Bach Cantata: Erschallet, ihr Lieder, BWV 172
The Bach Cantata Series explores the more than 200 extant
NextLOOK: Unpacking Audience Engagement Workshop
What does true exchange and engagement between an artist and an audience look like, and how can artists incorporate audience feedback into their creative process in a robust way?
Hear from several regionally-based artists about how they’ve experimented with multiple forms of audience engagement to inform their creative process. Panelists include Margot Greenlee, director, BodyWise Dance; Scott Patterson, artistic director of AfroHouse; and Jason Schlafstein, co-founder and producing artistic director of Flying V.
Maintaining Native Identity and Connections: A Conversation with Native Hawaiian Artists & Cultural Leaders: Kekuhi & Kaumakaiwa Kanaka‘ole, with Shawn Pimental
Join us for a conversation with award-winning, internationally touring performers Kekuhi, her transgender daughter Kaumakaiwa Kanaka‘ole, and guitarist Shawn Pimental. Experience a traditional Hawaiian welcome chant and intimate discussion focused on maintaining native identities and a sense of community away from the ancestral home. Food will be provided and space is limited. Please RSVP to engage-theclarice@umd.edu or Jane Hirshberg at janeh22@umd.edu.
International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella Mid-Atlantic: Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinal
Varsity Vocals is the home of student a cappella since 1995. We give college and high school singers the opportunity to interact, compete, learn from each other, get feedback from the pros, and perform in fantastic venues around the globe. Each season, the ICCA & ICHSA bring together nearly 500 a cappella groups and thousands of singers from schools around the globe. The ICCA Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinal at Dekelboum Concert Hall is one of 5 Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinal Events. The top two groups from this event will go on to compete in the ICCA Mid-Atlantic Semifinal.
Romeo and Juliet
Come out and see a post-apocalyptic Romeo and Juliet, brought to you by the Maryland Shakespeare Players!
Composer Reading: The Nouveau Classical Project
The Nouveau Classical Project, an unconventional ensemble that collaborates with designers and thrives at the intersection of fashion and art, reads new works by UMD student composers.
UMD Symphony Orchestra: Conductors' Concert
Members of the UMD Symphony Orchestra are led by their graduate colleagues in varied repertoire in the culminating event for James Ross's graduate conducting studio. Featured works are Samuel Barber's Piano Concerto with the 2nd prize winner of the 2015 Concerto Competition, Sarah Barham, and Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4.
Prince George's Philharmonic: Season Finale
The Prince George's Philharmonic presents pianist Brian Ganz with conductor candidate Anna Binneweg in its 51st season finale.
Program:
Tchaikovsky: Selections from Swan Lake
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
The Nutcracker
Ballet Company M is proud to present a rendition of the classic holiday ballet, The Nutcracker. Travel with Clara and her Nutcracker from her mother's holiday party to a battle of mice and toy soldiers, through a beautiful snow storm and to the Land of Sweets.
Henri Dutilleux, Playing with Time
Music exists only in time, but music can also play games with our perception of time. French music specialist Dr. Caroline Potter lectures about how this temporal play was central to the aesthetic of the great French composer Henri Dutilleux and discusses the influence of literary and musical models on his work.
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