A fall showcase for UMD Choirs featuring a variety of musical styles and composers.
The warm acoustics of Memorial Chapel will ring with the choral sounds of old masters and new in this free concert for the entire University community.
Have you been Stressed Out? Overwhelmed? Do you need Relief from the Grief?
If you have answered yes, then we have the show for you. Come and enjoy an evening of Laughter, Praise and Love!
Bringing the Praise through Laughter is the Laugh Doctor Comedian Gayle Tyree Hall, Dancing the Praise, Minister Majorie Gorham, Singing the Praise, Special Guest, the Legendary Evangelist Dorothy Norwood and Sharing the Love Special Host Cortney Hicks (Majic-102.3).
In her speech, Making a Difference, Dr. Goodall, will bring her audience into the world of the Gombe chimpanzees — from her early observations and experiences to the latest news and stories from the field.
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 Smith Center’s Grand Pavilion to experience this unique tradition!
Preceded by a rehearsal in Room 2201, 12:15PM–1PM. All singers welcome!
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.
Also known as "The Coffee Cantata", "Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht" is a satirical work, poking fun at coffee as a 17th and 18th century vice in trading cities like Leipzig, where the cantata was premiered at Gottfried Zimmerman's coffeehouse.
This program features Nick Montopoli, the winner of the National Orchestral Institute’s first-ever concerto competition, who'll perform the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.
The National Orchestral Institute and Festival (NOI) brings together talented young musicians at the beginning of their careers for a month of professional development and music-making.
Chosen by a rigorous, cross-country audition process, NOI participants quickly coalesce into dynamic ensembles that perform adventuresome programming.
In this concert, the musicians lead each other, performing challenging chamber orchestra repertoire without a conductor.
The National Orchestral Institute and Festival (NOI) brings together talented young musicians at the beginning of their careers for a month of professional development and music-making.
Chosen by a rigorous, cross-country audition process, NOI participants quickly coalesce into dynamic ensembles that perform adventuresome programming.
The county’s best middle school spellers vie for top honors and the opportunity to advance to the national bee.
Presented in collaboration with The Gazette & The Star.
Experience the sights, sounds, and rhythms of Korean percussion — Samulnori!
Samulnori is an ensemble of four percussion instruments: an hourglass drum, a barrel drum, a small gong and a large gong. This exhilarating contemporary form of Korean music will be performed by the UMD Korean Percussion Ensemble.
In addition, director Sebastian Wang, will be accompanied by trained professionals and will be perform some of the great repertoire of Samulnori. All are invited to come and enjoy this great event.
Dubbed in one review as “a social crusader for the new millennium,” award-winning journalist and author Eric Schlosser discusses the controversial and alarming state of public health, agriculture and the food industry in America.
Schlosser is producer of the critically acclaimed documentary FOOD, Inc. and author of Fast Food Nation, selected by TIME magazine as one of the top 100 non-fiction books of all time.
