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Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

Historic 1913 architecture
World-class acoustics
Prairie style landmark
Kahn Bar concrete system

Kahn's 1913 masterpiece delivers acoustics that'd make Pavarotti jealous. This parabolic, 4,300-seat beauty in the Prairie style hosts world-class orchestras, artists, and unforgettable performances right on Michigan's campus.

Tips

🎻check out the instrument gallery on the top floor
🚗parking around $10, multiple lots nearby
💧no food or drink allowed inside

Location

825 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

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Upcoming events at this venue

Classical Music
Holst: The Planets (Season Finale)

Holst: The Planets (Season Finale)

April 25 at 7:30pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

Travel the solar system without leaving your seat. Holst's sweeping orchestral suite The Planets anchors this season finale, paired with Elgar's soulful Cello Concerto featuring Maximilian Hornung and a world premiere co-commissioned with the New York Philharmonic.

Classical Music
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra

Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra

April 25 at 7:30pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

Let the Ann Arbor Symphony take you from Earth to outer space. This program pairs Elgar's soulful Cello Concerto with Holst's sweeping "The Planets," all in Hill Auditorium's legendary acoustic space.

Educational Talk
2026 Taubman College Commencement Ceremony

2026 Taubman College Commencement Ceremony

May 3 at 11am

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

Taubman College confers Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD degrees in architecture and urban planning at historic Hill Auditorium. Celebrate with a Dean's Reception under a tent on Ingalls Mall afterward.

Rock Concert
AVTT/PTTN

AVTT/PTTN

June 19

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

The Avett Brothers and Mike Patton on the same stage: an unlikely pairing that could only happen at a festival. One brings heart-on-sleeve folk rock, the other brings fearless avant-garde experimentation. Hill Auditorium's legendary acoustics will catch every note.

Rock Concert
The Avett Brothers & Mike Patton (AVTT/PTTN)

The Avett Brothers & Mike Patton (AVTT/PTTN)

June 19 at 7:30pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

Two musical worlds collide when The Avett Brothers join forces with Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle) for their collaborative album AVTT/PTTN. It's folk sincerity meets avant-garde experimentation at Hill Auditorium, where the acoustics make every note feel immersive.

Classical Music
The Cleveland Orchestra

The Cleveland Orchestra

September 25 at 7pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

The Cleveland Orchestra returns to Ann Arbor after 15 years to open the season, with Franz Welser-Möst conducting his final year. Expect Liszt's shimmering *Orpheus*, Martinů's pastoral Second Symphony, and Brahms's warm Second.

Rock Concert
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers

Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers

October 2 at 7:30pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

Bruce Hornsby's piano has wandered everywhere, from pop hits to bluegrass jams to Grateful Dead tours. Catch him and The Noisemakers live as they tear through decades of genre-hopping brilliance and fresh material from "Indigo Park."

Jazz & Blues
Samara Joy

Samara Joy

October 9 at 7pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Samara Joy brings her stunning voice to Hill Auditorium's legendary acoustics. Her fresh take on classic standards feels both timeless and utterly new.

Latin Concert
Lupita Infante y su mariachi

Lupita Infante y su mariachi

October 17 at 7:30pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

Mexican American singer Lupita Infante, granddaughter of beloved icon Pedro Infante, brings her fresh take on mariachi and ranchera to Hill Auditorium's stunning acoustics. A rare chance to experience traditional sounds through a millennial lens in one of the Midwest's most celebrated concert halls.

Classical Music
Bruce Liu, piano

Bruce Liu, piano

October 28 at 7:30pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

Bruce Liu stormed to victory at the 2021 Chopin Competition, and his UMS debut proves why. Expect dazzling technique paired with genuine curiosity as he moves from Beethoven's Moonlight to Ravel's Spanish dawn to Liszt's fire.

Classical Music
Mozart’s Requiem

Mozart’s Requiem

November 13 at 7:30pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

Hear Mozart's haunting final composition performed by the UMS Choral Union for the first time in 80 years, joined by world-class soloists in Hill Auditorium's acoustically perfect hall. The Requiem's mix of fear and hope resonates even deeper with Brahms's Alto Rhapsody completing the program.

Classical Music
Handel’s Messiah

Handel’s Messiah

December 5 at 7:30pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

The "Hallelujah" chorus hits different when 200 voices rise together. Handel's Messiah returns for its annual Ann Arbor tradition, pairing the UMS Choral Union with the Symphony Orchestra for an evening of soaring arias and spine-tingling crescendos that feel like the holidays incarnate.

Classical Music
Yo-Yo Ma, cello, and Emanuel Ax, piano

Yo-Yo Ma, cello, and Emanuel Ax, piano

December 10 at 7:30pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax return to Hill Auditorium for an evening of chamber music reflecting decades of shared musical curiosity. The acoustics here make every note feel intimate, even in a room of thousands.

Classical Music
Brass of the Berlin Philharmonic

Brass of the Berlin Philharmonic

February 4 at 7:30pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

The Berlin Philharmonic's brass section brings their legendary precision to Hill Auditorium's acoustic perfection. Baroque grandeur meets modern firepower when virtuosic horns and trumpets join forces with concert organist Paul Jacobs.

Opera
Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

February 7 at 4pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

Joyce DiDonato brings Purcell's tragic queen to life in this concert performance of one of opera's most devastating farewells. The program opens with Carissimi's Baroque masterpiece Jephte, then DiDonato takes the stage for Dido's immortal lament.

Pop Concert
Gregory Porter

Gregory Porter

February 11 at 7:30pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

Gregory Porter's velvety baritone fills Hill Auditorium with jazz standards and soul originals. A Grammy-winning voice that feels like a warm embrace on a February night.

Classical Music
Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony

Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony

February 13 at 7:30pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

Sail into uncharted waters with Vaughan Williams's sweeping "A Sea Symphony," a grand choral meditation on adventure and the unknown inspired by Walt Whitman's sea poems. The evening closes with his ethereal "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis," a lush double string orchestra work that hasn't graced this stage in over half a century.

Opera
J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion

J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion

February 20 at 7pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

Masaaki Suzuki conducts Bach's towering St. Matthew Passion with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists: two hours of transcendent choral drama in Hill Auditorium's legendary acoustic space.

Classical Music
London Symphony Orchestra with Maxim Vengerov, violin

London Symphony Orchestra with Maxim Vengerov, violin

March 3 at 7:30pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

The London Symphony Orchestra makes its first UMS appearance in over 50 years, joined by violinist Maxim Vengerov for Beethoven's soaring Violin Concerto. Shostakovich's wartime Symphony No. 8 rounds out a program of orchestral brilliance in one of the Midwest's most acoustically celebrated halls.

Classical Music
London Symphony Orchestra with Alisa Weilerstein, cello

London Symphony Orchestra with Alisa Weilerstein, cello

March 4 at 7:30pm

Hill Auditorium

Burns Park

One of the world's finest orchestras brings Elgar's soulful Cello Concerto to Hill Auditorium's legendary acoustics, with Alisa Weilerstein as soloist. The program opens with Elizabeth Maconchy's atmospheric Nocturne and closes with Strauss's heroic tone poem.