This season, OperaTerps is producing their first full-length opera, Gilbert and Sullivan's satire on the aesthetic movement, Patience!
OperaTerps is the University of Maryland's first student run opera company, providing undergraduate musicians the opportunity to take part in a major musical undertaking while enriching cultural life on campus and in the College Park community.
This production has been generously funded by the Pepsi Enhancement Fund.
Join the artists for a conversation in the Piano Room of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, moderated by School of Music Ph.D. candidate Rachel Ruisard.
Join the Omer Quartet for a night of fantastic music starting off with Mozart’s masterful Dissonance Quartet. Next, a commissioned piece composed by Music Terp Yiwen Shen that offers a glimpse into the rich Chinese tradition of calligraphy. Ending the program is Brahms' String Quartet No. 3 Op. 67, a bit of a black sheep of the literature, but a glorious breath of pastoral romanticism.
Calling all performing artists! Applications for the next round of NextLOOK projects are due on Friday, March 1. Join us for an informal info session to learn about how best to address the application questions and to discuss with former NextLOOK participants how the residency has informed their work. Pizza provided.
A musical journey through Weill's song repertoire created after his arrival in the United States. Curated by School of Music DMA students and performed by students in the voice/opera division, selections include songs from the musicals Lady in the Dark, One Touch of Venus, Firebrand of Florence and Lost in the Stars, Weill's last work for the stage before he died the following year.
Award-winning novelist Edwidge Danticat joins Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Merle Collins for an intimate and informative conversation about their lived experiences as Caribbean Americans. The event combines a reading from Danticat, followed by a discussion and audience Q&A; on themes of storytelling, immigration, advocacy and the challenge of finding home away from home.
A book signing will follow the lecture.
This event is sponsored in part by a Pepsi Enhancement Fund.
Bach, the great master, wrote 209 cantatas, and UMD Choral Activities aims to sing them all in a series of different events.
This performance will feature BWV 159 "Sehet, wir geh'n hinauf gen Jerusalem." This cantata serves as a somber anticipation to Christ’s Passion, its opening movement detailing a dialogue between Jesus (bass) and the Christian believer (alto). The second movement depicts the Christian’s response to follow after Christ through his suffering. The cantata ends in hopeful resolution with beautiful imagery of pastures, roses, and heaven.
American violinist and international soloist, Pamela Frank and critically acclaimed pianist, composer and conductor, Stephen Prutsman will perform a recital of duo music. Presenting beloved classics alongside new works, repertoire will include Brahms’ G Major Violin Sonata, Bach’s E Major Sonata for Violin with keyboard obbligato and works by Leoš Janáček.
Explore the freedom of classical music improvisation with bassoonist John Falcone from Oviedo, Spain. Be mesmerized by musical accompaniments created spontaneously as you watch historic films of the legendary director, Segundo de Chomón.
Join us for Discover Music: School of Music Current Student Panel
