Cincinnati Pops Orchestra conductor John Morris Russell, a long-time NOI+F collaborator, opens the 2022 festival with favorites from cinematic music. Sway with Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story” and reach beyond the stars with Michael Giacchino’s Voyage in honor of NASA's 60th anniversary. Internationally renowned Romanian violinist and UMD School of Music associate professor of violin Irina Muresanu also joins this performance for Korngold’s brilliant Violin Concerto. This opening weekend of the 2022 festival also features John Williams’ magical blockbuster the Harry Potter Suite.

Program:

Korngold: Violin Concerto
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”
Abels: Outburst from “Get Out”
Giacchino: Voyage
Watkins: The Soul of Remembrance from Five Movements in Color
Boyer: Fanfare for Tomorrow
Williams: With Malice Toward None from “Lincoln”
Williams: Harry Potter Suite

This event is part of the National Orchestral Institute + Festival (NOI+F), a program of The Clarice at the University of Maryland. NOI+F trains aspiring orchestral musicians, composers, conductors and arts administrators from across the country in a month of dynamic music-making and professional exploration. Trailblazing conductor Marin Alsop was appointed as the first-ever Music Director of the National Orchestral Institute + Festival in 2020. In addition to conducting innovative programs onstage at The Clarice and at Wolf Trap, Maestra Alsop launched the NOI+F Conducting Academy for rising young conductors in 2021. In 2015, NOI+F began a partnership with Naxos to record one concert of all-American music each year—Naxos’ first partnership with a summer festival of its kind. The 2019 recording “Ruggles, Stucky, Harbison” received a Grammy nomination in the "Best Orchestral Performance" category.

Concessions:
The Clarice lobby concession bar Encore will be open for food and beverage sales.

Health & Safety

Patrons attending University of Maryland arts events are no longer required to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. We continue to encourage audiences to wear a mask and stay current with vaccinations and boosters. Please see our Health & Safety information page for information about what to expect during your visit.