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UMD Repertoire Orchestra Season Premiere

Join the University of Maryland Repertoire Orchestra in their first concert of the 2016-2017 season with symphonic masterpieces conducted by James Ross, Director of Orchestras, and UMD graduate conductors Tiffany Lu and Shen Yiwen.

The University of Maryland Repertoire Orchestra is a unique all-campus orchestra that is open to music majors, non-music majors and members of the University of Maryland community. Led by graduate conducting students at UMD, the orchestra prides itself on a wide range of projects, collaborations and repertoire.

Kreativity Open Mic Night

Join the Kreators of the Kreativity Diversity Troupe for an open mic night, full of music, dance and spoken word.

Want to try out your own performance chops? Show up and sign up! Just looking for a night of entertainment from some of the most talented students in the metro area? Simply take a seat and enjoy the show.

Interested in learning more about Kreativity? Email kreativity.troupe@gmail.com and like them on Facebook!

UMD Wind Orchestra: The Sound of Light

UMD composer Robert Gibson’s masterful work for winds The Sound of Light connects with Joseph Schwantner’s Luminosity to illuminate the varied colors and sounds possible with the modern wind ensemble. Faculty soloist Mark Hill joins UMWO to perform the wind version of Lukas Foss’s Oboe Concerto.

UMD Wind Orchestra: Exotic Birds

The many facets of the School of Music are on display in this eclectic concert. Faculty member Rita Sloan joins UMWO for a performance of Messiaen’s showpiece Oiseaux Exotiques—a dazzling mixture of songs taken from birds throughout the world. The ensemble also showcases the talents of graduate composer Henry Wixon, giving the world premiere of his Double Quintet, and graduate conducting students take the helm to perform standard wind ensemble works as well.

UMD Symphony Orchestra: Sibelius and Strauss

The UMD Symphony Orchestra performs the triumphal Sibelius Symphony No. 3 and Strauss’ tone poem Don Juan, based on Don Juans Ende, a play derived from an unfinished 1844 retelling of the tale by poet Nikolaus Lenau. 

PROGRAM:

  • Strauss: Don Juan
  • Sibelius: En Saga
  • Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite
  • Sibelius: Symphony No. 3

UMD Wind Orchestra: Cheating, Lying…Paraphrasing

Join UMWO in challenging conventional wind ensemble sound with inventive instrumentation, subject matter and use of multimedia. Garden images accompany Dove’s Figures in the Garden, while Lang’s Cheating, Lying and Stealing includes video clips from the eponymous Guitar Hero game available on Garage Band. Works by the eclectic and avant-garde musician and composer Frank Zappa complete the program.

 

Kaleidoscope of Bands Concert

Praised by audiences for its varied repertoire, this annual event has a loyal following.

Spirit and spectacle combine in an extravaganza that features the finest wind repertoire plus the ever-popular Mighty Sound of Maryland Marching Band.

UMD Wind Orchestra & Wind Ensemble: Circus Maximus

John Corigliano’s Circus Maximus for wind orchestra is, like the ancient Roman arena, built both to embody and to comment on massive and glamorous barbarity. A large and theatrical piece, the audience is encircled by musicians, literally becoming the center attraction of the grand arena. This massive work is contrasted with two chamber pieces, Bernard’s elegant Divertissment for woodwinds and Ewazen’s Symphony in Brass.

UMD Symphony Orchestra: Migration Series

In its second collaboration with new partner The Phillips Collection, the UMD School of Music Symphony Orchestra performs Derek Bermel’s Migration Series, joined onstage by UMD’s Jazz Band, Chamber Singers and Wind Orchestra. The performance is inspired by paintings from The Phillips Collection’s Migration Series by Jacob Lawrence, depicting the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North between the World Wars.

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