School of Music Piano Showcase
Hear works by Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Ravel, Rachmaninoff and Enescu in this showcase of solo and collaborative piano students from the School of Music's piano division.
Masterful Strings: Masterclass with Miriam Fried, violin
School of Music violin students refine their technique and artistry with former first violinist of the Mendelssohn String Quartet, Miriam Fried.
Fried has played with virtually every major orchestra in the United States and Europe and has been a frequent guest with the principal orchestras of Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, as well as with the Israel Philharmonic, the London Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic and the Vienna Symphony.
Express yourself! October 14, 2016
Express yourself! October 14, 2016
Masterful Strings: Masterclass with Xiang Gao, violin
School of Music violin students refine their technique and artistry with Xiang Gao, who is recognized as one of the world's most successful performing artists of his generation from the People's Republic of China. His musical integrity and virtuoso technique have gained accolades from audiences and reviewers around the world, and he has performed for many world leaders.
Masterful Strings is funded in part by The Tretter Distinguished Faculty Fellowship in Violin.
Masterful Strings: Masterclass with Joel Krosnick, cello
School of Music cello students refine their technique and artistry with former Juilliard String Quartet cellist Joel Krosnick.
This Masterful Strings masterclass is funded in part by The Barbara K. Steppel Memorial Faculty Fellowship in Cello.
Masterclass with Shelly Peiken
Shelly Peiken ,'79, is a multi-platinum Grammy nominated songwriter best known for her #1 hits "What a Girl Wants" and "Come On Over Baby." She earned a Grammy nomination for the song "Bitch" recorded by Meredith Brooks. She’s had hundreds of songs placed on albums, and in TV and film.
In this master class, Peiken will talk about creativity and the pop music business in Los Angeles. The conversation will be mediated by the Head of Performance for the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Professor Scot Reese.
Masterful Strings: String Pedagogy Masterclass with Rebecca Henry, violin
A nationally respected pedagogue, Rebecca Henry is the Chair of the Preparatory String Department at the Peabody Conservatory, where she teaches violin and viola. In this masterclass, Henry discusses string pedagogy best practices with UMD School of Music string students.
Masterful Strings is funded in part by The Tretter Distinguished Faculty Fellowship in Violin.
Express yourself! October 13, 2016
Contact Improvisation Jam
Come join in the contact improvisation jam, a participatory event exploring this dance technique, in which participants use physical points of contact with one another to explore and improvise movement together. It will be led by Alito Alessi, longtime contact improvisation practitioner, pioneering artistic director of the mixed-ability company DanceAbility International, and Guggenheim fellow. His DanceAbility method has been extremely influential worldwide in opening the doors of contemporary dance to be more accessible to people with disabilities.
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