By Mikhail Durnenkov
Directed by Yury Urnov
With an air of wit and a twinge of anxiety, Mikhail Durnenkov’s Are We At War Yet? is a distinctly Russian narrative exploring everyday issues like the threat of war and the psychological effects of propaganda. His dark comedy shows audience members that the fabric that holds society and family together is nothing more than gossamer, and it’s close to tearing.
Daniel Catán, composer
Marcela Fuentes-Berain, librettist
David Neely, conductor
Corinne Hayes, director
“As close to being a rock band as a chamber orchestra can be” (The New York Times), Alarm Will Sound is a 20-member band with a wide-ranging artistic vision that looks beyond genre—electronic versus acoustic, high-modernist versus pop-influenced, conventional classical concert versus multimedia experience. With a long history of presenting works by seminal 20th-century icon Steve Reich, Alarm Will Sound returns to The Clarice to play the Pulitzer Prize winner’s Music for 18 Musicians, one of the most influential minimalist works of all time.
Diametrically Composed is a collection of newly commissioned works featuring flute, voice and piano exploring the duality of being a mother and an artist. Performed by Allison Loggins-Hull, Alicia Hall Moran and Gabriela Martinez, it features compositions by Loggins-Hull, Moran, Jessica Meyer and Sarah Kirkland Snider.
Lauded as “technically fearless with...an enormous, rich sound” (La Scena Musicale), pianist Michelle Cann made her orchestral debut at age fourteen and has since performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras including The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
Michael Votta, Jr., music director
Clarice Assad, vocalist and guest composer
James Stern, violin
Join us for a special UMD Wind Orchestra performance featuring the talented Clarice Assad. This program will highlight works written by Assad, including a piece arranged by UMWO’s very own Michael Votta, Jr.! Assad will also perform with UMWO as a vocalist in a work that highlights the current desperate plight of the Amazon region in her native Brazil.
Michael Votta, Jr., music director
Clarice Assad, vocalist and guest composer
James Stern, violin
Join us for a special UMD Wind Orchestra performance featuring the talented Clarice Assad. This program will highlight works written by Assad, including a piece arranged by UMWO’s very own Michael Votta, Jr.! Assad will also perform with UMWO as a vocalist in a work that highlights the current desperate plight of the Amazon region in her native Brazil.
Craig Kier, conductor
Guest conductor, Craig Kier leads the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra and School of Music alumni, current students, and faculty in a performance of selections that celebrate the breadth of operatic composers and the stories they tell.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier De Saint-Georges: Overture from Anonymous Lover
Vivaldi: "Gelido in ogni vena” from Farnace
John Holiday, countertenor
