How does Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture represent the tragic hero? Why did Clara Schumann refer to Brahm’s Double Concerto as “not brilliant for the instruments”? How does Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra challenge traditional concerto conventions? Join PhD Musicology student Meghan Creek to explore these questions.
Join us for the performance Brahms and Bartok: UMD Symphony Orchestra at 8PM!
The Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA), in partnership with the Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council (PGAHC), presents the Opera Composer’s Showcase featuring excerpts by composers Scott Patterson, Steven M. Allen, and duo Jasmine Barnes and librettist Joshua Banbury. Three / 20-minute segments of original operas are presented then followed by an on-stage interview by arts journalist Patrick D. McCoy, with composers sharing a brief overview and synopsis of their opera, description of characters, plot, and theme, as well as their inspiration.
Voice faculty Delores Ziegler and Kevin Short, joined by the Capital City Symphony, present an all-Bernstein program in honor of the Leonard Bernstein Centennial. This special vocal program includes the charming Arias and Barcarolles song cycle, and a semi-staged presentation of the one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti – the only work for which Bernstein wrote the words as well as the music.
Experience a program featuring the complete works for violin and piano and violin solo by Carl Nielsen. Part of a project to record the works for Naxos the program features violinist Hasse Borup and Andrew Staupe on piano.
IVÁN FISCHER is the founder and Music Director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra. He is also the Music Director of Berlin's Konzerthaus and Konzerthausorchester. From 2018 he will be the Artistic Director of the Vicenza Opera Festival. In recent years he has also gained reputation as a composer, with his works being performed in the United States, the Netherlands, Belgium, Hungary, Germany and Austria. Iván Fischer has directed a number of successful opera productions.
The student-run Gamer Symphony Orchestra is the first collegiate ensemble exclusively devoted to performing orchestral arrangements of video game music. It boasts a roster of 130 members and features the full instrumental and choral experience.
The Gamer Symphony Orchestra presents the Fall 2018 Small Ensemble Concert, a journey through the world of videogame music which showcases the talents of our musicians.
Join us for a UMD School of Music Wellness Seminar.
Join members of the Sphinx Virtuosi for an informal conversation with Richard Scerbo, director of the National Orchestra Institute + Festival at UMD.
Don't miss the performance: Sphinx Virtuosi (USA) at 3PM!
Join us before the concert to learn about the program in an interview with Richard Goode by Don Manildi, Curator of the International Piano Archives at Maryland.
Don't miss the performance: Richard Goode, piano at 8PM!
