UMRO raises a toast to spring with this sparkling program featuring Respighi's tone poem, Pines of Rome, Strauss' famous Emperor Waltz, and selections Grieg's folk-influenced Symphonic Dances.
Program
The two artists and faculty members explore classical music infused with ragtimes, American blues, Spanish melodies, and gypsy themes, all connected by the works of Maurice Ravel.
Program
Burnt I is a series of monologues, or tone poems, that are danced and gestured. Found objects are used to create the landscape and illustrate some of the action. A young boy, named Toc, speaks first. Toc watched his father, Yewlis, sail away. His father never returns. The boy grows up without him. In the second monologue, his mother Pen recounts her youth and her life with and without Yewlis.
Grammy-nominated artist Andrés Cárdenes parlays his myriad of talents into one of classical music’s most versatile careers. An intensely passionate and personally charismatic artist, Cuban-born Cárdenes has garnered international acclaim from critics and audiences alike for his compelling performances as a violinist, conductor, violist, chamber musician, concertmaster, and recording artist.
Since capturing Second Prize in the 1982 Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition in Moscow, Mr. Cárdenes has appeared as a soloist on four continents with over 100 orchestras.
Clown Cabaret is creating a new work that will be shown on Friday, Jan. 22 at Joe’s Movement Emporium. Please join us for an opportunity to give your thoughts about the direction the piece is going. Your feedback will be incorporated into the final rehearsals during the Cabaret’s NextLOOK residency and can impact the piece as it nears completion.
The session will be facilitated by Jane Hirshberg from The Clarice, and will be based on Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process. What you think matters! Nothing is too small to notice!
The Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library and WAPAVA will show excerpts of a video recording of the Shakespeare Theatre Company's all-male performance of Romeo & Juliet (2008) and host a discussion with Shakespear scholar Dr. Franklin Hildy.
Margaret Leng Tan, one of the world's most celebrated contemporary pianists, will introduce the avant-garde piano and its groundbreaking transformations through the extended techniques of "the three C's", Cage, Cowell and Crumb.
The term ‘engagement’ has a lot of buzz in multiple arenas…not just in the arts. A notable marketing publication says, “…Engagement isn’t necessarily always about what you want, it’s also about what the reader/visitor wants and what they walk away with. This gets to the core of why the concept of audience engagement can be so difficult to define — let alone measure and formalize….”
Maryland Masti is an annual intercollegiate Garba/Raas competition held by the students at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Our goals include spreading awareness of the traditional folk dance cultures of the West Indian State of Gujarat, providing an outlet for current students to express their passion for such dance, and entertaining the guests at our show.
Tianjin Cathay Future Children's Art Troupe, China China Tianjin Cathay Future Children's Art Troupe was founded in May 1995, which is one of the largest children's art troupes of the most art categories and largest number of actors in China. The troupe has 10 branches, and there are 800 little actors in it. In 2001, the art troupe was nominated as “Chinese Children's Art Troupe of Friendship” by Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.
