The University Musical Society Reveals 146th Season

UMS has announced its 146th presenting season featuring the return of some favorite performers as well as a dazzling array of artists and events completely new to UMS audiences. 

During a time when it is so easy to be divided, we at UMS are proud to welcome you to join us. We hope that you'll allow UMS to be the magnetic force that brings us together to remind ourselves of the shared rhythms and expressions of the human experience through the power of the performing arts.

Just a few highlights coming up in 24/25:

• A powerful, non-partisan theater work opens the season: Ontroerend Goed's Fight Night speaks volumes about our current moment, human nature, and the coming election. This piece also serves as a launching point of an expanded footprint for NO SAFETY NET, our renegade theater festival that returns in 24/25, and will be announced more fully in the weeks and months to come
• Stunning classical offerings including two performances by the Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko, return appearances by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and period ensemble Les Arts Florissants, as well as three exciting debut recitals by pianists who truly embody the vanguard of new musical talent: Isata Kanneh-Mason, Seong-Jin Cho, and Yunchan Lim, and more!
• A robust, five-concert jazz series featuring Wynton Marsalis returning with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the Tyshawn Sorey Trio, the creative trumpeter and composer Etienne Charles with a new multi-disciplinary work about the environment, vocalist Kurt Elling, and the long-awaited debut of another legendary member of the Marsalis family, Branford Marsalis, who joins us with both his jazz quartet and in a very special chamber music concert

• Global Performance traditions featuring Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens, Third Coast Percussion and Zakir Hussain, the return of La Marisoul with La Santa Cecilia and special guest Sonia de la Santos, as well as Marcel, Rami, and Sary Khalife

• Three can't miss dance events including Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Shamel Pitts|Tribe, and Peeping Tom's Triptych

• UMS continues its Ypsilanti Partnership, activating the Ypsilanti Freighthouse in both September 2024 and April 2025 for two months of arts programming for all

For the full listing of events, explore the season at ums.org.