OperaTerps explores overconfidence and uncertainty by juxtaposing Mozart’s comic singspiel The Impresario with Douglas Moore’s parody soap opera Gallantry. Will the self-absorbed Madame Silberklang win her audition? Will the love-struck Dr. Gregg get his way with Nurse Lola? Find out as OperaTerps exposes the character flaws brought upon by ambition and desire.
UMWE premieres Route Potomac - a work by UMD alumnus Jonathan Graybill – and performs a collection of works by the great American composer Charles Ives.
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UMD Choral Activities favorite, the Bach Cantata Series explores the more than 200 extant cantatas by the great master through informal performances led by graduate choral conducting students.
Hear the young artists of the National Orchestral Institute perform in chamber music groups ranging from percussion ensembles to double-bass sextets and everything in between. Repertoire to be announced from the stage.
In this family-friendly performance, members of the National Orchestral Institute perform Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and give their own imaginative musical interpretations of beloved children’s books.
Excelsa Quartet kicks off the spring semester with three favorites from the string quartet repertoire.
First Prize winners of "The Provincie Limburg Prijs" and “EMCY Artprize” at the Charles Hennen 26th International Chamber Music Competition for Strings in The Netherlands and Finalists in the 2015 Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition in Austria, Excelsa Quartet is currently the Graduate Fellowship String Quartet at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD.
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Student participants will perform a monologue from a Shakespeare play of their choice. Performances will be judged by a panel of experts. For more information, visit shakespeare.umd.edu.
This program honors Dr. King's legacy and celebrates the diverse community that is College Park and Prince George's County.
You are invited to join the City of College Park and the Lakeland for this celebration.
Praised by critics as “a grand pianist” (Il Cittadino, Italy) and a “master of piano” (Music Magazine ‘Auditorium’, Korea), Marianna Prjevalskaya performs Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 with James Ross and UMD Symphony Orchestra.
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School of Music cello students refine their repertoire with world-renowned cellist Norman Fischer.
