Brooklyn Rider (USA)
Brooklyn Rider: Healing Modes
Coming Together: UMD Wind Ensemble
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Principal Trombone of “The President's Own” United States Marine Band Gunnery Sergeant Samuel Barlow will join the UMD Wind Ensemble (UMWE) for Andrew Boysen's Concerto for Trombone and Wind Symphony. Bringing it all together, the program will also feature Donald Grantham's brilliant masterwork Southern Harmony and Cynthia Van Maanen's new work Elegy for Our Children.
Only the "B"est Composers: UMD Chamber Singers
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Celebrating 20 years, the UMD Chamber Singers are one of the nation’s most honored and respected collegiate ensembles with a repertoire that spans over 500 years of music history. In honor of their anniversary, they present a concert of only the “B”est composers: Brahms, Britten, Barber, Byrd, Barnett and Burleigh.
Chamber Music Celebration
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A concert showcasing the students' creativity, initiative, collaboration and agency through the unique medium of chamber music. This program will feature a broad crosscut of styles and repertoire presented in a fresh, lively way.
Spring Concert: Femmes de Chanson and MännerMusik
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UMD Choral Activities' two student directed a cappella ensembles present an array of familiar standards and exciting new arrangements.
37th Annual Choreographers' Showcase
37th Annual Choreographers’ Showcase (USA)
A highly anticipated tradition of The Clarice and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the Choreographers’ Showcase has become one of the D.C./MD/VA dance community’s most celebrated exhibitions of established and emerging choreographic talent. Experience the thrill of rising choreographic talent, which in years past has included award-winning NY2 Dance choreographer Nejla Yatkin and recent D.C. mainstay Ed Tyler.
University and Community Band
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Representing a variety of majors across campus, the University Band is joined by the Maryland Community Band for a concert of traditional and contemporary wind band music in a performance that can be enjoyed by all ages. Concert repertoire coming soon.
Bach Cantata Series: BWV 51
J.S. Bach, known as the great master, wrote more than 200 cantatas, and UMD Choral Activities aims to sing them all in this series of short performances by students, faculty, staff and community friends led by conductors in the graduate program. Conducted by Jonathan King, this performance will feature Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (Shout for Joy to God in All Lands), BWV 51.
NextLOOK: Chitra Subramanian
Temple shines the spotlight on the fraying of public life and the growing reality that people participate in institutions less and less. Through the language of Indian Dance and Hip-Hop culture, Chitra Subramanian will explore the experiences and stories of her South Asian immigrant journey. She will also showcase the limitless ways in which Hip-Hop continues to transform, inspire and unleash untapped talent and power.
NextLOOK ft. Sinclair Ogaga Emoghene, Pablo Regis & Kate Spanos: Performing Otherness (Ainihi e Alteridade)
This new dance and music project examines ainihi (“identity” in Hausa) and alteridade (“otherness” in Portuguese) based on the traditions of Nigeria and Brazil. Multidisciplinary artists Sinclair Ogaga Emoghene, Pablo Regis and Kate Spanos collaborate to look for both universality and cultural specificity in shared movements and rhythms. This work includes new and traditional songs and dances, a carnival-style parade, an audience feedback session and an artist discussion.
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