NextNOW Fest 2024
Started in 2014, Clarice Presents’ annual NextNOW Fest is an inspiring arts experience that celebrates imagination, creativity and community. In addition to the core festival nights at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, we’re thrilled to continue partnerships with student-led groups, academic departments and university-based arts venues to hold festival events throughout campus.
Maryland Day 2025
Explore the creativity of Terps and the local community on Maryland Day! This annual campus-wide open house features artistic and creative performances, experiences and activities at The Clarice, and across the University of Maryland campus. Bring your family and your friends for a day of fun and frolic!
This event is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council and The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
National Orchestral Institute + Festival: Chamber Music Spotlight
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Alarm Will Sound: Paper Pianos
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This evening-length multimedia work theatrically explores displacement, longing and the optimism of refugees. Paper Pianos, composed by Mary Kouyoumdjian, combines narratives from four refugees and resettlement workers with intricate hand-drawn animations by artist Kervork Mourad that dramatically depict emotions experienced around the world.
FUNDING
This performance is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council and The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
Alex and Olmsted: Milo the Magnificent
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Dorrance Dance & Ephrat Asherie: The Center Will Not Hold
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Cécile McLorin Salvant
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American Brass Quintet & Tyshawn Sorey
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Internationally recognized as one of today’s premier chamber music ensembles, the American Brass Quintet continues its tradition of championing new works by distinguished American composers with a new commission from multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey. Tyshawn, a 2017 MacArthur fellow and a 2018 United States Artists Fellow, has previously written for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, International Contemporary Ensemble and Alarm Will Sound, among others.