Burns Park
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
Burns Park
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
Classical MusicApril 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 MusicApril 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 TalkMay 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 ConcertJune 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 ConcertJune 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
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 ConcertOctober 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 & BluesOctober 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
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
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 MusicNovember 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
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
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
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
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
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 MusicFebruary 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
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
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
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.
Classical MusicApril 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 MusicApril 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 TalkMay 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 ConcertJune 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 ConcertJune 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 MusicSeptember 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 ConcertOctober 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 & BluesOctober 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 ConcertOctober 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 MusicOctober 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 MusicNovember 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 MusicDecember 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 MusicDecember 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 MusicFebruary 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.
OperaFebruary 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 ConcertFebruary 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 MusicFebruary 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.
OperaFebruary 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 MusicMarch 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 MusicMarch 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.