News & Updates

May 4, 2015 - 2:02PM
Megan Pagado

This blog post is by Emily Schweich, junior broadcast journalism major.

SHARP

Photo by Robert DiLutis
 

Once a week, University of Maryland School of Music students visit William Wirt Middle School in Riverdale. But these visits aren’t required for class.

“Students become better students when they’re involved in the arts, and that’s been proven time and time again.”

March 26, 2015 - 3:03PM
Megan Pagado

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
Second Season Gives Theatre Students First-Hand Entrepreneural Theatre Experience

School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) wanted a special kind of experience — one that replicates the entrepreneurial lifestyle of professional performing artists and provides them with the challenges and joys of creating and staging their own production.

February 19, 2015 - 11:11AM

This blog post is by Emily Schweich, junior broadcast journalism major.

Music and Film

Music and film collide at The Clarice with the School of Music’s first ever Music + Film Event, a celebration of new music and film heritage held February 19 and 20.

Nowadays in music, it’s so hard to get a job, so the more you diversify, the more you’re entrepreneurial, the better you’re going to have a chance at making a living with this.

January 30, 2015 - 4:04PM
Megan Pagado

This blog post is by Emily Schweich, junior broadcast journalism major.

Masterclass with Dr. Phil Collister

Dr. Phil Collister from Towson University works with Daniel Hopkins, Amanda Staub & Carl Hengen; photo by Carlos Howard
 

Analyzing musical text and preparing opera roles are big parts of the School of Music curriculum for vocalists, but it’s often hard for undergraduates to have the opportunity to put these skills to use.

That’s why School of Music students Daniel Hopkins and Carlos Howard decided to found OperaTerps, the University of Maryland’s first undergraduate opera company. Their first production, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, opens this Saturday at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

“Because it’s an independent project, we’re all really strongly invested in it…This is something we can say was totally our own.”

October 13, 2014 - 1:01PM

This blog post is by Emily Schweich, a broadcast journalism major.

Linda Mabbs was honored with the Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize

Dr. Mary Ann Rankin, Senior Vice President and Provost of University of Maryland; Linda Mabbs, University of Maryland School of Music professor; Dr. Brit Kirwan, Chancellor of the University System of Maryland; Wallace Loh, President of University of Maryland, College Park
 

University of Maryland School of Music professor Linda Mabbs was honored with the Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize at the university’s fall convocation Wednesday.

The award is one of the highest honors a faculty member can receive that recognizes research and creative ability.

“Everyone is thrilled about it, because it recognizes the school and what we do here,” Mabbs said.

October 10, 2014 - 1:01PM
Megan Pagado

This blog post is by Emily Schweich, a junior broadcast journalism major.

Lee Hinkle

Dr. Lee Hinkle
 

The UMD Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Michael Votta, presents its first concert of the season, featuring Baljinder Sekhon’s Double Percussion Concerto for Two Solo Percussionists and Wind Ensemble. I spoke with Dr. Lee Hinkle, percussion lecturer and director of the percussion ensemble at the UMD School of Music, who is one of the two solo percussionists. The other is his former teacher and mentor Robert McCormick.

For Hinkle, sharing the stage with his mentor is a special experience. “I really became a player under his leadership...[Bob] taught me how to appreciate what is quality music, and he taught me how to navigate the industry.”

July 16, 2014 - 4:04PM

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Jason Fettig photo courtesy of the United States Marine Band
 

The University of Maryland School of Music is proud to announce that alumnus Lieutenant Colonel Jason K. Fettig will be appointed the 28th director of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. A change of command ceremony was held July 12 at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Center in Alexandria, Va.

“It is an incredible privilege to be afforded the rare opportunity to stand in the shoes of the great musicians who have led this special and historic organization over the past 216 years,” said Fettig. “I am excited to continue to diversify and expand the presence of Marine Band in the artistic and educational communities, both at home and abroad.”

April 24, 2014 - 9:09AM
Missy McTamney

The University of Maryland Chamber Singers are one of only twenty choirs in the world that has been chosen to participate in the 10th World Symposium on Choral Music, held this August in Seoul, South Korea.

April 23, 2014 - 4:04PM
Missy McTamney

Craig Kier

Craig Kier
 

The UMD School of Music is pleased to announce that Craig Kier, Associate Conductor and Assistant Chorus Master with the Houston Grand Opera has been appointed Director of the Maryland Opera Studio (MOS). He will join the faculty in Fall of 2014.

April 16, 2014 - 12:12PM
Lauren Burns

Robert DiLutis, Sharon Mansur and Linda Mabbs

Robert DiLutis photo courtesy of UMD School of Music; Sharon Mansur and Linda Mabbs photos by Mike Ciesielski
 

Robert DiLutis and Linda Mabbs from the School of Music and Sharon Mansur of the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies were recently selected by the Maryland State Arts Council to be recipients of a 2014 Individual Artist Award (IIA).

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