Ariodante

Handel’s Ariodante is a story of royalty, love, intrigue and deceit set in the medieval Scottish highlands. Needing a male successor to the throne, the King of Scotland searches for a husband for his daughter princess Ginevra. After falling in love, Ginevra and the knight Ariodante are granted permission to wed but their plans are quickly disrupted by the devious plot of Polinesso, Duke of Albany, who also aspires to the throne.

Bach Cantata Series

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 Kathryn Hylton, this performance will feature Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister (Light-minded frivolous spirits), BWV 181.

New Music at Maryland

This concert of new music cultivates the talent of modern classical composers and inspires musicians and audience members alike. Featuring original compositions by student composers, new music concerts range from solo to chamber works and even include electroacoustic performances. Read this feature story on the new music program in The Diamondback.

Masterful Strings: Emanuel Gruber, cello

Professor of cello and chamber music at East Carolina University, Emanuel Gruber will perform three of J.S. Bach’s beautiful Six Suites for Cello—No. 1, 3 and 5. Widely performed, these suites for solo cello are considered to be among Bach’s greatest works and feature movements based on dances from the Baroque period. Gruber is celebrated as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and teacher. Awarded the Pablo Casals Prize by the Philharmonic Orchestra, he also won the Concert Artists’ Guild Auditions early in his career.

Fall Choral Collage

In this combined choir concert, three choral ensembles team up to offer a program of exciting variety including Polish folk songs, music of the Maori culture in New Zealand and a "bluegrass-tinged setting" of the revival hymn Unclouded Day.

Faculty Artist Series: The Left Bank Quartet

The Left Bank Quartet will be joined by faculty member Larissa Dedova on piano for Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57. Written in 1940, it is one of his most-beloved chamber pieces. This will be balanced by two string quartets by Czech composers, Antonín Dvořák’s charming and lyrical 10th Quartet in E-flat Major and String Quartet No. 1 by Erwin Schulhoff. By turns hauntingly beautiful and rhythmically driving, Schulhoff’s 1924 quartet shows the influence of jazz rhythms, yet craftsmanship inspired by Dvořák—his first teacher of composition!

Madden Dance Project

untitled sad piece by elephant JANE dance
Heidi Henderson, choreographer

untitled sad piece examines small sadnesses, those moments when we allow ourselves to not be chipper. In reiterative solos and tender duets, the dancers of elephant JANE dance see into each other's eyes and touch, sweat and galumph. The movement is effortful. These dances are real— messy, emotional, highly structured, single-minded, fluid, quiet and virtuosic.

Burnish (Magenta #08) by BANDportier
Kendra Portier, choreographer

Chamber Music Showcase

School of Music student artists perform a moving collection of chamber music repertoire for strings, woodwinds, brass and piano. The culmination of rehearsal and coaching during the fall semester, these concerts are an integral part of coursework for School of Music students and provide a glimpse into the training they receive for performing in major ensembles.

Stefon Harris & Blackout (USA)

Stefon Harris, vibraphone + Blackout (USA)

For a decade, Stefon Harris’ ensemble Blackout seemed to have vanished. Then, in 2009, in the bold album “Urbanus,” the modern jazz vibraphone linchpin led his quintet through a mix of Gershwin interpretations and Jackie McLean covers, with a nod to Stevie Wonder along the way. Fusing jazz vibraphone with strong interests in R&B and Latin sounds, Harris has explored the frontiers of his instrument since first emerging in the late 1990s.

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