Common Tone: AMPLIFIED
Performed with bold visual projections, AMPLIFIED is a dynamic program featuring the collaboration of electronic music and acoustic instrumentation through original compositions and contemporary classical music. The program features Steve Reich's "Different Trains" and original compositions by members of rogue collective.
UMD Korean Percussion Ensemble
Come enjoy a performance by the UMD Korean Percussion Ensemble! See how Maryland students perform on traditional Korean instruments: the changgo (hourglass drum), the buk (barrel drum), the jing (large gong) and kweanngarri (small gong). They will perform what they have been learning during this semester.
In addition, there will be special guest performances by Washington Samulnori and also by Ms. SooKyung Jung, who will showcase additional forms of Korean traditional performing art!
This concert is sure to energize and inspire!
Express yourself. February 12, 2015
Express yourself. February 12, 2015
Berndt Thurner, vibraphone
Austrian percussionist Berndt Thurner performs Stuart Saunder Smith's New England for solo vibraphone.
Berndt Thurner is a percussionist of remarkable breadth who is equally at home as a soloist and in an ensemble setting. Thurner´s musicality is influenced by his passionate travels to regions all over the world, voyages from which he returns with impressions and musical instruments alike. He has made appearances at many important new music festivals all over the world. He performs frequently with several noteworthy european ensembles for contemporary music.
11th Annual Celebration of Women's Voices
The celebration features a joint concert by the UMD Women’s Chorus and guest choirs. Together, they perform music for treble voices to mark the beginning of Women’s History Month.
Ensembles will showcase music written especially for women’s choirs by such contemporary composers as Joan Szymko and Stephen Hatfield.
Express yourself. February 11, 2015
Bach Cantata Series: Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig BWV 26
The Bach Cantata Series is dedicated to exploring the more than 200 extant cantatas by the great master through informal performances by students and friends of the UMD Choral Activities.
Join us in The Clarice’s Grand Pavilion to experience this unique tradition!
Rediscovering youth: Writer-director Jared Mezzocchi on The Lost World
This blog post is by Emily Schweich, junior broadcast journalism major.
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The Lost World photo by Jared Schaubert
The Lost World isn’t your typical coming-of-age play – unless your idea of a coming-of-age play includes a secret world of dinosaurs under the bed. I spoke with writer and director Jared Mezzocchi, an assistant professor in the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies design department, about his inspiration for the play and the multimedia aspects of the performance.
"I think the biggest challenge has really just been making sure that everybody is seeing the same thing in their head as we’re building it. It’s a really complex landscape, because it’s all kind of a memory play, set in the mind of our narrator, who’s telling the story."
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