The University of Maryland School of Music in the College of Arts and Humanities is launching a university-wide competition that invites UMD students to write lyrics to the tune of the state song “Maryland, My Maryland.” The competition asks students to craft lyrics that express the pride they feel for the State of Maryland.
This annual holiday event features international recording artists, The Richard Payne Trio (Richard Payne, piano, Rudy Spruill, bass and Roderick Johnson, drums), with a special blend of jazz, gospel and classical music. Special guests include the celebrated FAME Jazz Band, Divine Dance Institute and Largo High School Choir.
Presented by FAME-The Foundation for The Advancement of Music and Education, Inc., Prince George’s County Council Chairman, Derrick Leon Davis, and Lake Arbor Foundation, Inc.
Photo by Hans Morren
Artists lead complicated lives. They collect material for new work, they often teach and engage with community groups and they are always developing their craft.
In Side Notes, we are providing good reads and fun facts to give you a sense of who our visiting artists are and what makes them do what they do. Contributing writes include students, faculty, staff and alumni from the extended Clarice family.
Flutist and author of Clubbing for Classical Musicians, Dr. Sarah Robinson, demonstrates in this flute and electronics performance how classical music can rock any kind of alternative space.
Sarah is a flutist for Helix Collective, a Los Angeles-based ensemble that specializes in multi-media, collaborative performance and recording. Playing with orchestras and rock bands everywhere from Disney Hall to the legendary Troubador rock club, Sarah has also performed on the scores for television shows, commercials and over 20 films.
Produced in partnership with The Laboratory for Global Performance & Politics at Georgetown, Burning to Tell You highlights leading artists from a range of disciplines (theater, film, music, media arts, political cartooning), including Belarus Free Theater, a UK-based international award-winning theatre company-in-exile founded on principles of freedom of speech and artistic expression, as well as the Russian feminist punk rock group Pussy Riot, and leading voices from Syria, Iran, and the United States.
