Some of the School of Music’s finest bands come together for a crowd-pleasing extravaganza. Featuring the University Band, the Maryland Community Band and the grand finale: the Mighty Sound of Maryland Marching Band! It’s an upbeat, lively show that is fun for the entire family.
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The Fall M.F.A Dance Thesis Concert showcases stunning and provocative choreography by M.F.A. candidates in the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies:
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The University Chorale and the UMD Chamber Singers, will take listeners on an exquisite musical journey through the past, present and into the future. This program will look to the old masters while also giving audiences a glimpse of the music of today and tomorrow. The programming will harness the power of one's imagination to paint a picture of the musical world we want to share. Come hear Purcell and Hailstork, to name a few, by these two exceptional choral groups.
Relax into the blissfulness of nature with Ludwig van Beethoven’s celebrated Symphony No. 6 in F major. Referred to as the “Pastoral” Symphony, the work contains five movements with the names “Joyful Feelings Upon Arriving in the Country,” “By the Brook,” “Peasant Merrymaking,” “The Thunderstorm” and “The Shepherd's Song After the Storm.” The symphony hints at Beethoven’s longing for a simple life in the country, a feeling that became more urgent as he lost his hearing and composing proved more difficult.
Initially titled Lament, George Walker’s Lyric for Strings is an impactfully poignant piece with a notable history that continues to resonate with audiences. Walker wrote the work as an elegy to his late grandmother and a testimony to her experience as an enslaved woman. In the face of racial discrimination and social injustice, Walker was a pioneer, becoming the first African American composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. UMD wind conducting alum Lucia Disano D.M.A.
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What happens when the natural order of things is upended?
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