Dr. Brecht's Last Lecture
A celebration of CASL founder Dick Brecht’s storied career and lifelong commitment to improving America’s foreign language capacities, Dr. Brecht’s last lecture will feature his parting thoughts on life, career, U.S. language policy, and the future of language education and research on the occasion of his retirement.
Dynamic Dance: Rip the Floor
UMD Dynamic Dance Team, a hip hop team on campus, will host teams from all over the East Coast to compete for the grand prize and bragging rights as the hottest dance team on the East Coast!
The show will be judged by well-known choreographers and dancers that have originated in the area and have moved on to do great things in the industry.
For more information, visit UMD Dynamic Dance online.
UMD Dance Innovator and Researcher Honored by University of Oregon
Karen Kohn Bradley dances to her own tune, and it seems to be attracting all kinds of attention.
Reflections from the Keyboard (CANCELLED)
Donald Manildi, Curator of the International Piano Archives at Maryland, explore the world of pianos and piano music in a program to be announced.
Left Bank Quartet: Dvořák in Search of America
Produced by UMD faculty artist David Salness in association with PostClassical Ensemble, this concert includes readings from Longfellow’s The Song of Hiawatha and Dvořák’s personal letters from Iowa.
Together, these documents illustrate how Dvořák’s Sonatina incorporates a portrait of Hiawatha’s wife Minnehaha and how his American String Quartet is an elegiac evocation of the Iowa prairie. Joseph Horowitz will provide commentary.
Dance-making with Dance Exchange, December 10 and 11
November 27, 2012 – College Park, MD – Dance Exchange delves into the dance-making experience on December 10 and 11 at 7 p.m. in Straight to the Source. In this special two-part event, Dance Exchange Artistic Director Cassie Meador and Resident Artist Sarah Levitt will collaborate with participants to create movement, text and song drawn from personal stories, current events and physical explorations.
Woodwind Quintet SIREN Plays Favorite Reflections, December 12
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Sarah Snyder
ssnyder3@umd.edu
(301) 405-8151
In Music from Bach’s iPod, the UMD Wind Orchestra Imagines Bach’s Modern Musical Tastes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Sarah Snyder
ssnyder3@umd.edu
(301) 405-8151
UMD Symphony Orchestra Performs Albinoni, Moravec, Strauss and Mendelssohn on December 8
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Sarah Snyder
ssnyder3@umd.edu
(301) 405-8151
November 26, 2012 – College Park, MD – The University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra (UMSO) will perform a rich selection of pieces on Saturday, December 8 at 8 p.m. with four works that represent a range of styles and eras.