Clove Actor Profile: Gabrys Wronka
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Photo by Geoff Sheil
Rising Stars Vocal Showcase
Come see talented Prince George's County youth ages 10-17 compete vocally for cash prizes.
Clove Actor Profile: Radcliffe Adler
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Adelphi Quartet in Concert
Formed at NOI+F in 2017 by cellist and Sphinx Orchestral Futurist Fellow Marza Wilks, this quartet is dedicated to enriching our community through audience engagement.
Repertoire includes:
Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor
Other repertoire to be announced from the stage.
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Clove Actor Profile: Kyle Starling
UMD TDPS’ Clove opens tomorrow, and today we’re highlighting cast member and sophomore theatre major, Kyle Starling, who tells us about his character, Eli, and his experience preparing for the show.
Eli is main character Sam’s best friend and confides in Sam about his struggles with identity and what it’s like to be a black, gay male in America.
TEDxCollegePark
Welcome to the inaugural TEDxCollegePark at the University of Maryland’s Smith Performing Arts Center which will bring in thinkers and doers from all across the globe to Maryland this year.
Our theme is GET OUTside and the event will present a day full of entertainment, ideas and stories that push you to “GET OUTside” physically to appreciate the benefits of being connected outdoors as well as metaphorically to get out of your current mindsets, comfort zones, us versus them mentality and stereotypes.
Schedule of events:
8:00am Breakfast
Family Concert: Peter and the Wolf
Bring the whole family as members of the National Orchestral Institute perform Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, narrated this year by College Park City Council Member and UMD alumnus P.J. Brennan. Students will also give their own imaginative musical interpretations of beloved children’s books.
The Mock Turtle Reading Series
The Mock Turtle is a monthly reading series hosted by students from the University of Maryland’s MFA Program in Creative Writing where current MFA students and alums from UMD, as well as students from DMV-area MFA programs, can share their writing with their peers and the public. The series aims to create a sense of community among writers and lovers of literature.
The March 31 event will feature the following writers:
Fiction
Showing of Jim Henson: Commercials & Experiments
Presented in conjunction with The Jim Henson Legacy, this mind-blowing collection of shorts, crazy commercials, and other rarities from the Henson vault was one of The Jim Henson Legacy's first compilation screenings, and now, it's even better -- remastered in definition from original film elements and revised with newly discovered materials -- some of which has not been seen in 50 years. Highlights include excerpts from experimental TV programs The Cube and Youth '68, and Time Piece, the 8-minute Oscar-nominated experimental masterpiece directed by (and starring) Jim Henson himself.
Open Masterclass with Jennifer Ross
Violinist Jennifer Ross has enjoyed a full and varied career as an orchestra player, chamber musician, soloist, and teacher. She has held the position of Principal Second Violin of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since 1999, touring and recording extensively, and performing as soloist. Ms. Ross graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with the late Szymon Goldberg. Her career began at the age of 19 as Associate Concertmaster of the Honolulu Symphony.
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