Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra

In October 2022, UMS hosted an intensive weeklong residency with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra that included two concerts, a School Day Performance, multiple residency activities on and off campus, and a halftime performance at the Michigan football game. While a February residency precludes an appearance on the 50-yard line, we’re thrilled that Wynton and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra will return for another distinctive UMS residency this year, presenting the preview premiere of Marsalis’s Symphony No. 5 for symphony orchestra and jazz orchestra, which will receive its world premiere a few months later by The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Composed in honor of America’s 250th birthday, the new composition will be performed by musicians from the U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance and the beloved Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

Personnel:

University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Kenneth Kiesler, conductor