Gamer Symphony Orchestra 10th Anniversary Spring Concert

Celebrating its 10th year, the student-run GSO works to establish video game music as a serious art form and to use that music as a way to bring new and younger audiences to orchestral performances. The GSO is the first collegiate ensemble exclusively devoted to performing orchestral arrangements of video game music and using that music as an educational tool. The orchestra began humbly in late 2005 with six members and now boasts a roster of more than 110 musicians, including 30 singers.

UMD Symphony Orchestra Pre-Concert Lecture: Fairies, Folk Songs and Beethoven's Shadow

Mendelssohn was inspired by Shakespeare when he composed A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ginastera hoped to evoke the soundscape of his native Argentina through Variaciones Concertantes, and Brahms undoubtedly had Beethoven on his mind when he composed his Second Piano Concerto. This lecture explores these compositional influences, and illustrates how they shaped each composer’s music.

MFA Portfolio Review (OFF-SITE)

An exciting feature of the MFA in Design program in the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies is the annual public portfolio exhibit and review. See the class and production work of the graduate costume, set, lighting, and projection design students, including scenic models and full costumes.

NIAF Pellegri Distinguished Lecture, "America: The New Rome"

Dr. Mortimer Sellers is Regents Professor of the University System of Maryland and Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law at the University of Baltimore. His areas of expertise include constitutional law, philosophy of law, and Roman law as well as international and comparative law. His topic, “America: The New Rome,” is integral to the theme of the NIAF Pellegri Program on Ancient Rome and its Legacy in America, funded by a five-year grant from the National Italian American Foundation, thanks to a bequest from Mr. Ernest Pellegri.

In Times Like These

Dancing by the Power: Movement Matters presents, In Times Like These, an evening length exploration of the tools necessary for survival in the midst of war; a clarion call for love, for community, for justice that starts with how we care for ourselves and each other.  Featuring live musical performances by CAFE steel drum orchestra, Michael Aaron, Ronyah LaVaune, Wendy Hicks and of course, Movement Matters dance company!  With a pop-up vintage shop and interactive mural, audience members will be invited to explore and express their own longings for love, community and justice!  

Embracing the future of orchestras: An interview with Teddy Abrams

Teddy Abrams

Teddy Abrams photo by Arnold O’Neil

Known for his riveting interpretations of the classical repertoire and boundary-breaking audience engagement, Teddy Abrams embodies the National Orchestral Institute’s goal of creating the symphony orchestra of the future. As music director of the Louisville Orchestra and established pianist, clarinetist, conductor and composer, he’s on the front lines of connecting with musicians, audiences and students.

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