UMS announces 2013-14 season lineup
The University Musical Society today formally announces its schedule of events for the 2013-14 season.
Joshua Bell
photo b Eric Kabik
Ann Arbor's storied performing-arts presenting organization will offer 67 performances by 43 different artists and ensembles during the season, which, as always, will also include a variety of community-engagement activities.
“The 13/14 UMS season connects Southeast Michigan with performing artists who truly are leaders in their field, expanding and redefining the very meaning of artistic excellence,” said UMS President Kenneth C. Fischer in a press release. “I say this every season and I mean it every time: This year is going to be incredible. In addition to presenting familiar favorites, the 135th season includes 20 UMS debut performances.
"At the heart and history of UMS is our signature Choral Union Series and the 51st Annual Chamber Arts Series, both of which feature a stellar lineup of classical music concerts including the San Francisco Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, violinist Joshua Bell, and the St. Lawrence String Quartet. UMS is also very excited to present artists who are genre-defying in many ways, artists who are not afraid to explore new terrain and merge unexpected influences: Jason Moran, the Kronos Quartet, saxophonist Colin Stetson, Brooklyn Rider with Bela Fleck, Alfredo Rodriguez and Pedrito Martinez, mandolin player Chris Thile, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, and many more. In addition, we have the International Theater series, the 23rd annual Dance Series, the Global Series, and the 20th annual Jazz Series, all of which continue to bring the very best to Ann Arbor. You won’t want to miss a thing.”
Subscription (series) tickets go on sale to the general public May 1, with renewal packages being mailed to current subscribers. UMS is again offering the option of creating a custom subscription, "Series: You," through July 31. Tickets to individual events will go on sale to the general public Aug. 5.
For series packages, more information, or to be added to the UMS mailing list, contact the UMS Ticket Office at 734-764-2538 or visit www.ums.org.
A special focus for community engagement during the season will be expanding audiences for dance. According to the announcement, "Recipients of a 2013 Engaging Dance Audiences grant, awarded by Dance/USA with the support of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, UMS has been awarded $40,000 to implement an original program that uses peer-to-peer mentoring opportunities to increase appreciation for dance. Utilizing a combination of UMS dance performances, community dance ambassadors, free UMS Night School sessions, post-show discussions, and free community dance workshops, this program provides dance “novices” with ways to gain new levels of comfort and awareness of contemporary dance as an art form. Program specifics, including a calendar related events, will be announced later this summer."
Download the full season announcements here. A chronological list also appears below.
• By date: 1314_chron_listing.pdf
• By series: 1314_Season_Announcement.pdf
September 2013
Jason Moran’s Fats Waller Dance Party featuring Meshell Ndegeocello
Friday, September 6
Venue and Time TBA
Audra McDonald
Andy Einhorn, piano
University Symphony Orchestra Kenneth Kiesler, conductor
Sunday, September 15, 4 pm Hill Auditorium
Complicite and Setagaya Public Theatre: "Shun-kin"
Directed by Simon McBurney
Puppetry by Blind Summit
Wednesday, September 18, 7:30 pm
Thursday, September 19, 7:30 pm
Friday, September 20, 8 pm
Saturday, September 21, 8 pm
Power Center
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
"One Thousand Pieces"
Glenn Edgerton, artistic director
Alejandro Cerrudo, resident choreographer
Friday, September 27, 8 pm
Saturday, September 28, 8 pm
Power Center
October 2013
Chanticleer
Thursday, October 10, 7:30 pm
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Buika
Friday, October 11, 8 pm
Michigan Theater
Takacs Quartet
Saturday, October 12, 8 pm
Rackham Auditorium
Chris Thile
Friday, October 18, 8 pm
Rackham Auditorium
Andras Schiff, piano
Friday, October 25, 8 pm
Hill Auditorium
"The Manganiyar Seduction"
Roysten Abel, creator
Can & Abel Theaters, New Delhi
Saturday, October 26, 8 pm
Sunday, October 27, 4pm
Power Center
Blind Summit: "The Table"
Tuesday, October 29, 7:30 pm
Wednesday, October 30, 7:30 pm
Thursday, October 31, 7:30 pm
Friday, November 1, 8 pm
Saturday, November 2, 8 pm
Sunday, November 3, 2 pm
Performance Network
November 2013
Ballet Preljocaj
"And Then, One Thousand Years of Peace"
Angelin Preljocaj, artistic director
Friday, November 1, 8 pm
Saturday, November 2, 8 pm
Power Center
Apollo’s Fire
Jeannette Sorrell, music director and harpsichord
Sunday, November 3, 4 pm
Hill Auditorium
Steve Lehman Octet
Saturday, November 9, 8 pm
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Tuesday, November 12, 7:30 pm
Michigan Theater
Hagen Quartet
Wednesday, November 13, 7:30 pm
Rackham Auditorium
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Sarah Cooke, mezzoâ€soprano UMS Choral Union
Saturday, November 16, 8 pm
Hill Auditorium
Brooklyn Rider
Bela Fleck, banjo
Sunday, November 24, 4 pm
Rackham Auditorium
December 2013
Handel’s Messiah
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, UMS Choral Union
Jerry Blackstone, conductor
Saturday, December 7, 8 pm
Sunday, December 8, 2 pm
Hill Auditorium
January 2014
"Bullet Catch" By Rob Drummond
Arches Productions
Tuesday, January 7, 7:30 pm
Wednesday, January 8, 7:30 pm
Thursday, January 9, 7:30 pm
Friday, January 10, 8 pm
Saturday, January 11, 8 pm
Sunday, January 12, 2 pm
Arthur Miller Theatre
Colin Stetson
Wednesday, January 15, 7:30 pm
Thursday, January 16, 7:30 pm
Arthur Miller Theatre
Kronos Quartet
Friday, January 17, 8 pm
Saturday, January 18, 8 pm
Power Center
Denis Matsuev
Sunday, January 26, 4 pm
Hill Auditorium
Fred Hersch Trio
Thursday, January 30, 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm (two different sets)
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
February 2014
Ariel Quartet
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Wednesday, February 5, 7:30 pm
Rackham Auditorium
Kremerata Baltica
Gidon Kremer, violin and conductor
Thursday, February 6, 7:30 pm
Hill Auditorium
One Night in Bamako
Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba Fatoumata Diawara
Friday, February 7, 8 pm
Michigan Theater
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Friday, February 14, 8 pm
Rackham Auditorium
Compagnie Kafig: "Correria & Agwa"
Mourad Merzouki, artistic director and choreographer
Friday, February 14, 8 pm
Saturday, February 15, 8 pm
Power Center
Joshua Bell, violin Pianist TBA
Sunday, February 16, 4 pm
Hill Auditorium
Theatre des Bouffes du Nord: "The Suit"
Written by Can Themba, Mothobi Mutloatse, and Barney Simon Directed by Peter Brook
Wednesday, February 19, 7:30 pm
Thursday, February 20, 7:30 pm
Friday, February 21, 8 pm
Saturday, February 22, 8 pm
Power Center
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Yuri Temirkanov, conductor Denis Kozhukhin, piano
Saturday, February 22, 8 pm
Hill Auditorium
March 2013
Alfredo RodrÃguez Trio and Pedro Martinez Group
Friday, March 14, 8 pm
Michigan Theater
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Zubin Mehta, conductor
Saturday, March 15, 8 pm
Hill Auditorium
Elias String Quartet
Tuesday, March 18, 7:30 pm
Rackham Auditorium
Tara Erraught, mezzo-soprano; Henning Ruhe, piano
Thursday, March 20, 7:30 pm
Hill Auditorium
Asif Ali Khan Qawwali: Music of Pakistan
Friday, March 22, 8 p.m.
Rackham Auditorium
"Restless Creature"
Starring Wendy Whelan
A new evening of dance created by and danced with Kyle Abraham, Joshua Beamish, Brian Brooks, and Alejandro Cerrudo
Tuesday, March 25, 7:30 pm
Power Center
Tenebrae
Thursday, March 27, 7:30 pm
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra; Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
Sunday, March 30, 4 pm
Hill Auditorium
April 2013
Brahms’ German Requiem
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra; UMS Choral Union
Jerry Blackstone, conductor Friday, April 4, 8 pm
Hill Auditorium
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Thursday, April 10, 7:30 pm
Michigan Theater
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin
Sunday, April 13, 4 pm
Hill Auditorium
Comments
Jenn McKee
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 : 4:41 p.m.
I'm really excited about Complicite returning to A2 - I loved "A Disappearing Number" - and hoping to catch Chris Thiele. I first discovered his former group Nickel Creek when they opened for Lyle Lovett, and I've been following him since. He's an amazing musician.
KateT
Tue, Apr 16, 2013 : 3:06 p.m.
Free dance workshops; yay!
Lovaduck
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 : 11:08 p.m.
The San Francisco Symphony are not to be missed, especially under Tilson Thomas. I often fly out there to see them. He Mahler is today's best, in my opinion. Good for UMS.
Jessica Webster
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 : 8:36 p.m.
Many reasons to celebrate this schedule, but right now I'm most excited about two jazz shows: Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party featuring Meshell Ndegeocello, and the Fred Hersch trio. Yay!!
NCTerry
Mon, Apr 15, 2013 : 4:47 p.m.
Oh yeah!
Jeff Gaynor
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 : 12:32 p.m.
Well done, UMS - once again! Looking forward to the line up for School Performances.