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The Michigan Association for Jazz Education aims
to actively support jazz education, performance and
heighten awareness throughout the state,
bridging the upper and lower
peninsula and the
Great Lakes
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WEST MICHIGAN JAZZ
Winter 2012 Jazz Calendar
The performance itinerary heats up along our West coast...time to see and hear some swinging musicians hailed for infectious tones and grooves....from St. Joseph to Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and beyond......click here.


Michigan State University Jazz Orchestra
Saturday, February 2, 2011 - 4pm CST

29th Frank Mantooth Jazz Festival - New Trier High School (Winnetka, IL)
plus...Chicago Jazz Ensemble, Nicholas Payton, high school bands
29th Frank Mantooth Jazzfest - New Trier H.S.


OAKLAND UNIVERSITY JAZZ
OU Percussion Day featuring Joe Reilly (and Sean Dobbins)Oakland University Percussion Day
Saturday, January 28, 2012
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Varner Hall, O
akland University
Rochester Hills, MI 48309
(248) 370-2030
Register: http://www.oakland.edu/
percussionday12

Featuring:  Jazz drum-off and drum clinic with Sean Dobbins



OU percussion day covers a wide range of percussion (classical, Indian, African, and Jazz).  Sean Dobbins will be presented a jazz drum set clinic at 4pm and from 2-4pm drum set players can come in and play for him individually or with a small combo.  This "jazz drum-off" from 2-4pm is meant to give drum set players a "solo and ensemble" type of experience.  All workshops are free!


Sean Dobbins



A full day of percussion from around the world including:

º Solo and ensemble coaching with Dan Maslanka (fine tune your MSBOA percussion pieces);
º Drumming in the classroom with Mike Medvinsky (featuring students from Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School Indaba Drumming Ensemble);
º South Indian rhythmic structures with Sam Jeyasingam (musical math);
º Jazz drum-off clinic with Sean Dobbins (perform with a jazz combo);
º Native drum and song with Joe Reilly (heartbeat of the people);
º Kalimba clinic with Mark Stone (music of Uganda and South Africa);
º Jazz Drum Set 101 with Sean Dobbins (develop your jazz knowledge);
º Drum circle with Sandy Mabery (equality through rhythm).




WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY JAZZ
WSU Jazz Jam @Cliff Bell's
Sunday, January 22, 2012; 7pm
Join WSU jazz faculty and students at this free monthly jam at Detroit's legendary jazz venue
Cliff Bell's
2030 Park Avenue, Detroit
Visit:  http://www.cliffbells.com
Ph: (313) 961-2543  ¦   e: info@cliffbells.com
Cliff Bells - Detroit


GRAND RAPIDS BIG BAND SWING
Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra 
See the GRJO this coming weekend:
Sunday, January 15, 2012; 5:30pm & 7:30pm 
Founders Brewing Co., 235 Grandville Ave., S.W., Grand Rapids
Hear the live webcast:  http://www.grjo.com
Ph: (616) 776-1195
Free admission!

Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra
Now in its third decade the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra is a leader among large ensembles pushing musical boundaries in the thriving West Michigan jazz corridor. Featuring recognized jazz educators from West Michigan, GRJO is directed by drummer Tim Froncek and boasts top-notch soloists such as tenor saxophonists Bob Nixon and Greg Marsden, trumpeter Dan Jacobs, pianist Steve Talaga, and trombonist Mike McLeod. The band is highly regarded for introducing new compositions by many leading composers and arrangers.


JAZZ CAFE @MUSIC HALL
Scott Gwinnell Dectet - A Tribute to Herbie Hancock
Thursday, January 12, 2012;
8:30pm - 12:30am - $3 cover
Jazz Cafe at Music Hall
350 Madison Avenue, Detroit
Directions / Contact Info:  http://jazzcafedetroit.com/contact
Scott Gwinnell Orchestra
The premiere of the SGD at Music Hall will feature original, new arrangements by pianist-composer Scott Gwinnell and James Hughes.  The band boasts a major ''A-list'' of Detroit musicians, including Carl Cafagna, Steve Wood, Mark Berger, Patrick Hession, Walter White, Terry Kimura, Andy James, Jordan Schug, and Jesse Kramer.  Hancock's career work gets preferred attention but other jazz greats (Lee Morgan, Joe Henderson, Kenny Dorham, Thelonious Monk) also get program tribute nods. 


PAUL KELLER ORCHESTRA BIRTHDAY @ZAL GRAZ GROTTO
Paul Keller Orchestra featuring Paul Keller, Sarah D'Angelo & Mr. B
Friday, January 12, 2012; 8 & 10pm - $10 cover
Zal Gaz Grotto
2070 W. Stadium Boulevard (between Liberty St. & Pauline), Ann Arbor
Ph: (734) 663-1202

A celebration of 23 years together plus their latest 1-year anniversary at Zal Gaz Grotto, where every Monday night their big band appeal emboldens street cred as Ann Arbor's grandest jazz export. Acclaimed bandleader and bassist Paul Keller always ramps up spirited good times thanks to a tight, crisp big band sound sporting flavorful arrangements and a zesty smorgasbord of tasteful soloing. 
Vocalist Sarah D'Angelo sings a few standards while (Ann Arbor) Boogie Woogie virtuoso Mr. B makes a special appearance.  Happy anniversary cheers to Paul & the PKO, a Michigan jazz treasure!
Paul Keller Orchestra


OAKLAND UNIVERSITY JAZZ
OU Jazz Night @Cliff Bells
Sunday, December 18, 2011; 6-10pm  
FREE admission!

Featuring the OU Jazz Combos, Jazz Band and the Oakland Jazz Quartet
OU Jazz:  http://oakland.edu/jazz
Cliff Bells - Detroit
Cliff Bells

2030 Park Avenue
Detroit, MI
Visit:  http://www.cliffbells.com
Ph:  (313) 961-2543


KERRYTOWN CONCERT HOUSE
Rodney Whitaker, Michigan State University jazz directorRodney Whitaker Quartet
Friday, December 16, 2011; 8pm
Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor
415 N. Fourth Avenue | 734-769-2999
http://www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com
   Rodney Whitaker, bass
   Diego Rivera, saxophones
   Reggie Thomas, piano
   Randy Gelispie, drums

Michigan State University bassist and professor-director of jazz studies Rodney Whitaker leads a stalwart quartet, all of whom also comprise the acclaimed MSU Professors of Jazz.  Whitaker is a force to admire anytime he unleashes his Detroit jazz pedigree; he tastefully pushes the rhythm section in any setting worthy of having him on stage.  A renowned educator, he brings exuberance and distinction from his many years with Wynton Marsalis and a member of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.  Reggie Thomas is the newest piano addition to the MSU jazz faculty while saxman Diego Rivera and venerable drummer Randy Gilespie nimbly extoll exemplary thrusts in classic jazz swing. 





INTERLOCHEN JAZZBEATS

Mike Vax with the IAA Jazz Ensembles: A Tribute to Stan Kenton
Mike VaxJazz Director:  Bill Sears
Thursday, December 15, 2011; 7:30pm
Corson Auditorium
Interlochen, MI
Artist's website: http://www.mikevax.net/
Tickets:  $16 adult, $14 senior, $9 student
https://tickets.interlochen.org/
ph: 800.681.5920 (toll free) / 231.276.7800
fax: 231.276.7444
e: boxoffice@interlochen.org


Celebrate the 100th birthday of jazz pioneer Stan Kenton with a very special guest. Mike Vax has played lead and solo trumpet with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, the Clark Terry Big Bad Band and the U.S. Navy Show Band; performed on more than 75 albums; and currently leads several groups, including the Stan Kenton Alumni Band.


JAZZ @KERRYTOWN CONCERT HOUSE
Ellen Rowe Trio - 'All About the Trio'

    Ellen Rowe, piano, chair-University of Michigan School of Music
    Paul Keller, bass
    Pete Siers, drums

Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor
Sunday, December 11, 2011; 2pm
415 N. Fourth Avenue | 734-769-2999
http://www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com

Ellen Rowe Trio
 (U-M professor Ellen Rowe, with bassist Paul Keller, drummer Pete Siers at KCH)

Ellen Rowe, jazz department chair and associate professor of jazz piano
at University of Michigan's School of Music, shows off her celebrated trio as part of a monthly music series at KCH covering different historical and aesthetic aspects of the jazz trio.


MSU Jazz Orchestras In Performance
Jazz Orchestra I, II, and III
Jazz Director:  Rodney Whitaker, Etienne Charles, Benjamin Jansson
Friday, December 9, 2011; 7:30pm
Demonstration Hall [map]

College of Music,
Michigan State University, East Lansing
Tickets:  $10 adults, $8 seniors, students/under age 18 FREE
Ph:  (517) 353-5340
MSU Jazz Orchestra I, Rodney Whitaker, director
   MSU jazz director/professor Rodney Whitaker & Jazz Orchestra I


'The Radiohead Project' featuring the
Hope College Jazz Ensemble
/ Holland Jazz Orchestra

Tuesday, December 6, 2011; 7:30pm FREE admission
Jazz Director:  Brian Coyle
Hope College, Holland, MI

Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 277 College Avenue at 12th Street
Hope College in Tribute Presents 'The Radiohead Project'
Hope College Jazz Arts Collective


JAZZ@WMU
'Jazz For The Holidays'
Sunday, December 4, 2011; 3pm
Miller Auditorium, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
School of Music Jazz Director: Tom Knific, Chair, Professor of Jazz Double Bass
Tickets: $15; seniors $12; students $5 w/ID
Ph: (269) 387-2300 -or- (800) 228-9858

WMU's School of Music presents 'Jazz For The Holidays,' a music scholarship benefit concert at Miller Auditorium featuring holiday favorites performed by the university's award-winning jazz studies program (wmujazz.com).
WMU JazzLab Band w/Paquito D'Rivera
WMU JazzLab Band & special guest Paquito D'Rivera (left)

Popular with audiences of all ages, this holiday concert has become a regular part of celebrating the season for many area families. More than 100 musicians will present this year's holiday extravaganza, featuring a delightful, fun-filled show geared towards the entire family. Performers include the Western Jazz Quartet, Gold Company (Dr. Steve Zegree, Director), the University Jazz Orchestra (Dr. Scott Cowan, Director), GC II (Michael Wheaton, Director), University Jazz Lab Band (Tom Knific, Director), the WMU Drum Choir (Keith Hall, Director), and Tri-Fi, plus a holiday sing-along.



INTERLOCHEN JAZZBEATS
Arts Academy Jazz Ensemble with Percussion Ensemble
Interlochen Arts Academy Jazz Ensemble
Jazz Director:  Bill Sears
Friday, December 2, 2011; 7:30pm
Dendrinos Chapel & Recital Hall
Interlochen, MI
Tickets:  $9 adults, $6 seniors & students
ph: 800.681.5920 (toll free) / 231.276.7800
fax: 231.276.7444
e: boxoffice@interlochen.org

Double excitement comes to the stage once the IAA jazz ensemble presents a historical mix of old and new signature arrangements, right before the IAA percussion ensemble program offers selections from the baroque period fused with 20th century modernism.




WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
29th Annual Salute to the Great Swing Bands
WMU University Jazz Orchestra, Scott Cowan, director
University Jazz Lab Band, Tom Knific
, director

Saturday, November 19, 2011; 8:15pm
Dalton Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Ph: 269-387-4667
Website: Jazz@WMU  http://www.wmujazz.com/
Tickets:  $10 adults; Students $5 with ID
             Miller Auditorium Ticket Office (269) 387-2300 -or- (800) 228-9858
             http://www.millerauditorium.com/som
WMU University Jazz Orchestra
The WMU Jazz Studies Program presents its yearly concert presentation looking at history-making big bands from the Golden Age of Jazz. This year's show features immortal arrangements by the Duke Ellington Orchestra, The Terry Gibbs Big Band, and the Boyd Raeburn Orchestra.  The 18-member UJO is directed by trumpeter-professor Scott Cowan, and the 10-member University Jazz Lab Band is directed by bassist-professor Tom Knific.


OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
OU Jazz Band - 'Thursday Arts After Work'OU Jazz Band
Thursday, November 17, 2011; 6pm
Varner Recital Hall, Oakland University, Rochester
Jazz Director:  Miles Brown

The Oakland University Jazz Band, featuring Jason Price on trumpet, will recreate Gil Evans and Miles Davis' landmark record 'Sketches of Spain'. Pre-concert talk by Dr. David Kidger.

Enjoy savory delights from 5-6pm on the Varner Hall Mezzanine, featuring an enticing variety of chef-inspired menu appetizers as a culinary prelude to the concert.
Tickets: (248) 370-2030


WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

A Jazz Tribute to Matt Michaels - Wayne State University Big Band
Matt Michaels
'Mondays at the Max with WSU'
November 14, 2011; 7:30 - 9:00pm 
Max M. Fisher Music Center
3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit
Tickets: $15 adults, $10 students, $5 WSU students
ph:  (313) 576-5111

Featuring the WSU Jazz Big Band, conducted by jazz studies director Chris CollinsAlso performing are select WSU jazz faculty and student guest soloists from the Detroit-Torino Urban Jazz Project, a musically inspired multimedia presentation created by saxophonists Collins and Emanuel Cisi that melds audio and visual depictions in urban living and cultural diversity recognized as descriptive links connecting Torino, Italy and Detroit, MI.

Special guest artists include John Trudell, Dwight Adams, Rob Pipho, Russell Miller, Dan Pliskow, Cliff Monear, Jerry McKenzie, Bob Mojica, Ron Kischuk, Emanuele Cisi (Torino, Italy) and Fabio Giachino (Torino, Italy).

Acclaimed pianist, composer and arranger Matt Michaels, WSU Professor Emeritus, was director of jazz studies at Wayne State University in Detroit for many years, and was directly involved in the initial founding (in 1979) and development of the WSU Jazz Studies Program to the present. Michaels died from cancer on November 2, 2011 at age 79.  Proceeds from this  'Mondays at the Max' concert will go to the Matt Michaels Endowed Jazz Studies Fund, which will fund student concert tours and the Wayne State Jazz Guest Artist Series.



WEST MICHIGAN - HOLLAND
Hope College Jazz Series 2011-12
Jazz Director:  Brian Coyle, Department of Music
Hope College, Holland
Ph:  (616) 395-7650
Website:  http://www.hope.edu/academic/music/

The fall jazz season at Hope College features an outstanding roster of jazz clinicians including pianists
Kenny Barron (Nov-11), Fred Hersch and Robert Glasper, saxophonist
Dave Liebman, and guitarist Joel Harrison.
General admission seats are on sale by contacting the Department of Music.
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WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Dave Liebman Group
Sunday, October 30, 2011; 8:15pm
Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Tickets $15; Students $5  
Miller Auditorium - (269) 387-2300 or (800) 228-9858

Dave Liebman Group


Jazz Masters @Miller with Paquito D'RiveraPaquito D'Rivera
Thursday, November 3, 2011; 7:30pm
Miller Auditorium, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo


Cuban jazz sax-clarinet legend Paquito D'Rivera guest stars with the WMU University Jazz Orchestra, directed by Scott Cowan.
Also performing will be the acclaimed vocal jazz ensemble Gold Company, directed by Steve Zegree.

Tickets $33 thru Miller Auditorium Box Office
ph: (269) 387-2300  -or-  (800) 228-9858
Note: educators/student musicians qualify for a discount; contact Scott Cowan at WMU Jazz.






Joel Harrison & Singularity - October 20Joel Harrison
Clinic: 4:00pm / Concert 7:30pm
Knickerbocker Theatre, Hope College

Jazz Director:  Brian Coyle, Department of Music
Ph:  (616) 395-7650
Website:  http://www.hope.edu/academic/music/

Guitarist Joel Harrison and his septet Singularity performs Thursday, October 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hope College Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland. The New York-based jazz guitarist and composer leads his seven-piece band in a special program showcasing how the techniques of his favorite modernist composers (among them John Adams, Charles Ives, and Olivier Messiaen) underscore his own writing.

Harrison's septet features Christian Howes on violin, Seamus Blake on sax, cellist Dana Leong, Jacob Sacks on piano, Drew Gress on bass and drummer Dan Weiss.

Harrison was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 2010, is a two-time winner of the Jazz Composer's Alliance Composition Competition, and has received four grants from Chamber Music America and other commissions and grants from Meet the Composer, the Flagler Cary Trust, NYSCA, and the Jerome Foundation.



EDGEFEST 2011 @KERRYTOWN  Kerrytown Concert House
Wednesday-Saturday, October 19-22, 2011
Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor
415 N. Fourth Avenue
Tickets: 734-769-2999  -or- 
http://www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com

Fall color in October signals the arrival of creative improvisational music where elements of jazz, classical, rock and touches of folk become a one-time music genre.
Kerrytown Concert House presents the 15th annual Edgefest from Wednesday, October 19 to Saturday, October 22, 2011, in a theme titled 'Blending Out'. The cast of headliners features superb artistry and a provocative cross-section of instrumentation.  Artists this year include:
Joel Harrison 7: Search
Tony Malaby @ Encore
Feldman / Courvoisier Duo
Tamarindo Trio
Bishop/Cleaver/Flood
Ned Rothenberg & Mivos Quartet
Lucian Ban & John Hébert: Enesco Re-Imagined
James Cornish's Short Opera Project
Vinny Golia & Friends
EdgeFest @Kerrytown Concert House3


KERRYTOWN CONCERT HOUSE
Ellen Rowe Trio - 'All About the Trio: Back to the Basics'
     Ellen Rowe, piano, Chair-University of Michigan School of Music
     Paul Keller, bass
     Pete Siers, drums
Wednesday, October 12, 2011; 8pm
Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor
415 N. Fourth Avenue  |  734-769-2999
Website: http://www.kerrytownconcerthouse.com
Ellen Rowe Trio
(U-M professor Ellen Rowe, bassist Paul Keller, drummer Pete Siers at KCH)

Ellen Rowe, jazz department chair and associate professor of jazz piano
at University of Michigan's School of Music, shows off her celebrated trio as part of a monthly music series at KCH covering different historical and aesthetic aspects of the jazz trio.


WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
WMUsic Showcase Spectacular - a music scholarship benefit concert
Featuring WMU University Jazz Orchestra, Gold Company
Sunday, October 2, 2011; 3pm
Miller Auditorium, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Ph:  269-387-4667
Web Site:   Jazz@WMU  http://www.wmujazz.com/

Miller Auditorium Ticket Office:  Ph: (269) 387-2300  -or-  (800) 228-9858
WMU University Jazz Orchestra
Produced by nationally recognized vocal jazz educator Dr. Steve Zegree, the performance showcases polished ensembles playing and gifted individual talents of the students, faculty, and ensembles in the School of Music. The Showcase will feature performances by WMU ensembles including the Bronco Marching Band, Gold Company, University Symphony Orchestra, University Chorale, Grand Chorus, University Jazz Orchestra (above), and the Western Wind Quintet, among others.
Proceeds from the concert will help fund Jazz@WMU
scholarships.

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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF MUSIC
MSU Professors of Jazz with trumpeter Etienne Charles
"Caribbean Night"
Friday, September 30, 2011; 8pm, Creole Gallery, Lansing -Old Town District
Creolle Gallery, 1218 Turner St., Lansing [map]
Jazz Director: Rodney Whitaker, College of Music
Etienne Charles
In the last of a four-part MSU Professors of Jazz series that gets at the roots of inspiration for their music, it is trumpeter Etienne Charles' chance to shine as he unveils compositions that harken back to his Caribbean roots. The native of Trinidad and youngest member of the group will be backed by his fellow MSU professors led by bassist Rodney Whitaker with saxophonist Diego Rivera, drummer Randy Gelispie and newest member, pianist Reggie Thomas. In addition to compositions fresh off Charles' pen, the group will also perform tunes from his new CD, "Kaiso" (Culture Shock Music).

Charles is recognized as one of the new generation of influential jazz musicians. He has performed and recorded with Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Roberta Flack, Count Basie Orchestra, Gerald Wilson, and Maria Schneider. In 2006, he won the National Trumpet Competition, jazz division, in Fairfax, Virginia.


WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Gene Bertoncini
Tom Knific
, Double Bass / Gene Bertoncini, Guitar

- Faculty & Guest Artist Jazz Recital -
Tuesday, September 27, 2011; 8:15pm
Dalton Center Recital Hall Hall
, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Ph:  269-387-4667
Web Site:   Jazz@WMU  http://www.wmujazz.com/


Gene Bertoncini is one of the pre-eminent jazz guitarists active today. His fluid technique and lyricism have won him international praise and accolades as the "Segovia of jazz." An eloquent and versatile improviser, Bertoncini has been heard with an extraordinary range of jazz greats, including performances and recordings with Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, Wayne Shorter, Hubert Laws, Paul Desmond among others, as well as such distinguished singers as Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, Nancy Wilson, Vic Damone, and Eydie Gorme. Besides touring and performing, Bertoncini teaches at the Eastman School of Music and William Patterson University. A New York City native, he graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in architecture. New Yorker magazine warmly says, "Bertoncini is an affecting, highly original guitarist that moves easily back and forth between classical and jazz guitar."


Western Jazz Quartet - Faculty Recital

Wednesday, September 21, 2011; 7:30pm
Dalton Center Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Ph:  269-387-4667
Web Site:   Jazz@WMU  http://www.wmujazz.com/

Program:  An entire concert of compositions by Trent Kynaston
WMU Faculty Jazz Quartet
    
Trent Kynaston, saxophone
     Steve Zegree, piano
     Tim Froncek, drums
     Tom Knific, bass

The Western Jazz Quartet melds the talent, experience, passion and professionalism of four gifted musicians whose artistic vision and performance have garnered international acclaim. The group's unique ability to blend culture, education and aesthetics demonstrates multifaceted versatility that energizes and tantalizes contemporaries and audiences alike.


OAKLAND UNIVERSITY SPECIAL EVENT
Miles Brown, OU jazz studies directorOU Jazz Faculty Inaugural Concert
-Thursday Arts After-Work-
Thursday, September 22, 2011; 6:00-7:00pm
Varner Recital Hall
Oakland University, Rochester
Ph: (248) 370-2030
Web Site:  http://www2.oakland.edu/mtd

OU Jazz Faculty Ensemble:
   Miles Brown
, jazz director/bass
   Carl Cafagna, saxophone
   Vincent Chandler, trombone
   Sean Dobbins, drums
   Mark Kieme, saxophone
   Mark Stone, percussion
   Tad Weed, piano
Food and beverages will be available on the mezzanine outside of Varner Recital Hall beginning at 5pm.




MSU/WHARTON CENTER JAZZ

Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis @MSU
Wynton Marsalis
Thursday, September 22, 2011; 7:30pm
Great Cobb Hall, Wharton Center
M
ichigan State University, East Lansing
Ph: (517) 353-1982
Tickets:  Wharton-LCJO


Meet JLCO saxophonist:  Victor Goines
LCJO


Ahmad Jamal Opens UMS 18th Annual Jazz Series
Saturday, September 18
- University Musical Society
Ahmad JamalExpressions in improvisation at the University of Michigan routinely invokes the letters UMS, as in the University Musical Society, symbolic of prestigious blends of music and dance arts since 1879. UMS remains one of the top performing arts presenters in the U.S. and continues to influence music education across Michigan. Since 2000, UMS has served 345 schools and nearly 100,000 students through its popular youth education program, which includes live performances, in-class visits, teacher workshops, and more.

For Fall-Winter 2011-12, the UMS 18th annual Jazz Series welcomes virtuoso headliners in pianist Ahmad Jamal (left), Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, saxophonist Charles Lloyd New Quartet, and the Rebirth Brass Band providing an infectious New Orleans groove.

Tickets:  http://www.ums.org/s_tickets/


All other performances and special events are linked
through individual websites of colleges and universities
profiled on our Education page.

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