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Letters from UMS

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2014-2015 Series 10

CHORAL UNION SERIES

11 concerts in Hill Auditorium

JAZZ SERIES

6 concerts in Hill Auditorium & Mendelssohn Theatre

DANCE SERIES

5 events in the Power Center

CHAMBER ARTS SERIES

7 concerts in Rackham Auditorium

T H E AT E R S E R I E S

5 events in three different venues

GLOBAL SERIES

4 events in Hill Auditorium & Michigan Theater

RENEGADE SERIES

8 events in five different venues

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The Chiara String Quartet in a masterclass with students at Pioneer High School. Photo by Mark Gjukich.

Welcome

FROM OUR PRESIDENT We can’t wait for this season to begin. This year, we are challenging the boundaries of convention while honoring tradition. We’re taking you on a remarkable journey that is sure to enlighten, inspire, transport, and transform. Welcome to the 2014-2015 UMS Season. Each UMS series is designed to take you on a journey. A geographical journey throughout the world. A journey of genre, expanding definitions and dimensions. A journey inward, created to inspire selfreflection. Come witness all that we have to offer. This incredible season is made possible by our generous donors and subscribers. It is because of you that we can present the quality and breadth of performances to the community, and it is because of you that we continue to grow and fulfill our vision. We are recognized as one of the top university-based arts organizations in the world, and with your gracious support, we are setting a standard in what it means to engage, educate, and affect those in our community — and throughout the world.

FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING

This season, I want you to be entertained and disrupted. I want you to experience every emotion in the spectrum. We have a lineup that combines tradition with innovation and that will continue to challenge your thinking. Curious? I hope so. I am thrilled at what we have been able to assemble, and I’d like to personally invite you to see your favorites — and then to see something that is completely counter to your impulses. I promise you that it will be worth your while. Witness. Embrace. Discover. Examine. And be sure to engage with us along the way. We exist to create that indescribable transcendent and personal moment between you and the performers. All you have to do is be present. Enjoy.

Thank you for being present.

KENNETH C. FISCHER President

M I C H A E L KO N DZ I O L K A Director of Programming

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2014-2015 CALENDAR 9/14

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I TZHAK P ER L M A N , VIO L IN Choral Union

ACCO R DI ON SUM M I T F E AT U RI NG THE ACCORDI ON V IRT U OSI OF RUSSI A Global, SERIES:YOU

HANDE L’S MESSI AH SERIES:YOU

11/6

ROSSI NI ’S W I LLI AM TEL L TE ATRO REG I O TORINO ORCHESTRA AND CH ORU S Choral Union, SERIES:YOU

9/27 EMER SO N STR I N G Q UA RT E T Chamber Arts

10/10-12 KISS & CRY CHARL ERO I DA N SES , B E LGIU M Dance, Theater, Renegade, SERIES:YOU

10/15 G REGO RY P ORT ER Jazz, SERIES:YOU

10/16 CHRI S T H I L E A N D ED GAR M EYER SERIES:YOU

10/18 B ELCE A Q UA RTET Chamber Arts, SERIES:YOU

10/24-25 THÉÂT R E D E L A V I L L E PI RA N D EL LO’ S S I X C H A R AC T E R S IN SEA RCH O F A N AU T H O R Theater, SERIES:YOU

10/31-11/1 RYOJI I KEDA’ S S U P E R P OS IT IO N Theater, Renegade, SERIES:YOU

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A P O L LO’S FI RE & AP OLLO’S S IN GE RS M O N T E V E RDI ’S V ESP E RS O F 1 61 0 Renegade, SERIES:YOU

11/9 Q UAT UOR É BÈ NE Chamber Arts, SERIES:YOU

11/13-14 S A N F RANCI SCO SYM P HONY M IC H AE L TI LSON THOM AS, M U S IC DI RECTOR Choral Union, SERIES:YOU

11/15 B O B J AM ES Jazz, SERIES:YOU

11/19 J A K E S HI M ABUKURO, UKULE LE Global, SERIES:YOU

11/23 Y UJ A WANG , P I ANO AND L EO N IDAS K AVAKOS, V I OLI N Choral Union, SERIES:YOU

12/9

1/7-10 H ELEN & EDGAR Theater, SERIES:YOU

1/17 E I G HTH BLACK BI RD Chamber Arts, Renegade, SERIES:YOU

1/23 COM PAG NI E M ARI E C H OU IN ARD Dance, SERIES:YOU

1/24-25 M ARI I NSK Y ORCHESTRA VALE RY G E RG I E V, M USI C DI RECTOR Choral Union, SERIES:YOU

1/31 DAWN OF M I DI / DYS N OM IA Renegade, SERIES:YOU

2/5 TOM ASZ STAŃKO, TRU MPET Jazz, SERIES:YOU

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JENNIF ER KOH , V I O L IN Chamber Arts, SERIES:YOU

C H IC AG O SYM P HONY WI NDS Chamber Arts

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AC A DE M Y OF ST. M ARTI N I N T H E F IE LDS J E R E MY DE NK , P I ANO Choral Union

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COMPAG N I E N ON NOVA PRELUDE TO T H E A FT E R NO O N O F A FAU N Theater, Renegade, SERIES:YOU

GIL B E RTO G I L Global, SERIES:YOU

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M A X R AABE AND T H E PALAST ORCHESTE R SERIES:YOU

JA ZZ AT L I N COL N C E N T E R ORCH ESTR A W I TH WYNTO N M A R SA L IS Jazz, SERIES:YOU

2/19 ROTTER DA M P H I L HA RM O N IC ORCH ESTR A YANNIC K N ÉZ ET-SÉGU IN , COND UC TO R Choral Union, SERIES:YOU

2/20 THE C A M P B EL L B ROT H E R S PERFO R M JOH N CO LT R A N E ’ S A LOV E S U P REM E SERIES:YOU

4/9

4/16 H E RB IE HANCOCK AND C H IC K CORE A Jazz, SERIES:YOU

4/17 O L IVE R M TUKUDZI AND T H E B LACK SP I RI TS Global, SERIES:YOU

4/19 A RT E M I S Q UARTE T Chamber Arts, SERIES:YOU

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4/23/14 • Subscription packages available to general public

6/6/14 • Deadline for payment by U-M payroll deduction • Deadline for Choral Union and Chamber Arts subscribers to retain seat location • Seating priority deadline for donors and renewing subscribers

6/27/14 • Deadline for installment billing and free parking options

7/7/14 • Group sales reservations open

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TRI SHA B ROW N DAN C E COMPA N Y Dance, Renegade, SERIES:YOU

S EO U L P HI LHARM ONI C O RC H ESTRA M Y U N G -WHUN CHUNG , CO N DU CTOR Choral Union, SERIES:YOU

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A BI L L FR I SEL L A MER I C A N A C EL EB RAT IO N Jazz, Renegade, SERIES:YOU

LYO N O P E RA BALLE T C IND E RELLA Dance, SERIES:YOU

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KY L E A B R A H A M A B RAHA M . I N . M OTI O N Dance, SERIES:YOU

RIC H A RD G OODE , P I ANO Choral Union, SERIES:YOU

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Witness

TA K E T H E JOURNEY WITH US. This UMS season presents some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading performing artists, including some performances that will challenge your perspective. Come see what we have in store. And then prepare to be present.

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CHORAL UNION SERIES

NOV

“We continue our trajectory of always setting the bar high with our incredibly rich history of presenting amazing orchestras and recitals.” KEN FISCHER UMS President

ITZHAK PERLMAN, VIOLIN John Root, piano Sunday, September 14, 6 pm [NOTE START TIME] Hill Auditorium

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TWO PERFORMANCES!

OPERA IN CONCERT

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY

ROSSINI’S WILLIAM TELL T E AT R O R E G I O T O R I N O ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS

Michael Tilson Thomas, music director Gil Shaham, violin (Friday) UMS Choral Union (Friday) Thursday, November 13, 7:30 pm Friday, November 14, 8 pm Hill Auditorium Mahler

Symphony No. 7 (“Song of the Night”)

P R O G R A M ( F R I D AY 1 1 / 1 4 )

Liszt Prokofiev Ravel

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Sunday, November 23, 4 pm Hill Auditorium

Beloved for his charm as well as his talent, Itzhak Perlman is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond not only to his remarkable artistry but also to his irrepressible joy at making music.

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YUJA WANG, PIANO L EO N I DA S K AVA KOS , V I O L I N

Mephisto Waltz, No. 1 Violin Concerto No. 2 in g minor, Op. 63 Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

Brahms Schumann Stravinsky Respighi

Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 Sonata No. 2 in d minor, Op. 12 Suite Italienne Sonata in b minor

Gianandrea Noseda, music director Featuring Fabio Maria Capitanucci, baritone; Angela Meade, soprano; John Osborne, tenor; and Aleksandr Vinogradov, bass Tuesday, December 9, 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium Recognized immediately from its famous, galloping overture, William Tell dramatizes the life of the Swiss folk hero whose expert marksmanship with a crossbow is the stuff of legends. This concert version introduces four operatic soloists to local audiences alongside the 200-member orchestra and chorus of the Royal Theatre of Turin, one of the most important opera houses in Italy. 1

Yuja Wang by Ian Douglas

Itzhak Perlman by Akira Kinoshita

Choral Union Series

TWO PERFORMANCES!

MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA

Valery Gergiev, music director Behzod Abduraimov, piano [Saturday] Denis Matsuev, piano [Sunday] Saturday, January 24, 8 pm Sunday, January 25, 3 pm [NOTE START TIME] Hill Auditorium P R O G R A M ( S AT U R D AY 1 / 2 4 )

Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26 Shostakovich Symphony No. 4 in c minor, Op. 43 P R O G R A M ( S U N D AY 1 / 2 5 — FORD HONORS PROGRAM CONCERT)

Shchedrin

Concerto for Orchestra No. 1 (“Naughty Little Limericks”) Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-flat minor, Op. 23 Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)

ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor Hélène Grimaud, piano Thursday, February 19, 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium

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Britten Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in e minor, Op. 64

Jeremy Denk, piano Wednesday, March 25, 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium PROGRAM

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Stravinsky Concerto in D Major J.S. Bach Piano Concerto in d minor, BWV 1052 J.S. Bach Piano Concerto in f minor, BWV 1056 Stravinsky Apollo

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SEOUL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Myung-Whun Chung, conductor Sunwook Kim, piano Thursday, April 23, 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium PROGRAM

Beethoven Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 Symphony No. 4 in e minor, Op. 98

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RICHARD GOODE, PIANO Sunday, April 26, 4 pm Hill Auditorium PROGRAM

Mozart Beethoven Brahms Debussy Schumann

Adagio in b minor, K. 540 Sonata in e minor, Op. 90 Eight Piano Pieces, Op. 76 Children’s Corner Humoreske, Op. 20

Valery Gergiev by Alexander Shapunov

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JAZZ SERIES

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jazz is the embodiment of freedom: individualistic, color-blind, and a universal language that can inspire social change.â&#x20AC;? MARK JACOBSON UMS Senior Programming Manager

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GREGORY PORTER LIQUID SPIRIT Wednesday, October 15, 7:30 pm Michigan Theater At the start of 2010, the buzz about Los Angeles-born, Brooklyn-based jazz and soul vocalist Gregory Porter was a strong, steady murmur, fueled by a growing crowd of fans. When Wynton Marsalis selected the thenunknown singer to perform a residency with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, people took notice. A disarmingly sincere performer with a groove that never quits, this Blue Note recording artist is that rare jazz vocalist with true star power, combining the big heart of a gospel shouter with the honeyed tone of a crooner. A UMS debut.

Gregory Porter by Shawn Peters

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Jazz Series

AN EVENING WITH BOB JAMES

From his early years touring with Sarah Vaughan to founding smooth jazz supergroup Fourplay, U-M alumnus Bob James has explored a vast stretch of musical territory. A leading force in 1970s crossover jazz, the keyboardist, composer, and producer played an essential role on a series of hit records and has had a profound effect on the history of hip-hop music, with two of his songs among the most sampled in hip-hop history. James is assembling a super-group of musicians for this longawaited homecoming. A UMS debut.

T O M A S Z S TA Ń K O , T R U M P E T Thursday, February 5, 7:30 pm Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko is “one of the most original and creative jazz trumpet players in the world,” proclaimed the New Yorker. Inspired by early Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane, he was 20 when he formed his first band in 1962 and has been a jazz hero in Europe ever since. His most recent ECM Records project, Wisława, was inspired by the Polish poet, essayist, and Nobel Laureate Wisława Symborska, who died in 2012. Stańko, 71, is pulling together an ensemble of his closest musical colleagues for this UMS debut appearance.

J A Z Z AT L I N C O L N C E N T E R ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS Sunday, February 15, 4 pm Hill Auditorium

Herbie Hancock by Douglas Kirkland

B I L L F R I S E L L’ S W H E N Y O U W I S H U P O N A S TA R Friday, March 13, 8 pm Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Spin referred to Bill Frisell as the Clark Kent of the electric guitar: “Soft-spoken and self-effacing in conversation, he apparently breathes in lungsful of raw fire when he straps on his guitar…In one of the biggest leaps of imagination since the Yardbirds and Jimi Hendrix, Frisell coaxes and slams his hovering split-toned ax into shapes of things to come.” The New Yorker notes, “Bill Frisell plays the guitar like Miles Davis played the trumpet: in the hands of such radical thinkers, their instruments simply become different animals.” Frisell returns to UMS for the first time in over a decade featuring Petra Haden (violin/vocals), Eyvind Kang (viola), Thomas Morgan (bass), and Rudy Roysten (drums); the other night of this two-concert appearance features him in a rare solo guitar concert and is available through SERIES:YOU.

AN EVENING WITH HERBIE HANCOCK AND CHICK COREA Thursday, April 16, 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium

A 2011 NEA Jazz Master, 2014 UMS Distinguished Artist Award recipient, and arguably the most famous jazz musician alive, trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis is an iconic figure in the evolution of the art form and a tireless advocate for jazz as America’s classical music. Since 1988, Marsalis has led the 15-piece Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, which simultaneously honors the rich heritage of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong while presenting a stunning variety of new works from illustrious names, many of whom perform regularly with the ensemble. From swinging to supple, sophisticated to spirited, it’s all sheer jazz perfection.

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Saturday, November 15, 8 pm Hill Auditorium

Tomasz Stańko by John Rogers

Chick Corea closed out 2013 by honoring his friend and musical compatriot Herbie Hancock, as Hancock received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors. Their musical relationship dates back to 1968, when Corea replaced Hancock in the piano chair of the Miles Davis Band, and continued through the 1978 recordings of two live performances together. Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music, and there are few artists in the music industry who have had more influence on acoustic and electric jazz and R&B. A DownBeat Hall of Famer and NEA Jazz Master, Chick Corea is at the vanguard of improvised music, both as a leading pianist forging new ground with his acoustic jazz bands and as an innovative electric keyboardist. The two join forces for an evening that is sure to be one of the most memorable of the 2014-2015 season.

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DANCE SERIES

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“This year has some real outlier, boundarypushing moments that allow us to grapple with the definition of dance.” MICHAEL KO N DZ I O L K A UMS Director of Programming

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KISS & CRY Charleroi Danses, Belgium Michèle Anne de Mey and Jaco van Dormael, creators Friday, October 10, 8 pm Saturday, October 11, 8 pm Sunday, October 12, 2 pm Power Center A poetic piece that blurs the boundaries between artistic disciplines, Kiss & Cry brings together a diverse group of Belgian artists to create this sweeping, romantic work. Hands visually portray the main characters with a beautifully engaging sensual presence, moving around a set of miniatures with absolute precision while a camera crew projects the finger ballet on a large screen. “Absorbing, delightful, and ravishingly beautiful.” (Boston Globe)

Abraham.In.Motion by Alex Escalante

Cinderella by Jaime Roque de la Cruz

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CO M PAG N I E M A R I E CHOUINARD Marie Chouinard, artistic director Friday, January 23, 8 pm Power Center Described by the New York Times as “a hurricane of unbridled imaginativeness,” Marie Chouinard brings her Montreal-based troupe back to Ann Arbor with two works that display that compelling imagination. The visually arresting Henri Michaux: Mouvements features dancers dressed in black costumes on a white floor to create a choreographic version of India ink drawings and poetry by Belgian poet and artist Henri Michaux. The company also performs Gymnopédies, a ballet created around the theme of the duet. The 11 dancers, who worked daily with a piano teacher during the creation of the work, are each invited to take their places at a piano to play Erik Satie’s intriguing piano works of the same name. In both of these works, Chouinard “travels to the very depths of our collective psyche and brings what she finds there out into the open for all to see.” (bachtrack.com) Performance contains nudity and adult situations.

TRISHA BROWN DANCE CO M PA N Y Diane Madden and Carolyn Lucas, associate artistic directors Trisha Brown, founding artistic director Saturday, February 21, 8 pm Sunday, February 22, 2 pm Power Center One of the iconic post-modern downtown dancers who branched out from the experimental Judson Dance Theater in 1970 to form her own company, Trisha Brown has spent a lifetime exploring movement that finds the extraordinary in the everyday and challenges existing perceptions of performance. She has pushed the limits of choreography and changed modern dance forever. PROGRAM

Set and Reset (1983) Choreography by Trisha Brown | Music by Laurie Anderson | Set, Costumes, and Lighting by Robert Rauschenberg If You Couldn’t See Me (1994) Choreography by Trisha Brown | Music and décor by Robert Rauschenberg Newark (1987) Choreography by Trisha Brown | Music by Peter Zummo Set design and costumes by Donald Judd | Lighting by Ken Tabachnik

Trisha Brown Dance Company by Stephanie Berger

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KYLE ABRAHAM/ ABRAHAM.IN.MOTION Saturday, March 14, 8 pm Sunday, March 15, 2 pm Power Center Kyle Abraham and Abraham.In.Motion’s work intertwines a sensual and provocative vocabulary with a strong emphasis on sound, human behavior, and all things visual. Dance Magazine has described his work as “elastic and electric, luxuriantly rippling, poetically arranged with moments of perfect stillness that arrive amid splashes of expression. His choreography wriggles energy through the body…” His latest work, which will be performed over two different programs, is inspired by a singular idea: a historical homage celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and 20 years since the abolishment of South African Apartheid. P R O G R A M ( S AT U R D AY 3 / 1 4 )

The Watershed P R O G R A M ( S U N D AY 3 / 1 5 )

When the Wolves Came In

CINDERELLA LY O N O P E R A B A L L E T Maguy Marin, choreographer Friday April 24, 8 pm Saturday, April 25, 8 pm Sunday, April 26, 2 pm Power Center In Maguy Marin’s magical retelling of the Cinderella fairy tale, the story unfolds in a child’s world of toys and wonder. Human dancers are transformed into fat-cheeked dolls, Cinderella scoots off to the ball in a toy car, Prince Charming searches for her on his rocking horse, and Prokofiev’s score is spliced with coos and gurgles. The “astonishingly original and magical” production (New York Times) unfolds with a dreamlike quality, a vision of childhood without sentimentality but with affectionate insight.

Includes all 5 performances MAIN FLOOR

$200, $180, $120 BALCONY

$180, $160 For further details, visit ums.org or pages 24-39 of this brochure.

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“This year’s series is a mix of performances that toggle between the masterworks of the past and those of the future, including two works that UMS cocommissioned.” MICHAEL KO N DZ I O L K A UMS Director of Programming

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Q U AT U O R É B È N E

Saturday, September 27, 8 pm Rackham Auditorium

Sunday, November 9, 4 pm Rackham Auditorium

PROGRAM

Beethoven Liebermann

Quartet in f minor, Op. 95 (“Serioso”) New Work (World Premiere, UMS co-commission) Shostakovich Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73

Mozart Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 428 Mendelssohn Quartet in a minor, Op. 13 Improvised repertoire to be announced from the stage

EIGHTH BLACKBIRD

BELCEA QUARTET

Saturday, January 17, 8 pm Rackham Auditorium

Saturday, October 18, 8 pm Rackham Auditorium

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Bryce Dessner Sean Griffin Richard Reed Perry Lee Hyla Gabriella Smith Tom Johnson György Ligeti (arr.)

Mozart Quartet in F Major, K. 590 Berg Lyric Suite Brahms Quartet No. 1 in c minor, Op. 51

Quatuor Ébène by Julien Mignot

eighth blackbird by Luke Ratray

Murder Ballads Pattycake Duo for Heart and Breath Wave Number Nine Counting Duets Études

Emerson String Quartet by Lisa Marie Mazzucco

Chamber Arts Series

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BAC H A N D B E YO N D, PA RT I I I Friday, February 6, 8 pm Rackham Auditorium PROGRAM

Bach Berio Harbison Bach

Sonata No. 2 in a minor, BWV 1003 Sequenza VIII for Solo Violin New Work (UMS co-commission) Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005

CHICAGO SYMPHONY WINDS Musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Guests Sunday, March 22, 4 pm Rackham Auditorium PROGRAM

Mozart Mozart

Serenade in c minor, K. 388 Serenade in B-flat Major, K. 361 (“Gran Partita”)

ARTEMIS QUARTET Sunday, April 19, 4 pm Rackham Auditorium PROGRAM

Dvor ˘ák Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 (“American”) Vasks Quartet No. 5 Tchaikovsky Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11

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THEATER SERIES

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“To do anything other than create an ongoing experience of surprise, artistic diversity, and the unexpected would be dishonest to what the theater can be.” MICHAEL KO N DZ I O L K A UMS Director of Programming

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Compagnie Non Nova by Jean-Luc Beaujault

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International Theater Series

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PIRANDELLO’S SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota, director Friday, October 24, 8 pm Saturday, October 25, 8 pm Power Center Théâtre de la Ville returns after its outstanding production of Ionesco’s Rhinocéros two seasons ago. Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author is an absurdist metatheatrical play about the relationship between authors and their characters. A group of actors who are preparing to rehearse a different Pirandello play are interrupted by the arrival of six characters whose author did not finish their story; they are looking for someone to bring their characters fully to life. The theater manager, intrigued by their story, agrees to help but becomes vexed by the interplay of the real actors alongside the newly created story for the unrealized characters, unable to discern reality from acting. Contains adult situations. In French with English supertitles.

HELEN & EDGAR A story of Savannah told by the celebrated raconteur Edgar Oliver Directed by Catherine Burns Wednesday, January 7, 7:30 pm Thursday, January 8, 7:30 pm Friday, January 9, 8 pm Saturday, January 10, 8 pm Arthur Miller Theatre The creative team behind storytelling juggernaut The Moth joined with acclaimed raconteur Edgar Oliver in October 2012 to present the world premiere of Helen & Edgar, Oliver’s mesmerizing, hilarious, and heartbreaking tale of his and his sister Helen’s strange childhood in Savannah and their mother’s struggle with madness. An expanded version of a story Oliver has been weaving piece by piece since his debut at The Moth in 1998, “Edgar Oliver’s stories of Savannah family witchery and madness give a new meaning to Southern Gothic.” (Neil Gaiman, author)

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PRELUDE TO THE AFTERNOON OF A FAUN February 14-21 (13 performances) Skyline High School Experimental Theater

Includes all 5 performances

This 25-minute theatrical marvel uses a simple wind turbine to create a vortex in which plastic bag characters evolve, responding to the movement of the air. Originally commissioned by the Natural History Museum of Nantes for its 2008 science fair, artistic director Phia Ménard investigates how human beings are creators, but also destroyers. She began experimenting with air and wind, transforming a simple plastic bag into a charming, graceful character. But just as the human creates the puppet, it then also takes its life away.

Théâtre de la Ville

Helen & Edgar

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$160, $150, $110 BALCONY

$150, $130 For further details, visit ums.org or pages 24-39 of this brochure.

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GLOBAL SERIES

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“We believe that embracing the discovery of our world’s diverse music and cultures yields more complete local citizens.” MARK JACOBSON UMS Senior Programming Manager

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ACCORDION SUMMIT featuring the Accordion Virtuosi of Russia Saturday, November 1, 8 pm Hill Auditorium The much-maligned accordion takes center stage with this orchestra of accordions of all sizes, performing popular Russian classical music arrangements alongside popular works from American jazz and folk songs. Founded in 1943 by Pavel Smirnov during the siege of Leningrad and now led by the third generation of the Smirnov family, the Accordion Virtuosi of Russia continue to astound audiences around the world. Additional special guests to be announced.

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JAKE SHIMABUKURO, UKULELE Wednesday, November 19, 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium In his young career, Hawaiian ukulele wizard Jake Shimabukuro has already redefined a heretofore under-the-radar instrument, been declared a musical “hero” by Rolling Stone, earned comparisons to Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis, and even played in front of the Queen of England. Known for his lightning-fast fingers and innovative style, he became internationally famous when his video of George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” was posted on YouTube without his knowledge and became one of the first viral videos on the site. In addition to traditional ukulele material, his singular approach to the ukulele combines elements of jazz, blues, funk, rock, bluegrass, classical, swing, and flamenco. A UMS debut.

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Gilberto Gil by Mark Gjukich

Oliver Mtukudzi

Gilberto Gil releases a new album in 2014 that celebrates the music of the great João Gilberto in this “two Gilbertos” event. While studying business administration, Gil heard singer and guitarist João Gilberto on the radio and was immediately smitten, buying a guitar and learning to play and sing bossa nova. An original founder of the Tropicália movement in Brazil in the late 1960s who was exiled to London for his revolutionary role in conflating US and European rock music with Brazilian musical traditions, Gil is today recognized as a pioneer of world music. Brazil’s former Minister of Culture returns to Ann Arbor with his romantic homage to the father of bossa nova.

OLIVER MTUKUDZI AND THE BLACK SPIRITS Friday, April 17, 8 pm Michigan Theater Zimbabwe’s Afropop legend Oliver Mtukudzi is gifted with a deep and gutsy voice plus a talent for writing songs that reflect on the daily life and struggles of his people. “Tuku” began performing in 1977 and has earned a devoted following across Africa and beyond, all the while incorporating elements of different musical traditions. A member of Zimbabwe’s Korekore tribe, he incorporates South Africa mbaqanga, Zimbabwean pop, and traditional kateke drumming into his music.

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KISS & CRY Charleroi Danses, Belgium Friday, October 10, 8 pm Saturday, October 11, 8 pm Sunday, October 12, 2 pm Power Center A film is shot and projected before your very eyes in the space and time of the theater, while it is created live out of a nanoworld in which hands and fingers become characters dancing amid miniature landscapes. Kiss & Cry could upend all your expectations about what a dance or theatrical work can look and feel like.

RYOJ I I K E DA’ S SUPERPOSITION Friday, October 31, 8 pm Saturday, November 1, 8 pm Power Center Ikeda’s electronic music takes the form of large scale, elaborately composed scores concerned primarily with sound in a variety of “raw” states, such as sine tones and noise, often using frequencies at the edges of the range of human hearing. In superposition, his symphony is married to a visual environment — a video installation — which mines the graphic world of micro data’s evolution while blowing up its aesthetic and theatrical possibilities. The nano world meets Big Data. A symphonic theater for our time.

Superposition by Kazuo Fukunaga

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APOLLO’S FIRE & APOLLO’S SINGERS MONTEVERDI’S VESPERS OF 1610 Thursday, November 6, 7:30 pm St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Claudio Monteverdi was a fundamental innovator in Western music whose experimentation and boundary-pushing built a bridge between the musical worlds of the Renaissance and Baroque. He was the first composer to develop opera to its full dramatic and musical potential. Monteverdi’s revolutionary innovations have reverberated well into our time, influencing 20th century composers like Igor Stravinsky, and his inventions even foreshadowed our modern idea of the song. Witness one of the first masterpieces of the Baroque.

EIGHTH BLACKBIRD Saturday, January 17, 8 pm Rackham Auditorium Charging ahead and forging their own expectations for what a classical chamber music concert can look and sound like, eighth blackbird signals a whole next wave of energy and creativity in classical music. Constantly commissioning new works, conceptualizing new music festivals, memorizing all that they perform, and embracing the theater as a new context for their concerts, these renegades are taking the traditions of classical chamber music and reshaping them for the 21st century.

DAWN OF MIDI DY S N O M I A Saturday, January 31, 9 pm [NOTE START TIME] Trinosophes (1464 Gratiot, Detroit) Don’t be fooled: what may at first appear to look like an acoustic jazz piano trio is anything but. The music created by this Brooklyn-based trio aligns more closely with modern classical music and the contemporary electronica of their influences. Overlapping patterns, phrases, and repetitive tones free of melody construct shifting landscapes before your ears. A reclamation of the possibilities of live music.

CO M PAG N I E N O N N OVA PRELUDE TO THE AFTERNOON OF A FAUN February 14-21 Skyline High School Experimental Theater Debussy’s score to Faun heralded a new age in composition; Nijinsky’s dance performance lurched toward the modern and the unspeakable. But it is doubtful that either provoked audiences to the state of wonder that greets the lead “ballerina” in Company Non Nova’s reimagining of this renegade classic. Borne aloft on currents of air, small plastic bags become dancers in an enchanting, performance-art ballet. This brilliant metaphor of art and ground-breaking imagination turns what’s essentially the stuff of landfills into an improbably perfect interpretation of Debussy’s pastoral score.

TRISHA BROWN DANCE CO M PA N Y Saturday, February 21, 8 pm Sunday, February 22, 2 pm Power Center Trisha Brown was a founding member of the avant-garde Judson Dance Theater in 1962. The experimental work of the Judson artist collective rejected Modern dance’s formalism and “theatricality,” embracing a new set of aesthetic concerns. This movement, which came to be called “postmodern” dance, unleashed the beauty of ordinary movement, materials, and contexts — the preface to what would happen in contemporary dance for years to come. Martha Graham’s Modern renegade inventions had become a stranglehold for these young artists. A new voice for a new generation was needed.

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Tastefully incorporating a range of state-of-theart sound processors and effects, imaginative guitarist, composer, and arranger Bill Frisell has transformed the very notion of the guitar and its potential throughout his prolific career. Frisell has a unique ability to marry music rooted in the jazz tradition with elements of American blues and popular traditions through his lyricism and singular voice. “Frisell is the most innovative and influential jazz guitarist of the past 25 years.” (Wall Street Journal)

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KISS & CRY Charleroi Danses, Belgium Michèle Anne de Mey and Jaco van Dormael, creators Friday, October 10, 8 pm Saturday, October 11, 8 pm Sunday, October 12, 2 pm Power Center OCT

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A poetic piece that blurs the boundaries between artistic disciplines, Kiss & Cry brings together a diverse group of Belgian artists to create this sweeping, romantic work that explores the question “Where do people go when they disappear from our life, from our memory?” This is the question haunting a woman as she waits alone on the platform of a train station. She thinks of the men she’s loved and lost, vanished in the haze of existence. Hands visually portray the main characters with a beautifully engaging sensual presence, moving around a set of miniatures with absolute precision while a camera crew projects the finger ballet on a large screen. In this blend of film, dance, text, theater, and brilliant DIY, the audience witnesses a film screened and simultaneously made in front of their eyes. A unique event told with tender and poignant eloquence, Kiss & Cry is an unforgettable experience. “Absorbing, delightful, and ravishingly beautiful.” (Boston Globe) 1

Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer by Michael Wilson

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AN EVENING WITH CHRIS THILE & EDGAR MEYER Thursday, October 16, 8 pm Michigan Theater Bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile began performing together about a decade ago, a relationship built on mutual admiration and respect. Meyer has been called “the most remarkable virtuoso in the relatively unchronicled history of his instrument” (New Yorker), while Thile has elevated his instrument from its origins as a relatively simple folk and bluegrass instrument to the sophistication and brilliance of the finest jazz improvisation and classical performance. The two MacArthur Fellows have collaborated on several critically acclaimed projects, including the Grammywinning Goat Rodeo Sessions, a 2008 recording of original compositions with Yo-Yo Ma, and more recently, Chris Thile’s 2013 solo recording. Meyer and Thile will cross traditional boundaries in a diverse program of largely original music that will coincide with a new release on Nonesuch Records. 1

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GREGORY PORTER LIQUID SPIRIT Wednesday, October 15, 7:30 pm Michigan Theater

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At the start of 2010, the buzz about Los Angeles-born, Brooklyn-based jazz and soul vocalist Gregory Porter was a strong, steady murmur, fueled by a growing crowd of fans. When Wynton Marsalis selected the then-unknown singer to perform a residency with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, people took notice. Now, just a few years later, NPR Music has hailed him as “the next great male jazz singer.” A disarmingly sincere performer with a groove that never quits, the Blue Note recording artist is that rare jazz vocalist with true star power, combining the big heart of a gospel shouter with the honeyed tone of a crooner. His album Liquid Spirit, which has gospel, blues, and R&B influences, was recently awarded the 2014 Grammy Award for “Best Vocal Jazz Album.”

Gregory Porter by Shawn Peters

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“‘Six Characters’ is one of my favorite plays of all time. Pirandello is a master of taking the audience for an unbridled ride between illusion and reality, and his plays are profoundly moving.” FRANK LEGACKI UMS Board Member

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PIRANDELLO’S SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota, director Friday, October 24, 8 pm Saturday, October 25, 8 pm Power Center

Founded at the Royal College of Music in London 20 years ago, the Belcea Quartet is based in Great Britain but comprised of diverse cultural backgrounds (French, Romanian, Polish) that contribute to their dynamic and free interpretive style. Their diverse influences are reflected in repertoire that pairs contemporary works with the Quartet’s profound connection to the great repertoire of the Classical and Romantic periods. PROGRAM

Mozart Quartet in F Major, K. 590 Berg Lyric Suite Brahms Quartet No. 1 in c minor, Op. 51

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Luigi Pirandello won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934 for his “bold and brilliant renovation of drama and the stage.” His Six Characters in Search of an Author, which dates from 1921, is an absurdist metatheatrical play about the relationship between authors and their characters. A group of actors who are preparing to rehearse a different Pirandello play, are interrupted by the arrival of six characters whose author did not finish their story; they are looking for someone to bring their characters fully to life. The theater manager, intrigued by their story, agrees to help, but becomes vexed by the interplay of the real actors with the unrealized characters, unable to discern reality from acting. The production is directed by Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota and performed by Théâtre de la Ville, which gave an outstanding performance of Ionesco’s Rhinocéros two seasons ago. Contains adult situations. In French with English supertitles.

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RYOJ I I K E DA’ S SUPERPOSITION Friday, October 31, 8 pm Saturday, November 1, 8 pm Power Center Japan’s leading electronic composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda focuses on the essential characteristics of sound and light by means of both mathematical precision and mathematical aesthetics. Ikeda has gained a reputation as one of the few international artists working convincingly across both visual and sonic media. He elaborately orchestrates sound, visuals, materials, physical phenomena and mathematical notions into immersive live performances and installations. In superposition, atomic particles meet big data in a visual exploration of quantum mechanics. All of the components on stage will be in a state of superposition, with sound, visuals, physical phenomena, mathematical concepts, human behavior, and randomness orchestrated and de-orchestrated simultaneously in a single stage work.

ACCORDION SUMMIT featuring the Accordion Virtuosi of Russia Saturday, November 1, 8 pm Hill Auditorium The much-maligned accordion takes center stage with this orchestra of accordions of all sizes, performing popular Russian classical music arrangements alongside popular works from American jazz and folk songs. Founded in 1943 by Pavel Smirnov during the siege of Leningrad, the Accordion Virtuosi of Russia continue to astound audiences around the world. Now led by the third generation of the Smirnov family, the Accordion Virtuosi will be joined by special guest artists to be announced.

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Apollo’s Fire by Daniel Levin

APOLLO’S FIRE & APOLLO’S SINGERS MONTEVERDI’S VESPERS OF 1610 Jeannette Sorrell, music director Thursday, November 6, 7:30 pm St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church The structure and counterpoint of the West. The exotic flamboyance of the East. They met in Venice in 1610, and the splendor resounded. With this choral masterpiece, Monteverdi forged a dramatic and vivid new musical style, evoking the struggle between the archaic and the revolutionary. Apollo’s Fire — whose past two appearances have been on the Choral Union Series — brings seven vocal soloists, the renowned professional chamber choir Apollo’s Singers, and an orchestra of gleaming period instruments to the intimacy of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.

superposition by Kazuo Fukunaga

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SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Michael Tilson Thomas, music director and conductor Thursday, November 13, 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium This appearance by the San Francisco Symphony celebrates the 70th birthday of music director Michael Tilson Thomas with one of his signature specialties: Mahler’s Symphony No. 7, a work that shows Mahler at his most mysterious, with a tantalizing nocturnal quality. The orchestra’s second program, which features violinist Gil Shaham, is available as an add-on event in section 3 of the order form.

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“UMS has enormous impact on the quality of life here...UMS takes risks that allow us to experience performances that we couldn’t see anywhere else.” DR. STEPHEN FORREST Former Vice President for Research, University of Michigan

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The New York Times called them “a string quartet that can easily morph into a jazz band,” describing how they first performed Haydn and Debussy before performing their own arrangement of music from the movie Pulp Fiction, improvising to Chick Corea, and unveiling their vocal talents as an excellent a cappella quartet. There is no doubt that these four French musicians have class, moving with ease and enthusiasm between different styles, always with taste and integrity. This exciting new discovery makes its UMS debut with a program that begins with Mozart and Mendelssohn before diverging off into an unpredictable path that is sure to delight. PROGRAM

Mozart Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 428 Mendelssohn Quartet in a minor, Op. 13 Improvised repertoire to be announced from the stage

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Symphony No. 7 (“Song of the Night”)

AN EVENING WITH BOB JAMES Saturday, November 15, 8 pm Hill Auditorium From his early years touring with Sarah Vaughan to founding smooth jazz supergroup Fourplay, U-M alumnus Bob James has explored a vast stretch of musical territory. A leading force in 1970s crossover jazz, the keyboardist, composer, and producer played an essential role on a series of hit records and has had a profound effect on the history of hip-hop music, with two of his songs among the most sampled in hip-hop history. James’s most recent album, Quartette Humaine, was recorded a month after Dave Brubeck’s death and pays tribute to the iconic pianist. He is assembling a super-group of musicians for this long-awaited homecoming. A UMS debut.

Quatuor Ébène by Julien Mignot

Michael Tilson Thomas by Chris Wahlberg

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JAKE SHIMABUKURO, UKULELE Wednesday, November 19, 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium In his young career, Hawaiian ukulele wizard Jake Shimabukuro has already redefined a heretofore under-the-radar instrument, been declared a musical “hero” by Rolling Stone, earned comparisons to Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis, and even played in front of the Queen of England. Known for his lightning-fast fingers and innovative style, his latest record finds him collaborating with legendary producer/ engineer Alan Parsons, best known for his work on Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and The Beatles’ Abbey Road. Shimabukuro became internationally famous when his video of George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” was posted on YouTube without his knowledge and became one of the first viral videos on the site. In addition to traditional ukulele material, his singular approach to the ukulele combines elements of jazz, blues, funk, rock, bluegrass, classical, swing, and flamenco. A UMS debut.

YUJA WANG, PIANO L EO N I DA S K AVA KOS , V I O L I N Sunday, November 23, 4 pm Hill Auditorium “This was an outstanding evening: bliss from start to finish.” (The Guardian) This joint recital brings together the 27-year-old pianist Yuja Wang, who has wowed Ann Arbor audiences with her controlled, prodigious technique and deep musical insight, with the Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos. “Artistry as extreme as Leonidas Kavakos’ can be exhausting.” (Philadelphia Inquirer) PROGRAM

Brahms Schumann Stravinsky Respighi

Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 Sonata No. 2 in d minor, Op. 12 Suite Italienne Sonata in b minor

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Jake Shimabukuro by Merri Cyr

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“I love flying back to Michigan to see the Messiah with my father for the last 20 years…. from no matter where I am living.” BETTY Denver, CO Posted on umslobby.org

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UMS Choral Union Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Jerry Blackstone, conductor David Daniels, countertenor Other soloists to be announced Saturday, December 6, 8 pm Sunday, December 7, 2 pm Hill Auditorium The holiday season in Ann Arbor is never officially underway until Handel’s Messiah is performed at Hill Auditorium. An eagerly anticipated holiday season tradition, these performances are ultimately the heart and soul of UMS, connecting audiences not only with the talented artists on stage but also with the friends and family who attend each year. In a true community tradition, the performance features the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, the 175 voices of the Grammy Award-winning UMS Choral Union (2006 “Best Choral Performance”) and conductor Jerry Blackstone. Soloists to be announced.

Gianandrea Noseda, music director Featuring Fabio Maria Capitanucci, baritone; Angela Meade, soprano; John Osborne, tenor; and Aleksandr Vinogradov, bass Tuesday, December 9, 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium William Tell was Rossini’s final opera, despite the fact that the composer lived for nearly 40 more years. Recognized immediately from its famous, galloping overture, William Tell dramatizes the life of the Swiss folk hero whose expert marksmanship with a crossbow is the stuff of legends. This concert version introduces four operatic soloists to local audiences alongside the 200-member orchestra and chorus of the Royal Theatre of Turin, one of the most important opera houses in Italy.

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A story of Savannah told by the celebrated raconteur Edgar Oliver Directed by Catherine Burns Wednesday, January 7, 7:30 pm Thursday, January 8, 7:30 pm Friday, January 9, 8 pm Saturday, January 10, 8 pm Arthur Miller Theatre The creative team behind storytelling juggernaut The Moth joined with acclaimed raconteur Edgar Oliver in October 2012 to present the world premiere of Helen & Edgar, Oliver’s mesmerizing, hilarious, and heartbreaking tale of his and his sister Helen’s strange childhood in Savannah and their mother’s struggle with madness. An expanded version of a story Oliver has been weaving piece by piece since his debut at The Moth in 1998, “Edgar Oliver’s stories of Savannah family witchery and madness give a new meaning to Southern Gothic.” (Neil Gaiman, author)

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Behzod Abduraimov by Ben Ealovega-Decca

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EIGHTH BLACKBIRD Saturday, January 17, 8 pm Rackham Auditorium

eighth blackbird combines the finesse of a string quartet, the energy of a rock band, and the audacity of a storefront theater company. The Chicago-based ensemble delivers provocative and mind-bending performances, combining bracing virtuosity with an alluring sense of irreverence. The ensemble’s performances sparkle with wit and pound with physical energy, inhabiting and exploring the soundworld of new music with comfort, conviction, and infectious enthusiasm. “The blackbirds are examples of a new breed of super-musicians. They perform the bulk of their new music from memory. They have no need for a conductor, no matter how complex the rhythms or balances... [They are] stage animals, often in motion, enacting their scores as they play them.” (Los Angeles Times) PROGRAM

Bryce Dessner Sean Griffin Richard Reed Perry Lee Hyla Gabriella Smith Tom Johnson György Ligeti (arr.)

Murder Ballads Pattycake Duo for Heart and Breath Wave Number Nine Counting Duets Études

CO M PAG N I E M A R I E CHOUINARD Marie Chouinard, artistic director Friday, January 23, 8 pm Power Center Described by the New York Times as “a hurricane of unbridled imaginativeness,” Marie Chouinard brings her Montreal-based troupe back to Ann Arbor with two works that display her compelling imagination. The visually arresting Henri Michaux: Mouvements features dancers dressed in black costumes on a white floor to create a choreographic version of India ink drawings and poetry by Belgian poet and artist Henri Michaux. The company also performs Gymnopédies, a ballet created around the theme of the duet. The 11 dancers, who worked daily with a piano teacher during the creation of the work, are each invited to take their places at a piano to play Erik Satie’s intriguing piano works of the same name. In both of these works, Chouinard “travels to the very depths of our collective psyche and brings what she finds there out into the open for all to see.” (bachtrack.com) Performance contains nudity and adult situations.

Marie Chouinard Gymnopédies by Sylvie-Anne Paré

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23 MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA Valery Gergiev, music director Behzod Abduraimov, piano Saturday, January 24, 8 pm Hill Auditorium The Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev return for two performances of Russian orchestral masterpieces. The Saturday program, featuring 24-year-old pianist Behzod Abduraimov, the grand prize winner of the 2009 London International Piano Competition, is offered on SERIES:YOU. The following afternoon, Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra will receive the 2015 UMS Distinguished Artist Award at the Ford Honors Program concert, which is available as an addon concert on section 3 of the order form. PROGRAM

Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26 Shostakovich Symphony No. 4 in c minor, Op. 43

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DY S N O M I A Saturday, January 31, 9 pm [NOTE START TIME] Trinosophes (1464 Gratiot, Detroit)

Thursday, February 5, 7:30 pm Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

Listenable and insane. That’s the electroacoustic sound Dawn of Midi spent years shaping, culminating in their most mesmerizing work to date: Dysnomia. The Brooklyn-based trio, a multinational group composed of bassist Aakaash Israni (India), pianist Amino Belyamani (Morocco), and drummer Qasim Naqvi (Pakistan), performs sets that are as rhythmic as a seamlessly mixed DJ set, casting spells on crowds in the same way the group’s favorite modern classical and electronic artists have for decades. Their carefully cultivated aesthetic incorporates such wildly divergent influences and interests as Aphex Twin, the Police, Can, and the video game Ms. Pac-Man. “A work of lunatic genius.” (Village Voice) Co-presented with Trinosophes.

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Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko is “one of the most original and creative jazz trumpet players in the world,” proclaimed the New Yorker. Inspired by early Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane, he was 20 when he formed his first band in 1962 and has been a jazz hero in Europe ever since. He has made many superb recordings for ECM Records since the mid-1970s, when he was at the forefront of the free jazz scene. For most of the past decade, he has been ranked among the world’s top jazz trumpeters and composers. His most recent project, Wisława, was inspired by the Polish poet, essayist, and Nobel Laureate Wisława Symborska, who died in 2012. Stańko, 71, will be assembling an ensemble of his closest musical colleagues for this UMS debut appearance. As part of his visit, he will give the 2015 Copernicus lecture, an annual lecture that highlights the rich variety of Polish intellectual and cultural life.

J E N N I F E R KO H , V I O L I N BAC H A N D B E YO N D, PA RT I I I Friday, February 6, 8 pm Rackham Auditorium Jennifer Koh says, “I believe that contemporary music re-creates the thread to which we can connect back to past works of art. Contemporary music makes music from all time periods more transparent to the listener and also to the performer….I want to present the works of Bach which I have a long loved, in communion with the contemporary music of composers that I am dedicated to.” This “risk-taking, highoctane player” (Strad) returns to UMS after her appearance as Einstein in Einstein on the Beach and her 2010 program, Bach and Beyond, Part I. PROGRAM

Bach Berio Harbison Bach

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31 CO M PAG N I E N O N N OVA PRELUDE TO THE AFTERNOON OF A FAUN February 14-21 (13 performances) Skyline High School Experimental Theater What is the life expectancy of a plastic bag? From crude oil polyethylene to the moment it is thrown away? How long is it actually “in use”? Not long at all given the length of time it will stray across the planet, blown and buffeted by the wind. What if we humans, so firmly anchored to the ground, could also escape the pull of gravity and fly with the wind, carried along by the arbitrary waltz of the air? This 25-minute theatrical marvel uses a simple wind turbine to create a vortex in which plastic bag characters evolve, responding to the movement of the air. Originally commissioned by the Natural History Museum of Nantes for its 2008 science fair, artistic director Phia Ménard investigates how human beings are creators, but also destroyers. She began experimenting with air and wind, transforming simple plastic bags into charming, graceful characters. Manipulated by the flow of air, the plastic bags swirl and twirl to Claude Debussy’s most famous ballet work, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. 1

Jennifer Koh by Juergen Frank

MENDELSSOHN’S ELIJAH

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UMS Choral Union Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Jerry Blackstone, conductor Saturday, February 14, 8 pm Hill Auditorium

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Mendelssohn’s epic oratorio is a moving musical tribute to the prophet who was drawn up to Heaven in a whirlwind. Composed in the spirit of Bach and Handel, the work clearly reflects Mendelssohn’s own genius, combining vivid and dramatic sound-pictures of oceans, earthquakes, fires, and resurrection of the dead. Scored for four vocal soloists, boy soprano, full symphony, and a large chorus, this performance features the well-known talents of the UMS Choral Union and the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, all under the baton of Jerry Blackstone.

Dawn of Midi by Falkwyn de Goyeneche

ends of the spectrum is wonderful.” RHEMÉ SLOAN University of Michigan Class of 2014 (Music)

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Tomasz Stanko by Magdalena Lawniczak

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J A Z Z AT L I N C O L N C E N T E R ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS Sunday, February 15, 4 pm Hill Auditorium A 2011 NEA Jazz Master, 2014 UMS Distinguished Artist Award recipient, and arguably the most famous jazz musician alive, trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis is an iconic figure in the evolution of the art form and a tireless advocate for jazz as America’s classical music. From his New Orleans beginnings and fiery debut with legendary drummer Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers to his current role as artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, he inspires and uplifts people through superb musicmaking. Since 1988, Marsalis has led the 15-piece Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, which simultaneously honors the rich heritage of Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong while presenting a stunning variety of new works from illustrious names, many of whom perform regularly with the ensemble. From swinging to supple, sophisticated to spirited, it’s all sheer jazz perfection — no wonder these annual appearances have become a favorite of UMS audiences.

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ROTTERDAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor Hélène Grimaud, piano Thursday, February 19, 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium At 38, the conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin has already compiled an impressive resume, including his appointment as the eighth music director of the renowned Philadelphia Orchestra. He has been music director in Rotterdam since 2008 and makes his UMS debut with this performance, which also features the debut of pianist Hélène Grimaud. Grimaud is a Renaissance woman for our times, as committed to wildlife conservation and human rights as she is to the thoughtful and tenderly expressive music-making that deeply touches the emotions of audiences. PROGRAM

Britten Ravel Tchaikovsky

Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a Piano Concerto in G Major Symphony No. 5 in e minor, Op. 64

Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra by Frank Stewart

Hélène Grimaud by Mat Hennek

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THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS P E R F O R M J O H N C O LT R A N E ’ S A LOV E S U P R E M E featuring Chuck Campbell, pedal steel guitar Darick Campbell, lap steel Phillip Campbell, electric guitar and bass Friday, February 20, 8 pm Michigan Theater

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One of the iconic post-modern downtown dancers who branched out from the experimental Judson Dance Theater in 1970 to form her own company, Trisha Brown has spent a lifetime exploring movement that finds the extraordinary in the everyday and challenges existing perceptions of performance. She has pushed the limits of choreography and changed modern dance forever. Now 77, Brown has choreographed her last works. This tour, called Proscenium Works, 1979-2011, showcases Brown’s major stage works, complete with the significant components created by her collaborators, including artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Donald Judd, Robert Ashley, and Laurie Anderson.

2014 marks the 50th anniversary of John Coltrane’s seminal recording A Love Supreme. He presented it as a spiritual declaration that his musical devotion had become intertwined with his religious faith. To mark the anniversary, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts commissioned the Campbell Brothers, whose unique sacred steel gospel music was created in African-American churches, to revisit the work on their signature slide guitars and with particular attention to its transcendent spiritual message. “The Campbells create a unique, steel-guitar-driven gospel music that’s every bit as earth-shattering as [Robert] Johnson’s music was in the ’30s. It’s a soul-stirring blend of gospel and the power and volume of electric blues and rock, a sound as hot as brimstone that kicks holy butt.” (National Public Radio)

the excitement performance, the thrill of seeing and hearing human beings create beauty in front of you.” AUDIENCE MEMBER Alison Balsom’s concert (April 2013)

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A BILL FRISELL A M E R I C A N A C E L E B R AT I O N Bill Frisell Solo Guitar Thursday, March 12, 7:30 pm Bill Frisell’s When You Wish Upon a Star Friday, March 13, 8 pm Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre Spin referred to Bill Frisell as the Clark Kent of the electric guitar: “Soft-spoken and self-effacing in conversation, he apparently breathes in lungsful of raw fire when he straps on his guitar…In one of the biggest leaps of imagination since the Yardbirds and Jimi Hendrix, Frisell coaxes and slams his hovering split-toned ax into shapes of things to come.” The New Yorker notes, “Bill Frisell plays the guitar like Miles Davis played the trumpet: in the hands of such radical thinkers, their instruments simply become different animals.” Frisell returns to UMS for the first time in over a decade with two different concerts: one features him in a rare solo setting, the other showcases a new band featuring Petra Haden (violin/vocals), Eyvind Kang (viola), Thomas Morgan (bass), and Rudy Roysten (drums).

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KYLE ABRAHAM/ ABRAHAM.IN.MOTION Saturday, March 14, 8 pm Sunday, March 15, 2 pm Power Center Kyle Abraham and Abraham.In.Motion’s work intertwines a sensual and provocative vocabulary with a strong emphasis on sound, human behavior, and all things visual. The company’s work explores Abraham’s diverse training in classical music, visual art, and a multitude of dance forms ranging from ballet to hip-hop. Dance Magazine has described his work as “elastic and electric, luxuriantly rippling, poetically arranged with moments of perfect stillness that arrive amid splashes of expression. His choreography wriggles energy through the body, stretches it, suspends it, and then unleashes it.” His latest work, which will be performed over two different programs, is inspired by a singular idea: a historical homage celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and 20 years since the abolishment of South African Apartheid. P R O G R A M ( S AT U R D AY 3 / 1 4 )

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MAX RAABE AND T H E PA L A S T O R C H E S T E R Thursday, April 9, 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium

GILBERTO GIL GILBERTOS SAMBA Saturday, April 4, 8 pm Hill Auditorium Gilberto Gil releases a new album in 2014 that celebrates the music of the great João Gilberto in this “two Gilbertos” event. While studying business administration, Gil heard singer and guitarist João Gilberto on the radio and was immediately smitten, buying a guitar and learning to play and sing bossa nova. An original founder of the Tropicália movement in Brazil in the late 1960s who was exiled to London for his revolutionary role in conflating US and European rock music with Brazilian musical traditions, Gil is today recognized as a pioneer of world music. Brazil’s former Minister of Culture returns to Ann Arbor with his romantic homage to the father of bossa nova.

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Dashing, dapper, and debonair, Max Raabe might have walked straight out of the Golden Age of Berlin in the 1920s. With his elegant poise, suave sophistication, and silky-smooth baritone, he brings to life the songs and style of a bygone age. Born into a family of farmers just as the Beatles were serving their apprenticeship in the bars and clubs of Hamburg, Raabe’s childhood musical tastes were formed by his discovery of a weekly program of 1920s music on German radio. His passion was further roused by a record he found in his parent’s cupboard: a humorous instrumental called “I’m Crazy About Hilda.” Before long, he was collecting 78s in flea markets and junk shops, and by age 16 he was an expert on the songs and styles of the Weimar era. Raabe’s deadpan humor and charmingly meticulous re-creations of the standards as they used to be sung — in formal evening wear with an orchestra — is guaranteed to take the audience away from their everyday problems and into another world. The time has never been better to discover — or rediscover — timeless tunes by legends like Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, and Fred Astaire.

“Leave it to the Germans to weaponize charisma! Max Raabe’s lazy charm is addictive, and there’s nothing so entrancing as world-class artists having great fun doing what they do best. Bring them back, I’ll be there every time!” AUDIENCE MEMBER Posted on umsobby.org after Max Raabe’s concert in April 2012

AN EVENING WITH HERBIE HANCOCK AND CHICK COREA Thursday, April 16, 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium Chick Corea closed out 2013 by honoring his friend and musical compatriot Herbie Hancock, as Hancock received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors. Their musical relationship dates back to 1968, when Corea replaced Hancock in the piano chair of the Miles Davis Band, and continued through the 1978 recordings of two live performances together. Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music, and there are few artists in the music industry who have had more influence on acoustic and electric jazz and R&B. A DownBeat Hall of Famer and NEA Jazz Master, Chick Corea is at the vanguard of improvised music, both as a leading pianist forging new ground with his acoustic jazz bands and as an innovative electric keyboardist. He has attained living legend status after five decades of unparalleled creativity and an artistic output that is simply staggering. The two join forces for an evening that is sure to be one of the most memorable of the 2014-2015 season.

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Sunday, April 19, 4 pm Rackham Auditorium “Their performances overflow with fullness of sound, delineated structure, and unparalleled drama.” (Frankfurt) The Artemis Quartet made its UMS debut in 2013 with an interesting pairing of Bach and Piazzolla. Now the ensemble returns with a more conventional string quartet program that features works by Dvořák, Latvian composer Peteris Vasks, and Tchaikovsky. The Berlin-based ensemble was founded in 1989 and programs its own series at the Berlin Philharmonic. In 2011, it was named Quartet in Residence at the Vienna Konzerthaus. PROGRAM

Dvor ˘ák Quartet in F Major, Op. 95 (“American”) Vasks Quartet No. 5 Tchaikovsky Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11

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SEOUL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Myung-Whun Chung, conductor Sunwook Kim, piano Thursday, April 23, 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium

RICHARD GOODE, PIANO Sunday, April 26, 4 pm Hill Auditorium

Myung-Whun Chung began his musical career as a pianist, making his debut at age seven with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, where he now serves as music director. He has received the “Kumkuan,” the highest cultural award of the Korean government, for his contributions to Korean musical life. In this UMS concert, his first since his 2007 appearance with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, he is joined by Korean pianist Sunwook Kim for Beethoven’s “Emperor” Piano Concerto.

“[Richard] Goode makes the familiar sound unexpectedly fresh,” proclaimed the Financial Times in reviewing his 2009 recording of the complete Beethoven piano concertos. Goode has won a large and devoted following for music-making of tremendous emotional power, depth, and expressiveness, and is acknowledged worldwide as one of today’s leading interpreters of Classical and Romantic music. The New York Times suggested that “it is virtually impossible to walk away from one of Mr. Goode’s recitals without the sense of having gained some new insight into the works he played or about pianism itself.”

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Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 Symphony No. 4 in e minor, Op. 98

CINDERELLA LY O N O P E R A B A L L E T Maguy Marin, choreographer Friday April 24, 8 pm Saturday, April 25, 8 pm Sunday, April 26, 2 pm Power Center

Mozart Beethoven Brahms Debussy Schumann

“UMS consistently offers riveting performances that stimulate, inspire, and shatter my boundaries of thought and feeling.” AUDIENCE MEMBER Emailed to UMS (September 2013)

Adagio in b minor, K. 540 Sonata in e minor, Op. 90 Eight Piano Pieces, Op. 76 Children’s Corner Humoreske, Op. 20

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Created in 1984, the Lyon Opera Ballet has revolutionized the classical ballet world, presenting new, contemporary works with its witty and often surprising choreography. In Cinderella, Maguy Marin’s magical retelling of the Cinderella fairy tale, the story unfolds in a three-story dollhouse, a child’s world of toys and wonder. Human dancers are transformed into fat-cheeked dolls, Cinderella scoots off to the ball in a toy car, Prince Charming searches for her on his rocking horse, and Prokofiev’s score is spliced with coos and gurgles. The “astonishingly original and magical” production (New York Times) unfolds with a dreamlike quality, a vision of childhood without sentimentality but with affectionate insight. The work was last seen at UMS in 2002, also performed by Lyon Opera Ballet. 3

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OUR HISTORY. IN YOUR HANDS. For the last several years, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been digitizing all of the information from our rich 135-year history. Performance history, program books, photos, and much more are now available online. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re proud to announce the launch of our online archives this month. We encourage you to explore.

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ARE YOU READY TO SING? M O N D AY, J U N E 1 6 H AY D N P A U K E N M E S S E (MISSA IN TEMPORE BELLI) Jerry Blackstone, conductor (Director of Choirs and Chair of the U-M Conducting Department; Music Director and Conductor of the UMS Choral Union) Hill Auditorium

M O N D AY, J U LY 2 1 R O B E R T R AY G O S P E L M A S S Eugene Rogers, conductor (Associate Director of Choirs at the University of Michigan and Conductor of the Men’s Glee Club) Stamps Auditorium, Walgreen Drama Center (1226 Murfin Avenue)

M O N D AY, J U LY 2 8 JOHN RUTTER REQUIEM Sigrid Johnson, conductor (Conductor and Artist-in-Residence at St. Olaf College)

The UMS Choral Union invites you to take part in the 21st season of Summer Sings. All singers are invited to these popular choral reading sessions, which feature no-audition, no-performance evenings of memorable music-making. As many as 300 singers from southeastern Michigan, northern Ohio, and Canada join each session to sing great choral repertoire with some of the nation’s most respected conductors and outstanding soloists. Admission to each session is only $5. We’ll provide musical scores that you can borrow and refreshments. Registration for each session begins at 6:30 pm and the Summer Sings begin at 7 pm. NOTE: If you have your own scores for any of the works being performed, please bring them!

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UMS launched its 2013-2014 season with Jason Moran’s Fats Waller Dance Party in an unusual location:

Downtown Home & Garden, Bill’s Beer Garden, and Mark’s Carts. Photo by Mark Gjukich. masterclass for U-M Dance students by Jesse Meria. Performances” class by Jesse Meria.

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A NOTE ABOUT SINGLE TICKETS As a subscriber, you may order tickets now to ANY event in our season. Nonsubscribers must wait until Monday, August 4, 2014. UMS Donors ($500+ annually) may purchase tickets to individual events beginning Monday, July 28, 2014.

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Scenes from the 2013-2014 season. Photos by Mark Gjukich.

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Subscription tickets will be mailed in late July. There is a $10 service charge for all subscription orders. Donors Donors receive the highest priority seating based on level of giving, including new subscriptions and seating upgrade requests. Donations may be included with your ticket order. Ticket orders must be received by Friday, June 6 to be eligible for seating priority.

Fixed Series Fixed series subscribers (for packages listed on pages 10-23 of this brochure) receive priority before SERIES:YOU subscribers and individual event purchasers. Subscriptions will be filled, in the order received.

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Refunds Due to the nature of the performing arts, programs and artists are subject to change. If an artist cancels an appearance, UMS will make every effort to substitute that performance with a comparable artist. Refunds will only be offered if a substitute cannot be found, or in the event of a date change. Handling fees are not refundable. UMS will not cancel performances or refund tickets because of inclement weather, unless the University of Michigan closes. An artist may choose to cancel a performance if weather prevents the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arrival in Ann Arbor, but that decision rests with the artist and not with UMS.

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Ticket Exchanges Subscribers may exchange tickets free-of-charge up to 48 hours before the performance. 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. You may also fax a photocopy of your torn tickets to 734.647.1171, or email a photo to umstix@umich.edu. The value of the ticket(s) may be applied to another performance or will be held as UMS Credit until the end of the 2014-2015 season. Credit must be redeemed by April 26, 2015. Unused credit will be converted to a donation after that date, with a receipt mailed to the address on file. For information about exchanging tickets within 48 hours of the performance, please call the Ticket Office.

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All UMS venues have barrier-free entrances. Patrons with accessibility or special seating needs should notify the UMS Ticket Office of those needs at the time of ticket purchase. UMS will make every effort to accommodate special needs brought to our attention at the performance, but requests that these arrangements be made in advance if at all possible. Seating spaces for patrons with mobility disabilities and their companions are located throughout each venue, and ushers are available to assist patrons. Please let the usher know how best to assist you. Assistive listening devices are available in Hill Auditorium, Rackham Auditorium, Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, the Power Center, and the Arthur Miller Theatre. Earphones may be obtained upon arrival. Please ask an usher for assistance. Further accessibility information is available at ums.org.

Start Time & Latecomers UMS makes every effort to begin concerts at the published start time. Latecomers will be asked to wait in the lobby and will be seated by ushers at a predetermined time in the program, which may be as late as intermission. The late seating break is determined by the artists and will generally occur during a suitable break in the program, designed to cause as little disruption as possible to other patrons and the artists on stage. Please allow extra time to park and find your seats. Occasionally, performances will have no seating break. For example, dance and theater performances often have a “no late seating” policy. UMS may not learn a specific company’s late seating policy until a couple of weeks before the performance and makes every effort to contact ticketbuyers via email if there will be no late seating. Be sure the Ticket Office has your email address on file.

Children and Families Children under the age of three will not be admitted to UMS performances. All children attending UMS performances must be able to sit quietly in their own seats without disturbing other patrons, or they may be asked to leave the auditorium. Please use discretion when choosing to bring a child, and remember that everyone must have a ticket, regardless of age. UMS Kids Club tickets, for children in grades 3-12, will go on sale in early September.

Accessibility Accessible parking is provided in University of Michigan parking structures for those with a stateissued disability permit or a U-M handicap verification permit. There are drop-off areas near Hill Auditorium and Rackham Auditorium and inside the Power Center structure.

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San Francisco Symphony Thursday–Friday, November 13–14

Power Center 121 Fletcher St.

Rossini’s William Tell Teatro Regio Torino Tuesday, December 9

Théâtre de la Ville: Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author Friday–Saturday, October 24–25

Mariinsky Orchestra Saturday–Sunday, January 24–25

Ryoji Ikeda: superposition Friday–Saturday, October 31–November 1

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Thursday, February 19

Compagnie Marie Chouinard Friday, January 23

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Wednesday, March 25

Trisha Brown Dance Company Saturday–Sunday, February 21–22

Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra Thursday, April 23

Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion Saturday–Sunday, March 14–15

Itzhak Perlman Sunday, September 14 Accordion Summit Saturday, November 1 An Evening with Bob James Saturday, November 15 Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele Wednesday, November 19 Yuja Wang, piano and Leonidas Kavakos, violin Sunday, November 23

Kiss & Cry Charleroi Danses, Belgium Friday–Sunday, October 10–12

Lyon Opera Ballet: Cinderella Friday–Sunday, April 24–26

Rackham Auditorium 915 E. Washington St.

Emerson String Quartet Saturday, September 27

Handel’s Messiah Saturday–Sunday, December 6–7

Belcea Quartet Saturday, October 18

UMS Choral Union: Mendelssohn’s Elijah Saturday, February 14

Quatuor Ébène Sunday, November 9

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Sunday, February 15

eighth blackbird Saturday, January 17 Jennifer Koh, violin Friday, February 6

Gilberto Gil Saturday, April 4

Chicago Symphony Winds Sunday, March 22

Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester Thursday, April 9

Artemis Quartet Sunday, April 19

An Evening with Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea Thursday, April 16 Richard Goode Sunday, April 26

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St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church 2250 E. Stadium Blvd. Apollo’s Fire Thursday, November 6

Arthur Miller Theatre 1226 Murfin Ave. (N. Campus) Helen & Edgar Wednesday– Saturday, January 7–10

Trinosophes 1464 Gratiot, Detroit Dawn of Midi: Dysnomia Saturday, January 31

Skyline High School Experimental Theater 2552 N. Maple Rd.

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Michigan Theater 603 E. Liberty St.

Gregory Porter Wednesday, October 15

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Compagnie Non Nova: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Saturday–Saturday, February 14–21

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National Endowment for the Arts

This multi-year challenge grant created by Maxine and Stuart Frankel supports artistic, innovative, and cuttingedge programming.

Special project support for several performances in the 2014-2015 season is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Special project support for several components of the 2014-2015 UMS season is provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Endowment Fund, established with a challenge grant from the Leading College and University Presenters Program at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

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The Théàtre de la Ville production of Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author is funded in part by the Wallace Endowment Fund, established with a challenge grant from the Wallace Foundation to build participation in arts programs.

University of Michigan Health System The University of Michigan Health System provides multi-year support for UMS programs.

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There is a $10 service charge for all subscription orders.

ONLINE

FA X 734.647.1171

UMS.ORG PHONE

734.764.2538 Outside the 734 area code, call toll-free 800.221.1229

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IN PERSON 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, Theatre & Dance productions and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival.

MAIL UMS Ticket Office Burton Memorial Tower 881 North University Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1011 Summer Hours (May-August) 10 am to 5 pm Mon-Fri Closed Sat and Sun Extended hours resume after Labor Day.

Please read, even if you’ve subscribed in the past.

We’ve worked hard to make ordering tickets to the many events in the 2014-2015 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 2014-2015 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 attending.

If you generally like events that are thematically linked (e.g., jazz, chamber music), you will probably be most interested in the fixed packages listed in Section 1 of the order form. Anyone who purchases a fixed package may purchase any number of SERIES:YOU events now and still receive priority seating over single ticket buyers (if orders are received by August 1, 2014). In addition, the 10% SERIES:YOU discount is available to all fixed package subscribers regardless of the number of SERIES:YOU events purchased.

If you prefer a variety of events, you will probably be most interested in SERIES:YOU in Section 2. When you purchase at least 5 different events from this section, 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 — but you must purchase at least 5 different events to qualify for SERIES:YOU! Note: If you are not ordering the same number of tickets to each event in your SERIES:YOU package, we recommend that you submit this paper order form rather than ordering online.

When you purchase a fixed package or SERIES:YOU, you may also purchase tickets to other individual Choral Union or Chamber Arts events now (see Section 3 of the order form). These tickets may be purchased for yourself or for your friends and family. These performances are not included as SERIES:YOU events, but you can guarantee your seats for these concerts and plan your entire season of UMS events at once. Please note that there are no discounts for these events, unless they are purchased as part of the Choral Union or Chamber Arts series.

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.

Please consult the important deadlines on page 7 of this brochure before sending in your order.

CHECKLIST Please double check that you have completed the following before mailing in your order. Have you:

Included daytime and evening phone numbers and email addresses (to be used in case of concert cancellation or ticketing problems)?

Signed and enclosed your check, or signed the credit card line in “Payment Information”?

If you have ordered the Dance, Theater, or Renegade Series, have you circled your desired performance(s) on the order form for events with multiple performances?

Filled out and included the entire order form (all six sides)? Please do not cut the order form before sending.

U M S A C C O U N T N U M B E R (if known)

M A I L I N G I N F O R M AT I O N LA S T NA M E

FIRS T N A ME

A DDR ESS *

CITY

S TATE Z IP

DAY P H ON E

E V E N IN G P H ON E

E MA I L A D DR ESS (for up-to-date information on parking, start times, late seating, program change, etc.)

*Tickets will be mailed to the address provided above in late July. If you would like your tickets mailed to a different address or held for pickup at the League Ticket Office, please see the â&#x20AC;&#x153;important seating infoâ&#x20AC;? section below.

P AY M E N T I N F O R M AT I O N C H E C K (payable to UMS)

VISA

MASTERCARD

AMERICAN EXPRESS

DISCOVER

I N S TA L L M E N T B I L L I N G

I want to take advantage of installment billing (ticket orders totaling $300 or more only; order must be received by June 27, 2014). Please bill my credit card in two equal installments: when my order is received and in mid-July. Donations will be processed on the same schedule. Installment billing is not available online.

C A R D NU M B ER

EXPIRATION DATE

AU TH ORIZ ATION S IGN ATU RE

U - M P AY R O L L D E D U C T I O N (order must be received by Friday, June 6, 2014)

I understand I will be billed in four installments, once monthly in June, July, August, and September. Donations will be deducted in monthly installments beginning in July 2014.

Note: Payroll deduction requests must be mailed, faxed, or dropped off at the League Ticket Office. Payroll Deductions requests will not be accepted by phone or online.

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I M P O R TA N T S E AT I N G I N F O I F T H E S E AT I N G S E C T I O N Y O U S E L E C T E D I S N O T A V A I L A B L E F O R A N E V E N T T H AT Y O U H A V E R E Q U E S T E D , W O U L D Y O U P R E F E R (please check all that apply): Change my seats the next highest price section

Call me at the daytime number listed above

Change my seats to the next lowest price section

Email me at the address listed above

If available, move me to a different performance of the same event and keep the same price section (note any exceptions below) Note: If you do not check a box, you will automatically be moved to the next lowest price section, and the cost difference will be converted to UMS Credit, which may be used at any time during the 2014-2015 season. A UMS Credit receipt will be printed with your tickets and mailed in late July. If the venue that you have selected has several levels (e.g., main floor and balcony), UMS will keep your seats on the level that you requested and move you to the next lowest price section, unless you indicate otherwise here:

A C C E S S I B I L I T Y - R E L AT E D S E AT I N G N E E D S O R S P E C I A L S E AT I N G R E Q U E S T S :

I WOULD LIKE MY TICKETS MAILED TO: The address above

Please hold my tickets at the League Ticket Office for me to pick up prior to my first performance

My summer address (please list address and dates below):

O F F I C E U S E O N LY

T I C K E T T O TA L :

D O N AT I O N :

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F I X E D PAC K AG E S Please consult the venue seating maps on pages 48-49 of this brochure as you make your selection.

H AV E Q U ES T I O N S ? Call the UMS Ticket Office at 734.764.2538 Outside the 734 area code, call toll-free 800.221.1229. * seats are not available in this price section for venue listed

F I X E D S E R I E S PA C K A G E S Series (# of performances)

# of Packages

Choral Union Series (11)

Series (# of performances)

O R D E R S M U S T B E R E C E I V E D B Y F R I D AY, S E P T E M B E R 1 2 , 2 0 1 4

Gold Main

A Main

B Main

A Mezz

B Mezz

B Balc

C Balc

E Balc

750

680

600

500

420

350

130

x # of Packages

Gold Main

Gold Balc

Total

= Total

Chamber Arts Series (7)

300

260

200

150

Dance Series (5)

200

180

160

120

Please circle your preferred performance:

Kiss & Cry Fri, Oct 10, 8pm

Sat, Oct 11, 8pm

Sun, Oct 12, 2pm

Trisha Brown Dance Sat, Feb 21, 8pm

Sun, Feb 22, 2pm

Kyle Abraham Sat, Mar 14, 8pm

Sun, Mar 15, 2pm

Lyon Opera Ballet Fri, Apr 24, 8pm International Theater Series (5) Please circle your preferred performance:

Sat, Apr 25, 8pm

160

150

Sun, Apr 26, 2pm 130

110

Kiss & Cry Fri, Oct 10, 8pm

Sat, Oct 11, 8pm

Sun, Oct 12, 2pm

Théâtre de la Ville/Six Characters Fri, Oct 24, 8pm

Sat, Oct 25, 8pm

Ryoji Ikeda/superposition Fri, Oct 31, 8pm

Sat, Nov 1, 8pm

Helen & Edgar Wed, Jan 7, 7:30pm Please circle your preferred performance AND time:

Thu, Jan 8, 7:30pm

Fri, Jan 9, 8pm

Sat, Jan 10, 8pm

Sun, Feb 15, 2, 5, or 7pm

Thu, Feb 19, 7 or 9pm

Fri, Feb 20, 7 or 9pm

Compagnie Non Nova Sat, Feb 14, 2, 5, or 7pm Sat, Feb 21, 2, 5, or 7pm

Dance/Theater Combined (9)

300

280

240

190

240

220

200

170

Please circle your preferred performances in the dance and theater listings above.

Renegade Series (8) Please circle your preferred performance:

240

x Kiss & Cry

Fri, Oct 10, 8pm

Sat, Oct 11, 8pm

Sun, Oct 12, 2pm

Ryoji Ikeda/superposition Fri, Oct 31, 8pm

Sat, Nov 1, 8pm

Trisha Brown Dance Sat, Feb 21, 8pm Please circle your preferred performance AND time:

Sun, Feb 22, 2pm

Compagnie Non Nova Sat, Feb 14, 2, 5, or 7pm

Sun, Feb 15, 2, 5, or 7pm

Thu, Feb 19, 7 or 9pm

Fri, Feb 20, 7 or 9pm

Sat, Feb 21, 2, 5, or 7pm Global Series (4)

170

150

120

Jazz Series (6)

270

210

Marathon Series (46)

1,760

1,016

1 Fixed Series Package Sub-Total $

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C H O O S E 5 O R M O R E E V E N T S F R O M T H I S L I S T I N G , A N D TA K E 1 0 % O F F Subscribers to any of the Fixed Series Packages listed in Section 1 of the Order Form may order any number of individual SERIES:YOU events and receive the 10% discount. Please consult the venue seating maps on pages 48-49 of this brochure as you make your selection. Individual event prices are guaranteed until Friday, August 1, 2014.

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

SERIES:YOU

O R D E R S M U S T B E R E C E I V E D B Y F R I D AY, S E P T E M B E R 1 2 , 2 0 1 4 , T O R E C E I V E T H E 1 0 % D I S CO U N T

Artist

Date, Time (Venue)

Kiss & Cry

Fri, Oct 10, 8pm (P)

Kiss & Cry

Sat, Oct 11, 8pm (P)

Kiss & Cry

Sun, Oct 12, 2pm (P)

Gregory Porter

Wed, Oct 15, 7:30pm (MT)

Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer

Thu, Oct 16, 8pm (MT)

Belcea Quartet

Sat, Oct 18, 8pm (R)

Théâtre de la Ville/Pirandello

Fri, Oct 24, 8pm (P)

Théâtre de la Ville/Pirandello

Sat, Oct 25, 8pm (P)

Ryoji Ikeda/superposition

Fri, Oct 31, 8pm (P)

Ryoji Ikeda/superposition

Sat, Nov 1, 8pm (P)

Accordion Summit

Sat, Nov 1, 8pm (H2)

Apollo’s Fire

Thu, Nov 6, 7:30pm (SF)

Quatuor Ébène

Sun, Nov 9, 4pm (R)

San Francisco Symphony/Mahler

Thu, Nov 13, 7:30pm (H1)

Bob James

Sat, Nov 15, 8pm (H2)

Jake Shimabukuro

Wed, Nov 19, 7:30pm (H2)

Yuja Wang/Leonidas Kavakos

Sun, Nov 23, 4 pm (H2)

Handel’s Messiah

Sat, Dec 6, 8pm (H2)

Handel’s Messiah

Sun, Dec 7, 2pm (H2)

Rossini’s William Tell

Tue, Dec 9, 7:30pm (H1)

Helen & Edgar

Wed, Jan 7, 7:30pm (AMT)

Helen & Edgar

Thu, Jan 8, 7:30pm (AMT)

Helen & Edgar

Fri, Jan 9, 8pm (AMT)

Helen & Edgar

Sat, Jan 10, 8pm (AMT)

eighth blackbird

Sat, Jan 17, 8pm (R)

Compagnie Marie Chouinard

Fri, Jan 23, 8pm (P)

Mariinsky Orchestra

Sat, Jan 24, 8pm (H1)

Dawn of Midi

Sat, Jan 31, 9pm (TRIN)

Tomasz Stańko

Thu, Feb 5, 7:30pm (LMT)

Jennifer Koh

Fri, Feb 6, 8pm (R)

UMS Choral Union/Elijah

Sat, Feb 14, 8pm (H2)

Compagnie Non Nova

# of Tickets

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

B Main

Gold Balc

44 42

Gold Main

A Main

B Mezz

B Balc

* 20

* 48

* 42

* 36

* 42

* 30

* 36

* 10

* 14

A Mezz

50 reserved / 40 general admission *

* 70

* 60

* 48

* 36

* 22

* 40

35 general admission 35 general admission 35 general admission 35 general admission *

* 70

* 34

* 60

* 28

25 general admission *

* 22

* 20

* 28

20 general admission

Sat, Feb 14, 2pm, 5pm, or 7pm (SKY)

Please rank top 3 performance dates & times

Sun, Feb 15, 2pm, 5pm, or 7pm (SKY)

Date

Time

Thu, Feb 19, 7pm or 9pm (SKY)

Date

Time

Fri, Feb 20, 7pm or 9pm (SKY)

Date

Time

Total

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

Sat, Feb 21, 2pm, 5pm, or 7pm (SKY) Jazz at Lincoln Center/Marsalis

Sun, Feb 15, 4pm (H2)

Rotterdam Philharmonic

Thu, Feb 19, 7:30pm (H1)

Campbell Brothers

Fri, Feb 20, 8pm (MT)

Trisha Brown Dance

Sat, Feb 21, 8pm (P)

Trisha Brown Dance

Sun, Feb 22, 2pm (P)

Bill Frisell solo

Thu, Mar 12, 7:30pm (LMT)

Bill Frisell Wish Upon Star

Fri, Mar 13, 8pm (LMT)

Kyle Abraham Dance

Sat, Mar 14, 8pm (P)

Kyle Abraham Dance

Sun, Mar 15, 2pm (P)

Gilberto Gil

Sat, Apr 4, 8pm (H2)

Max Raabe

Thu, Apr 9, 7:30pm (H2)

Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea

Thu, Apr 16, 7:30pm (H2)

Oliver Mtukudzi/Black Spirits

Fri, Apr 17, 8pm (MT)

Artemis Quartet

Sun, Apr 19, 4pm (R)

Seoul Philharmonic

Thu, Apr 23, 7:30pm (H1)

Lyon Opera Ballet

Fri, Apr 24, 8pm (P)

Lyon Opera Ballet

Sat, Apr 25, 8pm (P)

Lyon Opera Ballet

Sun, Apr 26, 2pm (P)

Richard Goode

Sun, Apr 26, 4pm (H2)

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

* 30

* 24

* 38

* 42

* 18

* 10

* 34

* 42

* 38

* 36

* 44

* 50

* 14

* 44

* 56

* 24

* 10

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

Series:You Sub-Total $ Less 10% (must purchase at least 5 events from Section 2 or any series in Section 1) $ 2 Series:You Sub-Total (please do not round your total) $

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SUBSCRIBER BENEFIT! Subscribers to any series may order tickets to Choral Union and Chamber Arts events now. Seating priority will be given to UMS Donors. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sorry, we are unable to offer discounts to these concerts unless they are purchased as part of an entire Choral Union or Chamber Arts Series. Choral Union and Chamber Arts Concerts listed on the SERIES:YOU section are not included here. Please note that for the San Francisco Symphony and Mariinsky Orchestra residencies, the opening night is on SERIES:YOU and the second night is listed here. * seats are not available in this price section for venue listed

ADDITIONAL EVENTS Artist

Date, Time (Venue)

Itzhak Perlman

Sun 9/14, 6pm (H2)

Emerson Quartet

Sat 9/27, 8pm (R)

San Francisco Symphony

Fri 11/14, 8pm (H1)

Mariinsky Orchestra/Ford Honors

Sun 1/25, 3pm (H1)

Chicago Symphony Winds

Sun 3/22, 4pm (R)

Academy of St Martin

Wed 3/25, 7:30pm (H1)

# of Tickets

A Main

B Main

Gold Balc

Gold Main

A Mezz

B Mezz

B Balc

x x x x x x

Total

Additional Events Sub-Total $

PA R K I N G Pre-Paid Event Parking Passes may be purchased in advance for $5 each for the Thayer and Fletcher Street parking structures, just a short walk from most concert venues in Ann Arbor. Vouchers may be redeemed for parking beginning two hours before the event and expire at the end of the 2014-2015 season. Each parking pass is good for one use only. Parking is not guaranteed with vouchers, so please arrive early to allow enough time to park. Please note: the University of Michigan parking structures may not be staffed on the nights of Michigan Theater events.

PA R K I N G Pre-Paid Parking Passes

x $5/each =

4 Parking Sub-Total $

S U B S C R I B E R B E N E F I T : I subscribed to eight or more events prior to June 27, 2014 and would like free parking in the Power Center (Fletcher Street) structure on UMS concert nights. Please send parking vouchers with my tickets. Please note: the University of Michigan parking structures may not be staffed on the nights of Michigan Theater events.

SUPPORT UMS Ticket prices cover less than half of our operating expenses. Please help UMS maintain its standard of excellence with your tax-deductible donation.

GIVING LEVELS: Director $100,000 or more Soloist $50,000-$99,999 Maestro $20,000-$49,000 Virtuoso $10,000-$19,999 Producer $5,000-$9,999

Leader $3,500-$4,999 Principal $2,500-$3,499 Patron $1,000-$2,499 Benefactor $500-$999 Associate $250-$499 Advocate $100-$249 Friend $1-$99

T O TA L S 1

Fixed Series Package Sub-Total

SERIES:YOU Sub-Total (do not round)

Additional Events Sub-Total

Parking Sub-Total

Postage/Handling If you are a donor, please print your name(s) as you would like it to appear in the program book listing, or check the box below to remain anonymous. Donors of $250 or more will be listed in the program book.

$ 10.00

Sub-Total (Total 1-4 + Postage) 5

Tax-Deductible Contribution to UMS

Grand Total

Remain anonymous

Did you double-check your order? Please review the checklist on the mailing/ payment page to be sure that you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forgotten anything.

I M P O R TA N T INFO

Subscription requests are filled in the order in which they are received. Order early to guarantee the best seats before tickets go on sale to the general public. UMS Donors are given seating priority for upgrades and new series when orders are received by Friday, June 6.

S U B S C R I P T I O N T I C K E T S / S E AT I N G P R I O R I T Y SUBSCRIPTION TICKETS WILL BE MAILED I N L AT E J U LY. Please be sure that you have noted if you would like tickets to be sent to a different address or held at the League Ticket Office for pick-up (on the Seating Info section of this order form). There is a $10 service charge for all subscription orders. DONORS Donors receive the highest priority seating based on level of giving, including new subscriptions and seating upgrade requests. Donations may be included with your ticket order. Ticket orders must be received by Friday, June 6 to be eligible for seating priority.

FIXED SERIES Fixed series subscribers (for packages listed on pages 10-23 of this brochure) receive seating priority before SERIES:YOU subscribers and individual event purchasers. Subscriptions will be filled in the order received. S E R I ES :YO U SERIES:YOU subscribers (those who choose at least five events from pages 24-39 of this brochure) will receive priority before individual event purchasers if orders are submitted by August 1, 2014. Subscription orders must include a minimum of five different events and be received by Friday, September 12, 2014 to receive a 10% discount. Subscriptions will be filled in the order received.

UMS sends updated concert-related parking and late seating information via email a few days before each event. Please be sure that the Ticket Office has your correct email address on file.

T I C K E T D O N AT I O N / U N U S E D T I C K E T S Unused tickets may be donated to UMS until the published start time of the concert. A receipt will be issued for tax purposes; please consult your tax advisor. Unused tickets that are returned after the performance are not eligible for UMS Credit or as a donation.

TICKET EXCHANGES Subscribers may exchange tickets free-of-charge up to 48 hours before the performance. 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 ticket(s) may be applied to another performance or will be held as UMS Credit until the end of the 2014-2015 season. You may fax a photocopy of your torn tickets to 734.647.1171, or email a photo to umstix@umich.edu. UMS Credit must be redeemed by April 26, 2015. For information about exchanging tickets within 48 hours of the performance, please call the Ticket Office. The UMS Ticket Office accepts subscription ticket exchanges after tickets are mailed in late July.

MON, APR 14 Priority period begins for renewing subscribers and UMS donors. WED, APR 23 Subscription packages available to general public. FRI, JUN 6 Deadline for U-M payroll deduction. Deadline for Choral Union/Chamber Arts subscribers to retain seat location.

PLEASE NOTE P L E A S E M A K E S U R E W E H AV E YO U R E-MAIL ADDRESS ON FILE

DON’T MISS THESE I M P O R TA N T D AT E S !

REFUNDS Due to the nature of the performing arts, programs and artists are subject to change. If an artist cancels an appearance, UMS will make every effort to substitute that performance with a comparable artist. Refunds will only be offered if a substitute cannot be found, or in the event of a date change. Handling fees are not refundable. UMS will not cancel performances or refund tickets because of inclement weather, unless the University of Michigan closes. An artist may choose to cancel a performance if weather prevents the artist’s arrival in Ann Arbor, but that decision rests solely with the artist and not with UMS. ACCESSIBILITY For more information about accessibility services, please see page 47 in this brochure.

Seating priority deadline for donors and renewing subscribers. FRI, JUN 27 Deadline for installment billing and free parking options. MON, JUL 7 Group sales reservations open. MON, JUL 28 Donor single ticket day (for donors of $500+). MON, AUG 4 Single Ticket Day – all tickets to individual events on sale. FRI, SEP 12 Last day to order UMS subscriptions.

REMINDER: Tickets will be mailed in late July. Please be sure that you have noted if you would like tickets to be sent to a different address or held at the Ticket Office for pick-up.

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Publication Date: April 2014