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You succeed. www.kcourtaa.com university musical society Winter 07 University of Michigan • Ann Arbor P/2 Letters from the Presidents P/4 Letter from the Chair UMS/Leadership P/6 Corporate Leaders/Foundations P/14 UMS Board of Directors/Senate/Advisory Committee P/15 UMS Staff/Teacher Advisory Committee UMS/Services P/17 General Information P/19 UMS Tickets P/21 www.ums.org P/21 Student Information UMS/Annals P 25 UMS History P/25 UMS Choral Union P/27 Venues and Burton Memorial Tower UMS/Experience P/29 The 128th UMS Winter Season P/31 UMS Education Programs P/37 UMS Preferred Restaurants and Businesses P/37 UMS Delicious Experiences UMS/Support P/39 UMS Advisory Committee P/39 UMS Ushers P/41 Sponsorship and Advertising P/43 Annual Fund Support P/53 Annual Endowment Support P/56 UMS Advertisers Cover: Stephen Petronio Company (photo by Sarah Silver) presented in Ann Arbor February 16 and 17, 2006 at the Power Center. P/2 • FROM THE U-M PRESIDENT W elcome to the 128th season of the University Musical Society (UMS)! All of us at the University of Michigan are proud of UMS, the old­ est university-related performing arts presenter in the United States and one of the most distinguished. In the spring of last year, UMS was named one of only three university presenters in the United States to receive a major grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in the inaugural year of the foundation's new Leading College and University Presenter Program. This past fall UMS mounted its largest project ever when it brought the Royal Shakespeare Company to campus for a three-week residency. Members of the company, when not on the stage at the Power Center for the Performing Arts, visited classes, offered workshops, and became deeply engaged in our community and throughout all of southeast Michigan. UMS partnered with 25 University units, and 13 courses were developed specifically because of the RSC residency. RSC members even made it to The Big House when actor Patrick Stewart conducted the Michigan Marching Band during the Nov. 4 halftime show. The University is pleased to support UMS not only in its regular 06/07 season but in special projects like the RSC's Michigan Residency. It is an exciting time for the arts at Michigan. We are dedicating the 2007 calendar year to a celebration of the arts from global perspectives. We are call­ ing this celebration "Arts on Earth," and it will be a spectacular array of course- work, performances, visiting scholars and artists, and symposia. A highlight of "Arts on Earth" will be the spring opening of the Arthur Miller Theatre in the new Walgreen Drama Center. I hope to see many of you there. Thank you for attending this UMS performance. Please join us this year for other UMS events and for performances, exhibitions, and cultural activities offered by our faculty and students in the University's many outstanding venues. To learn more about arts and culture at Michigan, visit the University's website at www.umich.edu. Sincerely, Mary Sue Coleman President University of Michigan P/3 • FROM THE UMS PRESIDENT W elcome to this UMS performance. I had the chance to know. Since 1987, I have been I hope to see you at more UMS events fortunate to work in partnership with 107 Board during this exciting second half of our members and with hundreds of other dedicated 128th season. You'll find all of our Winter events volunteers on our Senate, Advisory Committee, listed on P/29. Teacher Advisory Committee, UMS Choral Union, First of all, let me thank everyone who partici­ and Usher Corps. My colleagues on the UMS staff pated in the 2006 Michigan Residency of the constitute the finest team of Royal Shakespeare Company. The RSC residen­ professionals in the perform­ cy was the largest, most expensive, and most ing arts presenting field in the engaging project ever undertaken by UMS. It was US. What an honor it has also a huge success, thanks to the efforts of hun­ been to work with them. And dreds of people who worked for two years to pull finally, there's you, the UMS it off. Nearly 30,000 people attended the perform­ audience. How lucky I've ances and dress rehearsals including more than been to have you. Artists the 5,000 students. People came from 39 states and world over love you for your four countries. RSC members impressed everyone intelligence, respect, enthusi­ with their accessibility and friendliness, as well as asm, friendliness, and spirit of their talent both on stage and in the more than adventure...and so do I. You 140 educational events in Ann Arbor and through­ show up in numbers that out southeastern Michigan. They gave their all to leave them shaking their heads, amazed that a everything they did. It's clear that Michigan loves community our size can fill a hall the size of Hill. the RSC, but the RSC loves Michigan just as much. You are the best! Since I still get excited each day Writes Michael Boyd, the Artistic Director of the with the opportunity to serve you and the commu­ RSC: "We are very proud of our residencies in Ann nity, I plan to stick around for a while longer. Arbor. They have allowed us to show you what we There's the UMS Difference Campaign to finish, can do, and they have proved an exciting model of and I can't imagine doing anything I love more than how theatre can and should engage with a com­ what I'm doing right now. munity. They have allowed us to re-explore our So thanks again for coming to this perform­ work and find fresh insight and new depth and ance. Feel free to get in touch with me if you have make our story telling better. Working with you has any questions, comments, or problems. If you don't raised our game and made us more ambitious for see me in the lobby at this performance, please ourselves. We're already looking forward to engi­ send me an e-mail message at [email protected] neering our return to Michigan." Yes, they're com­ or call meat 734.647.1174. ing back. Stay tuned for details. As this season marks the end of my 20th year Very best wishes, at UMS, I find myself deeply grateful for the oppor­ tunity to have served the University and the com­ munity for the past two decades. It has been a great privilege to be part of this organization, whose roots go back 128 years and whose unwa­ Kenneth C. Fischer vering commitment to artistic excellence has been UMS President shaped by outstanding leaders like Henry Simmons Frieze, Charles Sink, and Gail Rector, two of whom P/4 AN INVITATION FROM UMS CHAIRMAN, CLAYTON WILHITE How Two Gifts from You in 06/07 Can Produce Four for UMS. Yes, the Math Works. , L ast year in this space, I discussed the significant positive impact your donations can have on the fiscal health of UMS. So, before I explain the miraculous headline, I want to report that your generosity last year did, indeed, have impact. UMS reached both its annual and endowment fund goals, thereby achieving critical financial milestones in a bumpy economic climate. From all of us at UMS, enormous thanks to those of you who made that possible. Now let's focus on the headline and the message behind it—one so fundamentally necessary to our 06/07 goals. Let me lay out the rationale behind my claim and see if it makes sense for you. Fact #7—UMS has a modest endowment. It must be increased signifi­ cantly: first, because the cost of distinctive, high quality, sometimes "adventuresome" programming requires it; second, because the new reality is that UMS operates in an increasingly erratic arts funding environment. Corporate, government, University of Michigan, and foundation giving have each experienced wide funding fluctuations in the last 24 months. Insulating UMS from these vagaries is a high endowment priority. Fact #2—Endowment monies not withstanding, UMS history is replete with examples of the lifeblood role that annual giving by thousands of generous individuals has played in building the UMS reputation over the last 127 seasons. Your annual gifts are the most essential component of a solvent UMS. Thus it has been and thus it shall always be. Fact #3—UMS, for the first time, is a full participant in a University of Michigan fund-raising campaign. The "Michigan Difference" (you easily could substitute, "UMS") campaign presents UMS with a highly visible once-in-a-lifetime window to address our annual giving and endowment needs simultaneously as never before. P/5 Now, let's turn the corner and relate all this to you—in particular, to our audiences of five, 10, 20, or 40 years standing who, conceivably, have both the means and the motivation to consider two gifts to UMS this season: 1) Continuing a personally meaningful annual fund commitment and 2) Inaugurating a "UMS Difference" endowment commitment in the form of a one-time cash gift, a multi-year cash pledge, or a bequest. If this notion is beginning to strike a chord, let me offer one final, compelling motive to complete my case. Thanks to two great American philanthropic organizations. The Wallace Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, UMS is poised to receive $1.5 million in additional matching endowment funds if we can raise $2 million on our own. While achieving this level would still leave us well short of our ultimate endowment goals, what a jump-start the $3.5 million would give us. (Conversely, if we don't raise the full $2 million, we also lose that portion of the grant as well). The endowment match opportunity is in place for the entire 06/07 season. To bring things down to a very personal, individual level, every dollar you give to endowment generates an additional $1.50 from the foundations. Never in UMS history have we had this amount of leverage working for us at one time. So, can we ask you to give to UMS twice in 06/07? Once to the annual fund and once more to the endowment? For some who already are stretched with their annual fund gift, the answer may be "no." Nevertheless, we thank you for that critical contribution. As I said earlier, there would be no UMS without you. For others, in particular those who are experiencing the joy of being over age 40, many years of rewarding UMS performances combined with financial circumstances will produce a "yes"—knowing that when you give, Wallace and Duke will each give as well. The quite magical result of your generosity? Two gifts from you produce four gifts to UMS and protect our future for generations to come! For more information on both giving options, please contact the offices of Susan McClanahan, Director of Development, at 734.647.1177 or visit our website at www.ums.org and click on "Make a Gift." Sincerely, Clayton Wilhite Chair, UMS Board of Directors P/6 UMS/Leadership • CORPORATE LEADERS / FOUNDATIONS Robert J. Buckler DTE Energy President & Chief Operating Officer of Detroit Foundation Edison, Detroit Edison "The DTE Energy Foundation is pleased to support exemplary organizations like UMS that inspire the soul, instruct the mind, and enrich the community.' Chris Brown DTE Energy Executive Vice President, DTE Energy DTE Energy Resources Resources; Vice President, DTE Energy "William Shakespeare has no equal in the English language of capturing the human condition — its ambitions, emotions, strengths and conceits. DTE Energy Resources is proud to partner with the University of Michigan to bring a world class per­ formance of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra to our community." Jim Vella President, Ford Motor Company Fund "Through music and the arts, we are inspired Ford Motor Company Fund to broaden our horizons, bridge differences among cultures, and set our spirits free. We are proud to support the University Musical Society and acknowledge the important role it plays in our community." P/7 James C. Epolito MICHIGAN President and CEO, Michigan Economic Development Corporation ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION "Quality of life and cultural resources are key factors for corporate leaders who are growing their businesses in Michigan or considering locating here. For this reason the Michigan Economic Development Corporation is thankful for the opportunity to support the University Musical Society as it further enhances the state's reputation for artistic excellence." Andrea Fischer Newman Senior Vice President Government Affairs, Northwest Airlines "As the carrier that connects Ann Arbor and Michigan NORTHWEST AIRLINES® to the world, Northwest is proud to support the University Musical Society, one of many examples of the talent, creativity, and artistic excellence that enrich and strengthen our community." David Canter -; o Sen/or Vice President, Pfizer, Inc. "The science of discovering new medicines is a lot like the art of music: to make it all come together, you need a diverse collection of brilliant people. In order to get people with world-class talent you have to offer them a special place to live and work. UMS is one of the things that makes Ann Arbor quite special. In fact, if one were making a list of things that define the quality of life here, UMS would be at or near the very top. Pfizer is honored to be among UMS's patrons." P/8 UMS Leadership Douglass R. Fox President, Ann Arbor Automotive ANN ARBOR AUTOMOTIVE "We at Ann Arbor Automotive are pleased to support the artistic variety and program excellence given to us by the University Musical Society." Laurel R. Champion Publisher, The Ann Arbor News ANN ARBOR NEWS "The people at The Ann Arbor News are honored and pleased to partner with and be supportive of the University Musical Society, which adds so much depth, color, excite­ ment, and enjoyment to this incredible community." Timothy G. Marshall President and CEO, Bank of Ann Arbor "A commitment to the community can be expressed in many ways, each different and all appropriate. Bank of Ann Arbor OF ANN ARBOR is pleased to continue its long term support of the University Musical Society by our sponsorship of the 06/07 season." Habte Dadi ...... Manager, Blue Nile Restaurant "At the Blue Nile, we believe in giving back to the community that sustains our business. We are proud to support an organization that provides such an important service to Ann Arbor." George Jones BORDERS, President and CEO, Borders Group, Inc. "Borders embraces its role as a vital, contributing member of the community that reaches out to connect with people. We know that what our customers read, listen to, and watch is an integral part of who they are and who they aspire to be. Borders shares our community's passion for the arts and we are proud to continue our support of the University Musical Society."