Symphonic Celebration: UMD Wind Orchestra • IN-PERSON
ABOUT THE EVENT
Michael Votta, Jr., music director
Michael Votta, Jr., music director
Book & Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Book by Bob Martin
Music by Matthew Sklar
Based on an Original Concept by Jack Viertel
Directed by Nathaniel Claridad ’04
Produced by Randall “Randy” W. Lord ’77 and Stephen “Steve” Fessler
Join the the City of College Park Bee City USA and UMD Bee Campus USA affiliates for a free film screening of My Garden of a Thousand Bees. Sponsored by the Office of Community Engagement and Arts for All in collaboration of National Pollinator Week.
National Philharmonic concertmaster, co-founder of the Boulanger Initiative and UMD School of Music alum Laura Colgate hosts a conversation with Pulitzer Prize and three-time Grammy-winning composer Jennifer Higdon.
Acclaimed composer and NOI+F Composition Academy faculty member Nathan Lincoln-DeCusatis hosts a roundtable discussion with composers Clarice Assad and Wang Jie.
Elizabeth Massey, Ph.D., UMD School of Music alum, leads a conversation about the compositional background of the pieces to be performed.
UMD School of Music Associate Professor of Musicology William Robin leads a conversation with Grammy-winning contemporary American composer Joan Tower.
Elizabeth Massey, Ph.D., UMD School of Music alum, leads a conversation about the compositional background of the pieces to be performed.