The festival explores how puppetry is a mind expander, a sparker of creativity, a barrier destroyer and a bridge builder. Given the deep history of puppetry at University of Maryland, we will also examine the resurgence of puppetry in the here and now. Join us for workshops, presentations and opportunities to create.
Free and open to the University of Maryland community.
Ballet Company M will be hosting their Spring Showcase on May 7th, featuring ballet, modern, and jazz choreography and collaborations from multiple members.
Concessions:
The Clarice lobby concession bar Encore will not be open for food and beverage sales for this performance.
The Prince George's Philharmonic along with music director Jesus Manuel Berard present the final concert of the 56th Season.
Program:
MENDELSSOHN: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2
Thomas Pandolfi, piano
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2
Concessions:
The Clarice lobby concession bar Encore will be open for food and beverage sales.
The theme of this year's Black Theatre and Dance Symposium (BTDS) is "Resilience: Revive, Restore & Reconnect," dealing with the topic of how we will adapt, revise, move, bend and change to the new normal, with dynamic speakers, conversations and workshops. This year’s keynote speakers are KenYatta and Michelle Rogers, and our workshop leaders include Crystal Davis, Farah Lawal Harris (B.A. Theatre ’08) and Thembi Duncan (B.A. Theatre ’09).
Join us in person at The Clarice or watch the livestream from the comfort of your home.
Join us in person at The Clarice. Please note that this event will not be livestreamed.
First-year Maryland Opera Studio students demonstrate their talent in this showcase featuring scenes from a wide operatic repertory. To keep the focus on beautiful, pure sounds and vivid acting, the performance is accompanied only by piano and minimal props.
About the Maryland Opera Studio:
Join UMD School of Music alumna Chelsey Green D.M.A. ’17 in viola performance for an improvisation workshop. Green will break the barrier between multiple musical worlds in an exciting new way. Musicians will explore harmony and rhythm reimagined from a fresh perspective. Participants are asked to bring their instruments for real-time discovery of contemporary technical studies improvisation innovation sight-reading and more.
Argentinian vocalist, songwriter and producer Sofía Rei fuses the traditional music of her native Buenos Aires with the diverse soundscape of New York City, combining folk, underground punk rock, experimental music, jazz, pop and electronic music into what has been described as a, “wildly eclectic, near hallucinatory international mix” (The New York Times). Her vocal lyricism and auditory world-building through imaginative and meticulously-crafted loops make her an ambassador for folklore and futurism alike.
The talented student recipients of the Jim Henson Fund for Puppetry will perform/present their funded projects.
The School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies hosts an annual competition and recipients are awarded funds to create a puppet project or performance. The Jim Henson Fund for Puppetry was established by Jane Henson '55 to honor the memory of Jim Henson '60, creator of the world famous Muppets.
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