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Beginnings—Overtures to the New Year: UMD Symphony Orchestra • IN-PERSON

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Craig Kier, conductor

Guest conductor, Craig Kier leads the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra and School of Music alumni, current students, and faculty in a performance of selections that celebrate the breadth of operatic composers and the stories they tell.

PROGRAM

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier De Saint-Georges: Overture from Anonymous Lover

Vivaldi: "Gelido in ogni vena” from Farnace
     John Holiday, countertenor

Spring M.F.A Dance Thesis Concert

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Works by Brit Falcon, Mary Kate Ford and Rebecca Steinberg

The Spring M.F.A Dance Thesis Concert showcases stunning and provocative choreography by M.F.A candidates in the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies.

Music From The Sole: I Didn't Come to Stay

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A tap dance and live music company that blurs the line between concert dance and music performance, Music From The Sole celebrates tap's roots in the African diaspora, particularly its connections to Afro-Brazilian dance and music and its lineage to forms like house dance and passinho (Brazilian funk). The New Yorker notes that the group’s “dancers, whose bodies also provide percussion, are in a constant give-and-take with musicians on piano, sax and bass. The feeling is that of being at a family reunion, in which every family member has something to say.”

Fables and Fantasies: UMD Symphony Orchestra • IN-PERSON

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David Neely, music director
Teri Bickham, soprano

Witness spellbinding stories about bustling marketplaces, majestic palaces, ancient mythological creatures and a soul's journey through darkness into divine light in this enchanting performance by the UMD Symphony Orchestra. Each of the pieces presented tells its own story, exploring mythos and legends from across the world.

Faculty Dance Concert

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Directed by Alvin Mayes
Choreographed by Adriane Fang, Kate Ladenheim, Ama Law and Alvin Mayes

The Faculty Dance Concert shines the spotlight on works choreographed by the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies faculty! The concert’s evocative choreography will be performed by TDPS students and features a range of styles and movements.

Nehprii Amenii: Food for the Gods

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By Nehprii Amenii
Nehprii Amenii, director

A multimedia performance installation about “human value,” Food for the Gods is a three-part expression of rage and indifference. Inspired by the killings of Black men, this work uses object and puppet performance to explore dehumanization, light, invisibility and well…the magical-less-ness of it all.

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