Jacob Collier—beloved by audiences musicians and critics the world over and heralded as one of the most groundbreaking artists of the 21st century — is a singer-songwriter producer arranger multi-instrumentalist and world-builder who has taken the music industry by storm. With a depth and imaginatory infinity that is beyond question Jacob plays writes and communicates with a human warmth openness and drastic inclusivity that melts hearts explodes minds and inspires millions.
Described as “the colourful Mozart of Gen Z” by the New York Times his radically joyous and genre-bridging discography has led to seven GRAMMY wins and 15 GRAMMY nominations making him the first British artist in history to win at least one Grammy for each of his first 5 studio albums. His fearless approach to music has attracted over 100 collaborators including Coldplay SZA Shawn Mendes John Mayer Stormzy Kirk Franklin Tori Kelly Anoushka Shankar Quincy Jones Oumou Sangaré Hans Zimmer and Joni Mitchell.
Whether it’s writing songs in keys that don’t exist breaking track-count limits in DAWs or bringing 100000 people together in improvised song Jacob continues to push the boundaries of what’s creatively possible with the mission of uniting and inspiring human beings across every continent of the world in a language beyond words. All the while he is brewing up his next adventure.
Jacob Collier & Chris Thile live with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
Tuesday October 21 2025 | 7:30 PM | Hill Auditorium (825 N University Ave Ann Arbor MI 48109)
Experience an evening of magic as two GRAMMY® Award-winning maestros – singer-songwriter musician composer and producer Jacob Collier and virtuosic mandolinist singer and songwriter Chris Thile – come together to perform with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra conducted by Suzie Collier for a one-night-only Ann Arbor exclusive!
Presented in partnership with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra.
This project was made possible by a grant from the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan.
Series presenting partners: Detroit PBS ALL ARTS and PBS Books. Media partner: Michigan Public.
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