram

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Installment Billing. When you order your subscription before Friday, June 23, you can pay in three equal installments (credit card orders totaling $300 or more only). You will be charged on the date your order is received, the first week in July, and the first week in August. Donations to UMS that are included with your tickets order will be charged in full on the date received.
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Talk to Us! Do you have further questions or comments about the events and artists on the 0607 season We have no-cost opportunities for you to get additional information:
? Members of the UMS Programming Department will make themselves available to talk to individual subscribers and answer any questions about the artists in the season. Just e-mail ums0607season@umich.edu and a UMS staff member who has been working on the 0607 program for nearly an entire year will contact you directly within 24 hours to help you put together a series that will maximize your personal enjoyment of next season.
? UMS has posted a playlist featuring 0607 season artists for each series on iTunes. A link to the playlist is available on the UMS homepage at www.ums.org. NOTE: you must have iTunes installed on your computer to access the playlist. The software can be installed at no cost by following the instructions when you dick the link.
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128th ANNUAL SERIES
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Shostakovich Centennial Festival Concert No. 3
Kirov Orchestra
of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev conductor FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH PROGRAM
Symphony No. 11 in g minor, Op. 103 ("The Year 1905") (1957)
Symphony No. 6 in b minor, Op. 54 (1939)
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Shostakovich Centennial Festival Concert No. 4
Kirov Orchestra
of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev conductor SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH PROGRAM
Symphony No. 12 in d minor, Op. 112 ("1917, or Lenin") (1961) Symphony No. 14 in g minor, Op. 135 (1969)
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Shostakovich Centennial Festival Concert No. 5
Kirov Orchestra
of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev conductor
Men of the UMS Choral Union
U-M Men's Glee Club
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 4 PM Hill Auditorium
ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH PROGRAM
Symphony No. 8 in c minor, Op. 65 (1943)
Symphony No. 13 in b-flat minor, Op. 113 ("Babi Yar") (1962)
Funded in part by the Wallace Endowment Fund.
Additional promotional support provided by Detroit Jewish News.
Jonathan Biss piano
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
PROGRAM
Mozart Sonata in F Major, K. 533 (1788)
Schoenberg Six Little Pieces, Op. 19 (1911)
Beethoven Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 ("Pastorale") (1801)
Schumann Fantasy in C, Op. 17 (1836)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Kurt Masur conductor Sarah Chang violin THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
PROGRAM
Sibelius Violin Concerto in d minor, Op. 47 (1905)
Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major ("Romantic") (1874)
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Spotlight:
Shostakovich Centennial Festival
October 20-22,2006
The Kirov Orchestra and Valery Gergiev gave two inspired performances to launch the five-concert Shostakovich Centennial Festival in March 2006. They return in October, performing six of Shostakovich's symphonies on three consecutive nights -a cycle that will be repeated in the U.S. only at Lincoln Center.
Each concert includes a work commemorating an important moment in Russian history. On Friday, the composer's 11th symphony recalls the first Russian revolution of 1905. On Saturday, the 1917 Bolshevik revolution is remembered through the 12th symphony. And Sunday's concert represents the massacre of Russian Jews at Babi Yar during World War II, memorialized in poetry by Yevgeny Yevtushenko and set to music by Shostakovich in 1962. The resulting work was so controversial that Khrushchev threatened to prevent the premiere from taking place.
Despite the serious sources for Shostakovich's symphonies, the music is also filled with mischievous humor, a sense of irony, and sardonic wit. The mesmerizing, virtuosic instrumental writing and gargantuan brass sections subsume the listener with a tidal wave of sound. Alex Ross, music critic for the New Yorker, noted at the March Shostakovich Symposium that when the historical and political references to these symphonies are removed, one is still left with singularly great symphonic music. However, as Peter Laki observed in his program notes for the first set of concerts, Shostakovich's music cannot be separated from the brutal historical times in which he lived and worked.
At the time of its composition, Shostakovich's music brought out the full gamut of emotions, providing a rallying cry for the Russian people, harshly denouncing the atrocious acts committed by the political leadership, and commemorating the loss of untold millions in the various wars and revolutions that Russia endured. Some 30 years after the composer's death, the music still has the power to evoke a time that was incomprehensibly tragic.
The audience feedback from the first installment of the cycle has been tremendous. As a Bloomfield Hills resident wrote, "Thank you for making this once-in-a-lifetime experience happen. Where would we be without UMS"
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Photo: Kurt Masur (by Sasha Gusov)
128th ANNUAL SERIES
Joshua Bell violin
Jeremy Denk piano SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
Supported by Dennis and Ellie Serras.
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Midori violin
Robert MacDonald piano SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 4 PM Hill Auditorium
PROGRAM
Works by Beethoven, Rautavaara, and Richard Strauss
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Murray Perahia piano
SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
Supported in part by Ann and Clayton Wilhite.
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung conductor TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
PROGRAM
Ravel Ma mere I'oye (complete ballet music) (1911)
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, H. 48 (1830)
Measha Brueggergosman soprano
William Bolcom piano THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
PROGRAM
Includes Bolcom Cabaret Songs and songs inspired by cabaret
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Photo: Joshua Bell (by Chris Lee)
Spotlight:
Violin Mini-Series
UMS has a longstanding history of presenting outstanding violinists both in recital and as soloists with orchestra. The great Eugene Ysaye performed his UMS debut in 1895; Jascha Heifetz performed 11 times from 1919-1953; Bronislaw Huberman, who went on to found the Israel Philharmonic, performed in 1922; Fritz Kreisler appeared 13 times from 1900-1944, as did Yehudi Menuhin from 1932-1976. David Oistrakh, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Joseph Szigeti, Nathan Milstein... the UMS archives celebrate more than a century of renowned violinists.
The 0607 season continues the tradition of the past, with its concentration of violinists who began as prodigies and have matured into magnificent masters of the instrument.
Sarah Chang was born in 1980 and made her UMS debut in 1999 at the age of 18, returning the following year for the Ford Honors Program honoring Isaac Stern. She auditioned for The Juilliard School at age 7 with the Bruch Concerto and was admitted into the studio of Dorothy DeLay, one of the great violin pedagogues of the past century. She is featured with the London Philharmonic and conductor Kurt Masur in the Sibelius Violin Concerto.
Joshua Bell was born in Indiana and began studying the violin at age four. His professional debut came 24 years ago at age 14, when he appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra under conductor Riccardo Muti. He made his first UMS appearance in 1989 and has returned three times, most recently in November 2001 when he substituted for Anne-Sophie Mutter with the Trondheim Soloists.
Midori was born four years after Joshua Bell, in 1971, and is also in the 24th season of her professional career. She was invited by Zubin Mehta to appear as a surprise guest soloist for the New York Philharmonic's New Year's Eve celebration in 1982 and celebrated her 18th birthday with her Carnegie Hall debut, just eighteen months before she made her UMS debut with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra at the opening May Festival concert of 1991. She last appeared with an exquisite reading of the Bach Chaconne at the Hill Auditorium Re-Opening Concert in January 2004. She devotes a significant portion of her time to five outreach organizations she has founded to improve access to great music.
The UMS Violin Series is a part of the 128th Annual Choral Union Series and may be ordered as a separate package on the order form in the center of this brochure.
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Emerson String Quartet
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 8 PM Rackham Auditorium
PROGRAM
Beethoven
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String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5 (1798-1800)
At the Bier of a Young Artist (1910)
String Quartet No. 2 (1907-13)
String Quartet in e minor, Op. 59, No. 2 (1805-06)
Supported by Linda and Maurice Binkow
Florestan Trio
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19,8 PM Rackham Auditorium
PROGRAM
Mozart Trio in G Major, K. 496 (1786)
Saint-Saens Trio No. 2 in e minor, Op. 92
Shostakovich Trio No. 2 in e minor, Op. 67 (1944)
Cuarteto Latinoamericano Manuel Barrueco guitar
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19,4 PM Rackham Auditorium
PROGRAM
Guastavino Las Presencias, No. 6 ("Jermomita Linares") (1961)
Daugherty Bay of Pigs (2005) (UMS Co-Commission)
Revueltas Musica de Feria (Quartet No. 4)
Barrios La Catedral
Chilean Dance (Cueca)
Paraguayan Dance
Sierra Triptico
Piazzolla Tango Sensations
Milonga del Angel
Muerte del Angel
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Takacs Quartet
FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 8 PM Rackham Auditorium
PROGRAM Brahms Mozart Beethoven
Quartet in a minor, Op. 51, No. 2 (1873) Quartet in d minor, K. 421 (1783) Quartet No. 15 in a minor, Op. 132 (1825)
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Time for Three
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 4 PM Rackham Auditorium
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Jerusalem String Quartet
SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 4 PM Rackham Auditorium
PROGRAM
Haydn Quartet in f minor, Op. 20, No. 5 (1772)
Barber Quartet for Strings, Op. 11 (1936)
Tchaikovsky Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 ("Accordian") (1865)
Additional promotional support provided by Detroit Jewish News.
Spotlight:
Chamber Music Relationships
The 0607 Chamber Arts Series is ultimately a microcosm of the entire season schedule. Its six concerts include performances by two ensembles who have virtually perennial appearances on the UMS series, the Emerson String Quartet and the Takacs Quartet.
Like more than half of the artists on the UMS series during the past three years, two ensembles make their UMS debuts in the 0607 season. Time for Three, a young string trio comprised of Curtis Institute graduates, mixes classical chamber music with less conventional fare, including bluegrass, jazz, and improvised music. The Cuarteto Latinoamericano is based in Mexico and widely considered the authority on the Latin American string quartet repertoire. This exciting group makes its UMS debut alongside guitarist Manuel Barrueco.
Two ensembles who first appeared in the second half of the 0405 season were instantly re-engaged after their memorable debuts: the Florestan Trio and the Jerusalem String Quartet. Unlike Time for Three, the Florestan Trio performs standard string trio repertory and is widely considered one of the heirs to the Beaux Arts Trio throne. The Jerusalem Quartet is comprised of four young musicians who began playing together in 1993 when they were still in their mid-teens. With more than a decade as an ensemble, they have matured into outstanding interpreters of the string quartet literature.
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Photo; Time for Three
16th ANNUAL SERIES
Martha Graham Dance Company
Janet Eilber artistic director
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13,8 PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 8 PM Power Center
Recognized as a seminal artistic force of the 20th century alongside Picasso, Stravinsky, James Joyce, and Frank Lloyd Wright, Martha Graham is now firmly ensconced in the pantheon of American legends. Her 181 works epitomize aesthetic daring and uninhibited grace, and many of them are rightly considered classics of American modern dance. The Martha Graham Dance Company explores and reveals Graham's theater through revivals and reconstructions of works she choreographed, alongside new works by artists whose theatrical aesthetic has a kinship to Graham's. The company performs two different programs.
Additional promotional support provided by WRCJ 90.9 FM, WDET 101.9 FM, and Detroit Jewish News.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Jim Vincent artistic director TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 8 PM Power Center
Jim Vincent leads this innovative and exciting American dance company that presents sophisticated work by both American and international choreographers. The company's unconventional repertory breaks down preconceptions about dance by juxtaposing pieces based on a variety of dance traditions and genres. The result An engaging, seductive, human, and often edgy performance that inspires audiences to think -but also to have fun. More info: page 29.
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Stephen Petronio Company
Stephen Petronio artistic director Music by Rufus Wainwright FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 8 PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 8 PM Power Center
"The most appealing thing about Stephen Petronio's choreography has always been its raw New York energy...Petronio taps into the mania of the downtown New York scene." (The Times, London) New music, visual art, and fashion collide in Stephen Petronio's dances, producing powerfully modern landscapes for the senses. This UMS debut features the company in a major new dance, BLOOM, in collaboration with singersongwriter Rufus Wainwright. In BLOOM and its predecessor Bud Suite, Petronio moves away from the organized chaos of reckless-looking movement and explores the openness and purity of youth, the bittersweet poignancy of transformation. More info: page 30.
PROGRAM
Bud Suite
BLOOM
Additional repertory TBA
Funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts
Additional promotional support provided by Detroit Jewish News
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Tamango's Urban Tap
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 8 PM Michigan Theater
Tamango says, "As a dancer, musician, and painter, I feel the best way to describe my work is to think of color and rhythms. My main focus is rhythm, not because I tap dance, but more because when I close my eyes in an empty room, I hear my heart beat." A master tap artist and major force in the downtown New York City scene, performing at underground joints and clubs for the past 15 years, Tamango incorporates a unique blend of jazz tap and Afro-Caribbean dance as his signature style. His revolutionary approach to tap transforms his dance into music with a sharpened sense of style and awe-inspiring fluidity. For this new production, he brings together dancers and musicians from his native French Guiana, as well as Haiti, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, and France, in an exploration of the rhythms and culture of his Creole heritage. More info: page 30.
Funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts.
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Trinity Irish Dance Company
Mark Howard artistic director FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 8 PM SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 8 PM Power Center
Chicago's Trinity Irish Dance Company was the birthplace of progressive Irish dance in America. Trinity dancers range in age from 18 to 28, and their years of rigorous training are evident in every perfectly paced spin, leap, and click, making them a lethal powerhouse of speed and sound. Artistic director Mark Howard has taken the group outside of the framework of ethnicity, expanding the company's range and repertoire in imaginative new directions, always performed to live music.
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13th ANNUAL SERIES
Translinear Light
Alice Coltrane Quartet
A Celebration of John Coltrane's 80th Birthday
Alice Coltrane Wurlitzer organ and piano
Ravi Coltrane saxophones
Charlie Haden bass
Roy Haynes drums
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 8 PM
Hill Auditorium
Merely mention the name John Coltrane, and you're likely to evoke a deeply emotional, often spiritual, response from even the most casual jazz fan. Wynton Marsalis's big band version of Coltrane's seminal recording, A Love Supreme (presented by UMS in January 2006), was the latest tribute to this legendary artist who was born on September 23, 1926, exactly 80 years before this concert. Jazz pianist and harpist Alice McLeod married John Coltrane in 1965, two years before the famous saxophonist's untimely death from liver cancer at age 40. Joined by son Ravi and a legendary rhythm section comprised of Charlie Haden and Roy Haynes, Detroit native Alice Coltrane makes her UMS debut in a rare public performance, celebrating John Coltrane's legacy on what would have been his 80th birthday.
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An Evening with Marian McPartland
With the Bill Charlap Trio SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most skilled practitioners and communicators of jazz piano, Marian McPartland has been a force on the jazz scene since the 1950s and has recorded more than 60 albums and CDs. The popular host of NPR's "Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz" since its inception in 1978, McPartland has graced the world's stages for the past 65 years with her refined piano style and subtle humor. At 88, she continues to be a trailblazer in an ever-changing industry. Bill Charlap, one of the premier interpreters of the Great American Songbook, opens the program with his trio, and closes it with piano duets alongside McPartland.
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Big 3 Palladium Orchestra
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1,8 PM Hill Auditorium
In the 1950s, America fell in love with the Mambo, and the best place to hear this electrifying music was at the Palladium Ballroom in New York City. Sold-out crowds came to see the now-legendary musical battles that took place between the giants of the genre: Machito, Tito Rodriguez, and Tito Puente, otherwise known as "The Big 3." This musical era is re-created by the Big 3 Palladium Orchestra, led by sons of the maestros and comprised of many musicians from the original bands. More info: page 29.
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Dave Holland Octet and Big Band
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 8 PM Michigan Theater
Whether fronting a quintet, a big band, a trio, or an octet, bandleader and bassist extraordinaire Dave Holland covers the full spectrum of jazz. A musician to be reckoned with for more than three decades, Holland is one of jazz's most widely respected bass players and improvisers. He began his career in Miles Davis's groundbreaking fusion band of the late 1960s and has been at the forefront of improvised music ever since. While rhythmically complex and harmonically adventurous, Dave Holland's music never sounds daunting or difficult to grasp. This return appearance after his 2002 debut features both the Octet and the Big Band, which won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble.
Wynton Marsalis and Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
This 15-member ensemble is comprised of the finest jazz players on the scene today, and their vast repertory -ranging from rare historic compositions to newly commissioned works to new takes on old classics -makes them a veritable repository of jazz history. Trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis brings a unique and ultimately welcoming blend of personality and musical talent with him each and every time he walks onto a concert stage. It's this direct ability to communicate his music and ideas that makes this world-class musician so popular worldwide. More info: page 33.
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Pablo Ziegler Ouintet for New Tango Claudia Acuna vocalist
FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 8 PM Rackham Auditorium
This special concert features artists originally hailing from South America: Pablo Ziegler representing the tango tradition of Argentina, and Claudia Acuna representing the Latin jazz of Chile. The marriage between jazz and tango was virtually unheard of 30 years ago -until Pablo Ziegler burst onto the music scene, unifying the two genres and cultivating a sound that seamlessly combines sultry tango rhythms with the energetic spontaneity of jazz. Ziegler, an alumnus of Astor Piazzolla's New Tango Quintet, formed his own ensemble in 1990, blending classic tango rhythms with jazz improvisations, adding to the tango lexicon. Singer Claudia Acuna joins the ensemble, adding her passionate musical delivery to the mix. She creates a compelling fusion of Latin rhythms and jazz sensibilities with her sensuous alto.
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Photo: Alice Coltrane (by Jeff Dunas)
UMS GLOBAL MUSIC AND DANCE SERIES
This season-long celebration begins an exploration of the diversity of The Americas. Mexican artists and ensembles receive a special focus, with additional concerts highlighting unique cultures and artistic expressions from across the varied landscape of Latin America, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, French Guiana, and the Carribean.
Amalia Hernandez'
Ballet Folklorico de Mexico [Mexico]
Amalia Hernandez artistic director THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
Mexico's national dance company retums to Ann Arbor for the first time since 1999 for a special Hill Auditorium performance. Founded in 1952 by dancer and choreographer Amalia Hernandez, the company's work is based on the venerated folkloric and dance traditions of Mexico. Hill Auditorium was host to many folkloric dance companies before the Power Center was built, including the UMS debut of Ballet Folklorico de Mexico in 1963. More info: page 21.
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Manuel Barrueco guitar [Cuba] Cuarteto Latinoamericano [Mexico]
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19,4 PM Rackham Auditorium
An authoritative voice in Latin American classical music, the Cuarteto Latinoamericano performs both classical and contemporary works, specializing in composers from the Americas. The quartet is joined by guitarist Manuel Barrueco. More info: page 26.
PROGRAM
Works by Guastavino, Michael Daugherty, Revueltas, Barrios,
Sierra, and Piazzolla
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Big 3 Palladium Orchestra
[Cuba, Caribbean, United States]
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
In the 1950s, America fell in love with the Mambo, and the best place to hear this electrifying music was at the Palladium Ballroom in New York City. Sold-out crowds came to see the now-legendary musical battles that took place between the giants of the genre: Machito, Tito Rodriguez, and Tito Puente, otherwise known as "The Big 3." This musical era is recreated by the Big 3 Palladium Orchestra, led by sons of the maestros and comprised of many musicians from the original bands. More info: page 29.
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B3) Mo Oilo (Give Me Water) Tamango's Urban Tap [French Guiana, Haiti, Guadeloupe, Jamaica]
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 8 PM Michigan Theater
A master tap artist and major force in the downtown New York City and world dance scene, Tamango incorporates a unique blend of jazz tap and Afro-Caribbean dance as his signature style. For this new production, he brings together dancers and musicians from his native French Guiana, as well as Haiti, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, and France, in an exploration of the rhythms and culture of his Creole heritage. More info: page 30.
Funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts.
Media Partners Metro Times, WEMU 89.1 FM, and Michigan ChronicleFront Page.
Gilberto Gil [Brazil]
FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
Along with Caetano Veloso, guitarist and singersongwriter Gilberto Gil was a leader in the Tropicalia movement in Brazil in the late 1960s. With four decades of performing and over five million recordings sold, Gil is a pioneer of the world music movement and, as Brazil's Minister of Culture, continues to play a key role in modernizing Brazilian popular music and culture throughout the world. More info: page 33.
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Pablo Ziegler Quintet for New Tango
[Argentina]
Claudia Acuna vocalist [Chile]
FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 8 PM Rackham Auditorium
This double-bill features two artists originally from South America who create a compelling fusion of Latin rhythms and jazz sensibilities. Pablo Ziegler performed with Astor Piazzolla's New Tango Quintet before branching off to form his own group that blends tango rhythms with jazz improvisation. Claudia Acuna's honey-rich voice delivers innovative interpretations of American and Spanish language standards. More info: page 44.
Media Partners WEMU 89.1 FM, WDET 101.9 FM, and Metro Times.
Los Folkloristas [Mexico]
SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 4 PM
Rackham Auditorium
Perhaps you've heard music performed on guitars and violins, but your head may turn when the band brings out the dried butterfly cocoons, turtle shells, and the Yaqui water drum from its collection of more than 100 instruments. Founded to preserve and record the traditional music of Mexico and Latin America, Los Folkloristas has traveled extensively across Central and South America and their native Mexico, learning their music first-hand from village elders and regional musicians. More info: page 38.
Media Partners WEMU 89.1 FM and Michigan Radio.
Photo: Amalia Hernandez' Ballet Folklorico de Mexico
Royal Shakespeare Company 2006
A Festival of Shi
OCTOBER 24 NOVEMBER 12 2006 Presented with major support from the
University of Michigan.
Power Center
The Royal Shakespeare Company retums to Ann Arbor for three weeks in October and November 2006, with 21 public performances of Antony and Cleopatra directed by Gregory Doran, Julius Caesar directed by Sean Holmes, and The Tempest directed by Rupert Goold.The plays are part of the RSC's Complete Works Festival, which began in April 2006 in Stratford-upon-Avon. Ann Arbor is the only city in the United States to host these plays.
British actor Patrick Stewart, an honorary associate artist with the RSC and Captain Jean-Luc Picard of Star Trek fame, performs the leading roles of Antony in Antony and Cleopatra -with acclaimed British actress Harriet Walter as Cleopatra -and Prospero in The Tempest As in past residencies, the plays will feature ensemble casting, with approximately 28 actors in the company.
A series of free educational activities for adults and children alike will provide context and background for the plays. Activities will take place throughout the fall and will include interviews, lectures, workshops, and behind-the-scenes events. A complete schedule of related residency activities will be available this summer.
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Subscription tickets for the Royal Shakespeare Company residency have been on sale since February 2006. Series tickets (all three titles) may be purchased through this brochure. Subscribers to any UMS series may purchase tickets to individual RSC performances now; see section 3 of the order form.
Tickets to individual performances will go on sale Monday, August 21.
Antony and Cleopatra
With Patrick Stewart as Antony and Harriet Walter as Cleopatra
A tempestuous love affair struggles to survive as power politics and the demands of Ancient Rome and Egypt tear these two great leaders apart.
Antony and Cleopatra is sponsored by DTE Energy
Julius Caesar
With James Hayes as Julius Caesar
John Light as Brutus
and Finbar Lynch as Cassius
This gripping political thriller explores the complexities of power as Caesar's assassination sees a nation descend into civil violence and instability. One of Shakespeare's earliest Roman plays, Julius Caesar portrays the opposing dynamics of democracy and tyranny.
The Tempest
With Patrick Stewart as Prospero
Shakespeare's magical last play, his poignant farewell to the stage, has love, tragedy and comedy combined in equal measure as the usurped Prospero draws his enemies to his enchanted island to exact his revenge, yet ultimately finds peace and the ability to forgive.
The Tempest is sponsored by
Education and Community Outreach Programs supported by
DTE Energy Foundation
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Additional support
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Individual performances supported by
Robert and Pearson Macek and Gil Omenn, Martha Darling, and David Omenn
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Photo: Patrick Stewart (by Clare Park)
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With the Monogram Series, you can program your own performing arts series, tailoring the events on our season to fit your lifestyle and personal preferences.
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Spotlight: Kadim Al Sahir
SATUROAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
Iraqi superstar Kadim Al Sahir has become a true legend of Arabic music, a modern superstar with a strong foothold in tradition. He is heralded as the most popular and critically acclaimed artist in the Arab world, having sold over 20 million copies of his recordings.
His music is rich with the melodies, rhythms, and complex sonic textures of Arabic classical music, but at the same time, his compositions are strikingly contemporary, and his superb voice and good looks have helped to make him a pop icon throughout the Arabian Gulf, the Middle East and beyond. Kadim has built his phenomenal career in the face of two wars, an international embargo, and a condition of unprecedented isolation in his homeland.
Born in December 1961 in northern Iraq, Kadim Al Sahir took a keen interest in classical music as a boy. At age ten, he sold his bicycle to buy his first instrument, a guitar, but after a year of study on guitar, he switched to the oud. Classically trained in Baghdad's prestigious Music Academy, he began his career as a songwriter for other Iraqi artists before he carved out his own unique place in the world of Arab entertainment with his emotive singing style and fusion of classical Western music with Arabic folk music.
He personifies a side of Iraq not always shown in the general media -that a country most frequently associated with intransigence and war has also produced some of the world's greatest philosophers, poets, composers, musicians, and artists.
Presented in partnership with the Middle Eastern Broadcasting Network, the Arab American National Museum, and the Arab American and Chaldean Council.
Amalia Hernandez'
Ballet Folklorico de Mexico
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 8 PM Hill Auditorium SERIES: GlobalAmericas
Mexico's national dance company retums to Ann Arbor for the first time since 1999 for a special Hill Auditorium performance. Founded in 1952 by dancer and choreographer Amalia Hernandez, Ballet Folklorico de Mexico got its start as a small company that produced dances based on Mexican folkloric traditions for a television show. Hernandez, whose work is based on the venerated folkloric and dance traditions of her country, said, "The folklore in Mexico is very rich. I use the classic ballet as the technique. Only the technique, but not the choreography. All the choreography is based on the style and the roots of Mexican folklore." Hill Auditorium was host to many folkloric dance companies before the Power Center was built, including the UMS debut of Ballet Folklorico de Mexico in 1963.
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Translinear Light
Alice Coltrane Quartet
A Celebration of John Coltrane's 80th Birthday
Alice Coltrane Wurlitzer organ and piano
Ravi Coltrane saxophones
Charlie Haden bass
Roy Haynes drums
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 8 PM
Hill Auditorium
SERIES: Jazz
Merely mention the name John Coltrane, and you're likely to evoke a deeply emotional, often spiritual response from even the most casual jazz fan. Wynton Marsalis's big band version of Coltrane's seminal recording, A Love Supreme (presented by UMS in January 2006), was the latest tribute to this legendary artist who was born on September 23, 1926, exactly 80 years before this concert. Jazz pianist, harpist, and Detroit native Alice McLeod married John Coltrane in 1965, two years before the famous saxophonist's untimely death from liver cancer at age 40. Translinear Light, released in 2004, was Alice Coltrane's first recording in 26 years; she withdrew from active performing and recording in the late 1970s to open an ashram and devote herself primarily to spiritual pursuits. Joined by son Ravi and an outstanding rhythm section comprised of Charlie Haden and Roy Haynes, Alice Coltrane makes her UMS debut in a rare public performance celebrating John Coltrane's legacy on what would have been his 80th birthday.
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An Evening with Marian McPartland
With the Bill Charlap Trio SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 8 PM Hill Auditorium SERIES: Jazz, Piano
Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most skilled practitioners of jazz piano, Marian McPartland has been a force on the jazz scene since the 1950s and has recorded more than 60 albums and CDs. The popular host of NPR's "Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz" since its inception in 1978, McPartland has graced the world's stages for the past 65 years with her refined piano style and subtle humor. At 88, she continues to be a trailblazer in an ever-changing industry. Bill Charlap, one of the premier interpreters of the Great American Songbook, opens the program with his trio, and closes it with piano duets alongside McPartland.
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Martha Graham Dance Company
Janet Eilber artistic director FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13,8 PM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14,8 PM Power Center SERIES: Dance
Recognized as a seminal artistic force of the 20th century alongside Picasso, Stravinsky, James Joyce, and Frank Lloyd Wright, Martha Graham is now firmly ensconced in the pantheon of American legends. Her 181 works epitomize aesthetic daring and uninhibited grace, and many of them are rightly considered classics of American modern dance. The Martha Graham Dance Company explores and reveals Graham's theater through revivals and reconstructions of works she choreographed, alongside new works by artists whose theatrical aesthetic has a kinship to Graham's. Two different programs.
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Florestan Trio
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19,8 PM Rackham Auditorium SERIES: Chamber Arts
The UMS debut of this British string trio was one of the most memorable concerts of the 0405 season for those in attendance, and an immediate return was booked. Perhaps no one has said it better than the music critic for The Scotsman, of their Edinburgh International Festival performance: "Just when I was beginning to feel culturally immune, along came the Florestan Trio with a performance...that completely blew me away. This was not just a performance of greatness, but one that took the music to another level altogether."
PROGRAM
Mozart Trio in G Major, K. 496 (1786)
Saint-Saens Trio No. 2 in e minor, Op. 92
Shostakovich Trio No. 2 in e minor, Op. 67 (1944)
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Photo: Miki Orihara from Martha Graham Dance Company (by John Deane)
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Shostakovich Centennial Festival Concert No. 3
Kirov Orchestra
of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev conductor FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 8 PM Hill Auditorium SERIES: Choral Union
The first concert of a three-concert weekend devoted to Shostakovich's symphonies features the Kirov Orchestra presenting the composer's 11th and 6th symphonies, as part of a Shostakovich Centennial Festival that is only being repeated at Lincoln Center in New York. Conductor Valery Gergiev, who called this cycle "one of the big projects of my life" in a New York Times interview in March, conducts. The 11th symphony, which has never been performed at a UMS concert before, was penned as a commemoration of the 1905 revolution against the autocratic rule of Tsar Nicholas II, when a peaceful protest outside of the Winter Palace turned into a massacre in which hundreds died when Russian troops opened fire. More info: page 7.
ALL-SHOSTAKOVICH PROGRAM
Symphony No. 11 in g minor, Op. 103 ("The Year 1905") (1957)
Symphony No. 6 in b minor, Op. 54 (1939)
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Trio Mediaeval
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 8 PM St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
"Singing doesn't get more unnervingly beautiful," wrote the San Francisco Chronicle. "To hear the group's note-perfect counter?point -as pristine and inviting as clean, white linens -is to be astonished at what the human voice is capable of." Founded in Oslo in 1997, Trio Mediaeval was founded to sing music from before 1500, but discovered that there were many parallels between the Mediaeval sound and the "mystical minimalist" sound of the 21st century. Now the brilliant young Scandinavian sopranos specialize in a diverse repertoire that features polyphonic music from England and France, contemporary works written for the ensemble, and traditional Norwegian ballads and songs. The Ann Arbor performance includes William Brooks' Six Mediaeval Lyrics, composed for the trio in 2004.
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Jonathan Biss piano
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 8 PM
Hill Auditorium
SERIES: Choral Union, Piano
The Los Angeles Times has called him "a serious, accomplished artist who puts the composer before the player." Now 25 years old, Jonathan Biss has already proven himself as an exceptional musician with a flourishing international reputation built from orchestral, chamber music, and recital performances. Noted for his intriguing programs, artistic maturity, and versatility, he performs a diverse repertoire ranging from Mozart to newly commissioned works. An enthusiastic chamber musician who made his debut at seven prestigious international festivals in the summer of 2004, Biss represents the third generation of classical musicians in his family. His grandmother, Raya Garbousova, was one of the first well-known female cellists (Samuel Barber composed his Cello Concerto for her), and his parents are both professors at the Indiana University School of Music. The late Isaac Stern heard him when he was 16 and essentially launched his professional career. Biss, who won the 2002 Gilmore Young Artist Award the same year that he made his New York Philharmonic debut, is philosophical about the role of music in his life: "Music deals in the realm of the unknown and the mysterious," he says. "It heals the soul. Music can make me feel more strongly than almost anything else in life."
PROGRAM
Mozart Sonata in F Major, K. 533 (1788)
Schoenberg Six Little Pieces, Op. 19 (1911)
Beethoven Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 ("Pastorale") (1801)
Schumann Fantasy in C, Op. 17 (1836)
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Cuarteto Latinoamericano Manuel Barrueco guitar
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 4 PM
Rackham Auditorium
SERIES: Chamber Arts, GlobalAmericas
An authoritative voice in the Latin American string quartet repertoire, the Cuarteto Latinoamericano performs both classical and contemporary works, specializing in composers from the Americas. This string quartet from Mexico is now in residence at Carnegie Mellon University. The quartet is joined by guitarist Manuel Barrueco, who performs some works for solo guitar, as well as compositions for guitar plus string quartet. The program also features the area premiere of a UMS Co-Commission by U-M composer Michael Daugherty.
PROGRAM
Guastavino Las Presencias, No. 6 ("Jermomita Linares") (1961)
Daugherty Bay of Pigs (2005) (UMS Co-Commission)
Revueltas Musica de Feria (Quartet No. 4)
Barrios La Catedral
Chilean Dance (Cueca)
Paraguayan Dance Sierra Triptico
Piazzolla Tango Sensations
Milonga del Angel
Muerte del Angel
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Handel's Messiah
UMS Choral Union Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Jerry Blackstone conductor SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 8 PM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2 PM Hill Auditorium
The Grammy Award-winning UMS Choral Union (2006 Best Choral Performance for William Bolcom's Songs of Innocence and of Experience) launches the holiday season with its signature work, Handel's glorious oratorio, Messiah. An Ann Arbor tradition in the beautiful surroundings of Hill Auditorium, these performances are ultimately the heart of UMS, connecting audiences with the talented people on stage, but also with the friends and family they attend with each year.
Supported by the Carl and Isabelle Brauer Fund. Media Partner Michigan Radio.
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Spotlight:
A Music-Theatre Work in One Act
Silver River
Music by Bright Sheng Libretto by David Henry Hwang FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 8 PM SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 8 PM Power Center
MacArthur "Genius" Grant winner Bright Sheng and Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang created Silver River in 1997 as a masterful integration of Western and Chinese cultures. This music-theatre work unites Western opera, drama, and dance with Chinese opera and virtuosic solo playing of the Chinese lute (pipa) into an entertaining telling of a 4,000-year-old Chinese folktale about the creation of day and night. Today, this tale is familiar in many Asian countries as a symbolic story of perfect love struggling to survive in an imperfect world.
According to this ancient Chinese legend about the Milky Way, the Silver River illuminated both heaven and earth in constant light, and connected the realms together such that earthly and celestial creatures regularly mingled.
However, the Jade Emperor, Lord of Heaven, dreams of terrible chaos that engulfs heaven and earth, plunging both worlds into darkness. The Jade Emperor's nightmare is realized when a mortal Cowherd, and the immortal Goddess-Weaver, who spins the stars of heaven, fall in love. When love preoccupies the Goddess-Weaver so much that she neglects her duties and the skies begin to darken, the Jade Emperor morphs the Silver River into a barrier separating heaven and earth. The lovers' grief is so great that chaos reigns until the Jade Emperor decrees that the lovers may meet once each year on the banks of the Silver River.
Bright Sheng is renowned for his lyrical and elegant melodies that synthesize Western symphonic techniques with inspirations from traditional Chinese folk music. A U-M composition faculty member since 1995, he moved to the United States 25 years ago and now enjoys a busy international career, with works commissioned from such major institutions as the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, and the Santa Fe Opera.
David Henry Hwang won numerous awards for his masterpiece, M. Butterfly. The son of immigrant Chinese American parents, he has written many plays about the role of Asian Americans in the modern world.
Silver River was the highlight of the 2000 Spoleto Festival, the 2002 Lincoln Center Festival, and the 2002 Theater Works Singapore. It now receives a new production at the University of Michigan as a special collaboration by UMS, University Productions, and the Office of the Provost.
"Sheng has fashioned a music theater fable of great charm and imagination...With a sweet simplicity, [Silver River] creates magic before our eyes." (Chicago Tribune)
Presented in partnership with University Productions and the U-M Office of the Provost.
Photo: Silver River (O 2002 by Stephanie Berger)
128th UMS SEASON
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Order Form Tips to Help UMS Subscribers
We've worked hard to make ordering tickets to the many events in the 0607 season as easy as possible, but with literally thousands of possible combinations, we realize that it can be difficult. With that in mind, please consider these tips that will help you make your decisions for the 0607 season, whether you are new to UMS or have been subscribing for years:
1. Look through the entire brochure and make a list of the events you are interested in seeing.
2. If you generally like events that are themati-cally linked (e.g., jazz, chamber music, Royal Shakespeare Company), you will probably be most interested in the fixed packages listed in Section 1 of the order form (for RSC subscriptions, please see Section 3). Anyone who purchases a fixed package
or RSC series may purchase any number of Monogram Series events now and still receive priority seating over single ticket buyers.
3. If you prefer a variety of events, you will probably be most interested in the Monogram Series in Section 2. When you purchase at least 5 events, you may take 10 off the total price and still receive priority seating over single ticket buyers. You may purchase a different number of tickets to each event, so feel free to invite friends to join you for any or all of the performances in your series!
4. When you purchase a fixed package OR a Monogram Series, you may also purchase tickets to any individual Royal Shakespeare Company performances and to any Choral Union or Chamber Arts events now (see Section 3 and Section 4 of the order form). These tickets may be purchased for yourself or for your friends and family. Most of these performances are typically not included on the Monogram Series, so you can guarantee your seats for these concerts and plan your entire season of UMS events at once!
5. PLEASE BE SURE TO FILL OUT ALL SIX PAGES OF THE ORDER FORM BEFORE YOU SEND IT IN. You may also call the Ticket Office for assistance if you have questions about which package makes the most sense for you. Don't forget to include your pre-paid parking passes to avoid hassles on the night of the performance, and to make your tax-deductible contribution to UMS.
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Spotlight: the 5ht (dream) state Sekou Sundiata
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 8 PM Power Center
Sekou Sundiata, who appeared at UMS as both a solo theater performer and as front man for his band in 2003, retums with his new work, the 51st (dream) state. This candid, yet lyrical, contemplation of America's national identity and its guiding mythologies is both hopeful and questioning. The work features next-generation jazz musicians and vocalists with new music composed by Ani DiFranco, Graham Haynes, and others.
Sundiata says, "Living in the aftermath of 911,1 feel an urgent and renewed engagement with what it means to be an American. But that engagement is a troubling one because of a longstanding estrangement between American civic ideals and American civic practice. This project is my response to this reality. I take it as a civic responsibility to think about these things out loud, in the ritualized forum of theater and public dialogue."
The work, which grew in part out of his 2003 Ann Arbor residency and through sustained relationships with members of the U-M community and Detroit-based partners, unites art and civic dialogue through songs, poems, monologues, and video. The 51st (dream) state explores how America defines itself in a new era characterized by unprecedented global influence and power, and what it means to be both a citizen and an individual in a deeply complex, hyper-kinetic society.
Co-presented with the U-M Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives. Media Partners Michigan ChronicleFront Page and WEMU 89.1 FM.
The Chieftains
SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 4 PM Hill Auditorium
This Hill Auditorium performance features one of the hottest acts in the folk world today. With a career that spans 44 years and 42 albums (and counting!), the Chieftains are the most enduring and influential creative force in establishing the international appeal of Celtic music. Known for their collaborations with a wide range of musicians -including Van Morrison, James Galway, The Rolling Stones, Sting, Los Lobos, and a variety of country music stars -the Chieftains have received six Grammy Awards and 18 nominations. They return for their fourth UMS appearance and the first in five years.
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Additional support provided by Borders.
Media Partners WEMU 89.1 FM, WRCJ 90.9 FM, WDET 101.9 FM, and Metro Times.
Big 3 Palladium Orchestra
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1,8 PM
Hill Auditorium
SERIES: Jazz, GlobalAmericas
In the 1950s, America fell in love with the Mambo, and the best place to hear this electrifying music was at the Palladium Ballroom in New York City. Sold-out crowds came to see the now-legendary musical battles that took place between the giants of the genre: Machito, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodriguez, otherwise known as "The Big 3." This musical era is recreated by the Big 3 Palladium Orchestra, led by sons of the maestros and comprised of many musicians from the original bands. Mario Grillo, Machito's son and the impetus behind the Big 3 Palladium Orchestra, says, "I tell people, when you come and see this band, you better wear an asbestos jacket, because we're gonna burn you. I ain't playin' around. It's fire on top of fire on top of fire."
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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Jim Vincent artistic director TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 8 PM Power Center SERIES: Dance
Jim Vincent, who worked closely with Jiri Kylian at the revered Nederlands Dans Theater, leads this innovative and exciting American dance company that presents sophisticated work by both American and international choreographers with an energy that literally jumps off the stage and into the audience. The company's unconventional and innovative repertory by choreographers such as Kylian, Nacho Duato, Lar Lubovitch, and William Forsythe breaks down preconceptions about dance by juxtaposing pieces based on a variety of dance traditions and genres. The result An engaging, seductive, human, and often edgy performance that inspires audiences to think -but also to have fun.
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Stephen Petronio Company
Stephen Petronio artistic director Music by Rufus Wainwright FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 8 PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 8 PM Power Center SERIES: Dance
"The most appealing thing about Stephen Petronio's choreography has always been its raw New York energy...Petronio taps into the mania of the downtown New York scene." (The Times, London) New music, visual art, and fashion collide in Stephen Petronio's dances, producing powerfully modern landscapes for the senses. This UMS debut features the company in a major new dance, BLOOM, in collaboration with performer and songwriter Rufus Wainwright. In BLOOM and its predecessor Bud Suite, Petronio moves away from the organized chaos of reckless-looking movement and explores the openness and purity of youth, the bittersweet poignancy of transformation. "Sensuality, risk, and uneasiness unite at levels of speed and density that render the performers heroes in a ricocheting world." (The Village Voice)
PROGRAM
Bud Suite
BLOOM
Additional Repertory TBA
Funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts.
Media Partners Metro Times and Detroit Jewish News.
Time for Three
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 4 PM Rackham Auditorium SERIES: Chamber Arts
Founded in 2001 by three Curtis Institute of Music students intent on exploring repertoire that stretches far beyond the limits of convention, Time for Three first attracted attention during a lightning-induced power outage in Philadelphia that temporarily snagged a scheduled orchestra concert. The trio, comprised of two violins and doublebass, gave an impromptu jam session that dazzled audiences with its eclectic mix of bluegrass, Hungarian gypsy, jazz, country-western fiddling, classical, and improvisatory music. Since then, the group has appeared in venues as diverse as its music, guest soloing with the Philadelphia Orchestra and opening for k.d. lang. Simon Rattle, the chief conductor and artistic director of the Berlin Philharmonic said of the group, "Time for Three are conveyors of an infectious joy that I find both touching and moving...they show how all types of American music can develop, when life and passion are breathed into it. Simply put, they're a knockout."
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Dave Holland Octet and Big Band
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 8 PM Michigan Theater SERIES: Jazz
Whether fronting a quintet, a big band, a trio, or an octet, Dave Holland is a bandleader and bassist extraordinaire who covers the full spectrum of jazz. A musician to be reckoned with for more than three decades, Holland is one of the most widely respected bass players and improvisers in jazz. He began his career in Miles Davis's trailblazing fusion band of the late 1960s and has been at the forefront of improvised music ever since. While rhythmically complex and harmonically adventurous, Dave Holland's music never sounds daunting or difficult to grasp. This return appearance after his 2002 debut features both the Octet and the Big Band, which won the 2006 Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble.
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Spotlight: Bay Mo Oilo (Give Me Water) Tamango's Urban Tap
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 8 PM
Michigan Theater
SERIES: Dance, GlobalAmericas
Tamango says, "As a dancer, musician, and painter, I feel the best way to describe my work is to think of color and rhythms. My main focus is rhythm, not because I tap dance, but more because when I close my eyes in an empty room, I hear my heart beat." A master tap artist and major force in the downtown New York City scene, performing at underground joints and clubs for the past 15 years, Tamango has shared the stage with such dance legends as Gregory Hines, Jimmy Slyde, Buster Brown, and Savion Glover. He incorporates a unique blend of jazz tap and Afro-Caribbean dance as his signature style, and his revolutionary approach to tap transforms the dance into music with a sharpened sense of style and awe-inspiring fluidity. For this new production, he brings together dancers and musicians from his native French Guiana, as well as Haiti, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, and France, in an exploration of the rhythms and culture of his Creole heritage. Through rhythm, Tamango reaches deep into the mythology throughout this territory, creating an environment where stories are both sheltered and shared.
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Wynton Marsalis and Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 8 PM Hill Auditorium SERIES: Jazz
Since the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra made its UMS debut in 1994, the ensemble has performed in Hill Auditorium nine times, and each performance ignites a sense of incredulity for what this group delivers. The 15-member ensemble is comprised of the finest jazz players on the scene today, and their vast repertory -ranging from rare historic compositions to newly commissioned works to new takes on old classics -makes them a veritable repository of jazz history. Wynton Marsalis brings a unique and ultimately welcoming blend of personality and musical talent with him each and every time he walks onto a concert stage. It's this direct ability to communicate his music and ideas that make him so popular worldwide.
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Spotlight: Gilberto Gil
FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 8 PM Hill Auditorium SERIES: GlobalAmericas
Along with Caetano Veloso, guitarist and singersongwriter Gilberto Gil was a leader in the Tropicalia movement in Brazil in the late 1960s, a response to the military regime's censorship of songs and lyrics -and its persecution of musicians who were critical of it. Tropicalismo blended native Brazilian folk music such as bossa nova and samba with rock influences, creating what is now commonly referred to as "world music." This musical fusion was so revolutionary that it frightened the country's military dictatorship into arresting him and placing Gil (along with Veloso) in solitary confinement.
Exiled to England, he spent three years working with groups like Pink Floyd, Yes, and Rod Stewart's band before returning to Brazil in 1972. Over the years, his political and environmental activism gained prominence alongside his musical career and reached new heights when he was appointed Brazil's Minister of Culture in 2002.
With four decades of performing and over five million recordings sold, Gil is a pioneer of the world music movement and continues to play a key role in modernizing Brazilian popular music and culture throughout the world.
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Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung conductor TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 8 PM Hill Auditorium SERIES: Choral Union
Symphonie fantastique was written by the 27-year-old Hector Berlioz just three years after Beethoven's death. The work relates through music a man's hallucination of a torrid love affair that ends in his execution for the lover's murder. Last performed under UMS auspices in 1988 by the Vienna Symphony, the symphony evokes a wide range of emotions and was inspired by Thomas de Quincy's 1822 autobiographical work, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. Perhaps no orchestra is better suited to present this all-French program than the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, which made its UMS debut in Detroit's Orchestra Hall in November 2002 during the Hill Auditorium renovation. Their astonishing performance of Messiaen's "TurangalTIa" Symphony, also under the direction of their Korean-born music director Myung-Whun Chung, drew rapturous comments from those in attendance. Chung, who distinguished himself as music director of the Opera Bastille in Paris, comes from a musical family and is a widely celebrated pianist as well as conductor.
ALL-FRENCH PROGRAM
Ravel Ma mere I'oye (complete ballet music) (1911)
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, H. 48 (1830)
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Rahim AlHaj oud Souhail Kaspar percussion
FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 8 PM Rackham Auditorium
Born in Iraq, Rahim AlHaj studied under the renowned Munir Bashir, considered by many to be the greatest oud player ever. In 1991, after the first Gulf War, he was forced to leave Iraq due to his political activism against the Saddam Hussein regime. After a time in Jordan and Syria, he moved to the U.S. as a political refugee in 2000 and has resided in Albuquerque ever since. He delicately combines traditional Iraqi maqams (scales and chords) with contemporary styling and influences in compositions about the experience of exile from his homeland and of new beginnings in his adopted country. In May, he releases a new traditional Iraqi music CD on the Smithsonian Folkways label with Lebanese percussionist Souhail Kaspar, a true virtuoso whose ability to improvise and embellish the rhythmic patterns of Arabic music have led to collaborations with Sting, the Kronos Quartet, and such Arabic superstars as Fairuz and Kadim Al Sahir.
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Canadian Brass
High Society: The Jazz Masterworks of Luther Henderson
SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
They bound onstage in their trademark tuxedos and tennis shoes, launching into a program that encompasses everything from Bach and Wagner to Sousa and Ellington, with classic virtuosity and high-spirited entertainment served up with lively dialogue and theatrical effects. The world's most famous brass quintet retums to Hill Auditorium for a special tribute to the composer and arranger Luther Henderson, whose work has graced the bandstand, the Broadway stage, the silver screen, and the recording studio. Henderson, who grew up in Kansas City and died in 2003 (shortly after being named an NEA Jazz Master), worked closely as an arranger with Duke Ellington, Lena Home, Nancy Wilson, Eartha Kitt, and Carmen McRae. He scored the theatrical celebrations of the work of historic jazzmen Fats Waller and Jelly Roll Morton and enjoyed a 20-year relationship with the Canadian Brass, arranging more than 100 tunes for the group.
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Pablo Ziegler Quintet for New Tango Claudia Acuna vocalist
FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 8 PM Rackham Auditorium SERIES: Jazz, GlobalAmericas
This special concert features two artists originally from South America: Pablo Ziegler representing the tango tradition of Argentina, and Claudia Acuna representing the Latin jazz of Chile. The marriage between jazz and tango was virtually unheard of 30 years ago -until Pablo Ziegler burst onto the music scene, unifying the two genres and cultivating a sound that seamlessly combined sultry tango rhythms with the energetic spontaneity of jazz. In 1978, Ziegler was invited to join Astor Piazzolla's New Tango Quintet. In 1990, he formed his own ensemble, blending classic tango rhythms with jazz improvisations. The program also features a bold new spark in the worldwide jazz community, the Chilean singer Claudia Acuna. She counts Abbey Lincoln, Chick Corea, and Dianne Reeves among her mentors and creates a compelling fusion of Latin rhythms and jazz sensibilities with her sensuous alto.
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Spotlight:
Global Programming
The 0607 UMS season includes artists literally representing the world of music, dance, and theater. This year, UMS enters the third year of a four-year cycle of global programming that has featured Arab World Music (the 0405 season), Africa (0506) and now Mexico and the Americas (see pages 16-17 for complete details). While the main thrust of this year's global programming initiative is focused on Mexico and the Americas, we're pleased to present other artists whose styles are rooted in a non-Western cultural tradition.
Two Iraqi artists -superstar Kadim Al Sahir and oud player Rahim AlHaj -are featured on the UMS season. Kadim Al Sahir is the most popular and critically acclaimed artist in the Arab world (see page 21). Rahim Alhaj left his native country after the first Gulf War because of his political activism against the Saddam Hussein regime. Now a resident of New Mexico, he deftly combines traditional Iraqi music with contemporary styling and influences, with compositions about the experience of exile from his homeland and of new beginnings.
U-M faculty member Bright Sheng's one-act music-theater work, Silver River, is based on a 4,000-year-old Chinese folk legend (see page 26 for more information). This masterful integration of Western and Chinese cultures features traditional Western flute as well as the Chinese pipa, and a traditional opera singer alongside a singer in the distinctive Chinese Peking Opera style.
Shortly before this brochure went to press, tours by two African artists were canceled for the 0607 season. While UMS was unable to replace these performances on short notice, we will be making every effort to add performances by African artists to the 0607 season as part of our commitment to presenting artists from this part of the world.
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David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness
SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 8 PM Rackham Auditorium
Internationally acclaimed clarinetist David Krakauer is a natural storyteller who has long dazzled the public with his ability to shift-and meld -musical gears. Known for his mastery of myriad styles including classical chamber music, Eastern European klezmer music, the avant-garde, rock, and jazz, Krakauer lies way beyond "cross-over." He exudes an emotionally raw yet genial presence onstage, baring a tireless spirit, humor, and generosity. As one of the foremost musicians of the vital new wave of klezmer, Krakauer preserves tradition but also moves the artform forward with a spirit of innovation that is inspired by jazz, rock, classical, and funk. Krakauer says, "It is an incredibly interesting time to be playing klezmer music -with a rise in Jewish consciousness, with the tremendous excitement of the 'world beat' phenomenon, and simply with the joyous 'danceability' of the music...For me personally, it is important to do two things in playing klezmer. One is to preserve the Jewishness...But the second is to keep klezmer out of the museum -to write new klezmer pieces and to improve on older forms in a way that is informed by the world around me today...When I write a new tune, it has to be danceable, yet full of quirky and weird aspects -in short, Klezmer Madness!"
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Measha Brueggergosman soprano
William Bolcom piano THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 8 PM Hill Auditorium SERIES: Choral Union
Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman retums for her fourth UMS appearance. She was part of the Hill Auditorium re-opening celebration in January 2004, when she performed an aria by Jules Massenet as scheduled and then stepped in for an ailing colleague, singing several of William Bolcom's cabaret songs with the composer at the piano. Style and substance united to make it one of the more memorable debuts in recent UMS history. A few months later, she returned to sing on the Grammy Award-winning live recording of William Bolcom's Songs of Innocence and of Experience. In November 2004, she made her UMS recital debut in the Mendelssohn Theatre. This Hill Auditorium recital will include cabaret songs by William Bolcom (with the composer at the piano once again) and songs inspired by cabaret.
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Together and Solo
John Williams and John Etheridge guitars
FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 8 PM Rackham Auditorium
John Williams and John Etheridge are two guitarists who have been at the top of the six-string world for more than 25 years. Their program features solo sets from each artist and together includes original compositions from both artists, music from Africa, and works by the U.S. guitarist and composer Benjamin Verdery. Williams's 2001 recording featured adaptations of African music from Senegal, Cameroon, Zaire, South Africa, Madagascar, and Cape Verde, and his recent solo CD focuses on music from Venezuela. John Etheridge has provoked the highest praise imaginable from his peers: Pat Metheny called him "one of the best guitarists in the world," and Sting said, "I never wanted to be a star, just a highly respected musician like John Etheridge." This joint appearance promises an exciting evening of solos and duets from two masters of the instrument.
Spotlight:
U-M Composers
The 0607 season highlighs three prominent members of the University of Michigan School of Music's composition department: William Bolcom, Michael Daugherty, and Bright Sheng.
William Bolcom is the featured composer and pianist in a recital by soprano Measha Brueggergosman in April 2007. Brueggergosman, who performed at the Hill Auditorium Re-Opening Gala, will be recording all of Bolcom's cabaret songs for the first time, and they join forces for this recital that features Bolcom's cabaret songs along with other songs inspired by cabaret.
Guitarist Manuel Barrueco and the Cuarteto Latinoamericano perform the area premiere of Michael Daughtery's work, Bay of Pigs. The work was commissioned by Music Accord, a commissioning consortium of 10 distinctive presenting and producing organizations. UMS was a founding member of Music Accord and has commissioned or co-commissioned 46 new works since 1990, including compositions by all three of the U-M faculty members whose work is featured this season.
Silver River, Bright Sheng's music-theater work based on a 4,000-year-old Chinese folk tale, receives a new production at the Power Center in January. See page 26 for more details.
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Bach's Mass in b minor Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven artistic director
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 8 PM
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Since its first performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion in 1922, the Netherlands Bach Society has become one of the most admired performers of Bach's music today. All musicians who work with the ensemble are specialists in the authentic performance practices of 17thand 18th-century repertoire. Led by early music specialist Jos van Veldhoven, the Netherlands Bach Society makes its UMS debut with a performance of Bach's Mass in b minor, one of the composer's most magnificent works.
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Spotlight:
Bach's Mass in b minor
Bach's Mass in b minor is inarguably one of the composer's two great works for chorus and orchestra, the other being the St. Matthew Passion. It contains some of the composer's most revered and loved contrapuntal choral writing coupled with vocal solos that are equally sublime. The work has been likened to the Sistine Chapel, for both its monumentalism and its great beauty.
One of the most interesting things about Bach's Mass in b minor is that it wasn't originally composed as a unified whole. Over a period of two decades, Bach composed the individual movements separately and later assembled them as a complete Mass. Many feel that this compendium work was intended to demonstrate Bach's mastery of choral writing rather than as to be utilized for liturgical purposes. The choral writing in the Mass in b minor is overwhelmingly contrapuntal, making it extremely difficult to perform. Parts of the work date to 1724, but the compilation was completed shortly before Bach's death in 1750, and it is believed that he never heard the work performed in its entirety.
Notwithstanding its position as a major pillar of the canon of classical music, Bach's Mass in b minor has rarely been performed in UMS's 128 years. Excerpts from the great work were performed in three consecutive May Festivals in the 1920s, but the first complete performance didn't occur until the 1953 May Festival, when the UMS Choral Union and the Philadelphia Orchestra presented it. It took over 40 years before it was performed again on a UMS series, this time by the UMS Choral Union and the Toledo Symphony in March 1996.
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Trinity Irish Dance Company
Mark Howard artistic director FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 8 PM SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 8 PM Power Center SERIES: Dance
Chicago's Trinity Irish Dance Company was the birthplace of progressive Irish dance in America. Trinity dancers range in age from 18 to 28, and their years of rigorous training are evident in every perfectly paced spin, leap, and click, making them a lethal powerhouse of speed and sound. Artistic director Mark Howard has taken the group outside of the framework of ethnicity, expanding the company's range and repertoire in imaginative, new directions, always performed to live music.
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Los Folkloristas
SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 4 PM Rackham Auditorium SERIES: GlobalAmericas
Perhaps you've heard music performed on guitars and violins, but your head may turn when the band brings out the dried butterfly cocoons, turtle shells, and the Yaqui water drum. Founded in Mexico City in 1966, Los Folkloristas performs the music of Latin America with innovation, expertise, and spirit. "The only predictable thing about one of their performances," says The Christian Science Monitor, "is that something peculiarly true and beautiful will surface during the evening." Founded in 1966 to preserve and record the traditional music of Mexico and Latin America, Los Folkloristas has more than 100 instruments in their collection. The seven-member ensemble has traveled extensively across Central and South America and their native Mexico, learning their music first-hand from village elders and regional musicians.
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An Evening with Marian McPartland
With the Bill Charlap Trio
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most skilled practitioners of jazz piano, Marian McPartland has been a force on the jazz scene since the 1950s and has recorded more than 60 albums and CDs. The popular host of NPR's "Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz" since its inception in 1978, McPartland has graced the world's stages for the past 65 years with her refined piano style and subtle humor. At 88, she continues to be a trailblazer in an ever-changing industry. Bill Charlap, one of the premier interpreters of the Great American Songbook, opens the program with his trio, and closes it with piano duets alongside McPartland.
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Jonathan Biss
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
Now 25 years old, Jonathan Biss has already proved himself an accomplished and exceptional musician with a flourishing international reputation built from orchestral, chamber music, and recital performances. He represents the third generation of classical musicians in his family. His grandmother, Raya Garbousova, was one of the first well-known female cellists (Samuel Barber composed his Cello Concerto for her), and his parents are both professors at the Indiana University School of Music. The late Isaac Stern heard him when he was 16 and essentially launched his professional career. Biss is philosophical about the role of music in his life: "Music deals in the realm of the unknown and the mysterious," he says. "It heals the soul. Music can make me feel more strongly than almost anything else in life." More info: page 25.
PROGRAM
Mozart Sonata in F Major, K. 533 (1788)
Schoenberg Six Little Pieces, Op. 19 (1911)
Beethoven Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 ("Pastorale") (1801)
Schumann Fantasy in C, Op. 17 (1836)
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Murray Perahia
SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 8 PM Hill Auditorium
Murray Perahia first appeared in recital at UMS in Rackhatn Auditorium in October 1977, as a 30-year-old pianist on the Debut Series. One of the most cherished pianists of our time, he has returned to UMS nine times since. This Hill Auditorium recital marks his first UMS appearance since March 2001, when he appeared with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields as both conductor and pianist. His discography of around 50 titles includes Grammy Award-winning recordings of Chopin's complete etudes and Bach's English Suites, as well as a four-disc set released in 1998 that commemorated 25 years of recordings issued under the Sony Classical label. Born in New York, Perahia has collaborated with such major artists as Rudolf Serkin and Pablo Casals, and his deep-rooted friendship with Vladimir Horowitz proved an abiding inspiration. He is regarded as one of the finest pianists on record today, treasured for his rare musical sensitivity.
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16th ANNUAL SERIES
You want to create lasting memories for your children. You want to introduce them to something new, but also to see the world in a new way yourself, through their unfiltered eyes. You want to create bonding experiences for your family.
Introduce the arts to your children -and your children to the arts. UMS's three-event family series features one-hour performances by signature companies on our season. Your children will thank you now for the immediate experience -and many years into the future for creating and nurturing a love of the live performing arts.
Martha Graham Dance Company
Janet Eilber artistic director SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1 PM Power Center
This performance promises to show the staggering scope and beauty of Martha Graham's body of work, from the power and simplicity of her group works and early solos to the acclaimed classics. Graham is widely considered the mother of American modern dance; she is recognized as one of the major artists of the 20th century, alongside Picasso, Stravinsky, James Joyce, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Her company, which was founded 80 years ago, exposes the depths of human emotion through movement.
Dan Zanes & Friends
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 11 AM & 3 PM Rackham Auditorium
Former lead singer and songwriter for the Del Fuegos, Dan Zanes is on a mission to make kids' music cool. With several critically-acclaimed children's recordings, Zanes performs with a spirited group of musicians. Zanes strives for a sound that "has the raw spontaneity of early rock-and-roll, the handmade traditions of American folk, and the breezy soundness of certain West Indian music." Following one of his self-proclaimed "dance parties," the Boston Herald raved, "It was one of those rare children's concerts where the grownups clearly had as much fun as their toddlers." UMS brings Zanes back for a return appearance after his sold-out 2005 concert!
Trinity Irish Dance Company
SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1 PM Power Center
Trinity Irish Dance Company dazzles audiences with the hard-driving percussive power, lightning-fast agility, aerial grace, and awe-inspiring precision of its dancers. It is a dance legacy that is rooted in tradition, yet forward-looking. Trinity dancers range in age from 18 to 28, and most have spent years training at the prestigious Trinity Academy of Irish Dance. Trinity is everything you'd expect, and like nothing you'd imagine.
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Classical Kids Club
The Classical Kids Club was begun last year by UMS to give parents the opportunity to introduce their children to world-renowned classical music artists. Designed to nurture and create the next generation of musicians and music lovers, the Classical Kids Club allows students in grades 1-12 and their parents to purchase tickets to all classical music concerts at significantly discounted prices.
NEW THIS YEAR! The Classical Kids Club expands to the
Chamber Arts Series. All events on the Choral Union and Chamber Arts Series will be offered as Classical Kids Club concerts. See pages 6-11 for a complete listing.
Membership is Free. Simply sign up through the UMS website at www.ums.org. Click on the "Join the UMS Email Club" link and check the box for Classical Kids Club to receive reminders about upcoming CKC performances.
New Prices! When accompanied by a child in grades 1-12, an adult may purchase discounted tickets as well. Ninety minutes prior to any Choral Union Series or Chamber Arts Series performance, parents can purchase up to two children's tickets for $10 each with the purchase of an adult ticket for $20. Seating is subject to availability. UMS will reserve a limited number of Classical Kids Club tickets for each eligible performance -even those that sell out. Parents are encouraged to call the Ticket Office at 734-764-2538 with any questions the week or day of the performance.
Great Prizes. After kids attend four different events, they'll receive a UMS Classical Kids Club t-shirt.
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Education
UMS's Education and Audience Development Program supports over 100 activities focusing on K-12 students, teachers, teens, University students, families, adults, and cultural and ethnic communities every season.
Youth Program
UMS has one of the largest K-12 education initiatives in the State of Michigan and is dedicated to making world-class performance opportunities and professional development activities available to K-12 students and educators.
Serving over 25,000 schoolchildren and educators in southeastern Michigan each year, the UMS Youth Program gives many students their first opportunities to experience the live performing arts.
With public school cultural educational opportunities getting cut at an extraordinary rate, UMS continues to take a leadership role in advocating for the support of transformative arts education programs for our community.
The UMS Youth Education Program is overseen by a 35-member Teacher Advisory Committee, and enhanced by official partnerships with the Ann Arbor Public Schools and the Washtenaw intermediate School District, as well as UMS's affiliation with the Kennedy Center Arts in Education Program. The UMS Youth Education Program was awarded "Best Practice" status in 2004 by the Dana Foundation and ArtServe Michigan.
Adult & Community Engagement
The UMS Adult and Community Engagement Program serves many different audiences through a variety of educational events. With over 100 unique regional, local, and university-based partnerships, UMS has launched initiatives for the area's Arab-American, African, MexicanLatino, and African-American audiences. Among the initiatives is the creation of the NETWORK, a program that celebrates world-class artistry by today's leading African and African-American performers.
UMS has earned national acclaim for its work with diverse cultural groups, thanks to its proactive stance on partnering with and responding to individual community needs. Though based in Ann Arbor, UMS Audience Development programs reach out to the entire southeastern Michigan region.
Education and audience development are central to UMS's mission and core values, and we are committed to sustaining these important efforts for generations to come.
Education events will be posted at www.ums.org throughout the season. To become more involved in the UMS Education Program, please call 734-615-0122 or e-mail umsed@umich.edu.
Students arrive for a youth performance at the Power Center. The 0607 Youth Performance Series is sponsored by the Esperance Family Foundation.
Students from Detroit participate in a "performance exchange" with the Children of Uganda at the Catherine C. Blackwell Academy in March 2006.
The artistic directors of South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company and Mali's Sogolon Puppet Company discuss their collaboration on the production of Tall Horse in October 2005.

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An annual donation of $2,500 or more assures priority for your choice of seats for all performances. Special consideration will be given to annual donors of at least $500.
To assure that you continue to have priority for your preferred seats in all of our venues, join the UMS family of donors and include a tax-deductible donation with your ticket order.
In addition to seating privileges, UMS donors enjoy:
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Matching Gifts
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Your Opportunity to Invest in UMS
UMS has launched its first campaign as part of The Michigan Difference. As a donor to UMS, your gift counts toward the University of Michigan campaign. And as a donor to the University campaign, you may designate a gift to UMS or make a planned gift that benefits both you and UMS. For further information about the campaign, or how to invest in UMS, please call the UMS Development Office at 734-764-8489.
UMS is counting on your donation to help present this exciting season. Ticket revenues are projected to cover just 47 of our program costs. Your generosity makes a vital difference in UMS's ability to bring the world's most engaging music, dance, and theater to Ann Arbor.
Prelude Dinners
Learn more about our presentations by attending Prelude Dinners before select Choral Union concerts and other performances. The dinners are held in convenient locations so you can park early, dine with friends, and learn from guest speakers who share their expertise about the artists, composers, and topics related to the programs. A complete listing of the 0607 Prelude Dinners will be mailed with your tickets in August, or call the Development Office at 734-764-8489 for more information and to make reservations.
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University Musical Society
James Galway was a huge hit with both the concert audience and with a group of 125 flutists, mostly young people, who participated in the Flutewise Class on the Hill Auditorium stage in March 2005.
UMS Family Performances often provide opportunities to interact with the art?ists. When the Jose Limon Dance Company performed in January 2006, children danced with the company dancers as part of the "Chance to Dance" event. This event was part of Ann Arbor Family Days, a weekend of family-focused arts-based activities that UMS started in conjunction with other area cultural institutions.
Carter Brey, principal cellist with the New York Philharmonic, works with a student during a masterclass at the U-M School of Music in February 2005.
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The University Musical Society enters its 128th season in September 2006. One of the oldest performing arts presenters in the country, UMS is committed to connecting audiences with performing artists from around the world in uncommon and engaging experiences.
With a program steeped in music, dance, and theater performed at the highest international standards of quality, UMS contributes to a vibrant cultural community by presenting approximately 60-75 performances and over 100 free educational activities each season.
UMS also commissions new work, sponsors artist residencies, and organizes collaborative projects with local, national, and international partners.
While audience members see what UMS puts on the stages in Ann Arbor, they may not always be aware of the things happening behind the scenes, the activities that help to make UMS a distinctive presenter within the Ann Arbor community, but also within the field of performing arts institutions.
Did you know that:
? UMS has commissioned 46 new works, new productions, or reconstructions since 1990, demonstrating a commitment to supporting creative artists and advancing art forms. Commissioned artists include Bill T. Jones, Tan Dun, Laurie Anderson, Osvaldo Golijov, Sekou Sundiata, Elliott Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Martha Clarke, Ping Chong, Rennie Harris, and U-M composers William Bolcom, Michael Daugherty, and Bright Sheng.
? UMS has worked in partnership with 54 University of Michigan academic units and nearly 150 faculty members
during the past three years, in addition to countless community-based partners.
Students at the U-M Department of Dance work with master teachers from the Mark Morris Dance Group in September 2005.
? UMS is a national leader among university-based presenters for engaging students in the arts. Students account for approximately 20 of the UMS audience and attend through special student ticket programs subsidized entirely by UMS. Since 1990, over 200,000 student tickets have been sold, at a collective discount of over $2.5 million. New programs such as Arts and Eats bring students together for a pizza dinner and a brief talk by other students about the performance.
? 54 of UMS events over the past three years involved artists making their UMS debuts, demonstrating UMS's commitment to new and emerging artists.
? 62 of all UMS presentations over the past three years featured artists from outside the United States, including significant numbers of artists from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Arab World, demonstrating UMS's commitment to using artistic expression as a way of fostering greater understanding and appreciation of the diverse cultures of the world.
? UMS was one of only six organizations across the country to receive a Wallace Foundation Excellence Award of $1 million in the award's inaugural year. Proceeds from the award, which is a challenge grant that supports UMS's endowment, are to be used to build arts participation.
? UMS has been a leading force behind the creation of the Major University Presenters consortium, a network of 20 university-based presenters dedicated to strengthening their field through collaborative efforts and resource-sharing.
While proudly affiliated with the University of Michigan and housed on the Ann Arbor campus, UMS is a separate not-for-profit organization that supports itself through ticket sales, grants, contributions, and endowment income. For more information on supporting the various programs UMS presents, see page 45.
Singers from the Soweto Gospel Choir mingle after their concert with members of the NETWORK, a relatively new UMS initiative designed to create an opportunity for the community to celebrate the world-class artistry by today's leading African and African American performers and creative artists.
Though a separate 501 (c)3 organization that is independent from, but affiliated with, the University of Michigan, UMS has partnered with U-M academic units on a number of major collaborative projects, including:
' Mounting the performance and recording of William Bolcom's Songs of Innocence and of Experience, a joint effort with the U-M School of Music that received three Grammy Awards, including Best Classical Recording and Best Choral Performance.
? An Arab World Music Festival, which was a groundbreaking series celebrating diverse Arab musicians, presented in partnership with the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, the Institute for the Humanities, and others.
? Celebrating St. Petersburg: 300 Years of Cultural Brilliance,
a festival that was co-presented with the U-M Museum of Art and the Center for Russian and East European Studies to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the city's founding.
? Five residencies with major U.S. orchestras, most recently the New York Philharmonic, in partnership with the U-M School of Music. Each residency included over 1,200 students and community members attending residency activities and masterclasses surrounding the performances.
? The Shostakovich Centennial Festival, a year-long celebration with the Kirov Orchestra and Valery Gergiev spanning two seasons (the final three concerts take place in October 2006). This in-depth exploration of Shostakovich's symphonic output takes place in the U.S. only in Ann Arbor and at Lincoln Center and is presented with several U-M academic units, including the Center for Russian and East European Studies, the School of Music, the Department of History, and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.
' Residencies with the Royal Shakespeare Company, which have involved over 30 U-M and community partners and 40,000 participants. The next RSC residency will take place in October and November 2006, in conjunction with the RSC's performances of Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, and Trie Tempest.
During the 2003 RSC residency, actor Richard Cordery worked with students from Ypsilanti High School in a workshop focused on understanding Shakespeare's text.

Subscribers to Dance, Jazz, and Americas series, please note: These series take place in more than one venue. We have made every effort to make the seat locations comparable from one venue to the next. For specific information about seating locations for these series, please visit www.ums.orgtickets or call the Ticket Office at 734-764-2538.
Hill Auditorium Orchestra Seat Map
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Kirov OrchShostakovich Festival Fri Oct 20-Sun Oct 22
London PhilharmonicMasurChang Thu Nov 30
Handel's Messiah Sat Dec 2 & Sun Dec 3
Orch Philharmonique Radio France Tue Mar 20
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Rackham Auditorium Seat Map
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Emerson String Quartet Fri Sep 29
Florestan Trio Thu Oct 19
Dan Zanes & Friends Sat Nov 18
Manuel Barrueco & Sun Nov 19
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Takacs Quartet Fri Jan 12
Time for Three SunFeb18
Rahim AlHaj and Souhail Kaspar Fri Mar 23
Pablo Ziegler TangoClaudia Acuna Fri Mar 30
David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness Sat Mar 31
John Williams and John Etheridge Fri Apr 13
Jerusalem String Quartet Sun Apr 15
Los Folkloristas Sun Apr 22

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Kadim Al Sahir Sat Sep 9 (VIP)
Ballet Folklorico de Mexico Thu Sep 21
Alice Coltrane Quartet Sat Sep 23 (VIP)
Marian McPartland Trio Sat Oct 7 (VIP)
Jonathan Biss SatNov18
The Chieftains Sun Jan 21
Big 3 Palladium Orchestra Thu Feb 1 (VIP)
Joshua Bell Sat Feb 3
Midori Sun Mar 11
Wynton MarsalisLincoln Center Jazz Thu Mar 15 (VIP)
Gilberto Gil Fri Mar 16 (VIP)
Murray Perahia Sat Mar 17
Canadian Brass Sat Mar 24
Measha Brueggergosman Thu Apr 12
Power Center Seat Map Gold
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Martha Graham Dance Company Royal Shakespeare Company Bright Sheng's Silver River Sekou Sundiata: 51st (dream) state Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Stephen Petronio Dance Trinity Irish Dance Company
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Fri Oct 13 & Sat Oct 14
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Fri Jan 12 & Sat Jan 13
Sat Jan 20
Tue Feb 6
Fri Feb 16 & Sat Feb 17
Fri Apr 20 & Sat Apr 21
Michigan Seat Theater Map
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Michigan Theater (MT) Dave Holland OctetBig Band Tamango's Urban Tap Thu Feb 22 Wed Mar 14
General Admission Venue
St. Francis of Assisi (SF)
Trio Mediaeval Thu Nov 16
Netherlands Bach Society Thu Apr 19
Don't Miss These Important Dates
Mon May 15
Mon May 22
Priority Period Begins for Renewing Subscribers and UMS Donors
Subscription Packages Available to General Public
Fri June 2 Deadline for U-M Payroll Deduction
Priority Deadline for Renewing Subscribers
and Donors
Fri June 23 Deadline for Installment Billing and
Free Parking Options
Mon Aug 14 Donors Single Ticket Day
(for donors of at least $250)
FriAug 18 Internet Sales Begin
Last Day to Order Monogram Series
Mon Aug 21 Single Ticket Day
Fri Sep 22 Last Day to Order All Other UMS Series

The UMS Ticket Office was named "Box Office of the Year" at the 2005 International Ticketing Conference and is well-known for its friendliness, helpful attitude, and outstanding service. Peel free to call us at 734-764-2538 with any questions or concerns you may have (outside the 734 area code and within Michigan, call toll-free 800-221-1229).
How to Order Tickets
There is an $8 service charge for all subscription orders.
Phone
With Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express
734-764-2538
Outside the 734 area code and within Michigan, call toll-free 800-221-1229.
Internet
www.ums.org
Service fees apply.
In Person
Please visit the Ticket Office on the north end of the Michigan League building (911 North University Avenue). The Ticket Office also sells tickets for all U-M School of Music productions and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival.
Fax 734-647-1171
Mail
UMS Ticket Office Burton Memorial Tower 881 North University Avenue Ann Arbor, Ml 48109-1011
Hours
10 am to 5 pm Monday-Friday Closed Saturdays and Sundays. Extended hours resume after Labor Day.
Group Sales Office
When you bring a group of 10 or more people to a UMS event, you'll save 15-25 off the regular ticket price for most performances. For more information, call the UMS Group Sales Hotline at 734-763-3100. UMS accepts group reservations beginning Monday, June 19, two full months before individual events go on sale to the general public.
Subscription tickets will be mailed in mid-August.
All sales are final. Refunds are available only when an event is canceled or rescheduled. Programs and artists are subject to change without notice.
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Tickets & Info
Seating Priority
Donors
Donors of $2,500 or more receive the highest priority seating based on level of giving for fixed and monogram packages. Donations may be made at time of purchase and included with your ticket order. Ticket orders must be received by Friday, June 2 to be eligible for seating priority. Within each subscription category listed below, annual donors of $500 or more receive special consideration for seating.
Fixed Series
Renewing and fixed series subscribers (for packages listed on pages 6-19 and 40-43 of this brochure) receive priority before Monogram Series subscribers and individual event purchasers. Subscriptions will be filled by series, in the order received.
Monogram Series
Monogram subscribers (those who choose at least five events from pages 20-39 of this brochure) will receive priority before individual event purchasers. Subscriptions will be filled in the order received and must be received by Friday, August 18.
A Note About Royal Shakespeare Company Seating
Seating will be assigned for RSC orders according to the date the order was received by the Ticket Office. Donors and subscribers received priority on-sale dates before tickets went on sale to the general public in February 2006.
Important Notes from the Ticket Office
Please Make Sure We Have Your E-mail Address on File!
UMS regularly sends updated concert-related parking and late seating information via e-mail a couple of days before the event. Please be sure that the Ticket Office has your correct e-mail address on file as most of these announcements will happen via e-mail.
Subscription Ticket Exchanges
Subscribers may exchange tickets free of charge. Exchanged tickets must be received by the Ticket Office (by mail or in person) at least 48 hours prior to the performance. The value of the tickets may be applied to another performance or will be held as UMS Credit until the end of the season. You may fax a photocopy of your torn tickets to 734-647-1171. The UMS Ticket Office will accept subscription ticket exchanges after subscription tickets are mailed.
Single Ticket Exchanges
Non-subscribers may exchange tickets for a $6 per ticket exchange fee. Exchanged tickets must be received by the Ticket Office (by mail or in person) at least 48 hours prior to the performance. The value of the tickets may be applied to another performance or will be held as UMS Credit until the end of the season. You may fax a photocopy of your torn tickets to 734-647-1171. Lost or misplaced tickets cannot be exchanged.
Ticket DonationsUnused Tickets
Unused tickets may be donated to UMS for a tax-deductible contribution up to 15 minutes prior to the performance. Unused tickets that are returned after the performance are not eligible for UMS Credit or for a tax-deductible contribution.
Will-CallTicket Pick-Up
All ticket orders received less than 10 days prior to the performance will be held at Will-Call, which opens in the performance venue 90 minutes prior to the published start time.
Lost or Misplaced Tickets
Call the Ticket Office at 734-764-2538 to have duplicate tickets waiting for you at Will-Call. Duplicate tickets cannot be mailed.
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Refunds
Due to the nature of the performing arts, programs are subject to change. Refunds are given only in the case of event cancellation or date change. Handling fees are not refundable.
Access for Persons with Disabilities
All UMS venues are accessible for persons with disabilities. Call 734-764-2538 for more information.
Start Time & Latecomers
UMS makes every effort to begin concerts at the published time. Most of our events take place in the heart of central campus, which does have limited parking and may have several events occurring simultaneously in different theaters. Please allow plenty of extra time to park and find your seats.
Latecomers will be asked to wait in the lobby until seated by ushers. Most lobbies have been outfitted with monitors andor speakers so that latecomers will not miss the performance entirely.
The late seating break is determined by the artists and will generally occur during a suitable repertory break in the program. This could be as late as intermission or, for classical music concerts, after the first piece (not after individual movements). There may be occasions where latecomers are not seated until intermission, as determined by the artist. UMS makes every effort to alert patrons in advance when we know that there will be no late seating.
UMS works closely with the artists to allow a more flexible late seating policy for family performances.
Notices about start times and late seating will be sent via e-mail. Please make sure that the UMS Ticket Office has your e-mail address on file.
ParkingParking Tips
Detailed directions and parking information will be mailed with your tickets and are also available at www.ums.org.
The Fletcher Street (Power Center) structure will be closed from May 1 through September for major structural repairs. While part of the structure may be available in September, it will not be fully operational until early October 2006.
If you have a blue or gold U-M permit with the gate controlled access feature, please consider using the new structure that has opened off of Palmer Drive. There is a light at the intersection of Palmer and Washtenaw, making it easier to access the structure. This option is available only to U-M employees with bluegold permits and AVI access. There will not be an attendant for visitor parking at the Palmer Drive structure.
UMS also recommends parking at the off-campus Liberty Square structure (entrance off of Washington Street, between Division and State). About a two-block walk from most performance venues, $2 after 3 pm weekdays and all day SaturdaySunday.
Children and Families
Children under the age of three will not be admitted to regular, full-length UMS performances. Children of all ages are welcome to attend UMS Family Performances.
All children must be able to sit quietly in their own seats throughout the performance. Children unable to do so, along with the adult accompanying them, may be asked by an usher to leave the auditorium. Please use discretion in choosing to bring a child. Remember, everyone must have a ticket regardless of age.
See pages 42-43 for information about the UMS Family Performance Series and the UMS Classical Kids Club. For more information about the family-friendliness of specific UMS performances, please call the Ticket Office at 734-764-2538.
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Arts at Michigan. Arts at Michigan provides the programs and services that enable students to integrate arts and culture into their undergraduate experience at the University of Michigan.
Esperance Family Foundation. The 0607 Youth Performance Series is sponsored by the Esperance Family Foundation.
Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. UMS's 0607 season is made possible with support from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.
NEA Jazz Masters on Tour. Marian McPartland is funded in part by the NEA Jazz Masters on Tour program, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts sponsored by Verizon in partnership with Arts Midwest. Additional support is provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation through a grant to Chamber Music America.
National Dance Project. Stephen Petronio Company and Tamango's Urban Tap are funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Additional funding is provided by The Ford Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
University of Michigan. The University of Michigan provides special project support for many activities in the 0607 season through U-MUMS Partnership Program.
Wallace Endowment Fund. The Shostakovich Centennial Festival is funded in part by the Wallace Endowment Fund, established with a challenge grant from the Wallace Foundation to build public participation in arts programs.
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