Join us in person at The Clarice! Please note that this event will not be livestreamed.
Join the Kreators of the Kreativity Diversity Troupe for their end-of-semester performance.
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As part of his weeklong artistic residency at the UMD School of Music, Jason Ferdinand D.M.A. '15 gives a public lecture on what musicians can offer a world now largely devoid of music making.
When Satsuki and her sister Mei move with their father to a new home in the countryside, they find country life is not as simple as it seems. They soon discover that the house and nearby woods are full of strange and delightful creatures, including a gigantic but gentle forest spirit called Totoro, who can only be seen by children. Totoro and his friends introduce the girls to a series of adventures, including a ride aboard the extraordinary Cat Bus, in this all-ages animated masterpiece.
Inflicted with a deadly curse, the young warrior Ashitaka heads west in search of a cure. There, he stumbles into a bitter conflict between Lady Eboshi and the proud people of Iron Town, and the enigmatic Princess Mononoke, a young girl raised by wolves, who will stop at nothing to prevent the humans from destroying her home, and the forest spirits and animal gods who live there.
This event will be at McKeldin Library Room McK 6137. Learn More>>
School of Music D.M.A. student Madeleine Jansen interviews members of Brooklyn Rider about their Healing Modes program.
Join the Kreators of the Kreativity Diversity Troupe for an open mic night, full of music, dance and spoken word.
Cello and violin? Maurice Ravel chose that unusual medium to pay homage to the recently departed Claude Debussy while, for American composer Maria Newman, it provided the ideal sound for an impassioned lament on the plight of a fellow artist during the height of the AIDS crisis. Zoltán Kodály’s exuberant essay on Hungarian folk melodies brings the program to a life-affirming close.
Program:
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Sonata (1920)
I. Allegro
II. Très vif
III. Lent
IV. Vif, avec entrain
Jonathan Monaghan will be joined in conversation by Taras Matla, Associate Director of the University of Maryland Art Gallery.
Jonathan Monaghan will be joined in conversation by Taras Matla, Associate Director of the University of Maryland Art Gallery.
From the ancient Greeks to modern American neuroscientists, people have long recognized the healing properties of music. In string quartet Brooklyn Rider’s stirring program Healing Modes, we hear a profound exploration of the power of music to help society recover from tumult and suffering. The program features gripping works by trailblazing living composers Caroline Shaw, Gabriela Lena Frank and Reena Esmail along with Ludwig van Beethoven’s fifteenth string quartet—all creating a sonoric testament to resilience and deliverance.
