Battleground Korea: Songs And Sounds Of America's Forgotten War is a box set of four CDs offering a genre-spanning gathering of 121 tracks about or inspired by the war, ranging from the likes of blues, country, and R&B. Dr. Hugo A. Keesing, creator of the box set, will present on the music, what it meant for the war, and his research.
Hear the young artists of the National Orchestral Institute perform in chamber music groups ranging from percussion ensembles to double-bass sextets and everything in between. Repertoire to be announced from the stage.
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Photo by Geoff Sheil
Come see talented Prince George's County youth ages 10-17 compete vocally for cash prizes.
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Formed at NOI+F in 2017 by cellist and Sphinx Orchestral Futurist Fellow Marza Wilks, this quartet is dedicated to enriching our community through audience engagement.
Repertoire includes:
Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor
Other repertoire to be announced from the stage.
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UMD TDPS’ Clove opens tomorrow, and today we’re highlighting cast member and sophomore theatre major, Kyle Starling, who tells us about his character, Eli, and his experience preparing for the show.
Eli is main character Sam’s best friend and confides in Sam about his struggles with identity and what it’s like to be a black, gay male in America.
Welcome to the inaugural TEDxCollegePark at the University of Maryland’s Smith Performing Arts Center which will bring in thinkers and doers from all across the globe to Maryland this year.
Our theme is GET OUTside and the event will present a day full of entertainment, ideas and stories that push you to “GET OUTside” physically to appreciate the benefits of being connected outdoors as well as metaphorically to get out of your current mindsets, comfort zones, us versus them mentality and stereotypes.
Schedule of events:
8:00am Breakfast
Bring the whole family as members of the National Orchestral Institute perform Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, narrated this year by College Park City Council Member and UMD alumnus P.J. Brennan. Students will also give their own imaginative musical interpretations of beloved children’s books.
The Mock Turtle is a monthly reading series hosted by students from the University of Maryland’s MFA Program in Creative Writing where current MFA students and alums from UMD, as well as students from DMV-area MFA programs, can share their writing with their peers and the public. The series aims to create a sense of community among writers and lovers of literature.
The March 31 event will feature the following writers:
Fiction
