2019/20 UMS Series Brochure by UMS (University Musical Society)

2019/20 141st Season

Photo: Teaċ Daṁsa Loch na hEala (Swan Lake) by Colm Hogan

2019/20

Welcome to UMS 5

Season Tickets 6

2019/20 Calendar

Choral Union Series 14

No Safety Net 2.0

International Theater Series 18

Dance Series

Chamber Arts Series 24

Jazz Series

Traditions & Crosscurrents 30

Renegade

UMS Song Remix

Messiah and UMS Choral Union 33

Series:You 36

Support UMS 38

Seat Maps 40

Patron Services & How to Order 42

Private & Public Support

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WELCOME TO UMS On behalf of our entire staff, our board and organization, I’m so pleased to welcome you to the University Musical Society’s 141st season! The UMS team has been working for over a year to put together this terrific lineup of events. Now in my second year, I can honestly say I have never worked with a more dedicated group of individuals. My wonderful colleagues are driven by a desire to make the performing arts accessible to newcomers and to provide in-depth experiences for those who are looking for something beyond the performances themselves. It’s an incredibly smart and creative group, and I feel privileged to work with each and every one of them. Our 2019/20 season was conceived with an eye toward both the familiar and the disruptive, and the traditional and the uncommon, with emotional and provocative

Photo by Peter Smith

moments — sometimes even within a single work or performance. This year, we bring back No Safety Net: A Renegade Festival, which will offer four provocative theater productions over three weeks in January-February 2020, and is also bookended by two special works in December and March. We proudly reboot our Song Remix project, a biennial series devoted to the art of the song, in all of its forms. We continue to offer inspiring and innovative classical music offerings, including a screening of the popular film Amadeus with music performed live by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra through our Choral Union and Chamber Arts Series; Jazz, including a season opening celebration with Snarky Puppy; Dance, which this year features two productions in Detroit, including the return of American Ballet Theatre in Swan Lake; a particularly innovative Theater series; Traditions & Crosscurrents, with a special focus

this year on the Arab World; and for those with a more adventurous and audacious palate for art-making, our Renegade set of events. We want UMS to play a leading role when it comes to the arts in your life. We are so fortunate to be based here in Ann Arbor and at the University of Michigan, and are proud to regularly engage communities across our region. Our 141st season will bring beautiful, bold, emotional, and thoughtprovoking events to our own backyard and throughout Southeast Michigan. Please join us for another memorable season!

Sincerely,

Matthew VanBesien President

2019/20

SEASON

TICKETS

Season Ticketholders receive great perks, including:

Access to the best seats — at the best prices. Season ticketholders get first crack at the best seats in the house at the lowest prices of the year, assigned individually just for you by our expert patron services team.

“ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF BUYING A SERIES/ SEASON TICKET IS YOU GET EXPOSED TO COMPANIES YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF AND KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. YOU GO AND… WOW, JUST WOW!!!” -UMS SEASON TICKETHOLDER

Easy and fee-free ticket exchanges We know that planning ahead isn’t always a sure bet, so we offer season ticketholders fee-free exchanges up to 48 hours before a performance. The value of the tickets may be applied to another performance or will be held as UMS Credit until the end of the 2019/20 season. See details on page 40.

Discounts. When you purchase season tickets, you’ll receive a savings of up to 25% over single ticket prices. And season ticketholders now enjoy discounts all year long! When purchasing additional tickets throughout the year, you’ll receive a 10% discount off the current ticket price (standard processing fees apply).

Installment billing. Your order of $300 or more placed by Friday, June 28, qualifies you for installment billing (credit card only, charged in two equal installments: when the order is received and in mid-July).

Free parking. Order at least 8 events by Friday, June 28 and receive free parking for central campus performances in the Power Center structure (Fletcher Street), a close walk to most performance venues. Be sure to check the box on the order form if you wish to take advantage of this offer as parking passes are not automatically included. Note that U-M parking structures, including the Fletcher Street structure, may not be open for off-campus performances.

And in addition to these tangible perks, season ticketholders also enjoy:

Personal fulfillment. Let’s be honest — it’s hard to find those moments of personal escape, and sometimes we have to schedule them into our lives. UMS takes you to a place where the imagination is thriving, and UMS season tickets allow you to invest in yourself and the quality of life in our community.

Building relationships. When you attend with family or friends, you create memories with people who are important to you, whether you join up for dinner before or meet up at the performance. And if you attend alone, you can build lasting friendships with others who also love the arts.

Discovery. We hope you’ll take a chance and discover something new this year — an artist you’ve never heard of, an art form you’ve never experienced, a hands-on experience through our highly-lauded education programs…With UMS, you can count on unexpected moments that will stay with you for a lifetime.

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2019/20

ALENDAR

September Sun 9/8

Snarky Puppy Jazz, Series:You Sun 9/15

Amadeus A film directed by Miloš Forman Presented with live music featuring the Detroit Symphony Orchestra UMS Choral Union Jeffrey Schindler, conductor Choral Union, Series:You

Sat 10/19

Chick Corea Trilogy Jazz, Series:You Thu-Fri 10/24-25

Zauberland: An Encounter with Schumann’s Dichterliebe Katie Mitchell, director Julia Bullock, mezzo-soprano Theater, Song Remix, Renegade, Series:You Fri-Sat 10/25-26

Sankai Juku: Meguri Dance, Series:You

October

November

Sat-Sun 10/5-6

Fri 11/1

Dance, Series:You

Chamber Arts, Series:You

Fri 10/11

Sat 11/2

Grupo Corpo Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Music John Cameron Mitchell The Origin of Love Tour

Chamber Arts, Series:You

Song Remix, Series:You

Wed-Sun 10/16-20

Fri-Sat 11/15-16

Isango Ensemble The Magic Flute and A Man of Good Hope Theater, Series:You

Teaċ Daṁsa Loch na hEala (Swan Lake) Dance, Theater, Renegade, Series:You Sat 11/16

Fri 10/18

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons / Max Richter’s Vivaldi Recomposed

Choral Union, Series:You

Daniel Hope, violin and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra

Denis Matsuev, piano

Chamber Arts, Series:You

Wed 11/20

Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano Choral Union, Series:You Fri 11/22

Stew & The Negro Problem Notes of a Native Song Song Remix, Series:You

December Sun 12/1

Big Band Holidays

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Jazz, Series:You Sat-Sun 12/7-8

Handel’s Messiah Series:You Tue 12/10

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello Chamber Arts, Series:You Sat-Sun 12/14-15

Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce Theater, Renegade, Series:You

2019/20

IMPORTANT——DATES 4/15-22

Fri 5/31

Fri 6/28

Wed 8/7

Thu 9/5

Priority period for renewing season ticketholders; renewals go on sale Mon 4/15 at 9 am

Deadline for payment by U-M payroll deduction

Deadline for installment billing and free parking benefits

Public Single Ticket Day — tickets to all individual events on sale

Kids Club Tickets on sale; see page 41 for more information

Mon 7/15

Thu 8/29

Fri 9/6

Group sales reservations open

Student tickets on sale ($12 or $20 with ID, depending on seat location)

Last day to order UMS Jazz and Choral Union season ticket packages

Mon 4/22 Season Tickets on sale to general public at 9 am

Deadline for Choral Union & Chamber Arts season ticketholders to renew same seat location Seating priority deadline for donors and renewing season ticketholders to upgrade seats

January Fri 1/10 & Sun 1/12

Martin Katz & Friends What’s in a Song: Hugo Wolf’s Complete Mörike Songs Song Remix, Series:You Wed-Sat 1/22-25

The Believers Are But Brothers No Safety Net, Series:You Fri-Sun 1/24-2/2

As Far As My Fingertips Take Me No Safety Net Sat 1/25

Minnesota Orchestra

Wed 7/24 Donor Single Ticket Day (for donors who make an annual gift of $250+)

Sun 2/16

Angélique Kidjo’s Remain in Light Traditions & Crosscurrents, Series:You Thu 2/20

Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer, conductor Renaud Capuçon, violin Choral Union, Series:You Fri-Sat 2/21-22

Dorrance Dance: Myelination Dance, Renegade, Series:You Wed 2/26

West-Eastern Divan Ensemble Michael Barenboim, conductor Chamber Arts, Series:You

Osmo Vänskä, conductor Elina Vähälä, violin UMS Choral Union Choral Union, Series:You

March

Wed-Sat 1/29-2/1

Jazz, Traditions & Crosscurrents, Renegade, Series:You

Is This A Room: Reality Winner Verbatim Transcription No Safety Net, Series:You

Fri 3/13

Tarek Yamani Trio Sat 3/14

Hélène Grimaud, piano

Fri 9/20 Last day to order all other UMS season ticket packages

Fri 3/27

Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway Choral Union, Series:You

April Thu 4/2

Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Choral Union, Series:You Fri-Sat 4/3-4

HOME

Created by Geoff Sobelle Theater, Renegade, Series:You Sun 4/5

Apollo’s Fire and Chorus J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion Jeannette Sorrell, conductor Choral Union, Series:You Thu 4/9

Zakir Hussain Traditions & Crosscurrents, Series:You Thu-Sun 4/16-19

February

Choral Union, Series:You

American Ballet Theatre Swan Lake

Wed-Sat 3/18-21

ANTHEM

Dance, Series:You

Wed-Sat 2/5-8

No Safety Net, Series:You

A Dance for Four Women by Milka Djordjevich

Thu 2/6

Sun 3/22

White Feminist Cécile McLorin Salvant and Aaron Diehl Jazz, Song Remix, Series:You Fri 2/14

Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán Traditions & Crosscurrents, Series:You

New York Philharmonic String Quartet Anne Marie McDermott, piano Chamber Arts, Series:You

Fri 4/17

Emerson String Quartet Chamber Arts, Series:You Thu 4/23

Chineke! Orchestra Kevin John Edusei, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello Choral Union, Series:You

The graceful and the bold. The comfortable and the disruptive. We bring it all to Michigan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; performance, in all of its forms. We invite you to experience it with us.

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DISRUPT Photos: American Ballet Theatre Swan Lake by Gene Schiavone; Teaċ Daṁsa Loch na hEala (Swan Lake) by Colm Hogan

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CHORAL UNION 141st Annual

SERIES

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Subscribe — 10 concerts in Hill Auditorium MAIN FLOOR MEZZANINE BALCONY

$660, $600, $560 $540, $450 $350, $280, $220, $132

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2019/20

Sun 9/15 2 pm Hill Auditorium

Amadeus A film directed by Miloš Forman Presented with live music featuring the Detroit Symphony Orchestra UMS Choral Union Jeffrey Schindler, conductor Winner of eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, the 1984 motion picture Amadeus makes its UMS debut projected on a large screen, with Mozart’s celebrated works performed live by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the UMS Choral Union. This sumptuous period epic was adapted from Sir Peter Shaffer’s original stage play, which tells the story of the frustrated Vienna court composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham, who won Best Actor for role) and the envy that consumes him upon discovering that the divine musical gifts he has longed for have been bestowed upon a bawdy, vulgar, and impish composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (played by Plymouth, MI native Tom Hulce). Salieri’s jealousy fuels his plot to destroy the man, yet he is unable to tear himself away from the genius of the music. The score contains some of Mozart’s greatest works, including The Magic Flute, his Symphony No. 25, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, and his famous Requiem. Amadeus was named one of the American Film Institute’s best 100 movies of the 20th century and remains one of the most beloved films of all time. Rated PG. Amadeus Live is a production of Avex Classics International.

Fri 10/18 8 pm Hill Auditorium

Denis Matsuev, piano

Wed 11/20 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium

Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor and piano Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano PROGRAM

Mozart Mozart Bruckner

Ch’io mi scordi di te?, K. 505 “Parto, parto” from La Clemenza di Tito, K. 621 Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major

After last season’s stunning performance of Schubert’s Winterreise, Joyce DiDonato and Yannick NézetSéguin join forces once again. In addition to his artistic leadership roles with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera, Nézet-Séguin has served as artistic director and principal conductor of the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal since 2000. Together, DiDonato and Nézet-Séguin perform Mozart arias, and then the orchestra returns for Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4, demonstrating the ensemble’s boldness and excellence. Exclusive Presenting Sponsor of Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin: The Menakka & Essel Bailey Endowment Fund for International Artistic Brilliance

Sat 1/25 8 pm Hill Auditorium

Minnesota Orchestra Osmo Vänskä, conductor Elina Vähälä, violin UMS Choral Union PROGRAM

Sibelius Sibelius Sibelius

PROGRAM

Liszt Liszt Scriabin Scriabin Scriabin

Sonata in b minor, S. 178 Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514 Poèmes for piano, Op. 32 Piano Sonata No. 3 in f-sharp minor, Op. 23, Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53

Snöfrid (Snowy Peace), Op. 29 Violin Concerto in d minor, Op. 47 Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82

The Minnesota Orchestra returns for its first UMS performance since its 1972 debut, with its celebrated music director Osmo Vänskä. Vänskä has a special affinity for Nordic repertoire and especially the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. US-born Finnish violinist Elina Vähälä makes her UMS debut with Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, which alternates showy technical brilliance with uncommonly beautiful melodies. A perfect winter concert for the end of January!

After his triumph at the 11th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1998, Denis Matsuev has become a virtuoso in the grandest of Russian pianistic traditions and has established himself as one of the most prominent pianists of his generation. His third recital and sixth performance since his 2010 UMS debut features a program of virtuosic works by Liszt and Scriabin. Thu 2/20 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium

Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer, conductor Renaud Capuçon, violin PROGRAM TO INCLUDE

Dvořák Dvořák Dvořák Dvořák Dvořák

Legends, Op. 59, No. 10 Four Choruses, Op. 29, No. 1 (“Místo klekáni”) Slavonic Dance in c minor, Op. 46, No. 7 Violin Concerto in a minor, Op. 53 Symphony No. 8, Op. 88

Critics around the world are awash with appreciative comments about the Budapest Festival Orchestra, one of the top orchestras in the world. In this concert, their fourth since their UMS debut in 1997, Iván Fischer conducts an all-Dvořák program, including some rarely heard gems. French violinist Renaud Capuçon, “a musician uninhibited, at the top of his art” (Le Temps), makes his UMS debut.

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Fri 3/27 8 pm Hill Auditorium

80th Birthday Celebration

Sir James Galway with Lady Jeanne Galway, flutes Michael McHale, piano “I do not consider myself as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.” So says one of the world’s most famous flutists, whose early career included the coveted position of solo flutist with the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan. Sir James Galway has spent over four decades as a renowned soloist of both classical and crossover fare. With more than 30 million copies of 98 recordings sold worldwide, he is virtually a household name, globally renowned as the supreme interpreter of flute repertoire and a passionate voice for music education. Returning for his first UMS recital since 2008, this northern Ireland native celebrates his 80th birthday alongside his wife, Lady Jeanne Galway, a recognized flutist in her own right.

Thu 4/2 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium

Sat 3/14 8 pm Hill Auditorium

Hélène Grimaud, piano PROGRAM

Includes works by Debussy, Valentyn Sylvestrov, Satie, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff; complete program details available at ums.org

Memory and music make perfect partners. Both are fleeting, never fixed, and always subject to interpretation. Our identities are formed from memories, just as so many of our most enduring experiences are rooted in music. French pianist Hélène Grimaud explores the universal nature of memory and its place in our lives through this recital program, which comes from her most recent recording, Memory. It comprises a selection of evanescent miniatures by Chopin, Debussy, Satie, and the Ukrainian composer Valentyn Sylvestrov that unlock powerful moods, feelings, and sensations. “Music can help remind us that for all in our daily lives that is trivial, there’s a place where meaning is stored… And the capacity to reflect and remember that is the wonder of being alive,” says Grimaud. Like her previous recording, Water, Memory explores another condition of life all too easily taken for granted until it begins to disappear.

Benjamin Grosvenor, piano PROGRAM

Rameau Schumann Liszt Liszt Liszt Gounod/Liszt

Gavotte and Variations in a minor Kreisleriana, Op. 16 Ballade No. 2 in b minor Valses oubliées, Nos. 1 and 2 Berceuse in D-flat Major (2nd version) Valse de l’Opéra Faust

“He commands the stage with aristocratic ease… Mr. Grosvenor makes you sigh with joy.” (New York Times) Bursting onto the scene after he won the Keyboard Final of the 2004 BBC Young Musician Competition at the age of 11, Benjamin Grosvenor leaves rapturous audiences in his wake wherever he goes. His electrifying performances, dazzling sound, and insightful interpretations are on display through both his jaw-dropping technique over the most arduous technical complexities and the remarkable depth and understanding of his music making. Grosvenor makes his UMS debut with this recital program featuring Liszt, Rameau, and Schumann.

Photos: Hélène Grimaud; Chineke! Orchestra by Eric Richmond and Joe Swift

2019/20

Sun 4/5 4 pm Hill Auditorium

Apollo’s Fire and Chorus

J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion Jeannette Sorrell, conductor Nicholas Phan (Evangelist) Carine Tinney, soprano Daniel Moody, countertenor Tyler Duncan, bass Were it not for the composer Felix Mendelssohn, who rediscovered Bach’s St. Matthew Passion more than 75 years after the composer’s death, the world might never have been introduced to the music of this incredible composer and organist who revolutionized church music in the 18th century. Using the Biblical text of the Passion according to the evangelist Matthew, traditionally read on Palm Sunday, Bach’s work is a musical and dramatic interpretation of the events of Holy Week. It is indisputably one of the highest achievements of Western art. This Palm Sunday performance features Apollo’s Fire and Chorus, with U-M alumnus Nicholas Phan in the leading role of the Evangelist. Exclusive Presenting Sponsor: Ilene H. Forsyth Choral Union Endowment Fund

Thu 4/23 7:30 pm Hill Auditorium

Chineke! Orchestra Kevin John Edusei, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello PROGRAM

Coleridge-Taylor Haydn Fauré Brahms

Ballade for Orchestra in a minor, Op. 33 Cellos Concerto No. 1 in C Major Élégie, Op. 24 Symphony No 2 in D Major, Op. 73

Founded in 2015 to provide career opportunities to young Black and minority classical musicians in the UK and Europe, the Chineke! Orchestra comprises exceptional musicians from across the continent and presents a mixture of standard orchestral repertoire along with the works of Black and minority composers both past and present. The brainchild of Chi-chi Nwanoku, an ex-sprinter and double bass player who was a founding member of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and typically found herself the only Black musician on stage in any concert, Chineke! makes its first US appearances, with cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason as soloist. (Sheku Kanneh-Mason will also present his debut recital on the Chamber Arts Series in December.) Pronounced chi-NECK-ay, the orchestra’s name comes from a Nigerian Igbo exclamation for something amazing.

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NO SAFETY

NET 2.0

A Renegade Festival January– February 2020

Subscribe — 3 performances* GENERAL ADMISSION

$84

For further details, visit ums.org or call 734.764.2538. *Please note: Due to limited availability, Tania El Khoury’s “As Far As My Fingertips Take Me” will go on sale in Fall 2019 and is not included in the season ticket package.

Join us for this three-week festival that tackles difficult contemporary subjects and provides numerous opportunities for dialogue and inquiry.

No Safety Net 2.0 is made possible with support from the William Davidson Foundation.

PROVOCATIVE THEATER. COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS. SAFE SPACES.

Photo: The Believers Are But Brothers by The Other Richard

2019/20

Wed-Thu 1/22-23 7:30 pm Fri-Sat 1/24-25 8 pm Arthur Miller Theatre

The Believers Are But Brothers

Wed-Thu 1/29-30 7:30 pm

Written and performed by Javaad Alipoor Co-directed by Kirsty Housley An electronic maze of fantasists, meme culture, 4chan, the alt-right, and ISIS. We live in a time where old orders are collapsing: from the post-colonial nation states of the Middle East to the EU and the American election. Amid all of this, a generation of young men find themselves burning with resentment, without the money, power, and sex they think they deserve. Written and performed by Javaad Alipoor and co-directed by Kirsty Housley (who also co-directed Complicite’s The Encounter), this multimedia show weaves together stories of three disaffected men and their journeys to radicalization, exploring the smoke and mirrors world of online extremism, anonymity, and hate speech. “One of the most fascinating shows I have seen in an age.” (Financial Times)

Fri-Sat 1/31-2/1 8 pm Arthur Miller Theatre

Institute for the Humanities Gallery

As Far As My Fingertips Take Me

Wed-Thu 2/5-6 7:30 pm

Created by Tania El Khoury Performed by Basel Zaraa Our fingertips facilitate touch and sensation, but they are also used by authorities to track many of us. In today’s Europe, a refugee’s journey can be set as far as their fingertips take them; the Dublin Regulation, which mandated a fingerprinting database across Europe for all refugees and migrants, means that refugees may be sent back to where their fingertips were first recorded, without any regard to the refugee’s needs, desires, or plans.

Conceived and directed by Tina Satter / Half Straddle Performed by Becca Blackwell, Emily Davis, Pete Simpson, and T.L.Thompson June 3, 2017. A 25-year-old former Air Force linguist named Reality Winner is surprised at her home by the FBI, interrogated, and then charged with leaking top-secret evidence of Russian interference in our voting system to the media. She’s in jail now, sentenced in August 2018 to a five-year, three-month prison sentence. Conceived as a play and directed by Tina Satter, the 2017 verbatim transcript reveals a verbal dance between the knife-sharp Reality and the FBI agents who arrive at her home, unannounced, to interrogate her. As Reality’s autonomy shrinks before her eyes, a simmering real-life thriller emerges, offering vital considerations of access, language, power, patriotism, and honor at this particularly loaded American moment. “A blistering piece of political theater.” (Artforum)

This performance contains strong language of a violent and sexual nature. Fri-Sun 1/24–2/2

Is This A Room: Reality Winner Verbatim Transcription

Fri-Sat 2/7-8 8 pm Ann Arbor Location TBA

Artist Tania El Khoury commissioned musician and street artist Basel Zaraa, born a Palestinian refugee in Syria, to create a narrative inspired by the journey his sisters made from Damascus to Sweden, to help others understand the effect of border discrimination on peoples’ lives. As Far As My Fingertips Take Me is a one-on-one encounter through a gallery wall between an audience member and a refugee, their arms touching without seeing each other. While the audience member listens to his story through headphones, the refugee draws on the audience member’s arm. “I left with a feeling of having established a firmer link to a crisis that is overwhelming to contemplate.” (Washington Post)

White Feminist Written and performed by Lee Minora Directed by Alice Yorke Gender and privilege collide in this scathing comedy that will grab you by the pussy hat. As the host of a morning talk show, “Becky’s Time,” Lee Minora skewers and dissects the failings of non-intersectional feminism and the dangers of white women’s tears, putting the #metoo movement, liberal guilt, and fake celebrity apologies into a blender and creating a concoction that is as absurdly hilarious as it is painfully true. With the cunning of a fool and the charm of a talk-show host, she unearths inadequacy and ineffectiveness in the face of huge social inequality. Teetering between oppressed and oppressor, Minora takes everyone to task, including herself, with a smile on her face and her middle fingers in the air. “A wickedly nasty satire with a twist that makes it all shockingly, satisfyingly real.” (Broad Street Review, Philadelphia) This performance contains language and references to sexual harassment and assault that may be upsetting for some viewers.

Presented in collaboration with the Institute for the Humanities. This event is part of No Safety Net but is not included in the No Safety Net package. Due to extremely limited availability, tickets will go on sale for this event in the fall.

NO SAFETY NET ADD-ONS Don’t miss these other programs in our 2019/20 season that tie in to the provocative themes of No Safety Net:

Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce Sat-Sun 12/14-15 Power Center

ANTHEM

A Dance for Four Women by Milka Djordjevich Wed-Sat 3/18-21 Jam Handy (2900 E Grand Blvd, Detroit)

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2019/20

Wed-Sun 10/16-20 Times vary Power Center

Isango Ensemble

The Magic Flute and A Man of Good Hope Directed by Mark Dornford-May

Fri-Sat 11/15-16 8 pm Power Center

WED-THU, OCT 16–17, 7:30 PM SAT, OCT 19, 8 PM

A Man of Good Hope by Jonny Steinberg FRI, OCT 18, 8 PM SUN, OCT 20, 4 PM

Thu 10/24 7:30 pm Fri 10/25 8 pm Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

Sat 12/14 8 pm Sun 12/15 4 pm Power Center

Zauberland (Magic Land) An Encounter with Schumann’s Dichterliebe

Music by Robert Schumann and Bernard Foccroulle Texts by Heinrich Heine and Martin Crimp Stage Direction by Katie Mitchell Julia Bullock, soprano Cédric Tiberghien, piano And Ben Clifford, Natasha Kafka, David Rawlins, and Raphael Zari A quintessential work of European Romanticism, Schumann’s Dichterliebe is infused with yearning for love and landscapes that no longer exist. Composer Bernard Foccroulle and writer Martin Crimp created 16 new songs to be performed seamlessly alongside Schumann’s original work, opening up a new dramatic dialogue between past and present. This new work takes that soundscape and superimposes a theatrical story in which a young woman fleeing violence waits at a European border hoping to enter Zauberland — a magical world of security and peace. She is held at the border of “Fortress Europe,” dreaming of entering this elusive land while haunted by strange images of the burnt-out city she has been forced to abandon. The work is performed by Julia Bullock, a voice of social consciousness whose activism permeates her work on stage. In German and English with supertitles.

Photo: Isango Ensemble Man of Good Hope by Keith Pattiso

Loch na hEala (Swan Lake) Written, Directed, and Choreographed by Michael Keegan-Dolan Rooted in a place where ancient Irish mythology and modern Ireland meet, Loch na hEala (Swan Lake) is a brilliant and utterly gripping deconstruction of one of the world’s most famous ballets by the imaginative theater-maker Michael Keegan-Dolan. His version is a tragic Irish tale of a sad young man dragged down by melancholy, whose father has died and whose mother is trying desperately to get him married. Premiering in 2016, Loch na hEala (Swan Lake) has toured the world and won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Production in 2017 and the UK National Dance Award for Best Modern Choreography in 2018. “Raw, raucous, redemptive, majestic, vital, and empowering.” (Irish Times)

The Magic Flute (after Mozart)

Isango Ensemble is a South African theater company that draws its artists from the townships surrounding Cape Town. The company reimagines classics from the Western theater canon while finding new context for the stories within a South African township setting, thereby creating inventive work relevant to the heritage of the nation and a “joyful fusion of two cultures.” (Boston Globe) For their UMS debut, they present three performances of The Magic Flute, which features Mozart’s score transcribed for an orchestra of marimbas, and two performances of Jonny Steinberg’s A Man of Good Hope, the riveting true story of a Somali refugee with a painful past, miraculous good luck, and a brilliant head for business, told through roof-lifting songs and dance accompanied on marimbas. “Spirited, wrenching, and often sublime…[The ensemble] is part of what makes the show so powerful…A reminder of what a mighty force empathy in the theater can be.” (New York Times)

Teaċ Daṁsa

Fri-Sat 4/3-4 8 pm Power Center

Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce Created and Performed by Taylor Mac Set and Costumes Designed by Machine Dazzle Music Direction and Arrangements by Matt Ray “I’m a reminder of things you’ve forgotten, dismissed, or buried,” Taylor Mac said during A 24-Decade History of Popular Music. Mac returns to Ann Arbor with the ultimate holiday survival guide, taking the season head-on and celebrating all of its dysfunction with Holiday Sauce. Joined by longtime collaborators Machine Dazzle and Matt Ray, a spectacular band, and surprise special guests, Mac reframes the songs you love and the holidays you hate, taking aim at Santa’s lap, nativity scenes, consumerism, and more in a dazzling and at times shocking take-down of the sentimentality of the holidays. “Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce plies acerbic wit, subversive politics, circus pageantry, sartorial riot, and boundless compassion to the holidays.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

HOME Created by Geoff Sobelle Scenic Design by Steven Dufala Directed by Lee Sunday Evans Original songs by Elvis Perkins What makes a house a home? In a little less than two hours, you’ll find the answer to that question both literally and metaphorically. It starts with an empty stage, and with the speed of time-lapse photography, absurdist theater artist Geoff Sobelle builds an entire house, then illuminates the messiness of life that transforms a house into a home. This breathtaking spectacle of illusion, choreography, storytelling, and live music is a house party like no other; witty and insightful, it is a life-affirming meditation about our relationship with our living spaces and the relentless passage of time.

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DANCE 29th Annual

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2019/20

Sat 10/5 8 pm

Grupo Corpo

Sun 10/6 4 pm

Paulo Pederneiras, artistic director Rodrigo Pederneiras, choreographer

Power Center

Bach & Gira

“It is the sheer physical virtuosity of the company that is so impressive — the sinuous, athletic bodies seemingly inexhaustible.” (The Guardian, London) The phenomenal Brazilian dance company Grupo Corpo makes its third UMS appearance with a double bill of Bach and Gira, two wildly different works that showcase the 21-member group’s extraordinary range. In Gira, choreographer Rodrigo Pederneiras constructs a powerful glossary of gestures of praise inspired by Afro-Brazilian religious rituals, set to music by the Brazilian fusion group Méta Méta. In Bach, the baroque world of Johann Sebastian Bach is made modern in a score by Marco Antônio Guimarães, with dancers in brilliant shades of gold, regal blue, and black dropping from a set of enormous organ pipes. Grupo Corpo delivers a dazzling celebration of Brazil in all its diversity. Note: Program contains partial nudity

Fri-Sat 10/25-26 8 pm Power Center

Sankai Juku

Meguri: Teeming Sea, Tranquil Land Ushio Amagatsu, director, choreographer, and designer “One of the most original and startling dance theater groups to be seen.” (New York Times) Over the course of the past 40 years, the work of Ushio Amagatsu and Sankai Juku has become known worldwide for elegance, refinement, technical precision, and emotional depth. His contemporary Butoh creations are sublime visual spectacles and deeply moving theatrical experiences. His 2015 work, Meguri: Teeming Sea, Tranquil Land, is an exquisite poetic meditation on the passage of time as symbolized by the circulation of water and the seasonal transformation of the earth, set against an upstage relief of sea lily fossil images. These performances mark the company's first US appearance since 2015.

Fri-Sat 11/15-16 8 pm Power Center

Teaċ Daṁsa

Loch na hEala (Swan Lake) Michael Keegan-Dolan, artistic director and choreographer Rooted in a place where ancient Irish mythology and modern Ireland meet, Loch na hEala (Swan Lake) is a brilliant and utterly gripping deconstruction of one of the world’s most famous ballets by the imaginative theater-maker Michael Keegan-Dolan. His version is a tragic Irish tale of a sad young man dragged down by melancholy, whose father has died and whose mother is trying desperately to get him married. Premiering in 2016, Loch na hEala (Swan Lake) has toured the world and won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Production in 2017 and the UK National Dance Award for Best Modern Choreography in 2018. “Raw, raucous, redemptive, majestic, vital, and empowering.” (Irish Times) Photo: Grupo Corpo Bach by Jose Luiz Pederneiras

Fri-Sat 2/21-22 8 pm Power Center

Dorrance Dance Myelination

Michelle Dorrance, artistic director and choreographer Founded in 2011 by MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient Michelle Dorrance, Dorrance Dance honors tap dance’s uniquely beautiful history in a new and dynamically compelling context, pushing it rhythmically, aesthetically, and conceptually. Dorrance grew up performing with the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble and has appeared with STOMP, Savion Glover, Manhattan Tap, and a host of others. This return engagement by her company features three Dorrance works: the exhilarating ensemble piece Myelination, Jungle Blues (with a score by Branford Marsalis), and Three to One (with a score by Aphex Twin and Thom Yorke). Dorrance is “a brilliant conductor [who] pushes the boundaries of tap while exposing its true nature: that it is music.” (New York Times)

Wed-Thu 3/18-19 7:30 pm Fri-Sat 3/20-21 8 pm Jam Handy (2900 E Grand Blvd, Detroit)

Thu-Sun 4/16-19 Times vary Detroit Opera House

ANTHEM

A Dance for Four Women by Milka Djordjevich Questioning contemporary dance’s predisposition towards the de-sexualization of the female body, ANTHEM embraces theatricality, virtuosity, and sass. The unabashedly feminine work weaves together existing and imagined vernacular dance styles to explore labor, play, and feminine-posturing. Four women execute a repetitive yet complex movement vocabulary that evolves as they rotate hypnotically within the confines of a square. Over time, the meditative rigor of their steps dissolves into a tangle of commotion, blurring the distinction between the mundane and the glamorous.

American Ballet Theatre Swan Lake

Kevin McKenzie, artistic director Choreography by Kevin McKenzie after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky American Ballet Theatre returns to the Detroit Opera House with one of ballet’s most beloved titles. Long before the story begins, the beautiful Princess Odette falls under the spell of a wicked sorcerer. Her fate is that she takes on the form of a swan; only in the hours of darkness can she assume her human guise, and only when a youth swears eternal fidelity to her and marries her will she be released from the spell. Prince Siegfried, on his 21st birthday, stumbles upon her in a moonlit clearing in the forest and falls in love. Their destinies become entwined when the sorcerer presents his own daughter, Odile, to marry the prince, and the ensuing trickery leads to tragedy. This stunning production is set to a gorgeous score by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, performed live by the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra. Casting to be announced. Luxury coach service will be available for the Thursday and Friday evening performances; see the order form for details. For yellow background (can be made 1 color print with blue ink) Lead Production Sponsor: Funded in part by the Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan. Co-presented with Michigan Opera Theatre

TRADITION ON

Conventional and unconventional. Beautiful and thought-provoking. And you get to decide which is which. It's all a part of the unforgettable 141st season from UMS. And we can't wait for it to begin.

Photos: Elina Vähälä; Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce by Little Fang

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CHAMBER ARTS 57th Annual

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Fri 10/11 8 pm Rackham Auditorium

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center PROGRAM: NEW WORLD SPIRIT

Burleigh Dvořák Bernstein Copland

Southland Sketches Quintet for Two Violins, Two Violas, and Cello in E-flat Major, Op. 97 Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Appalachian Spring (Ballet for Martha)

This concert celebrates the intrepid American spirit by featuring two pairs of composers that shaped the course of American music. Harry T. Burleigh was Dvořák's star student at the National Conservatory in New York. A talented African-American composer and singer, he exposed the Czech composer to American spirituals and was in turn encouraged by Dvořák to perform AfricanAmerican folk music. Two generations later, Copland and Bernstein conceived an American sound that conveys the wonder and awe of open spaces and endless possibilities. This concert is performed by 13 members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, an ensemble that is “an exploding star in the musical firmament.” (Wall Street Journal) Fri 11/1 8 pm Rackham Auditorium

yMusic PROGRAM: COMPOSERS' EVENING

Gabriella Smith Missy Mazzoli Andrew Norman Shara Nova Caroline Shaw Andrew Norman

Tessellations Ecstatic Science Music in Circles A Paper, A Pen, A Note to a Friend Draft of a Hi-Rise New Work (UMS Co-Commission)

“One of the groups that has really helped to shape the future of classical music.” (NPR’s Fred Child) Founded in New York City in 2008, yMusic uses its unique configuration (string trio, flute, clarinet, and trumpet) to “playfully overstep the boundaries of musical genres.” (New Yorker) This concert is a celebration of young composers, featuring works by luminaries such as Caroline Shaw, Michigan natives Andrew Norman and Shara Nova (aka My Brightest Diamond), Missy Mazzoli, and Gabriella Smith.

2019/20

Sat 11/16 8 pm Rackham Auditorium

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons / Max Richter’s Vivaldi Recomposed Daniel Hope, violin and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra

Wed 2/26 7:30 pm Rackham Auditorium

Schubert Benjamin Attahir Berio Mendelssohn

The Four Seasons Vivaldi Recomposed

Exclusive Presenting Sponsor: Carl Cohen, whose bequest will establish an endowment to support a Chamber Arts performance in perpetuity

Rackham Auditorium

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

Beethoven Lutosławski Barber Rachmaninoff

Sun 3/22 4 pm Rackham Auditorium

PROGRAM

Variations in F Major, Op. 66 Grave Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 6 Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19

with Anne-Marie McDermott, piano PROGRAM

Quartet in d minor, Op. 76, No. 2 (“Fifths”) Quartet No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 117 Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81

Formed two years ago during the New York Philharmonic’s 175th season by four of the orchestra’s principal musicians — concertmaster Frank Huang, associate concertmaster Sheryl Staples, violist (and U-M alumna) Cynthia Phelps, and cellist Carter Brey — the New York Philharmonic String Quartet makes its UMS debut. Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott joins the ensemble for Dvořák’s second piano quintet, which was first performed on a UMS concert in 1893, just five years after it was composed. Fri 4/17 8 pm Rackham Auditorium

Photo: Sheku Kanneh-Mason by Lars Borges

New York Philharmonic String Quartet

Haydn Shostakovich Dvořák

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, one of the brightest young stars on the classical music scene, became a household name worldwide in May 2018 after performing at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle. His performance was greeted with universal excitement after being watched by nearly two billion people globally. The winner of the 2016 BBC Young Musician competition, Sheku comes to Ann Arbor twice this season: in this solo recital with his older sister, Isata, the night before his Carnegie Hall debut, and again in April 2020 with the Chineke! Orchestra in Hill Auditorium. Exclusive Presenting Sponsor: Helmut F. and Candis J. Stern Endowment Fund

Rondo in A, D. 438 New work Sequenza VIII for Solo Violin String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

Twenty years ago, the famous Israeli conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim and the Palestinian-American writer and academic Edward Said organized an orchestra that brought together aspiring Israeli and Arab musicians who otherwise would have had little chance to meet, let alone perform with each other. Comprising Arab and Israeli musicians, the group defied the fierce political divide in the Middle East and globally. With Michael Barenboim, the founder’s son, serving as music director and featured violinist, they promote intercultural dialogue and coexistence through their work. “No fine words were necessary, no heartfelt plea for peace…young Israelis and Arabs joined together in a musical expression of solidarity.” (The Guardian)

Daniel Hope’s connection to the Zurich Chamber Orchestra dates back to his childhood. “I heard my first Mozart, my first Bach, my first Vivaldi with this orchestra,” he recalls, “and it left a decisive mark on my own musicality.” Winner of the 2015 European Cultural Prize for Music, whose previous recipients include Daniel Barenboim, Plácido Domingo, and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Hope now serves as the ensemble’s music director and performs Vivaldi’s Four Seasons alongside a new take on the work by British composer Max Richter. He forces us to listen more closely to both the new work and the original, which has become so ubiquitous that we almost don’t hear it any more. This new version features 12 individual works, dedicated to each month of the year.

Tue 12/10 7:30 pm

Michael Barenboim, music director and violin PROGRAM

PROGRAM

Vivaldi Max Richter

West-Eastern Divan Ensemble

Emerson String Quartet PROGRAM

Richard Wernick Bartók Shostakovich

String Quartet No. 10 String Quartet No. 5 String Quartet No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 92

“An extraordinary fusion of experience and authority with audacity and freshness…” (Boston Globe) One of the world’s premier chamber music ensembles for more than four decades, the ensemble was founded in America’s bicentennial year and is named after American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. The Emerson String Quartet has racked up virtually every major award and leverages its reputation to collaborate with some of today’s most esteemed new composers, keeping the string quartet art form alive and relevant. Exclusive Presenting Sponsor: Ilene H. Forsyth Chamber Arts Endowment Fund

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JAZZ 26th Annual

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2019/20

Sun 9/8 7 pm Hill Auditorium

Snarky Puppy Michael League, bass and composer UMS kicks off its 2019/20 season with this special Hill Auditorium event! After a decade of relentless touring and recording in allbut-complete obscurity, Snarky Puppy suddenly found itself held up by the press and public as one of the major forces in the jazz world. A Brooklyn-based collective that grew out of the celebrated jazz program at the University of North Texas, the band — which features a rotating cast of musicians playing guitars, percussion, horns, keyboards, and even strings — represents the convergence of both black and white American music culture with various accents from around the world. Its musicians have performed with Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Kirk Franklin, and Justin Timberlake, among others. Displaying a rare and delicate mixture of sophisticated composition, harmony, and improvisation, the ensemble’s influences include gospel, R&B, jazz, funk, and rock. Don’t miss the most explosively funky mega-band around.

Sat 10/19 8 pm Hill Auditorium

Sun 12/1 4 pm Hill Auditorium

Chick Corea Trilogy with Christian McBride and Brian Blade American jazz legend Chick Corea brings together bass powerhouse Christian McBride and drum master Brian Blade for this special concert. Their first outing as a trio, in 2014, resulted in a three-CD set, Trilogy, which earned two Grammy Awards. Corea, who began playing with the genre-shattering bands of Miles Davis in the late 1960s and early ’70s has moved from straight-ahead to avantgarde, bebop to jazz-rock fusion, and children’s songs to symphonic works, all while racking up 63 Grammy nominations and 22 wins. Bassist Christian McBride is a force of nature, fusing the fire and fury of a virtuoso with the depth and grounding of a seasoned journeyman. Drummer Brian Blade, who has performed with Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Wayne Shorter, Seal, Bill Frisell, and Emmylou Harris, completes the rhythm section.

Big Band Holidays

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Marcus Printup, music director Alexis Morrast and Denzel Sinclaire, vocalists The holiday season at UMS kicks off extra early this year, with a Thanksgiving Weekend holiday-themed concert by Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. They celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with seasonal confections that put the heart and soul into the holidays. With fresh arrangements, playful improvisation, and abundant good cheer, their big band arrangements of songs both sacred and secular feature the core group of grooving instrumentalists along with two charismatic vocalists: smooth-as-silk baritone Denzel Sinclaire and teenage phenomenon Alexis Morrast, a recent first-place winner of the nationally broadcast “Showtime at the Apollo.” Photo: Chick Corea Trilogy by Dan Muse-Mad Hatter East

Thu 2/6 7 & 9 pm Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

Cécile McLorin Salvant and Aaron Diehl, piano Though only 29 years old, Cécile McLorin Salvant has spent the last decade evolving from a darling of jazz critics and fans to a multi-Grammy Award winner and a prescient and fearless voice in music today. Fresh off of her tour with the Monterey Jazz Festival, she returns to UMS in a more intimate setting, with her longtime collaborator, pianist Aaron Diehl. These two sets in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre feature the two artists improvising and rhapsodizing, playing freely with time, harmony, melody, and phrasing in a program featuring the Great American Songbook. “Salvant, regularly and rightly, is considered one of the greatest jazz singers of her generation, but that label sells her short.” (Rolling Stone) Please Note: The same program will be repeated, and only one set is included with your series package.

Fri 3/13 8 pm Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

Tarek Yamani Trio Born and raised in Beirut and now living in Harlem, Tarek Yamani taught himself jazz at the age of 19 and has dedicated himself to exploring relationships between African-American jazz and classical Arabic music. An educator, film scorer, and Thelonious Monk International Jazz Composers Competition winner, he brings his hypnotic fusion of American jazz and Arabic tarab. Time Out hailed his work as “shimmering spidery piano godliness,” and The National called him an “innovative jazz pianist from Beirut who is reinvigorating the genre.” Yamani makes his UMS debut with his trio. Co-presented with the Arab American National Museum.

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WHERE CURIOUS AUDIENCES MEET UNEXPECTED IDEAS. Artists regularly engage in a creative enterprise full of risk-taking, experimentation, and boundarypushing. But artists aren’t alone in this venture. Through UMS Renegade programming, you will experience challenging artistic work that is often edgy, sometimes controversial, and always surprising. This adventurous work will introduce you to new art forms, interpretations, and artistic expressions that move beyond the traditional concert format.

Thu 10/24 7:30 pm Fri 10/25 8 pm Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

Zauberland (Magic Land) An Encounter with Schumann’s Dichterliebe

Music by Robert Schumann and Bernard Foccroulle Texts by Heinrich Heine and Martin Crimp Stage Direction by Katie Mitchell Julia Bullock, soprano Cédric Tiberghien, piano and Ben Clifford, Natasha Kafka, David Rawlins, and Raphael Zari A quintessential work of European Romanticism, Schumann’s Dichterliebe is infused with yearning for love and landscapes that no longer exist. Composer Bernard Foccroulle and writer Martin Crimp created 16 new songs to be performed seamlessly alongside Schumann’s original work, opening up a new dramatic dialogue between past and present. This new work takes that soundscape and superimposes a theatrical story in which a young woman fleeing violence waits at a European border hoping to enter Zauberland — a magical world of security and peace. She is held at the border of “Fortress Europe,” dreaming of entering this elusive land while haunted by strange images of the burnt-out city she has been forced to abandon. The work is performed by Julia Bullock, a voice of social consciousness whose activism permeates her work on stage. In German and English with supertitles.

2019/20

Fri-Sat 11/15-16 8 pm Power Center

Teaċ Daṁsa

Sat 12/14 8 pm Sun 12/15 4 pm Power Center

Fri-Sat 2/21-22 8 pm Power Center

Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce Taylor Mac, creator and performer Machine Dazzle, set and costume designer Matt Ray, music directon and arrangements “I’m a reminder of things you’ve forgotten, dismissed, or buried,” Taylor Mac said during A 24-Decade History of Popular Music. Mac returns to Ann Arbor with the ultimate holiday survival guide, taking the season head-on and celebrating all of its dysfunction with Holiday Sauce. Joined by longtime collaborators Machine Dazzle and Matt Ray, a spectacular band, and surprise special guests, Mac reframes the songs you love and the holidays you hate, taking aim at Santa’s lap, nativity scenes, consumerism, and more in a dazzling and at times shocking take-down of the sentimentality of the holidays. “Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce plies acerbic wit, subversive politics, circus pageantry, sartorial riot, and boundless compassion to the holidays.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

Dorrance Dance Myelination

Photo: Teaċ Daṁsa Loch na hEala (Swan Lake) by Marie-Laure Briane

Fri 3/13 8 pm Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

Wed-Thu 3/18-19 7:30 pm Fri-Sat 3/20-21 8 pm Jam Handy (2900 E Grand Blvd, Detroit)

Fri-Sat 4/3-4 8 pm Power Center

ANTHEM

HOME Created by Geoff Sobelle Scenic Design by Steven Dufala Directed by Lee Sunday Evans Original songs by Elvis Perkins What makes a house a home? In a little less than two hours, you’ll find the answer to that question both literally and metaphorically. It starts with an empty stage, and with the speed of time-lapse photography, absurdist theater artist Geoff Sobelle builds an entire house, then illuminates the messiness of life that transforms a house into a home. The seven performers embody generations of characters who have inhabited the house throughout its lifecycle, using remarkable feats of stagecraft to capture all of the drama of everyday life. This breathtaking spectacle of illusion, choreography, storytelling, and live music is a house party like no other; witty and insightful, it is a life-affirming meditation about our relationship with our living spaces and the relentless passage of time.

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Photo: Angélique Kidjo by Kerry James Marshall

2019/20

Fri 2/14 8 pm Hill Auditorium

Sun 2/16 7 pm Michigan Theater

Thu 4/9 7:30 pm Rackham Auditorium

Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán Audiences simply love Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, and we’re delighted to bring them back after a four-year hiatus with this Valentine’s Day concert. No other mariachi in history has had a trajectory or influence remotely comparable to theirs; they are widely considered the finest in the world. Founded in a small city near Jalisco by Don Gaspar Vargas in the 1890s, this band basically invented the modern mariachi. With world-class vocalists and instrumentalists, flawless ensemble work, impeccable taste in repertoire, and spellbinding showmanship, the group never fails to engage its audience, eliciting spontaneous gritos, sing-alongs, and one ovation after another with heart-wrenching vocals and virtuosic instrumentals. Masters at melding the old world style of mariachi music with new, innovative pieces, Mariachi Vargas is appealing to audiences across all generations.

An Arab World Focus For the next couple of seasons, UMS is pleased to renew a focus on artists, institutions, and ensembles from the Arab World. Artistic projects in this realm will explore the depth, complexity, and diversity of perspectives among Arab and Arab-American artists and communities. The events will serve as a platform for community building and cultural exchange, building on this past season’s work with Omar Offendum. Tania El Khoury, Basel Zaraa and Tarek Yamani help kick it off with their unique and powerful artistry. Fri-Sun 1/24-2/2 Institute for the Humanities Gallery

Zakir Hussain, tabla Kala Ramnath, violin Jayanthi Kumaresh, veena Zakir Hussain, appreciated both in the field of percussion and in the music world at large as one of the greatest musicians of our time, returns with a classical Indian program featuring Kala Ramnath on violin and Jayanthi Kumaresh on veena. Acknowledged as a virtuoso of staggering proportions, Kala Ramnath was born into a dynasty of prodigious violin legends, a musical lineage of seven generations, and she is at the vanguard of the present generation of Indian instrumental superstars. Jayanthi Kumaresh joins the group on the veena, considered by many as an instrument of the gods with its centuriesold tradition and celestial sound. Each of these three masters brings unparalleled artistry for a collaboration of soaring melodies and complex rhythms.

Angélique Kidjo's Remain in Light Global pop star Angélique Kidjo has partnered with super producer Jeff Bhasker (Rihanna, Kanye West, Harry Styles, Bruno Mars, Drake, Jay-Z) and an eightpiece band to create Remain in Light. This new project finds the Benin-born artist reclaiming rock for Africa and bringing the Talking Heads’ landmark 1980 album full circle, nearly 40 years after it was released. The original was deeply influenced by music from West Africa, notably Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat; Kidjo’s reimagination celebrates the genius of Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and the touchstones that made the original so revered. She injects it with her euphoric singing, explosive percussion, horn orchestrations, and select lyrics performed in languages from her home country. Kidjo says, “As Remain in Light was influenced by the music of my continent, I want to pay back the homage and create my own African take on Talking Heads’ songs. We all know that rock music came from the blues and thus from Africa. Now is the time to bring rock back to Africa, connect our minds, and bring all our sounds to a new level of sharing and understanding.”

As Far As My Fingertips Take Me

Fri 3/13 8 pm Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

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2019/20

Thu 10/24 7:30 pm Fri 10/25 8 pm Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

Zauberland (Magic Land) An Encounter with Schumann’s Dichterliebe

Sat 11/2 8 pm Hill Auditorium

Fri 11/22 8 pm Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

Fri (part 1) 1/10 8 pm Sun (part 2) 1/12 4 pm Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

John Cameron Mitchell The Origin of Love Tour

with special guest Amber Martin featuring the songs of Hedwig by Stephen Trask John Cameron Mitchell performs songs and stories from two groundbreaking decades of post-punk, neo-glam rock – a collective quest for love, hope and identity. Mitchell, the double Tony Award-winning co-creator of the long-running, off-Broadway musical Hedwig & the Angry Inch, makes his UMS debut performing songs and stories from the groundbreaking work. Hedwig, whom Mitchell played in drag, evolved over time in club and cabaret settings into a transgender rocker who had undergone a botched sex-change operation and whose love life and career were on the skids. The final version of the show, which led to a 2001 movie, took New York by storm. Mitchell revisits Hedwig in this big, brash, and bold rock spectacle, while also giving a preview of his next project, Anthem. This production may contain adult themes, drug references, coarse language, and sexual references.

Photo: Stew & The Negro Problem Notes of a Native Song

Stew & The Negro Problem Notes of a Native Song

Tony Award-winning playwright and singer Stew, alongside his longtime collaborator Heidi Rodewald, pays homage to the art and activism of James Baldwin in this new music and theater experience. A contemporary commentary on Baldwin’s 1955 collection of essays on being Black in America, Notes of a Native Song is an irreverent and spirited rock ‘n’ roll song cycle. Stew and his band, The Negro Problem, use Baldwin’s work to examine our lingering civil rights woes through a rapturous mix of rock, jazz, and soul. His uniquely incisive lyrics pay homage to the writer, who spoke uncomfortable truths about race, love, class division, and politics.

Martin Katz and Friends

What’s in a Song: Hugo Wolf’s Complete Mörike Songs Sarah Schafer, soprano Daniel McGrew, tenor Jesse Blumberg, baritone Martin Katz, piano There are many important art song composers, chief among them Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Richard Strauss, but Hugo Wolf occupies his own special place. Although Wolf composed in other forms, his fame rests almost entirely on his songs. In just a few months in 1888, in an incredible burst of creativity, the Austrian composer wrote 53 songs set to the poetry of Eduard Mörike, a German author whose work focused on idyllic scenes of nature and delightful fairytales. These songs are the pinnacle of the fusion of words and music; Wolf’s music perfectly matched the verbal rhythm and vocal inflections of the poetry, with an emotional insight that made each song “a reincarnation of the poem in another medium.” Four singers, joined by pianist Martin Katz, bring these 53 songs to life over two concerts in this special edition of What’s in a Song. Exclusive Presenting Sponsor (Friday): Maurice and Linda Binkow Vocal and Chamber Arts Endowment Fund Both concerts are included in the UMS Song Remix package.

Thu 2/6 7 & 9 pm Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre

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MESSIAH & UMS CHORAL UNION

Sat 12/7 8 pm Sun 12/8 2 pm Hill Auditorium

Handel’s Messiah Handel’s Messiah was composed over the course of a month in 1741, six months before its premiere in Dublin at a new concert hall. Even the dress rehearsal was ticketed, and the morning newspapers excitedly reported that the oratorio “far surpasses anything of that nature, which has been performed in this or any other Kingdom.” The premiere was a triumph; the Dublin Journal proclaimed, “The sublime, the grand, and the tender, adapted to the most elevated, majestic, and moving words, conspired to transport and charm the ravished heart and ear.” Nearly 300 years later, Handel’s Messiah still evokes joy, and UMS’s presentation of the oratorio fills audiences with emotion for both the beauty of the piece and the pride of hearing friends and colleagues from the community bring this glorious work to life. Music director Scott Hanoian conducts the UMS Choral Union and the Ann Arbor Symphony in this annual community tradition.

Interested in joining the UMS Choral Union? The UMS Choral Union is an all-volunteer ensemble composed of community musicians who rehearse weekly under the direction of Scott Hanoian. This season, the UMSCU will perform on three UMS concerts: Amadeus on September 15, Handel’s Messiah on December 7-8, and with the Minnesota Orchestra on January 25. Additionally, the UMSCU will perform Orff’s Carmina Burana at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in March. Auditions are held in August and September. For information about auditioning, contact choralunion@umich.edu or 734.763.8997.

UMS CHORAL UNION

SUMMER SINGS 26 Each summer the UMS Choral Union and UMS host Summer Sings, three evenings of participatory musicmaking open to all without audition. During the first hour, singers rehearse the music (scores provided); during the second hour, all singers perform a complete run-through. Over 200 people attend each Summer Sing, providing a wonderful opportunity for amateur choral music-making alongside professional soloists and conductors. For more information about this year’s dates and repertoire, visit ums.org/summersings.

Photo: Music director Scott Hanoian, UMS Choral Union by Peter Smith

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Choose Your Own Adventure with Series:You — the perfect way to create and curate your own UMS experience.

Benefits:

With Series:You, you can select a variety of performances that speak to your personal interests — and maybe something that will stretch or surprise you at the same time.

• Fee-free exchange privileges

When you purchase at least five events from those listed in this brochure, you’ll receive a 10% discount. Order early to lock in the best seats!

• Discounted Tickets • Access to the best seats in the house, before they go on sale to the general public

• Opportunity to purchase additional tickets for the entire season now for your friends and family

• Discounted tickets all year long! When you purchase additional tickets throughout the year, you’ll receive a 10% discount off the current ticket price. Standard processing fees apply.

EMOTIONAL IVE

Dive in. Lean forward. Jump back. Reconsider. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all part of the glorious dialogue between artist and audience. We enthusiastically invite you to experience all of it.

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JOIN US IN SUPPORTING ANOTHER INSPIRATIONAL SEASON.

THANK YOU As loyal patrons, UMS subscribers have an essential part to play in supporting the 2019/20 season â&#x20AC;&#x201D; With more than 60% of each UMS season funded by annual donations, performance sponsorships, grants, and our endowment, we rely on the generosity of those who invest in UMS, above and beyond the tickets they buy, to be able to present another dynamic season filled with transformative experiences. When you support UMS with an annual taxdeductible contribution, you invest in the innovative artistic brilliance we bring to the stage each season, as well as the hundreds of creative learning experiences we offer beyond the stage. You also invest in the educational, artistic, cultural, and creative vibrancy of our community.

We thank you for your continued generosity, which makes another extraordinary UMS season possible. Invest in UMS. To support UMS or to learn more, please visit ums.org/support or call UMS Development at 734.764.8489.

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PRICING LEVELS

MAPS

Hill Auditorium (H2)

ORCHESTRA CONCERTS

R E C I TA L S & A M P L I F I E D CONCERTS

S TA G E

15 20

14 19

MAIN FLOOR

MEZZANINE

Michigan Theater

MAIN FLOOR

S TA G E

MAIN FLOOR

Prices levels may vary by floor. See the order form for specific prices based on the seats you are requesting in each venue.

Hill Auditorium (H1)

12 18

15 20

14 19

12 18

11 17

BALCONY

Power Center

Rackham Auditorium

S TA G E

3 2

5 4

4 7

10 9

MAIN FLOOR

7 8 BALCONY

5 6

2019/20

Hill Auditorium 825 N University Ave (H1)

Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor Joyce DiDonato, mezzosoprano Wed 11/20

Minnesota Orchestra Osmo Vänskä, conductor Elina Vähälä, violin Sat 1/25

Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer, conductor Renaud Capuçon, violin Thu 2/20

Chineke! Orchestra Kevin John Edusei, conductor Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello Thu 4/23 (H2)

Snarky Puppy Sun 9/8

Amadeus: Film Screening with Live Music Detroit Symphony Orchestra UMS Choral Union Sun 9/15

Denis Matsuev, piano Fri 10/18

Chick Corea Trilogy Sat 10/19

John Cameron Mitchell Sat 11/2 Big Band Holidays

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Sun 12/1

Handel’s Messiah Sat-Sun 12/7-8

Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán Fri 2/14

Hélène Grimaud, piano Sat 3/14

Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway Fri 3/27

Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Thu 4/2

Apollo’s Fire: Bach’s St. Matthew Passion Jeannette Sorrell, conductor Sun 4/5

Rackham Auditorium 915 E Washington St.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Fri 10/11

yMusic Fri 11/1

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Max Richter’s Vivaldi Recomposed Daniel Hope, violin Zurich Chamber Orchestra Sat 11/16

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello Tue 12/10

West-Eastern Divan Ensemble Michael Barenboim, conductor Wed 2/26

New York Philharmonic String Quartet Anne-Marie McDermott, piano Sun 3/22

Zakir Hussain Thu 4/9

Emerson String Quartet Fri 4/17

Michigan Theater 603 E Liberty St

Angélique Kidjo’s Remain in Light Sun 2/16

Power Center 121 Fletcher St

Detroit Opera House

Grupo Corpo

1526 Broadway St, Detroit

Sat-Sun 10/5-6

American Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake

Isango Ensemble: The Magic Flute and A Man of Good Hope

Thu-Sun 4/16-19

Wed-Sun 10/16-20

Sankai Juku Fri-Sat 10/25-26

Teaċ Daṁsa: Loch na hEala (Swan Lake) Fri-Sat 11/15-16

Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce Sat-Sun 12/14-15

Dorrance Dance Fri-Sat 2/21-22

HOME Created by Geoff Sobelle Fri-Sat 4/3-4

Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre 911 N University Ave

Zauberland: An Encounter with Schumann’s Dichterliebe Julia Bullock, mezzo-soprano Thu-Fri 10/24-25

Stew & The Negro Problem: Notes of a Native Song

GENERAL ADMISSION VENUES/EVENTS

Arthur Miller Theatre 1226 Murfin Ave

The Believers Are But Brothers Wed-Sat 1/22-25

Is This A Room: Reality Winner Verbatim Transcription Wed-Sat 1/29-2/1

Ann Arbor Location TBA Lee Minora: White Feminist Wed-Sat 2/5-8

Institute for the Humanities 202 S Thayer St

As Far As My Fingertips Take Me Fri-Sun 1/24-2/2

Fri 11/22

Martin Katz & Friends What’s in a Song: Hugo Wolf’s Complete Mörike Songs Fri 1/10 & Sun 1/12

Cécile McLorin Salvant and Aaron Diehl Thu 2/6

Tarek Yamani Trio Fri 3/13

Jam Handy 2900 E Grand Blvd, Detroit

ANTHEM A Dance for Four Women by Milka Djordjevich Wed-Sat 3/18-21

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PATRON

SERVICES

No 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. Service charges are not refundable. UMS will not cancel performances or refund tickets because of inclement weather. 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.

Season tickets will be mailed in late July. There is a $10 service charge for all subscription orders.

Season Tickets/Seating Priority Please note: During the renewal period, we are unable to provide specific seat locations when you purchase your season tickets. Ticket office staff will assign seating in June, after renewal deadlines. Priority seating is given to renewing subscribers and donors.

Donors Donors who support UMS with annual gifts of $1,000 or more receive the highest priority seating based on level of giving, including new season tickets and seating upgrade requests. Donations may be included with your ticket order. Ticket orders must be received by Friday, May 31, 2019 to be eligible for seating priority.

Fixed Series Fixed Series season ticketholders (for packages listed on pages 10-31 of this brochure) receive priority before Series:You and individual event purchasers. Season tickets will be filled in the order received.

Series:You Series:You buyers (those who choose at least five different qualifying events) will receive priority seating before individual event purchasers and the best prices if orders are submitted by Friday, July 26, 2019. Season ticket orders must be received by Friday, September 20, 2019 to receive the 10% discount and will be filled in the order received.

Please Give Us Your Email Address 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 current email address on file. This information is also used to communicate event changes or cancellations. While these happen infrequently, timing is often critical and email is the fastest way to reach audiences.

Ticket Exchanges Season ticketholders may exchange tickets without a fee up to 48 hours before the performance. Tickets exchanged within 48 hours of the performance are subject to a $10 per ticket exchange fee. Tickets must be received by the Ticket Office at least 48 hours prior to the performance for fee-free exchanges. You may email a photo of your torn tickets to umstix@umich.edu, or fax a photocopy of your torn tickets to 734.647.1171. The value of the ticket(s) may be applied to another performance or will be held as UMS Credit until the end of the 2019/20 season. Credit must be redeemed by Thursday, April 23, 2020, when it will expire. UMS is no longer able to automatically convert expired credit to a gift-in-kind donation without a direct request from the credit holder. UMS accepts season ticket exchanges after tickets are mailed in late July.

Ticket Donations/Unused Tickets Tickets may be donated to UMS until the published start time of the concert. A receipt will be issued for tax purposes; please consult your tax advisor. Unused tickets that are returned after the performance begins are not eligible for UMS Credit or as a donation.

Groups of 10 or More Groups of 10 or more people attending a single event will receive priority over individual event purchasers and save up to 20% off the regular ticket prices to most performances. For more information, contact the UMS Group Sales Office at umsgroupsales@umich.edu or 734.763.3100. UMS accepts group reservations beginning Monday, July 15, 2019, a full month before tickets to individual events go on sale to the general public. Plan early to guarantee access to great seats!

Ticket Mailing vs. Ticket Pick-Up Season tickets will be mailed in late July, before tickets to individual performances go on sale to the general public. Any ticket order received fewer than 10 days prior to the performance will be held at will-call, which opens in the performance venue 90 minutes prior to the published start time.

Lost or Misplaced Tickets Call the Ticket Office at 734.764.2538 to have duplicate tickets waiting for you at will-call. Duplicate tickets cannot be mailed.

2019/20

Detailed directions and parking information will be mailed with your tickets and are also available at ums.org.

HOW TO

ORDER

Parking/Parking Tips

Accessibility Accessible parking is provided in University of Michigan parking structures for those with a state-issued 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. All UMS venues have barrier-free entrances. Patrons with accessibility or special seating needs should notify the UMS Patron Services Office of those needs at the time of ticket purchase. We will make every effort to accommodate special needs brought to our attention at the performance, but we request 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 Michigan Theater, the Arthur Miller Theatre, and the Power Center. Earphones may be obtained upon arrival. Please ask an usher for assistance. Further accessibility information, including relay calls, largeprint programs, and information about elevator access is posted at ums.org/accessibility.

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 not have a 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/UMS Kids Club Children under the age of three will not be admitted to UMS performances. Please use discretion when choosing to bring a child, and remember that everyone must have a ticket, regardless of age. 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. UMS Kids Club tickets, which provide discounted tickets for children in grades 3-12 and an accompanying adult, will go on sale on Thursday, September 5, 2019. Visit ums.org/kids for more information.

WEB

ums.org PHONE

734.764.2538 Outside the 734 area code, call toll-free 800.221.1229 IN PERSON Visit the UMS Ticket Office on the north end of the Michigan League building (911 North University Avenue). The Ticket Office also sells tickets for the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance 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. STUDENT TICKETS Student subscriptions may be purchased beginning May 1, 2019. Student subscriptions cost $20 per ticket, with a minimum of 5 qualifying events purchased (maximum of two tickets per college or university ID). Student subscribers receive all subscriber benefits, and must show student ID when picking up tickets. (Tickets will be ready for pick-up in August, after all subscriptions have been processed). Seats will be assigned by the Patron Services Office. This offer cannot be combined with other subscription discounts. Student subscriptions are available at ums.org/students. Specially-priced student tickets are available for students in accredited degree programs, subject to availability, beginning Thursday, August 29, 2019. Except for special concerts, tickets cost $20 (main floor and mezzanine) and $12 (balcony).

PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SUPPORT

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Endowment Fund Special project support for several components of the 2019/20 UMS season is provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Endowment Fund, established at UMS with a challenge grant from the Leading College and University Presenters Program at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

The Indian Trail Charitable Foundation An annual grant supports Bert’s Ticket program, which extends an invitation to all first- and secondyear U-M undergraduate students to attend one UMS performance free of charge.

Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs General operating support is provided by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Michigan Medicine Michigan Medicine provides multi-year support for UMS programs.

M E D I A PA R T N E R S

In addition to financial support from our annual donors and corporate sponsors, grants from private foundations and our funding partners helps make it possible for UMS to invest in special initiatives — providing free, $12, and $20 tickets to U-M students; awarding grants that help U-M faculty integrate the performing arts into their curriculum; and bringing cutting-edge, provocative performances that challenge us to see and experience the world in new ways. Generous philanthropic support covers over 60% of UMS’s annual operations, including both the artistic program and related education and community engagement activities.

University Of Michigan The University of Michigan provides important annual support for special UMS projects and initiatives in the 2019/20 season. This support ensures that the performing arts play an important part in students’ learning and champions the artistic and cultural vibrancy on campus, in Ann Arbor, and across Southeast Michigan and the wider University of Michigan community.

Wallace Endowment Fund Each season, a UMS presentation is funded in part by the Wallace Endowment Fund, established with a challenge grant from the Wallace Foundation to build participation in arts programs at UMS.

UMS is a member of the University of Michigan arts consortium, the Arts Alliance, and CultureSource.

UMS is a nondiscriminatory, affirmative action employer.

2019/20

Photo: Sheku Kanneh-Mason by Lars Borges

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Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage Paid Ann Arbor, MI Permit No. 27

2019/20 SUBSCRIPTIONS

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ORDER

FORM

How to Order WEB

ums.org PHONE

2019/20 Discount prices for fixed packages are guaranteed until Friday, September 20, 2019. Individual event prices and Series:You prices are guaranteed until Friday, July 26, 2019.

Don’t Miss These Important Dates! 4/15-22

Wed 7/24

Priority period for renewing season ticketholders; renewals go on sale Mon 4/15 at 9 am

Donor Single Ticket Day (for donors who make an annual gift of $250+)

Mon 4/22

734.764.2538

Season Tickets on sale to general public at 9 am

Outside the 734 area code, call toll-free 800.221.1229 with Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express

Fri 5/31

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 the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival. Summer Hours (May–August) 10 am to 5 pm Mon-Fri Closed Sat and Sun Extended hours resume after Labor Day

Deadline for payment by U-M payroll deduction Deadline for Choral Union & Chamber Arts season ticketholders to renew same seat location Seating priority deadline for donors and renewing season ticketholders to upgrade seats

Fri 6/28 MAIL UMS Ticket Office Burton Memorial Tower 881 North University Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1011 Make checks payable to UMS

Deadline for installment billing and free parking benefits

Mon 7/15 Group sales reservations open

Wed 8/7 Public Single Ticket Day — tickets to all individual events on sale

Thu 8/29 Student individual event tickets on sale ($12 or $20 with ID, depending on seat location)

Thu 9/5 Kids Club Tickets on sale; see page 41 for more information

Fri 9/6 Last day to order UMS Jazz and Choral Union season ticket packages

Fri 9/20 Last day to order all other UMS season ticket packages

FEES There is a $10 service charge for all season ticket orders.

QUESTIONS?

Call the UMS Ticket Office at 734.764.2538. Outside the 734 area code, call toll-free 800.221.1229.

Season Ticket requests are filled in the order in which they are received, with priority given to Fixed Series and renewing Series:You subscribers. Order early to guarantee the best seats before tickets go on sale to the general public. UMS Donors with annual gifts of $1,000 or more are given seating priority for upgrades and new series when orders are received by Friday, May 31, 2019.

ORDER FORM TIPS — PLEASE READ, EVEN IF YOU’VE SUBSCRIBED IN THE PAST. We’ve worked hard to make ordering tickets to the many events in the 2019/20 season as easy as possible, but with literally thousands of possible combinations, we realize that it can be complicated. With that in mind, please consider these tips that will help you make your decisions for the 2019/20 season, whether you are new to UMS or have been subscribing for years:

Look through the entire brochure and make a list of the events you are interested in seeing.

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. Fixed Package buyers receive priority seating over Series:You and individual event buyers. And anyone who purchases a fixed package may purchase any number of Series:You events now at a 10% discount. The 10% Series:You discount is available to all fixed package buyers, 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 events, you may take 10% off the total price and still receive priority seating over individual event 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! Important 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 or call the Ticket Office rather than ordering online.

PLEASE BE SURE TO FILL OUT THE ENTIRE 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 pass request 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 (and on the front page of the order form booklet) before sending in your order.

QUESTIONS?

Call the UMS Ticket Office at 734.764.2538. Outside the 734 area code, call toll-free 800.221.1229.

1. FIXED SERIES PACKAGES Series (# of performances)

Orders must be received by Friday, September 20, 2019 (Friday, September 6 for Choral Union and Jazz). Please consult the venue seating maps on pages 38-39 as you make your selection. # of Packages

Choral Union Series (10)

Gold Main

A Main

B Main

A Mezz

B Mezz

B Balc

C Balc

D Balc

E Balc

660

600

560

540

450

350

280

220

132

Gold Balc

Gold Main

A Mezz

Total

Chamber Arts Series (7)

360

320

270

180

Dance Series (6)

320

280

255

210

150

Please circle your preferred performances:

Grupo Corpo

Sat 10/5, 8 pm

Sun 10/6, 4 pm

Sankai Juku

Fri 10/25, 8 pm

Sat 10/26, 8 pm

Teaċ Daṁsa / Loch na hEala (Swan Lake) Fri 11/15, 8 pm

Sat 11/16, 8 pm

Dorrance Dance

Fri 2/21, 8 pm

Sat 2/22, 8 pm

ANTHEM

Wed 3/18, 7:30 pm

Thu 3/19, 7:30 pm

Fri 3/20, 8 pm

Sat 3/21, 8 pm

ABT / Swan Lake

Thu 4/16, 7:30 pm

Fri 4/17, 7:30 pm

Sat 4/18, 2 pm

Sat 4/18, 7:30 pm

Theater Series (6)

280

260

220

150

260

Please circle your preferred performances:

Isango Magic Flute

Wed 10/16, 7:30 pm

Thu 10/17, 7:30 pm

Isango Man of Good Hope

Fri 10/18, 8 pm

Sun 10/20, 4 pm

Zauberland

Thu 10/24, 7:30 pm

Fri 10/25, 8 pm

Teaċ Daṁsa / Loch na hEala (Swan Lake) Fri 11/15, 8 pm

Sat 11/16, 8 pm

Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce

Sat 12/14, 8 pm

Sun 12/15, 4 pm

HOME

Fri 4/3, 8 pm

Sat 4/4, 8 pm

Dance/Theater Combined (11)

550

480

Sat 10/19, 8 pm

440

360

Please circle your preferred performances in the dance and theater listings above. For Teaċ Daṁsa, please select the date in the Dance Series.

Jazz Series (5)

260

230

Please circle your preferred performance:

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Thu 2/6, 7 pm

No Safety Net (3)

Sun 4/19, 2:30 pm

185

Thu 2/6, 9 pm 84 general admission

Please circle your preferred performances:

Believers Are But Brothers

Wed 1/22, 7:30 pm

Thu 1/23, 7:30 pm

Fri 1/24, 8 pm

Sat 1/25, 8 pm

Reality Winner Verbatim

Wed 1/29, 7:30 pm

Thu 1/30, 7:30 pm

Fri 1/31, 8 pm

Sat 2/1, 8 pm

White Feminist

Wed 2/5, 7:30 pm

Thu 2/6, 7:30 pm

Fri 2/7, 8 pm

Sat 2/8, 8 pm

Renegade (7)

285

265

225

160

Please circle your preferred performances:

Zauberland

Thu 10/24, 7:30 pm

Fri 10/25, 8 pm

Teaċ Daṁsa / Loch na hEala (Swan Lake) Fri 11/15, 8 pm

Sat 11/16, 8 pm

Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce

Sat 12/14, 8 pm

Sun 12/15, 4 pm

Dorrance Dance

Fri 2/21, 8 pm

Sat 2/22, 8 pm

ANTHEM

Wed 3/18, 7:30 pm

Thu 3/19, 7:30 pm

HOME

Fri 4/3, 8 pm

Sat 4/4, 8 pm

Fri 3/20, 8 pm

Sat 3/21, 8 pm

Traditions & Crosscurrents (4)

180

156

130

UMS Song Remix (6)

280

260

200

1,229

Please circle your preferred performance:

Zauberland

Thu 10/24, 7:30 pm

Fri 10/25, 8 pm

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Thu 2/6, 7 pm

Thu 2/6, 9 pm

Marathon Series (44)

Every event in the season!

1,915

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

Questions? Call the UMS Ticket Office at 734.764.2538

Outside the 734 area code and within Michigan, call toll-free 800.221.1229

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2. SERIES:YOU, STUDENT SUBSCRIPTIONS & ADD-ON PERFORMANCES

SERIES:YOU: Choose 5 or more events from this listing and take 10% off. Orders must include a minimum of five different events and be received by Friday, September 20, 2019, to receive a 10% discount.

ADD-ON PERFORMANCES: 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.

STUDENTS: Select 5 or more performances for early access to $20 student seats. Seats are assigned by the Ticket Office and must be picked up in person with your student ID in August. Are you purchasing student season tickets? Yes No If yes, please only fill out the number of tickets for each event (2 max per event). Your total cost will be $20 per ticket. No additional discounts apply.

Individual prices as listed are guaranteed until Friday, July 26, 2019.

Please consult the venue seating maps on pages 38-39 of this brochure as you make your selection.

Student season ticket packages cannot be combined with non-student season ticket packages. The Ticket Office will assign seating in qualifying price zones.

B Balc

Thu 10/17, 7:30 pm (P)

Isango: Magic Flute 3

Sat 10/19, 8 pm (P)

Isango: Man of Good Hope 1

Fri 10/18, 8 pm (P)

Isango: Man of Good Hope 2

Sun 10/20, 4 pm (P)

Denis Matsuev, piano

Fri 10/18, 8 pm (H2)

Chick Corea Trilogy

Sat 10/19, 8 pm (H2)

Zauberland 1

Thu 10/24, 7:30 pm (LMT)

Zauberland 2

Fri 10/25, 8 pm (LMT)

Sankai Juku: Meguri 1

Fri 10/25, 8 pm (P)

Sankai Juku: Meguri 2

Sat 10/26, 8 pm (P)

yMusic

Fri 11/1, 8 pm (R)

John Cameron Mitchell / Hedwig

Sat 11/2, 8 pm (H2)

Teaċ Daṁsa/Loch na hEala 1

Fri 11/15, 8 pm (P)

Teaċ Daṁsa/Loch na hEala 2

Sat 11/16, 8 pm (P)

Max Richter Four Seasons

Sat 11/16, 8 pm (R)

Orch Métropolitain de Montréal

Wed 11/20, 7:30 pm (H1)

Stew/Notes of a Native Song

Fri 11/22, 8 pm (LMT)

Wynton Marsalis/Big Band Holidays

Sun 12/1, 4 pm (H2)

Handel’s Messiah 1

Sat 12/7, 8 pm (H1)

Handel’s Messiah 2

Sun 12/8, 2 pm (H1)

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

Tue 12/10, 7:30 pm (R)

Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce 1

Sat 12/14, 8 pm (P)

Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce 2

Sun 12/15, 4 pm (P)

Martin Katz & Friends: Wolf part 1

Fri 1/10, 8 pm (LMT)

Martin Katz & Friends: Wolf part 2

Sun 1/12, 4 pm (LMT)

Believers Are But Brothers 1

Wed 1/22, 7:30 pm (AMT)

35 general admission

Believers Are But Brothers 2

Thu 1/23, 7:30 pm (AMT)

35 general admission

Date, Time (Venue)

Snarky Puppy

Sun 9/8, 7 pm (H2)

Amadeus Film with Live Orchestra

Sun 9/15, 2 pm (H1)

Grupo Corpo 1

Sat 10/5, 8 pm (P)

Grupo Corpo 2

Sun 10/6, 4 pm (P)

Chamber Music Society Lincoln Ctr

Fri 10/11, 8 pm (R)

Isango: Magic Flute 1

Wed 10/16, 7:30 pm (P)

Isango: Magic Flute 2

Questions? Call the UMS Ticket Office at 734.764.2538

A Main

B Main

Gold Balc

B Mezz

Artist

Gold Main

# of Tickets

Outside the 734 area code and within Michigan, call toll-free 800.221.1229

A Mezz

E Total

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Gold Main

# of Tickets

A Main

B Main

Gold Balc A Mezz

Artist

Date, Time (Venue)

Believers Are But Brothers 3

Fri 1/24, 8 pm (AMT)

35 general admission

Believers Are But Brothers 4

Sat 1/25, 8 pm (AMT)

35 general admission

Minnesota Orchestra

Sat 1/25, 8 pm (H1)

35 general admission

Reality Winner Verbatim Transcription 1 Wed 1/29, 7:30 pm (AMT) Reality Winner Verbatim Transcription 2 Thu 1/30, 7:30 pm (AMT) Reality Winner Verbatim Transcription 3 Fri 1/31, 8 pm (AMT) Reality Winner Verbatim Transcription 4 Sat 2/1, 8 pm (AMT)

White Feminist 1

Wed 2/5, 7:30 pm (TBA)

White Feminist 2

Thu 2/6, 7:30 pm (TBA)

White Feminist 3

Fri 2/7, 8 pm (TBA)

White Feminist 4

Sat 2/8, 8 pm (TBA)

35 general admission

Cécile McLorin Salvant 1

Thu 2/6, 7 pm (LMT)

Cécile McLorin Salvant 2

Thu 2/6, 9 pm (LMT)

Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán

Fri 2/14, 8 pm (H2)

Angélique Kidjo’s Remain in Light

Sun 2/16, 7 pm (MT)

Budapest Festival Orch

Thu 2/20, 7:30 pm (H1)

Dorrance Dance 1

Fri 2/21, 8 pm (P)

Dorrance Dance 2

Sat 2/22, 8 pm (P)

West-Eastern Divan Ensemble

Wed 2/26, 7:30 pm (R)

Tarek Yamani Trio

Fri 3/13, 8 pm (LMT)

Hélène Grimaud, piano

Sat 3/14, 8 pm (H2)

ANTHEM 1

Wed 3/18, 7:30 pm (JH)

ANTHEM 2

Thu 3/19, 7:30 pm (JH)

ANTHEM 3

B Mezz

B Balc

E Total

= = 46

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25 general admission

Fri 3/20, 8 pm (JH)

25 general admission

ANTHEM 4

Sat 3/21, 8 pm (JH)

25 general admission

NY Philharmonic SQ

Sun 3/22, 4 pm (R)

James Galway

Fri 3/27, 8 pm (H2)

Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

Thu 4/2, 7:30 pm (H2)

HOME 1

Fri 4/3, 8 pm (P)

HOME 2

Sat 4/4, 8 pm (P)

Apollo’s Fire St. Matthew Passion

Sun 4/5, 4 pm (H1)

Zakir Hussain

Thu 4/9, 7:30 pm (R)

ABT: Swan Lake 1

Thu 4/16, 7:30 pm (DOH)

149

119

149

ABT: Swan Lake 2

Fri 4/17, 7:30 pm (DOH)

149

119

149

ABT: Swan Lake 3

Sat 4/18, 2 pm (DOH)

149

119

149

ABT: Swan Lake 4

Sat 4/18, 7:30 pm (DOH)

149

119

149

ABT: Swan Lake 5

Sun 4/19, 2:30 pm (DOH)

149

119

149

Emerson SQ

Fri 4/17, 8 pm (R)

Chineke! Orchestra

Thu 4/23, 7:30 pm (H1)

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Series:You Sub-Total $

Less 10% (must purchase at least 5 events from Section 2 OR any series in Section 1) $

Series:You Total (please do not round your total) $

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

Questions? Call the UMS Ticket Office at 734.764.2538

Outside the 734 area code and within Michigan, call toll-free 800.221.1229

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3. PARKING & BUSES

Pre-Paid Event Parking Passes may be purchased in advance for $5 each for the University of Michigan Thayer and Fletcher Street parking structures, just a short walk from most concert venues in Ann Arbor. Vouchers may be redeemed for parking beginning two hours before the event and expire at the end of the 2019/20 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 that the University of Michigan parking structures may not be staffed on the nights of Michigan Theater events.

Pre-Paid Parking Passes

$5 each

American Ballet Theatre @ Detroit Opera House (Thu 4/16)

$15 each

American Ballet Theatre @ Detroit Opera House (Fri 4/17)

$15 each

Subscriber benefit! I subscribed to eight or more events prior to June 28, 2019, and would like free parking in the Power Center (Fletcher Street) structure on UMS concert nights. Please send a special voucher with my tickets. Please note: the University of Michigan parking structures may not be staffed on the nights of Michigan Theater events. 3

4. INVEST IN UMS WITH AN ANNUAL DONATION

Parking & Bus Sub-Total $ =

With over 60% of each UMS season made possible by annual donations, performance sponsorships, and grants, your financial support is essential to UMS. When you make a tax-deductible contribution in addition to your season tickets, you invest in the artistic and innovative excellence UMS brings to the stage, as well as the hundreds of educational and community activities that engage audiences of all ages.

YO U R F I N A N C I A L S U P P O R T I S E S S E N T I A L

$10,000+ Mainstage Performance Support $5,000+

School Day Performance and In-School Workshops with Teaching Artists

$2,500+ Ticket Subsidies and Transportation Grants for Under-Served Schools $1,000+ Paid Internships at UMS $500+

Please print your name(s) as you would like it to appear in UMS Donor listings, or check the box at right to remain anonymous. Donors of $250 or more will be listed in the UMS program book.

$250+

Master Class, Class Visit, or Q&A with a Visiting Artist

$100+

Ticket Subsidies for Six U-M Students

Ticket Subsidies for One U-M Class to Attend a UMS Performance

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CHECKLIST Please double-check that you have completed the following before mailing in your order. Have you: Filled out the next page with mailing and payment information? Included daytime and evening phone numbers and email addresses (to be used in case of concert notifications and/ or ticketing problems)? Signed and enclosed your check (payable to UMS), or signed the credit card line in â&#x20AC;&#x153;payment informationâ&#x20AC;?? [Dance, Theater, Renegade, Jazz, No Safety Net, and UMS Song Remix subscribers only] Circled your desired performance(s) on the order form for events with multiple performances?

T O TA L S 1

Fixed Series Package Sub-Total

Series:You Sub-Total (do not round)

Parking & Bus Sub-Total

Postage/Handling

Questions? Call the UMS Ticket Office at 734.764.2538

Outside the 734 area code and within Michigan, call toll-free 800.221.1229

$ 10.00

Sub-Total (Total 1-4 + Postage)

Included an annual donation? Thank you! Filled out and included the entire order form? Please do not cut the order form before sending.

Donation Sub-Total $ =

Tax-Deductible Contribution to UMS

Grand Total

5. IMPORTANT SEATING INFORMATION A. If the seat section you selected is not available for an event that you have purchased, would you prefer (please check all that apply): Change my seats to the next higher price section

Call me at the daytime number listed below

Change my seats to the next lower price section

Email me at the address listed below

If available, move me to a different performance of the same event and keep the same price section (note any exceptions below) Please Note: If you do not check a box, you will automatically be moved to the next lower price section, and the cost difference will be converted to UMS Credit, which may be used at any time during the 2019/20 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 lower price section, unless you indicate otherwise here:

B. Accessibility-Related Seating Needs or Special Seating Requests

C. I would like my tickets mailed to: The address below

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

I’m ordering student season tickets and will pick up my tickets at the League Ticket Office after August 1

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

UMS ACCOUNT NUMBER

6. MAILING INFORMATION

(if known, can be found on the mail panel of this brochure above your name)

LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

ADDRESS*

CIT Y

DAY PHONE

STATE

ZIP

EVENING PHONE

EMAIL ADDRESS (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 “important seating info” section above.

7. PAYMENT INFORMATION My payment is by U-M Payroll Deduction (order must be received by Friday, May 31, 2019). 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 2019. NOTE: Payroll deduction requests must be mailed, faxed, or dropped off at the League Ticket Office. Payroll deduction requests will not be accepted by phone or online.

U - M E M PLOY EE I D NU M BER

CHECK (payable to UMS)

VISA

MASTERCARD

AUT H O R I ZAT I O N SI GNAT UR E

AMERICAN EXPRESS

DISCOVER

INSTALLMENT BILLING (not available for online orders)

I want to take advantage of installment billing for my season tickets (credit card orders totaling $300 or more only; order must be received by June 28, 2019). Please bill my credit card in two equal installments: once when my order is received and in mid-July. I want to take advantage of installment billing for my donation (credit card orders totaling $100 or more only; order must be received by May 31, 2019). Please bill my credit card in two equal installments: when my order is received and the following month. Donations received after May 31 will be charged in full at time of receipt, or call 734.647.1175 for other options.

CA RD N U M BER OFFICE USE ONLY

TICKET TOTAL:

DONATION:

EX PI R AT I O N DAT E

AUT H O R I ZAT I O N SI GNAT UR E

IMPORTANT INFORMATION Season Ticket requests are filled in the order in which they are received, with priority given to fixed package buyers and those renewing Series:You. 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 before Friday, May 31 2019.

SEASON TICKETS SEATING PRIORITY

NOTES FROM THE TICKET OFFICE

Donors & Renewing Subscribers

Please make sure we have your email address on file.

UMS renewing Season Ticket buyers and Donors receive the highest priority seating. Renewing season ticketholders (those who subscribed in the 2018-19 season) receive priority over new subscribers. Renewing season ticketholders in the Choral Union and Chamber Arts Series have their same seat locations guaranteed until Friday, May 31, 2019. UMS Donors who are requesting new season tickets and seating upgrades receive priority based on level of giving. Donations may be included with your ticket order. Ticket orders must be received by Friday, May 31, 2019 to be eligible for seating priority.

Fixed Series Fixed Series buyers (for packages listed on pages 10-31 of this brochure) receive seating priority before Series:You and individual event purchasers. Season Ticket requests will be filled in the order received.

Series:You Series:You buyers (those who choose at least five different qualifying events across different series) receive seating priority before individual event purchasers and the best prices if orders are received before Friday July 26, 2019. Renewing season ticketbuyers will be seated before new season ticketbuyers. After July 26, Series:You prices for individual performances may increase, with current prices listed at tickets.ums.org; the 10% discount will still apply. Season ticket orders must include a minimum of five different qualifying events and must be received by Friday, September 20, 2019 to receive the 10% discount. Season Ticket requests will be filled in the order received.

Student Season Tickets Students may order season tickets of at least five different events for $20 per ticket by using the Series:You section of the Order Form, or online at ums.org/students (max 2 tickets per event). Please note that student season tickets must be picked up at the Michigan League Ticket Office in person with a student ID after August 1. Seats will be assigned by the Ticket Office. Please Note: Student season ticket packages cannot be combined with non-student season ticket packages. The Ticket Office will assign seating in qualifying price zones.

Season 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 if you would like them 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 season ticket orders.

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.

Ticket Exchanges Season Ticketholders may exchange tickets without a fee up to 48 hours before the performance. Exchanged tickets must be received by the Ticket Office at least 48 hours prior to the performance for fee-free exchanges. You may email a photo of your torn tickets to umstix@umich.edu, or fax a photocopy of your torn tickets to 734.647.1171. The value of the ticket(s) will be applied to another performance or will be held as UMS Credit until the end of the 2019/20 season. UMS Credit must be redeemed by April 23, 2019, when it will expire. UMS is no longer able to automatically convert expired credit to a gift-in-kind donation without a direct request from the credit holder. For information about exchanging tickets within 48 hours of the performance, please call the Ticket Office. The UMS Ticket Office accepts season ticket exchanges after tickets are mailed in late July.

Ticket Donations/Unused Tickets Tickets may be donated to UMS until the published start time of the concert. A receipt will be issued for tax purposes; please consult your tax advisor. Unused tickets that are returned after the performance are not eligible for UMS Credit or as a ticket donation.

Refunds Due to the nature of the performing arts, programs and artists are subject to change. If an artist cancels an appearance, UMS makes every effort to substitute that performance with a comparable artist. Refunds will be offered only if a substitute cannot be found, or in the event of a date change. Service charges are not refundable. UMS will not cancel performances or refund tickets because of inclement weather. 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.

Accessibility For more information about accessibility services, visit ums.org/accessibility.

For more tips from the Ticket Office, please see the back page of the order form. Please proceed through all pages of the order form in order.