Due to inclement weather, the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is closed on Tuesday, December 10.
All events in the building today are cancelled, including rehearsals and recitals. The ticket office and the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library are also closed.
Stay safe today!
Due to inclement weather, our ticket office will close at 7PM on Sunday, December 8, 2013.
We apologize for any inconvenience. Tickets may still be purchased online through this website.
Update: Maintenance has been completed and our website's back up — hooray!
Due to maintenance, our website may be inaccessible this weekend between Saturday, December 7 at 10PM and Sunday, December 8 at 4AM.
If you have any questions or concerns while our website is down, please email tickets.claricesmith@umd.edu and we will address your concern when our ticket office opens on Sunday, December 8 at 11AM.
With great excitement we share with you that by September of 2014, the DeVos Institute of Arts Management will relocate to the University of Maryland, College Park, joining the College of Arts and Humanities’ robust portfolio.
The institute will continue its work in collaboration with the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, one of the nation's leading arts incubators.
This blog post is by Emily Schweich, a sophomore Broadcast Journalism major.
November 22 marks the centennial of one of the 20th century’s finest composers, Benjamin Britten. While most of his vocal work was written for his lifelong partner, the tenor Sir Peter Pears, Britten wrote a variety of songs for the female voice. School of Music Professor of Voice Linda Mabbs had the opportunity to work with Sir Peter Pears at the Aldeburgh Festival in the United Kingdom and to perform some of these songs for Britten himself shortly before he died. This Thursday, she will perform Britten’s songs for soprano at Linda Mabbs Remembers Britten, a recital to celebrate the legendary composer’s 100th birthday.
That is why our craft is so unique. It’s handed down one person to the next, and the same thing with Britten. His teacher was very influential upon him, and then Peter and Ben were influential on my interpretation and my teaching, and I’m passing that on to my students.
The Clarice Smith Center and the Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission invite choreographers 18 years and older to submit applications to audition for the 31st Annual Choreographers’ Showcase. The deadline to apply is Saturday, November 30, 2013.
From Thursday, October 24 through Sunday, November 3, you can experience the Visible Seams video installation in our Grand Pavilion:
Due to other on-campus events, we anticipate that parking will be difficult on the evenings of Friday, October 18 and Saturday, October 19. Please plan on arriving early and allow extral travel time.
Because we anticipate that Lots 1B and Z will be congested, we recommend parking in Stadium Drive Garage.
You can skip the long lines at the parking pay stations by setting up a Parkmobile app account in advance. For Stadium Drive Garage, use Parkmobile zone number 6105 and your parking space number.
This blog post is by Drew Barker, Graduate Student and MLS Candidate.
If you’re not paying attention, you’ll miss the beginning — however, this dance piece will demand your attention soon enough. What starts with the dinging of a bell quickly scales stairs and then ushers you outside only to look back in at a space you have never seen in such a way. Ladies in bright colors dance/run down corridors, pause, revel in a modern arabesque with arms churning, and then disappear around a corner. Visible Seams is a dance piece choreographed by MFA candidate Erin Crawley-Woods which utilizes the interior and exterior of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in ways epic and sensual.
Crawley-Woods blends an entertaining sense of humor with a swaying meditation on human relations.
This post is by Lisa Driscoll, a Junior Vocal Performance and Broadcast Journalism double major. You can read more of her writing on her blog.
Mongolian music group Anda Union shared a taste of their homeland in an evening filled with folk songs and nostalgic original compositions, all performed in traditional clothing, on September 20 at the Clarice Smith Center. The steady percussive drive mixed with the many string and wind instruments made for a lively and memorable musical performance.
By the end, the energy was so high that I was practically rocking out — certainly not a reaction I expected of myself.
