DANCE² is a dance installation about human-robot interaction and our collective feelings about technology’s influence on the future. Audiences will use their smartphones to interact with the performance, influencing the choreography of the human and robotic dancers. Through their choices, we will explore the question of whether emerging technology is bringing us closer together or pulling us farther apart.
Join us for the Keynote Address at the Moving With Screens + Machines Symposium featuring guest presenter Amy LaViers, Director of Robotics, Automation, and Dance (RAD) Lab.
Join us for a thought-provoking symposium on the relationship between embodied practices and technology. This in-person event will bring together multi-disciplinary experts and enthusiasts to explore how screens and machines shape our experiences and interactions.
The UMD School of Music launched its first-ever graduate fellowship brass quintet, Terrapin Brass, in the Fall 2021 semester as a way to further showcase its esteemed brass program. Now in its second iteration, the group presents a recital of brass works and transcriptions in this performance, Ascension, featuring works by Bozza, Bach and more!
Marcus S. Grant: Ascension
Johann Sebastian Bach, transcribed by Ralph Sauer: Contrapunctus I
Eugene Bozza: Sonatine
Intermission
Join the Prince George’s Philharmonic on May 19th when we will present our 58th season finale!
The program features violinist and National Sphinx Competition winner Annelle K. Gregory in a performance of Glazunov’s romantic Violin Concerto. The program opens with Wagner’s festive Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and closes with the ever-popular Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov. You will not want to miss this blockbuster finale!
Semesterly chamber music recitals showcase students' creativity, initiative, collaboration and agency through the unique medium of chamber music. This recital will feature a broad range of styles and repertoire presented in a fresh, lively way. Part 1 will take place on May 7 at 10:30 a.m. and Part 2 will take place on May 9 at 10:30 a.m.
Ryan Long
Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Mariana Corichi Gómez
Assistant Conductor, Florencia en el Amazonas
Corinne Hayes
Stage Director, Florencia en el Amazonas
Interim Director, Maryland Opera Studio
