![]() ![]() I'd also like to learn anything we can do at UMS to make your concertgoing experience the best possible. I'd like to know your thoughts about this perfor?mance. Thank you, Michael, for your extraordinary contribution to UMS and to our community. But they also like being on a roster with the leading artists of our time, and that's what Michael assures will happen year after year. They like our audiences, concert halls, and tradition. Respect for both artists and audi?ences has led us to find many new per?formance venues particularly appro?priate for the specific art form being pre. Under Michael, UMS has added series featuring jazz, vocal recitals, world music, guitar, early music and vocal chamber music, dance, contemporary arts, and the artistic expressions of specific cultures. It soon became apparent to all of us at UMS that Michael's combination of artistic knowledge and passion on the one hand and outstanding administrative and negotiating skills on the other would make him an ideal person to manage our efforts to expand, diversify, and strengthen our artistic offerings. Michael joined the UMS staff ten years ago after interning for one year. UMS is fortunate to have as our Director of Programming one of the best in presenting field, Michael Kondziolka. The process of engaging world-class artists to perform in our community requires special knowledge, intuition, and skills. During this time UMS has achieved a reputation for distinction in present?ing the performing arts. A complete listing of the winter season begins on page 22. ![]() I'm excited about the performances we're able to bring you this season and hope that you'll join us for others. Thanks very much for attending this UMS performance and for supporting the performing arts in our community. Included in the montage by local photographer David Smith are images taken from the University Musical Society's 1997-98 season: a triumphant Evgeny Kissin in his long-awaited UMS debut recital at Hill Auditorium Itzhak Perlman performing with the Klezmer Conservatory Band as part of December 1997's In the Fiddler's House Burton Memorial Tower shimmer?ing on a concert evening. Kodo David Daniels Martin Katz James Galway Abbey Lincoln iakacs Quartet Alvin A Hey American Dance Theater The [aHis Scholars Gypsy Caravan Sweet Honey in the Rock rio Fontenay Steve Reich Ensemble Mozarteum Orchestra f Salzburg [Cuban ismo! Ewa Podle's Garrick Ohlsson Jniversity Musical Society of the University of MichiganWinter 1999 Season ![]()
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