Harlem Quartet Pre-Concert Talk • IN-PERSON

School of Music DMA student Madeleine Jansen interviews members of Harlem Quartet about their program.

Health + Safety

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The Crossing: Carols After a Plague • LIVESTREAM

Dedicated to the commissioning and performance of music by living composers, professional chamber choir The Crossing explores ways in which to expand choral writing. With more than 100 commissions, the ensemble has received two Grammy awards for “Best Choral Performance” for recordings of works that elevate dynamic compositional voices.

From the Source: Thalea String Quartet

Please note that the location has changed from Tawes Hall to the Gildenhorn Recital Hall at The Clarice. Join us in person or watch the livestream from the comfort of your home.

The UMD School of Music's graduate fellowship string ensemble, the Thalea String Quartet, explores the American influences behind the works of Antonín Dvořák, Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) and The Beatles. The program will also include Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges's String Quartet No. 4 in C minor.

Orchestra Concerto Competition Prelims: UMD Symphony Orchestra

Join us in person at The Clarice. Please note that this event will not be livestreamed.

Join the search for the UMD Symphony Orchestra’s next featured soloist. In the first round of this annual competition, UMD School of Music students perform concerto excerpts or concert pieces for an independent jury panel. With each round of the competition, the field narrows until the final round, when a winner and runners-up are announced.

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Orchestra Concerto Competition Finals: UMD Symphony Orchestra

Join us in person at The Clarice. Please note that this event will not be livestreamed.

UMD School of Music students vie for the opportunity to perform as a soloist with the UMD Symphony Orchestra in the final round of this annual competition. Finalists perform 15- to 20-minute excerpts of a concerto or concert piece for an independent jury panel. Following the jury’s deliberation, a winner and runners-up will be announced.

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Piano Division Fall Showcase

Join us in person at The Clarice or watch the livestream from the comfort of your home.

The School of Music’s prestigious and highly selective Piano Division showcases its talented students in this semesterly performance of solo and collaborative works. Featured composers include Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Sergei Prokofiev, Richard Strauss and more.

Harlem Quartet & Aldo López-Gavilán • LIVESTREAM

Known for their flamboyant and dynamic style, Harlem Quartet advances diversity in classical music while engaging audiences with underperformed repertoire. From their 2009 performance for former President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama to a highly successful South African tour, the quartet performs around the world with such distinguished artists as Itzhak Perlman, Ida Kavafian, Jeremy Denk, Chick Corea and, as in this program, Aldo López-Gavilán.

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