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Jazz Jam with The Hall CP

Kick off your fall with this monthly jazz jam session led by D.C.-based saxophonist Elijah Balbed! The house band will play a set starting at 7:30PM. Bring your instrument! After enjoying their set, you’ll have a chance to call a tune! Participation in our jazz jams is free–no tickets required and all levels welcome. This month features Clarice visiting artist Brandon Woody on trumpet.

This event is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council and The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.

Saturday Morning Tunes: Taylor Swift for Kids!

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She's the biggest pop star on the planet. And now you can experience her greatest hits live in concert with the whole family. NPR affiliates WAMU, WYPR and WTMD are partnering with Clarice Presents for this event featuring rising star Enslow and her five-piece band, performing Taylor Swift favorites! This is a time the whole family can enjoy and dancing shoes are a must! Admission includes friendship bracelet-making in the Grand Pavilion before the show.

University & Community Band Concert

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Craig Potter, conductor

Representing a variety of majors across campus, the University Band is joined by the Maryland Community Band for a concert of traditional and contemporary wind band music in a performance perfect for all ages. Repertoire will be announced closer to the concert.

High School Choir Invitational: UMD Choral Activities

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The UMD High School Choir Invitational puts the spotlight on the future of choral music as talented high schools from throughout the DMV gather for vibrant performances alongside the UMD Chamber Singers and University Chorale.

This year UMD welcomes six schools:

Faculty Artist Series- Dedications: Trios for Clarinet, Cello and Piano

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Robert DiLutis, clarinet
Rita Sloan, piano
Carrie Bean Stute, cello

Professors Robert DiLutis and Rita Sloan are joined by cellist Carrien Bean Stute for this recital highlighting trios written for clarinet, cello and piano that Beethoven and Brahms dedicated to those close to them. On the program are Beethoven's Trio in B-flat, Op. 11, written for patron of the arts Maria Wilhelmine von Thun und Hohenstein, and Brahm's Trio in A-minor, Op. 113, a piece inspired by and dedicated to Richard Mühlfeld.

TDPS Experimental Performance Series #1

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Featuring provocative choreography by M.F.A. Dance students, this concert is a collection of eclectic new works, serving as an unguarded exploration of these diverse artists' talents and interests.

Alondra Torres Negron '25: "Here's To Us"
A celebration of all we've felt, said, done and how we've made it through.

NextNOW Fest: Visiting Artist Lecture - Ari Melenciano

Join us for an artist talk with Ari Melenciano! Ari Melenciano is an artist, technologist, researcher, and cultural theorist. Her art and research practice explores the societal subconscious intellect, computational anthropology, ethnographical morphing of artistic and psychological expression across diasporas, the formation and embodiment of mythology and rituals, and the materialization of polymathic research in the form of transcendent sciences.

This talk will take place in Room 3304 of the Parren J. Mitchell Art-Sociology Building.

NextNOW Fest: DANCExDANCE

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.

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