2021 National Orchestral Institute + Festival

The National Orchestral Institute + Festival at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center returns this June for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s festival will showcase the talent, passion and resilience of the next generation of orchestral musicians, composers and conductors in a month of electrifying performances.We are honored to invite you to engage in this special festival featuring orchestral luminary Marin Alsop in her debut as festival music director!

Event Performances
Take The Reins: Chamber Orchestra Concert - VIRTUAL
  • Fri, Jun 4, 2021 . 07:00PM to 08:30PM
Take The Reins: Chamber Orchestra Concert - IN-PERSON
  • Fri, Jun 4, 2021 . 07:00PM to 08:30PM
Orchestral Renewal–Schumann to Mazzoli - VIRTUAL
  • Sat, Jun 5, 2021 . 07:00PM to 08:30PM
Orchestral Renewal–Schumann to Mazzoli - IN-PERSON
  • Sat, Jun 5, 2021 . 07:00PM to 08:30PM
NOI Philharmonic & Maryland Opera Studio: Owen Wingrave - VIRTUAL
  • Sun, Jun 6, 2021 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM
  • Tue, Jun 8, 2021 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM
NOI Philharmonic & Maryland Opera Studio: Owen Wingrave - IN-PERSON
  • Sun, Jun 6, 2021 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM
  • Tue, Jun 8, 2021 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM
The NOI Philharmonic Unbound: Mendelssohn, Bacewicz & Stravinsky - IN-PERSON
  • Fri, Jun 11, 2021 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM
The NOI Philharmonic Unbound: Mendelssohn, Bacewicz & Stravinsky - VIRTUAL
  • Fri, Jun 11, 2021 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM
Brahms' Symphony No. 2 - IN-PERSON
  • Sat, Jun 12, 2021 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM
Brahms' Symphony No. 2 - VIRTUAL
  • Sat, Jun 12, 2021 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM
Dvořák’s New World Symphony - VIRTUAL
  • Sat, Jun 19, 2021 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM
Dvořák’s New World Symphony - IN-PERSON
  • Sat, Jun 19, 2021 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM
James Ross Returns–Sibelius, Price & More! - VIRTUAL
  • Sun, Jun 20, 2021 . 03:00PM to 05:00PM
James Ross Returns–Sibelius, Price & More! - IN-PERSON
  • Sun, Jun 20, 2021 . 03:00PM to 05:00PM
NOI+F Chamber Music Showcase
  • Sun, Jun 20, 2021 . 07:00PM to 08:15PM
New Directions - IN-PERSON
  • Fri, Jun 25, 2021 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM
New Directions - VIRTUAL
  • Fri, Jun 25, 2021 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM
Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade - IN-PERSON
  • Sat, Jun 26, 2021 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM
Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade - VIRTUAL
  • Sat, Jun 26, 2021 . 07:00PM to 09:00PM