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MFA in Performance: Festival of New Works

In the grand finale of their studies in the MFA in Performance (MFAP) program, the members of the inaugural MFAP class will showcase seven new works. Each MFAP student will perform an individual piece that showcases his or her own writing, research and performance.

This small group of talented theatre artists, who came to the program with experiences ranging from regional theatre to Broadway, have prepared hour-long works grounded in their own experiences, personal artistic visions and their three years of MFA in Performance training.

Lucky Plush: The Better Half

Lucky Plush Productions presents a dance/theatre hybrid based on — and poking fun at — the classic film Gaslight, about a villainous husband who tries to drive his wife insane.

In the hands of artistic director Julia Rhoads and director Leslie Buxbaum Danzig, this rowdy, witty dance-theatre piece transcends its sources to examine wedded (or unwedded) “bliss” from unexpected physical and emotional angles.

Join the artists for a Talk Back after the October 4 performance.   

Co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet: Landfall

In addition to her groundbreaking solo work, Laurie Anderson has undertaken collaborative projects with artists of all kinds, including William S. Burroughs, Lou Reed, Marisa Monte and Colin Stetson, among others.

Kronos Quartet, musical mavericks who shatter conventional wisdom about string quartets, has partnered with Eiko & Koma, Philip Glass, Alim Qasimov, Astor Piazzolla and many more.

Kronos Quartet: Student Composition Reading

Kronos Quartet’s ongoing residency at the Center includes working closely with composition students in the UMD School of Music.

Each season Kronos works with selected young student composers in creating new works, refining the pieces for maximum musical impact and presenting initial readings of the works in a public event.

Kaleidoscope of Bands

Varied repertoire and high-quality performances have earned this annual event a loyal following.

Spirit and spectacle combine in a two-hour extravaganza of the finest wind repertoire plus the ever-popular Mighty Sound of Maryland Marching Band.

The Jazz Professors

A recital in two parts featuring the music of traditional composers influenced by the jazz idiom, including works by David Heinick, Larry Bell and Aaron Copland.

The second half features the UMD School of Music’s jazz faculty performing music by Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck and Thelonius Monk.

Proceeds from Music in Mind concerts benefit the School of Music’s undergraduate scholarship fund.

In Time of Roses

In Time of Roses is a sexy, fast-paced, political thriller, based on the true story of Margaret of Anjou, a woman forced to lead an army to save her family.

Most of the play’s text was taken directly from William Shakespeare’s Henry VI trilogy and from his sonnets.

Healthy Holiday Soul Food Alternatives with Chef Kenny Clay

Join us for a class with Kenny Clay, Executive Chef of Clyde’s of Gallery Place, focusing on holiday culinary traditions in communities of the African Diaspora.

You’ll have a chance to ask questions, taste samples and share recipes in this fun, family-friendly event that will be presented in two branches of the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System, just in time for December holidays!

Graduate Fellowship Chamber Ensembles: French Impressions

The UMD School of Music’s premier chamber ensembles, Aeolus String Quartet and SIREN Woodwind Quintet, have swiftly gained renown for their artistry.

They share the stage for an afternoon of shimmering French repertoire, including Ravel’s String Quartet and Poulenc's Sextuor featuring faculty artist Bradford Gowen at the piano.

Proceeds from Music in Mind concerts benefit the School of Music’s undergraduate scholarship fund.

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