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.

The University Band and Community Band share an evening of traditional and contemporary wind band music.

Conducted by Director of Bands Emeritus, Professor John Wakefield, and UMD Assistant Director of Bands, Eli R. Osterloh, this concert will be an exciting evening for the whole family!

Children and adults who are thinking of starting to play an instrument are sure to be inspired.

A “spirited” evening of spine-tingling performances by the UMD Jazz Ensemble, UMD Jazz Lab Band and University Jazz Band is the hallmark of this annual favorite.

Things will go bump in the night!

In the Red and Brown Water, the first work in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays trilogy, draws on folk tales, Yoruba mythology and contemporary poets and playwrights to tell a coming-of-age story set in a Louisiana bayou housing project.

The main character, Oya, is a teenage sprinter looking for a way out of her limited circumstances. McCraney’s spare, muscular language and inventive approach elevates Oya’s ordinary life — and the lives of those around her — into a semi-mythic story of universally shared human experience.

New works, as well as breathing new life into music, give young instrumentalists and singers the opportunity to learn from living composers, collaborate with them and gain insight into the compositional process.

This concert features original works by UMD student composers, including solo, chamber and electroacoustic performances.