OperaTerps presents a double bill of Pasatieri's Signor Deluso and Kurt Weill's Down in the Valley. As the School of Music's first student-run opera company, OperaTerps provides undergraduate musicians the opportunity to participate in a major musical undertaking while enriching cultural life on campus and in the College Park community.
Conductor Edward Maclary will give a pre-concert discussion before the performance of Handel's Messiah. He will highlight the brilliance and lasting impact of this Baroque masterpiece and touch on the University of Maryland School of
Milk x Honey Open Mic is hosted by UMD's Terpoets bringing together a diversity of creators to share in a safe community of all media and curate a unique artistic experience by showcasing the exceptional talent in the College Park area.
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This performance is open to guests of all ages! Because MilkBoy ArtHouse is a music venue, restaurant, and bar, ID checks will take place as you enter the venue. Guests age 21+ will be given a wristband that will allow them to purchase alcohol during the event.
As part of UMD’s Civic Maryland, a campus-wide initiative encouraging students to engage with issues of public concern, Cecile Richards, renowned activist and progressive leader, will talk about her mission to inspire people to political action. Richards recently helped launch Supermajority, a group working to train and mobilize women to become organizers, activists and leaders in advance of the 2020 elections. She previously worked for more than a decade as the president of Planned Parenthood.
The Flute Studio performs the works of Handel, Bach, Georges Enesco, Zhou Long, Carl Reinecke and more.
The International Florence Price Festival has decided to postpone their inaugural conference to 2021. Please stay tuned for further information.
The talented student recipients of the Jim Henson Fund for Puppetry will perform/present their funded projects. Grantees and their project descriptions will be announced soon.
The School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies hosts an annual competition and recipients are awarded funds to create a puppet project or performance. The Jim Henson Fund for Puppetry was established by Jane Henson '55 to honor the memory of Jim Henson '60, creator of the world famous Muppets.
Guest Lecturer: Margaret A. Palmer
Distinguished University Professor of Entomology and
Director of the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center at the University of Maryland
Earthly desire or spiritual conviction? A devout monk seeks to convert an alluring courtesan, but realizes too late that he is driven by lust and not religion. She finds redemption. He does not.
Ballet Company M is proud to present a rendition of Tchaikovsky's classic holiday ballet, The Nutcracker.
With the help of her Nutcracker, the audience will travel with Clara from her mother's holiday party, through a beautiful snow storm and into the magical Land of the Sweets.
