The Department of Music presents the UMBC Wind Ensemble, in their last semester of the year, Monday, May 13 at 8 pm in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. The group will perform a number of pieces under the direction of Richard Spece.
Admission to this concert is free and open to the public.
A program featuring the UMBC Camerata and the Opera Workshop will take place on Friday, May 10 beginning at 8 pm in the Fine Arts Recital Hall.
The UMBC Camerata, under the direction of Stephen Caracciolo, is a select ensemble of singers from a wide range of backgrounds and majors in the university. The group performs a wide range of works including Renaissance motets, folksongs, choral-orchestral works, German part songs, Russian sacred liturgies, American spirituals, and new works.
The Opera Workshop, under the direction of Joseph Regan, is a course designed for 8 – 15 advanced vocalists, and offers students the opportunity to study stage acting, movement and character development within the sphere of musical performance.
Admission is free.
The UMBC Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Tom Goldstein, performs Thursday, May 9 at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall.
The Percussion Ensemble is a dedicated group of advanced percussion students. The Ensemble is adventurous in its programming with a repertoire that includes graphic notation pieces, improvisational works, and theatre works by important early percussion composers, such as Alan Hovhanness, John Cage and Carlos Chavez. The Ensemble has established a tradition of performing works by faculty and student composers, who sometimes include members of the ensemble.
Admission to this event is free.
The UMBC Chamber Players and the New Music Ensemble perform a concert Sunday, April 28 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. The groups will play under the direction of Department of Music faculty, Airi Yoshioka and Tom Goldstein.
Admission to this event is free.
The UMBC Camerata’s performance last Sunday with the Handel Choir of Baltimore was mentioned yesterday in a Baltimore Sun article by Tim Smith, praising the career of Handel Choir director, Linda O’Neal.
The concert performed, Johannes Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, was considered by the Baltimore Sun arts critic, Tim Smith, one that “sounded smoothly balanced and articulated with admirable quality.”
The Collegium Musicum, under the direction of Joseph C. Morin, will perform Sunday, April 21 at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. Join the UMBC Collegium Musicum in a transformative music performance featuring vocal and instrumental pieces from the European Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Admission to this event is free.
The Department of Music is delighted to present classical guitarist, Rupert Boyd, for a performance Thursday, April 18 at 8:00 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall.
“A player that deserves to be heard.” — Classical Guitar Magazine
Australian born guitarist Rupert Boyd is acclaimed as one of the most talented guitarists of his generation. He has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Spain, Italy, France, England and Australia, and has been described by The Washington Post as “truly evocative”. Rupert Boyd has performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall, the 92nd Street Y, Merkin Concert Hall, Bargemusic, the New York City Classical Guitar Society and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (the world’s largest Gothic cathedral). He has given performances with New York Festival of Song and Moving Theater Dance Company, in addition to solo recitals for the Boston Guitar Society, the Marlow Guitar Series in Washington D.C. and the Newport Music Festival in Rhode Island.
This event is free with a UMBC ID. Find out more, at umbc.edu/arts.
Join us, Thursday, April 11 at 8 pm in the Fine Arts Recital Hall, as Lisa Cella, music, performs a concert featuring contemporary works with guest performer, guitarist Zane Forshee.
The program, consisting of six works (two world premieres) features video and electronics, and highlights Cella’s excellence as an international performer.
Video artwork by Steve Bradley, visual arts.
Admission to this event is free with a UMBC ID. Discover other ticketing information and purchase tickets at our Arts and Culture Calendar.
I Resound composers. Clockwise beginning from top left: Ruth Lomon, Anna Rubin, Sofia Kamayianni, AnneaLockwood, Jane Rigler, Linda Dusman
Join us as we celebrate women in contemporary music at the I Resound Concert of Music by Women Composers, Thursday, March 7 at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall.
The I Resound Music Concert, presented by I Resound Press, features work by women contemporary composers. The program, performed by UMBC student and faculty pianists, percussionists, flutists and string players, as well as guest musicians, will draw from pieces available from the I Resound Press archive. Works will include:
Admission to this event is free.
The UMBC Jazz Festival returns this year with special guest and jazz legend, Howard Johnson.
Performances:
UMBC Jazz Ensemble, Featuring Howard Johnson
Friday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Recital Hall
Maryland-All State Jazz Band
Saturday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Recital Hall
(Ticket prices TBD)
Faculty Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Recital Hall
Performances are free with a UMBC ID. Find out more at umbc.edu/arts.
