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District5, UMD School of Music's Gradute Fellowship Woodwind Quintet, will be performing at Busboys & Poets Hyattsville on Sunday, April 6, 2014. Their performance, Throw Caution to the Wind, features some of the most colorful and virtuosic work for wind quintet, showing what it's like to simply let loose and perform.
Listen below for a playlist of music that inspires them to be fearless and "throw caution to the wind!"
This blog post is by Emily Schweich, a sophomore Broadcast Journalism major.
Spring Awakening photo by Blinkofaneye/BrightestYoungThings
Spring Awakening proves that the tumultuous experience of adolescence transcends place and time. Based on a 19th century play by Frank Wedekind, the rock musical follows a group of adolescents in a provincial village, balancing angst with optimism, and naiveté with curiosity, struggling to reconcile society’s agenda with nature’s desires. The UMD School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies’ production, directed by five-time Tony Award-winner Brian MacDevitt and acclaimed choreographers Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig, explores this dichotomy between institution and nature.
Dressed in neutral-colored, flowing, loose dresses and tunics, their hair swept up into disheveled hairstyles, the Elementals were more than conventional backup dancers; they told the undercurrents of the story.
UMD’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) dancers and choreographers were honored with an invitation to perform the dance work, If only I knew at the Kennedy Center this June. The dance was chosen during the American College Dance Association's (ACDFA) Mid-Atlantic Regional College Dance Festival held recently at George Mason University, and is the only undergraduate work to be selected for this honor.
Update (Sunday, March 9, 2014): Our ticketing system is back up. Tickets can be purchased as normal online, by phone and in person. Thank you for your patience!
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Our ticketing system is currently down. If you would like to order tickets for any of our upcoming performances, either email tickets.claricesmith@umd.edu or call 301.405.2787 and provide the following information:
This blog post is by Emily Schweich, a sophomore Broadcast Journalism major.
On January 31, I was selected to participate in a unique arts engagement initiative here at the Clarice Smith Center – live-tweeting the world premiere of David Roussève/REALITY’s Stardust.
Art and Twitter form a curious blend of the nostalgic and millennial, the very blend that Roussève cultivates in Stardust.
This blog post is by Emily Schweich, a sophomore Broadcast Journalism major.
The lights dimmed, and I settled into my seat – front and center in the Dekelboum Concert Hall. Executive director Marty Wollesen took the stage to welcome guests to the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. A curly-haired man in jeans and a hooded jacket walked down the aisle next to me. He’s late, I thought. Who would be late to a big-name concert like this? A second glance — He looks like Chick Corea. The man crossed in front of the stage and casually took a seat at the piano next to Bobby McFerrin. Wait. He IS Chick Corea.
Musicians this virtuosic don’t need to put on a show to engage an audience. When done right, the music speaks for itself.
This blog post is by Emily Schweich, a sophomore Broadcast Journalism major.
Forgiveness from Heaven, an 18th-century Chinese woman, suffers after years of foot binding. Victoria, from 19th-century England, has hysteria. Contemporary Jersey girl Wanda has trouble with her silicone breasts. They all come together in a modern doctor’s waiting room.
Lisa Loomer’s 1994 play The Waiting Room takes place in “the past, and the present, and often both at once. New York City, England and China.” This transcendence of time and space creates a formidable challenge for set designers – how can they create a believable, authentic and versatile design?
Cohen said he hoped the set would highlight the play’s juxtaposition of the clinical and the beautiful.
Due to anticipated inclement weather, the University of Maryland campus will be closed beginning Wednesday, February 12 at 7PM and will remain closed on Thursday, February 13.
Tonight's world premiere of David Roussève/REALITY's Stardust is being livetweeted! Follow #StardustUMD to view tweets and photos from the performance.
