Season Guide 2011-2012 (April Edition): Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

2011–2012: our 10th anniversarY season

Celebrating 1o Years in the CompanY of extraordinarY minds

bold. provoCative. stirring. uniQue. join us as the exploration Continues.

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Ten years ago, the Clarice smith performing arts Center was envisioned as a place where people could come together to experience firsthand the power of art and ideas.

Now, in our 10th anniversary season, we celebrate the extraordinary minds who make that idea a reality. Those who join us at the Center – intrepid explorers, culture bearers, divine divas, serious kidders, provocateurs, keepers of the flame, soul stirrers and just plain art nuts – create moments that change lives.

Throughout the season we will introduce you to artists, patrons, students, donors, faculty and friends who represent the spirit of the Center and we will also provide you with opportunities to share your own stories. turn the page to meet some extraordinary people as well as learn about the artists who will tap into the power of ideas in this special season.

Thank you for joining us. Individuals like you make us who we are.

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divine diva

Walter dallas Senior Artist-in-Residence, UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

“The power of the arts includes a real giving that makes it all worthwhile.”

I’m a director, I’m a playwright, I’m a musician and recently I’ve become a photographer. I play a couple of instruments. I teach. Life is full, and exciting. I’ve lived a charmed life.

I was very, very lucky as a child. I lived with my extended family in Atlanta, with a lot of cousins and uncles and aunts of various ages who were around all the time.

So, I grew up with the Modern Jazz Quartet, Sarah Vaughan, Dakota Staton, Miles Davis and other artists like that. And rock ’n roll, classical music, all kinds of music. en I took piano, viola and organ lessons.

Even in kindergarten I’d always put on pageants and plays. I remember being a mouse in e Nutcracker ballet when I was in the first grade and every year after that I wanted to be a soldier. And by the fourth grade I was a soldier, and by the fifth grade I was the prince.

When I thought about what I wanted to be when I grew up, I realized that I already was what I was going to be when I grew up — that is, I was already a fusion of directing and putting on shows with Coca-Cola bottles as characters in my plays, with an eclectic mix of music in the background.

I have a cousin, an actress, who started calling me “Diva” when I was in college. She started calling me “Diva” and then friends in college and grad school did, too. When I asked her, “Why ‘Diva?’ ” she said, “What you do is fierce, and yet you don’t go around trying to be fierce, you just are.”

I find that theatre is a powerful force that can change the course of my life and the lives of others. When I first came to the university and directed my first show, e Amen Corner, I didn’t know who was a theatre major, who was ready to have a major role. I just cast those I thought were the best students for the roles. As it turned out, I cast a criminal justice major for one of the leads.

She had never been in a play before, not even in high school, but she was fabulous. She was so good, and she loved performing so much. She graduated two weeks after the show closed, and that fall she re-enrolled as a theatre major. In two years, she received a BA in Performance and has not stopped performing professionally since. e power of theatre, the power of the arts, is amazing and the thing about it is you might know instantly — but often you never know — how deeply it affects people. I often hear from people who say, “You know, what you said that time really turned my life around.” Sometimes I don’t even remember what I said and sometimes barely remember the person. But theatre powerfully affects people.

I stand onstage after a performance and 900 or a thousand people now know my work. I don’t see them but their lives are affected and then, when they contact me, or when former students reconnect years later, they affect my life. So there’s a meaningful exchange that makes it real for me.

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serious kidders

laura sCott Patron . Assistant Director, UMD Center for Leadership and Organizational Change

david allen-johnson rimer Patron . Music Producer and Student

“Kidding on the square is at the core of who I am.”

LAURA: I do organizational development work here on campus. e part of my work I don’t usually talk about but feel deeply is the idea that people can change — and that through talking about things you can change things.

I’m a serious kidder. It’s a core way I do my work; it’s like kidding on the square. You can find your way into a lot of difficult conversations by kidding your way in. e first thing I came to see at the Center after I started working on campus in 2002 was e Laramie Project. e Westboro Baptist Church was coming to protest and I was asked to facilitate a community meeting about responding. e community experience of being in that conversation was very powerful.

But my most meaningful experience at the Center recently was Am I Black Enough, Yet? I thought it would be really interesting to take my kid to, my kid David.

He was a friend of my daughter’s from high school, he was adopted and then came to live with me three years ago. He is biracial and his blackness or not-blackness is a significant part of his life. I went to the show once to make sure it wasn’t something that was going to be stupid or embarrassing or troubling. It was fabulous. It was funny, it was engaging, it was serious as a heart attack.

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It really gave us an opportunity, as we were driving home, to talk about his experience with the show and also his experience in life, and my experience as well.

DAVID: My mother is white and my dad’s black and I didn’t grow up with them, so that’s pretty much all I know about them. When I heard the title of the play I was like instantly kind of hooked into it and interested to see it. It’s not something I would normally do. But it was something I had kind of thought about a lot.

I remember one skit that starts, “Two black girls on a bus, one of them white.” It had to do with white people in black-dominated areas, where black people wouldn’t accept her even though she walked, talked and acted in the same ways they did. And white people didn’t accept her either for the same reasons, which I could somewhat relate to. ere was so much I wanted to hold onto and carry out of there, out of the play. ere was just too much to take in at one time.

LAURA: A lot of the things I see at the Center open up conversations that I would not have had or even thought about. But that was the one that had the biggest personal impact on me and my life.

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intrepid explorer

margaret jenkins Artistic Director, Margaret Jenkins Dance Company What do I do? I make work with a host of wonderful dancers and collaborators.

I take time when I can, to wander and imagine. And, like many artists, I also spend time finding the resources to support my work. Any one day is a balance between going into the studio and wearing the “asking” hat.

I’ve been dancing since I was four and so there’s really never been a conscious time in my life when I wasn’t dancing. And although I’m no longer a performer, my mind and my heart are full of movement and all the impulses that are necessary to stay in shape. I think the role of the arts is vast and plays so many roles within a culture, but at its best it provokes and inspires and provides another way of seeing and being in the world.

As a choreographer, the working process, getting inside an idea and the physical reality of that idea is always a provocative journey. e question is always how to live a more engaged life and the arts are our lens toward an answer.

When I am at work making work, I need to have the courage to be vulnerable, to not know where I am going, to stay open to the surprises that always accompany my

attempt to discover something that I have heretofore, not known or understood. I start somewhere, and the mark of a successful work is what it reveals.

My new work, Light Moves, is a process of ongoing discovery in that way. Light Moves starts with the understanding that cycles of light are in fact a metaphor for the day, the hours of a day, for that which we understand, that which catches us by surprise, and the movement of light as it reflects fleeting moments of perception: “Oh, I understand what I’m moving through, I see what’s going to happen.” But Light Moves also touches on those inevitable moments of darkness when you don’t have any kind of clarity or way to predict what’s coming next. But there is always, somewhere, an eclipse.

And all this work, the asking, the discoveries, just doesn’t happen out of context from the people who make the work: the dancers, the artists, the poets, the composers.

Every one works for much less than they should, but they commit because of what it gives them back, the mercurial and the tangible. e dancers and the other artist collaborators are the biggest treasure, the greatest privilege of doing what I do.

“I make work to discover something that I haven’t discovered before.”

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serious kidder

ethan Watermeier DMA Candidate in Opera Performance, UMD School of Music My first experience as an actor was when I was three.

My father and my mother both taught drama and my father was directing a production of A Doll’s House by Ibsen. I played one of the little children. I actually don’t remember this experience at all but my parents tell me that there was a section during the play where I was simply supposed to answer some questions from one of the characters with one-word answers. And every night the character would ask me the questions and I would make these improvised answers longer and longer and longer until it became a half-hour soliloquy by this three-year-old child. So that was my first exposure to the stage.

Being an actor, being an artist, as anybody knows, is difficult. ere are constantly obstacles. ere are roadblocks along the way. And I think like any artist, I just try and push through those walls and try to get to the next place. e challenges sometimes appear endless.

Trying to master your craft. Trying to get work. Trying to make enough money to pay your rent, to eat, to live.

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But you push on. at’s all you can do, and in the end, it's all worth it. If you don’t feel that it is, then you’re probably in the wrong business.

I do it because I love it, and I do it mostly because I want to entertain people. And if through my performance, they have a thought-provoking experience, a healing experience, a transformative experience, even a smile or laugh … job done.

I did some performances at the Center of e Fantasticks as part of my doctoral degree. And I had a few moments near the end of the show, the truthful moments I long for — I was with the other performers on stage, the audience was quiet and still, the lights were on my face.

I was just watching and really listening to the other performers on stage with me, these amazingly talented young undergrad singers and actors expressing their hearts through song. And I was reminded once again, “at’s it, this is what I’m meant to be doing.”

“Making people laugh, for me, is the greatest feeling ever.

But there’s always a serious side to making art.”

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extraordinarY artists rekindle the spirit in the 2011-2012 season

E IkO & kOMA

Y SAYE B ARNWELL

k RONOS Q UARTET

Amelia al Ballo

A LIM Q ASIMOV

D EAN M OSS

M ORTON S UBOTNICk

PATTI L U P ONE

Apotheosis

Aftermath

intrepid explorers

divine divas

soul stirrers

provoCateurs

M ARgARET J ENkINS

WALTER D ALLAS

J EAN -Y VES T HIBAUDET

Everything in the Garden

N EW Y ORk F ESTIVAL S ONg

D ANIEL B ERNARD ROUMAIN (DBR)

O RPHEUS C HAMBER O RCHESTRA

OF

L Iz L ERMAN

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”In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” albert sChWeitzer, humanitarian

A N D A U NION

D AVE H OLLAND

The Old Settler

Water Is Rising

J OSHUA R EDMAN

Vaude-vival please turn the page for

Culture bearers

keepers of the flame

serious kidders

C HAMBER E NSEMBLE OF THE S HANgHAI C HINESE O RCHESTRA

TAkáCS Q UARTET

B ASIL T WIST & C HRISTOPHER O’R ILEY

a Complete listing of this season’s performanCes

H ERITAgE S IgNATURE C HORALE

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the Creative arC of our season in 2011–2012, we continue our traditions of building long-lasting, meaningful relationships with artists and giving artists opportunities to collaborate with each other.

eiko & koma Eiko & koma are partners in both their personal and professional lives. Choreographic collaborators since the early ’70s, they are also a married couple and were joint recipients of the MacArthur “genius” Fellowship in 2006. eir choreography and stagecraft are characterized by bold, theatrical strokes, which audiences will experience in performances in September 2011, February 2012 and May 2012 at the Center. eir February presentation, Fragile, is a collaboration with kronos Quartet and they will incorporate kronos’s music into other performances.

dr. YsaYe barnWell (Fortune’s Bones: e Manumission Requiem) Dr. Ysaye Barnwell is the curator for the Fortune’s Bones project, which will include two performances in February 2012 and multiple events in both the fall and spring semesters. A composer, singer, writer and teacher, Dr. Barnwell composed the score for the Fortune’s Bones cantata. She also heads the advisory committee assembled for the Fortune’s Bones project, which includes partners from academic departments at the University of Maryland-College Park and University MarylandBaltimore County, as well as community-based partners and institutions.

kronos Quartet kronos Quartet is known for an adventuresome advocacy of contemporary chamber music. Drawing inspiration from around the world, the Quartet champions numerous international artists and composers. eir performances at the Center this season include clarinetist David krakauer and composer Aleksandra Vrebalov (September 2011) and Azerbaijani musician Alim Qasimov (February 2012). ey will also collaborate with Eiko & koma on the February presentation, Fragile.

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orpheus Chamber orChestra With the umd sYmphonY orChestra In a season-long collaboration with the School of Music, members of Orpheus will work with University of Maryland students and faculty on collaborative processes and will also perform in December 2011 with the UMD Symphony Orchestra and in March 2012 with faculty artists, as well as participate in the National Orchestal Institute. In addition, the Clarice Smith Center will present Orpheus in February 2012 with guest pianist Jean-Yves ibaudet.

september

season opening performanCe

patti lupone Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda Saturday, September 10 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

Join us in raising a glass to our 10th anniversary as the incomparable Patti LuPone kicks off our season with her witty, candid autobiographical review, Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda. With self-deprecating humor and larger-than-life warmth that radiates to every seat in the house, she bares it all in songs and stories — the roles she has played and wishes she could have played; the mass “cattle-call” auditions at the beginning of her career; her unlikely entrance to Juilliard; and her numerous career ups and downs. e evening will open with a pre-performance champagne toast in the grand Pavilion — a fitting overture for our 10th anniversary and the divine diva who will launch it.

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september eiko & koma Regeneration Wednesday, September 14 . 8PM Thursday, September 15 . 8PM Kogod Theatre

Eiko & koma met nearly 40 years ago in Japan and created a sensation when they brought their otherworldly, intense form of dance to this country in the mid-1970s. eir new program, Regeneration, offers our community the rare opportunity to witness the 30-year artistic evolution of two visionary artists. Rich in visual elements and unfolding in tiny increments of movement, their work creates profound connections for the viewer. As gia kourlas wrote in the New York Times, “While the moving-painting quality of their choreography is profoundly arresting, both theatrically and visually … there is another layer that gets to the essence of nature. You connect to their world not by watching, but by imagining that you are living inside their bodies.”

Regeneration consists of three pieces, including the recent Raven (2010), performed to original Native American flute music composed by Robert Mirabal. Two other works — White Dance (1976) and Night Tide (1984), normally performed without music — are set to recorded music by kronos Quartet.

Regeneration will also feature a visual art installation in the grand Pavilion. $35 / $28 for Subscribers Eiko & Koma are artists-in-residence at the Center during the 2011-2012 season.

JOSHUA REDMAN’S JAMES FARM Sunday, September 25

kronos Quartet With david krakauer Friday, September 16 . 8PM Kay Theatre

kronos Quartet is renowned for their eclectic, no-holds-barred approach to contemporary chamber music. Clarinetist David krakauer is an artist without boundaries who has mastered classical chamber music, Eastern European Jewish klezmer music and avant-garde improvisation. His klezmer sound has been described as “an electrifying amalgam of cozy Eastern European traditions, free-form jazz, and dissonant howls of rage and pain … a bittersweet statement of personal and collective race memory.”

Together, these distinctive artists open up new vistas for winds and strings. e program includes the world premiere of a new piece by composer Aleksandra Vrebalov, commissioned by the Center. $45 / $36 for Subscribers Kronos Quartet are artists-in-residence at the Center during the 2011-2012 season.

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september joshua redman’s james farm

anda union

with Joshua Redman, saxophone Aaron Parks, piano Matt Penman, bass Eric Harland, percussion Sunday, September 25 . 7PM Kay Theatre

Friday, September 30 . 8PM Kay Theatre

Joshua Redman has a restless musical intelligence that continually pushes the boundaries of the jazz idiom. He brings that creative fire to his newest band, James Farm, as he returns to the quartet format. Since the group’s debut at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2009, Redman and his James Farm collaborators Aaron Parks, Matt Penman and Eric Harland have fully explored a song-based approach to improvisation in performances that are rhythmically and technically complex, harmonically rich and emotionally compelling.

e Mongolian folk ensemble AnDa Union is part of a musical movement that finds inspiration in old forgotten songs, drawing on a repertoire of magical tunes that all but disappeared during China’s tumultuous past. Playing traditional instruments like the morin khuur (horsehead fiddle) and singing in the khoomii style of overtone vocals, AnDa Union reveals a world that is largely hidden from view in the United States. eir music comes from each of the Mongol tribes that genghis khan unified and the performers have different ethnic backgrounds, creating a richly diversified program. $40 / $32 for Subscribers UMD School of Music

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umd sYmphonY orChestra left bank Quartet

UMD School of Music

Mountaineers

umd Wind orChestra

James Ross, conductor Friday, September 30 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

Music from Prague Michael Votta, conductor Thursday, September 29 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

In addition to his prize-winning works for string ensemble and symphony, Czech-born composer karel Husa has made significant and extensive contributions to the wind repertoire — one of the few composers of his generation to do so. In the first of two concerts celebrating Husa’s 90th birthday, UMWO performs his Music for Prague 1968, written in homage to the valiant but doomed Prague Spring uprising. Also on the program: Robert kurka’s Suite from e Good Soldier Schweik and Lubos Fiser’s Report.

UMSO collaborates with the Left Bank Quartet for a performance of Schoenberg’s Concerto for String Quartet, based on Handel’s Concerto grosso op. 6, no. 7. Also on the program: Ruggles’s Marching Mountains and Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2 and an unexpected prelude. $27 / $22 for Subscribers

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oCtober UMD School of Music: Music in Mind

remembranCe of things past Mark Hill, oboe Katherine Murdock, viola Sunday, October 16 . 3PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall

Faculty artists Mark Hill and katherine Murdock perform works by twentieth- and twenty-first-century composers that honor earlier masters through quotation and reference: Stephen Coxe’s Mit Ein Stelldichein includes Schoenberg’s beautiful early quintet Ein Stelldichein. Benjamin Britten’s Lachrymae (viola and piano) is a reflection on John Dowland’s lute song, “If my complaints could passion move,” and Henri Dutilleux’s Les Citations (oboe, double bass, harpsichord, percussion) employs music of Britten, Janequin and Jehan Alain in a fascinating and endlessly colorful musical conversation. $27 / $22 for Subscribers UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

shared mfa thesis ConCert Going Viral Nathan Andary, choreographer

Vaude-vival: Old is the new New Emily Oleson, choreographer Thursday, October 20 . 8PM Friday, October 21 . 8PM Dance Theatre

Nathan Andary’s Going Viral explores the body’s interior — all the way down to the cellular level — and its relationship to the environment, using dance, digital art and technology. In developing the project, he collaborated with composer Jane Wong and a UMD computer science student.

Oleson’s Vaude-vival: Old is the new New investigates contemporary theories and social challenges using structures, topics and styles from Vaudeville — one of the most popular types of entertainment in North America from the early 1880s through the early 1930s. Vaudeville developed from multiple sources, including minstrelsy, the concert saloon, dime museums and burlesque, and Oleson will draw on select forms for her choreography. $27 / $22 for Subscribers

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oCtober UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

rent Alan Mingo, director Friday, October 21 – Friday, October 28 . See order form for times Kay Theatre

Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical — based loosely on Puccini’s La Bohème but with a rock-inspired zest all its own — follows a year in the lives of seven impoverished young artists and musicians in New York. Living the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in the East Village, they struggle to survive and create while dealing with the physical and emotional complications of the AIDS epidemic. Our student performers, who themselves anticipate a life in the arts, will draw on their own hopes, dreams and creative energies to bring Rent to raucous life on our stage.

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umd sYmphonY orChestra Last Waltz James Ross, conductor Friday, October 28 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

e next generation of classical artists takes the stage with brio as violinist Jonathan Richards, winner of the 2010 UMSO Concerto Competition, joins the UMSO in performing the Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1. e evening also includes Tchaikovsky’s Manfred (1st mvt.), Ravel’s La Valse and a spirited performance of Toru Takemitsu’s Signals from Heaven by the UMD Wind Orchestra. $27 / $22 for Subscribers

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AFTERMATH November 10 and November 11

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november Water is rising

aftermath

Friday, November 4 . 8PM Kay Theatre

Thursday, November 10 . 8PM Friday, November 11 . 8PM Kay Theatre

What if your home and all its memories disappeared forever? e people of kiribati, Tokelau and Tuvalu — Micronesian atolls that rise only five feet above sea level — may become permanent refugees, cut off from everything they have known, as the ocean rises and swallows their homelands due to climate change. Water Is Rising brings together a 40-member ensemble of musicians, dancers and storytellers from these three island nations in a performance that shares their cultural riches and affirms their love of community, family, church, the ocean and the lagoon. With joyful music and dance, illuminated by images from their homes, they express their hope for a future in the place they love. $40 / $32 for Subscribers UMD School of Music

In 2008, playwrights Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen traveled to Jordan to find out firsthand what happened to Iraqi civilians driven from their country by the chaos and violence of the Iraq war. e duo interviewed some 35 people who had fled to the relative safety of Jordan — a cross-section of lives interrupted, portrayed onstage by a nine-member cast of professional actors. eir conversations were crafted into a theatrical event that peers into the heart of darkness to find our shared humanity. $35 / $28 for Subscribers UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies Co-production between University of Maryland, College Park and Georgetown University

Apotheosis

a Child shall lead them: making the night of the hunter

Michael Votta, conductor Friday, November 4 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

Derek Goldman, director Saturday, November 12 – Saturday, November 19 . See order form for times Kogod Theatre

UMWO celebrates composer karel Husa’s 90th birthday with his Apotheosis of is Earth, which Husa calls a “manifesto” against pollution and destruction. e program includes three other works that express the longing for apotheosis, the state of divine grace and perfection: Toru Takemitsu’s Signals from Heaven, Reynaldo Hahn’s Le Bal de Beatrice d’Este and J.S. Bach’s Mein Jesu, was für Seelenweh, BWV 487.

e 1955 film e Night of the Hunter was largely ignored upon its release but is now widely regarded as an American masterpiece. is new multimedia production is a historical re-imagining of the making of the film, woven from the classic screenplay and accounts of the shooting from those who were there. e play, written by director Derek goldman, provides a powerful new framework for experiencing this uniquely chilling tale of corruption and evil, in which the forces of creation and destruction do battle with each other, within and outside of the frame.

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november takáCs Quartet Saturday, November 12 . 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall

Four distinct musical personalities come together in the Takács Quartet, bringing a unique blend of drama, warmth and humor to the string quartet repertoire. is program features twentieth-century masters who pushed the boundaries of classical music while retaining the lush melodic qualities of earlier compositional eras. Rigorous and physically demanding for the musicians, all three pieces can be embraced with ease by the classical music lover.

Program: Janáček String Quartet No. 1 (“kreutzer Sonata”) Britten String Quartet No. 1 Ravel String Quartet in F $40 / $32 for Subscribers

neW York festival of song Manning the Canon: Songs of Gay Life

TAkáCS QUARTET Saturday, November 12

Scott Murphee, tenor Jesse Blumberg, baritone Matt Boehler, bass Steven Blier, piano Tuesday, November 15 . 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall

Why do our audiences love the New York Festival of Song? Could it be their meticulous research into repertoire, or their joie de vivre in concert? Or maybe it’s their decidedly non-stuffy approach to musical themes. is season, NYFOS returns to the Center with a bold new program, Manning the Canon: Songs of Gay Life, which explores what founder Steven Blier describes as the quintessential moments of a gay man’s experience. e concert’s five musical chapters evoke gay life in contemporary America through works by Porter, Bernstein, Blitzstein and more, interspersed with two intermezzos featuring canonic composers of the past. Some songs are explicitly about gay life, while others were not intended to be “gay songs.” But as Blier says, “What I have discovered, or rediscovered, is that a great song speaks to everyone, whispering its secrets to all listeners.” $45 / $36 for Subscribers

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november UMD School of Music

marYland opera studio Amelia al Ballo and Il Tabarro (Amelia Goes to the Ball and e Cloak) Saturday, November 19 . 7:30PM Sunday, November 20 . 3PM Tuesday, November 22 . 7:30PM Kay Theatre

Maryland Opera Studio’s annual piano opera, with its minimal props and scenery, brings the talents of the vocal program’s second-year Master’s degree students into sharp focus. ere is literally nothing for the young singers to hide behind as they create and perform their roles with only piano accompaniment. is year, they’ll flex their creative muscles and their vocal cords in two productions — gian Carlo Menotti’s Amelia al Ballo, directed by Nick Olcott, and giacomo Puccini’s Il Tabarro, directed by Leon Major. Amelia al Ballo is an opera buffa in one act. Written in 1937 when Menotti was 23 years old, it was his first critical success. Puccini’s Il Tabarro is part of a triptych of one-act operas that includes Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica. A moody romantic tragedy quite different in tone from the better-known Gianni Schicchi, Il Tabarro displays the composer’s lyrical gifts to their fullest.

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umd Chamber singers universitY Chorale

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e Romantic Ideal Edward Maclary, conductor, UMD Chamber Singers TBD, conductor, University Chorale Sunday, November 20 . 7:30PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

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e School of Music’s two critically acclaimed mixed ensembles join forces for a concert of nineteenthcentury music, featuring masterworks by Mendelssohn, Mahler and Bruckner. $27 / $22 for Subscribers

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Gather/Dance Friday, December 2 . 8PM Saturday, December 3 . 8PM Kay Theatre

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is first of two Maryland Dance Ensemble concerts during the season focuses on the work of dance faculty and guest choreographers, highlighting new works in development. is concert gives UMD dance students the opportunity to perform the creative, cutting-edge visions of Dance faculty artists and guest choreographers and to work with choreographers who can help shape their approach to dance-making. $27 / $22 for Subscribers

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umd sYmphonY orChestra Orpheus Sings Sunday, December 4 . 5PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

UMSO welcomes members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra who have been working all semester with students. e Orpheus musicians will join the UMSO in a conductor-less performance of Haydn’s Symphony No. 90. e program will also feature omas Ades’s quirky Chamber Symphony and Brahms’s Symphony No. 2, conducted by James Ross. $40 / $32 for Subscribers Orpheus Chamber Orchestra are artists-in-residence with the UMD School of Music during the 2011-2012 season.

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Winter Big Band Showcase Chris Vadala, music director Wednesday, December 7 . 7:30PM Kay Theatre

e cold of winter approaches, but these jazz big bands know how to heat things up! is annual favorite is a swingin’ concert, featuring classic and contemporary jazz works. $27 / $22 for Subscribers UMD School of Music

umd Wind orChestra Love and Death Michael Votta, conductor Thursday, December 8 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

Two contrasting works — one Romantic and one contemporary — create interplay between the soothing repose of the natural world and the tumultuous excitement of the urban landscape.

Johannes Brahms’s Serenade No. 2, dedicated to Clara Schumann, evokes the sun and shadow of field and forest in Brahms’s world and time. In contrast, John Corigliano’s Symphony No. 3 (Circus Maximus), embodies and comments on what Corigliano calls the “massive and glamorous barbarity” of modern life. $27 / $22 for Subscribers

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annual kaleidosCope of bands umd Wind ensemble umd Wind orChestra universitY band CommunitY band mightY sound of marYland marChing band L. Richmond Sparks, music director Friday, December 9 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

Praised by our audiences for its varied repertoire and high-quality performances, this annual event has won a loyal following. Spirit and spectacle combine in a two-hour extravaganza that features the finest wind band repertoire, plus the ever-popular Mighty Sound of Maryland Marching Band. As always, the Marching Band will turn out in full force with highlights of its season shows — and don’t be surprised to hear some holiday tinsel from everyone throughout the evening.

ANNUAL kALEIDOSCOPE OF BANDS L. Richmond Sparks, Director Friday, December 9

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the festive baCh Sunday, December 11 . 3PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

kenneth Slowik leads School of Music faculty and the UMD Chamber Singers in performances of two of Bach’s most virtuosic ensemble works, the Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 5 and 6, and the glorious and innovative choral masterwork Magnificat, BWV 243. $27 / $22 for Subscribers

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night of the hunter November 12 – 19 | marYland danCe ensemble December 2 –

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januarY / februarY 29th annual Choreographers’ shoWCase

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Saturday, January 28 . 3PM & 8PM Dance Theatre

Light Moves

Choreographers from Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC present an intriguing mix of original works in this annual peek into the future of dance. Sponsored in partnership with the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission, the 29th presentation of this adjudicated showcase celebrates the diverse talents of a new generation.

Previous showcases have featured the work of Jane Franklin, Arachne Aerial Arts, Shane O’Hara, Daniel Burkholder, Tzveta kassabova and many other local luminaries. What up-and-coming talent will take the stage this time? $27 / $22 for Subscribers

Chamber ensemble of the shanghai Chinese orChestra

Friday, February 3 . 8PM Saturday, February 4 . 8PM Kay Theatre

Choreographer Margaret Jenkins has traveled around the world for several of her creative partnerships. Her newest piece, Light Moves, reflects her ongoing interest in collaborating in new ways as she looks closer to home to join forces with media artist Naomie kremer, poet Michael Palmer and composer Paul Dresher for a new work co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Center. Together these artists create a unique synthesis of dance, text, moving images and music — a visually stunning journey of stillness, silence, fullness and commotion. e evening features live music by the Paul Dresher Ensemble. $35 / $28 for Subscribers

Friday, February 3 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

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Classical music lovers know all about the violin, flute and timpani. But what about the erhu, xiao and dagu? You will have a chance to discover a new musical vocabulary as the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra presents a concert of historical and contemporary Chinese music played on traditional Chinese instruments. e orchestra’s 20 to 25 instrumentalists perform large-scale Chinese orchestral works as well as chamber groupings and solo pieces in this authentic expression of Chinese musical culture.

Friday, February 10 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

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With jean-Yves thibaudet, piano

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra is one of the few ensembles playing today that performs without a conductor and rotates musical leadership for each work. is presents obvious challenges for the musicians but it also offers great rewards: By performing without a conductor, Orpheus brings the intimacy of chamber music to work of orchestral proportions, changing the way we think about musicians, conductors and orchestras in the process. In this performance, Orpheus will be joined by Jean-Yves ibaudet, a pianist known for his poetic musicality and dazzling technical prowess, in a performance of Shostakovich’s Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings, op. 35, no. 2 as well as Tippet’s Divertimento on “Sellingers’ Round.” e second half will feature the ensemble in Honegger’s Pastorale d’ete and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade in C for Strings, op. 48. $45 / $36 for Subscribers Orpheus Chamber Orchestra are artists-in-residence with the UMD School of Music during the 2011-2012 season.

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MARgARET JENkINS DANCE COMPANY, Light Moves February 3 and February 4

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Walter Dallas, director Friday, February 10 – Saturday, February 18 . See order form for times Kogod Theatre

Paul D. Jackson, director

John Henry Redwood’s gentle, sweet-natured comedy, set in Harlem in 1943, is about the relationship of two aging, church-going sisters and what happens when a handsome young fellow, newly arrived from the Deep South, rents a room in the apartment they share. Although firmly grounded in a particular time and place, the play also transcends its setting to portray the shifting relationship between siblings as they reach a certain age. $27 / $22 for Subscribers

Thursday, February 16 . 8PM Friday, February 17 . 8PM Dance Theatre

is concert features provocative works of choreography by first- and second-year Master of Fine Arts students in Dance, focusing on new works in development. As the first opportunity for them to put material onstage and see what develops, it often contains the seeds of movement ideas that will be featured in their MFA esis programs — an unguarded exploration of their talents and interests. Directed by Dance faculty member Paul D. Jackson. $27 / $22 for Subscribers

overtone Quartet Sunday, February 12 . 7PM Kay Theatre

alim Qasimov ensemble kronos Quartet

Bassist Dave Holland formed this supergroup in 2009 and it has generated enthusiastic response since its debut. Holland and his colleagues — pianist/composer Jason Moran, saxophonist Chris Potter and drummer Eric Harland — are all acclaimed jazz veterans and each brings a distinct personality to the mix. Holland utilizes the full spectrum of the jazz tradition, which includes playing the blues and improvising freely. Potter is known for his limitless creativity and a vibrant sense of swing. genre-bending pianist Jason Moran draws on opera, classical and world music, and even rap in his improvisations.

Drummer Harland melds an insistent and wide-ranging style with a keen sense of the interaction between the audience and the band.

Together, the four challenge each other to new musical heights — a supergroup in which the sum and its parts are equally great.

Saturday, February 18 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

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“To be a musician, there has to be a fire burning in you,” Alim Qasimov has said, and it’s evident that his musical flame burns brightly. Beloved in his home country of Azerbaijan and lauded by the New York Times as one of the world’s best vocalists, Qasimov has shared his love of Azerbaijani mugham music with audiences worldwide.

A vocal-instrumental folk style with polyphonic elements, mugham includes among its vast array of styles gentle lullabies, ecstatic and fiery love songs and even tunes that evoke war chants. kronos Quartet will collaborate with Qasimov and his ensemble as they introduce our audiences to this ancient but ever-evolving musical form, with its exquisitely disciplined balance between memorization and improvisation, revealed through passionate performance. $45 / $36 for Subscribers

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februarY eiko & koma kronos Quartet Fragile Tuesday, February 21 . 5PM-9PM Wednesday, February 22 . 5PM-9PM Kogod Theatre

Our long-term relationships with artists can result in magical collaborations. is season kronos Quartet and Eiko & koma — artists who know us well — will join forces for Fragile, a world premiere event created especially for our space and our audiences. Unfolding over two evenings, Fragile is modeled after a museum installation, allowing viewers to stay for the whole evening or for just a few minutes. Each evening will feature multiple performance configurations — sometimes dance and music together, sometimes just dance, sometimes just music. e artists have worked together in the past and they draw deep inspiration from each other. As David Harrington describes it, “I get more ideas per square second when I’m with Eiko & koma than at any other time.”

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FREE EVENT Eiko & Koma and the Kronos Quartet are artists-in-residence at the Center during the 2011–2012 season.

fortune’s bones: the manumission reQuiem buy tickets to five or more shows by june 24, 2011, and get

Heritage Signature Chorale WPAS Men and Women of the Gospel Choir Shannon Finney, soprano Music by Ysaye Barnwell Marilyn Nelson, narrator Saturday, February 25 . 8PM Sunday, February 26 . 3PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

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Who was Fortune? In life, he was an African-American slave who served a doctor in post-Colonial Connecticut.

In death, he became a medical specimen and later a walk-by exhibit at the Mattatuck Museum, a skeleton known only as “Larry.” But Fortune was also a husband, father and human being and, stirred by his story, Connecticut poet-laureate Marilyn Nelson wrote Fortune’s Bones: e Manumission Requiem. e book fell into the hands of Dr. Ysaye Barnwell, composer and artistic director of Sweet Honey in the Rock; she was so gripped by the story’s power she set the text to music. Her cantata, performed as the evening’s second half by a full symphony and choirs, is the centerpiece of a program that celebrates the fullness of African-American life, following as it does a first-half presentation of spirituals by the Heritage Signature Chorale and soloists. Together, these artists metaphorically set Fortune’s bones to rest. As Dr. Barnwell notes, “god’s Blessings on Fortune … da bell done rung.” $40 / $32 for Subscribers Celebrating 1o Years in the CompanY of extraordinarY minds

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ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA with pianist Jean-Yves î “ibaudet Friday, February 10

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JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Friday, February 10

kRONOS QUARTET and ALIM QASIMOV ENSEMBLE Saturday, February 18

OVERTONE QUARTET Sunday, February 12

DR. YSAYE BARNWELL, Fortune’s Bones: e Manumission Requiem February 25 and February 26

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Streams and Savagery

Czechs and Balances

James Ross, conductor Friday, March 2 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

Michael Votta, conductor Saturday, March 3 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

Opening with Beethoven’s serene Pastoral Symphony, this program takes a fiendish turn with Leon kirchner’s e Forbidden leading to Bartok’s portrayal of lust, greed and ultimately love in the Miraculous Mandarin Suite.

e music of Czech composers Bohuslav Martinu and karel Husa meets that of Arnold Schoenberg and Sergei Prokofiev in a program of contrasts. If music could be said to have a personality, Martinu’s Nonet and Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony would be introverts, while Prokofiev’s Ode to the End of the War and Husa’s Divertimento would be extroverts, says UMWO director Michael Votta. e Chamber Symphony is a brilliant and beautiful — albeit terse and condensed — style that Schoenberg tried out and finally realized he could not sustain. e Prokofiev, scored for a very large ensemble with ample brass and percussion, provides scope and scale along with plenty of muscle. e Nonet and Divertimento, though both inspired by the two composers’ Bohemian heritage, set very different tones. But all four pieces have something in common: ey are great works for winds that are not heard frequently enough.

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everYthing in the garden Scot Reese, director Friday, March 2 - Saturday, March 10 . See order form for times Kay Theatre

Edward Albee’s 1967 adaptation of giles Cooper’s Everything in the Garden exposes the dark underside of the outwardly sunny household of suburbanites Jenny and Richard. eir material aspirations far exceed their bank balance, so how far will one of them go to get the money they both crave? And at what cost? Although framed as a comedy of manners, the play is also a biting indictment of greed and its outcomes. $27 / $22 for Subscribers

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UMD WIND ORCHESTRA, Czechs and Balances Saturday, March 3

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Profondeur Inconnue Florian Rouiller, choreographer Thursday, March 8 . 8PM Friday, March 9 . 8PM Dance Theatre

Valerie Dunham’s In/rough/Of/And turns to the choreography of Isadora Duncan and artworks in the collection of the Freer-Sackler gallery to consider the individual’s relationship to art. Movement onstage includes Isadora Duncan repertory, abstracted and restaged, as well as Dunham’s original choreography.

In Profondeur Inconnue, Florian Rouiller imagines a world that has undergone major environmental change as a result of rising sea levels and global warming, and explores how the human body might respond to currents and other forces in an underwater environment. $27 / $22 for Subscribers UMD School of Music

umd sYmphonY orChestra umd Wind orChestra BASIL TWIST Symphonie Fantastique March 29, March 30 and March 31

With daniel bernard roumain, violin Thursday, March 29 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

is two-part program will feature the world premiere of a new work by violinist and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), performed by UMWO. In the piece, DBR draws inspiration from the Jewish Haggadah to explore the meaning of faith, persecution and personal choice. e composer’s Haitian heritage and his mixed-faith family provide a conceptual foundation for a deeply personal approach to traditional belief. e Clarice Smith Center is partnering with the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan to commission and present this piece and members of the UMWO will participate in a later performance at the JCC in New York. $40 / $32 for Subscribers

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marCh basil tWist Christopher o’rileY Symphonie Fantastique Thursday, March 29 . 8PM Friday, March 30 . 8PM Saturday, March 31 . 2PM Saturday, March 31 . 8PM Kogod Theatre

ird-generation puppeteer Basil Twist has called puppetry “a very simple form of magic.” His signature work, Symphonie Fantastique, is a bewitching underwater marvel combining puppetry with the powerful insinuations of music, dance and abstract art. Set to the five movements of Hector Berlioz’s work by the same name, the abstract hour-long work is performed entirely in a specially constructed 1,000-gallon water tank, using mirrors, slides, dyes, blacklight, overhead projections, air bubbles, latex fishing lures and other materials. For our presentation, Twist reunites with pianist Christopher O’Riley, who will provide live piano accompaniment using a specially arranged version of Berlioz’s symphonic score. $45 / $36 for Subscribers

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an ameriCan original: dominiCk argento at 85 Friday, March 30 . 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall

Faculty artist Linda Mabbs is joined by several of her colleagues in this tribute to the music of Dominick Argento, in celebration of his 85th birthday. From the lively Six Elizabethan Songs to the piano four-hand settings of the Valentino Dances, this concert is the first of various programs that will be presented throughout the month of April as the School of Music explores the many facets of this remarkable American composer. e tribute culminates with e Art of Argento: A Retrospective of Composer Dominick Argento’s Works, which features fully staged productions of Argento’s Postcard from Morocco and Miss Havisham’s Fire by the Maryland Opera Studio, April 20-29. $27 / $22 for Subscribers

orpheus at marYland Musicians from the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra UMD Faculty Artists Saturday, March 31 . 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall

Members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra continue their residency with the UMD School of Music by joining UMD faculty and students for an evening of chamber music featuring Felix Mendelssohn’s ebullient Octet in E-flat Major, op. 20. $40 / $32 for Subscribers Orpheus Chamber Orchestra are artists-in-residence at the UMD School of Music during the 2011-2012 season.

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april dean moss Nameless forest Thursday, April 5 . 8PM Friday, April 6 . 8PM Kogod Theatre

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In creating Nameless forest, choreographer Dean Moss was inspired by the work of korean sculptor and poet Sungmyung Chun, who helped develop the project and continues as a collaborator. Nameless forest captures the immediacy of physical and psychological violence through a dynamic kinetic experience that includes movement, sound landscapes, diary fragments, war zone imagery, and visual effects using mirrored surfaces and neon. Chun’s life-size sculptural figures are an integral part of the work onstage.

As many as 20 audience members will join the cast onstage for each performance, reflecting the community’s role — and the risks we all take — in making art.

Thursday, April 19 . 8PM Friday, April 20 . 8PM Saturday, April 21 . 8PM Sunday, April 22 . 3PM Dance Theatre

$35 / $28 for Subscribers Recommended for Mature Audiences. Adult content, including nudity.

morton subotniCk Silver Apples of the Moon Wednesday, April 18 . 8PM Grand Pavilion

Electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick first caught the public ear in the late ’60s with Silver Apples of the Moon, a commissioned work for Nonesuch Records that he composed on the newly developed Buchla modular synthesizer. Around that same time Subotnick helped establish and program New York’s Electric Circus — an East Village night club renowned for its mix of light shows, transgressive music, circus performers and experimental theater — and the unfettered aesthetic of that time is evident in many of his works. Join us in the grand Pavilion as this wildly inventive legend of contemporary music performs his signature work accompanied by a lighting and projection landscape created in real time by visual/projection/lighting designer Lillievan. It’s the grand Pavilion as you’ve never before seen — or heard — it.

FREE EVENT Morton Subotnick is an artist-in-residence at the UMD School of Music during the 2011–2012 season.

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marYland danCe ensemble Creative Soles Blossoming

is lively, diverse concert provides a preview of the emerging talent of the next generation of dance artists. e program includes original dances created and/or performed by undergraduate students majoring in Dance as they begin to find their choreographic voice and vision, plus new works developed throughout the year by guest choreographers. $27 / $22 for Subscribers

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marYland opera studio umd sYmphonY orChestra e Art of Argento A Retrospective of Composer Dominick Argento’s Works

As part of the School of Music’s celebration of Dominick Argento’s 85th birthday, Maryland Opera Studio produces two of his most prominent operas.

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score by Dominick Argento libretto by John Donahue Pat Diamond, director Friday, April 20 . 7:30PM Sunday, April 22 . 3PM Thursday, April 26 . 7:30PM Kay Theatre

score by Dominick Argento libretto by John Olon-Scrymgeour Leon Major, director Saturday, April 21 . 7:30PM Wednesday, April 25 . 7:30PM Friday, April 27 . 7:30PM Sunday, April 29 . 3PM Kay Theatre

e Opera Studio’s tribute leads off with a one-act opera based on A Child’s Garden of Verse by Robert Louis Stevenson. A small group of people wait in a railway station. A lady with a hand mirror. A man, Mr. Owen, with a paint box. A passenger with luggage. Another man has a cornet case. A hat maker, a shoe salesman and a woman with a cake box.

A puppet maker appears, talking about all of the things that go into puppet making. e puppet show concludes, and everyone but Mr. Owen leaves. He sings about the ship of his childhood dreams. Rather than being plot-driven, the work draws its strength from the emotional impressions created by its characterizations.

e tribute continues with an opera based on Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations, subtitled “Being an investigation into the unusual and violent death of Aurelia Havisham on the 17 of April in the year 1860.”

Miss Havisham lives for 50 years in the seclusion of her home, dying when her wedding gown, which she has never removed since she was jilted by her fiancé, catches fire. Past and present merge in a series of flashbacks that reveal the dark relationships Miss Havisham had with her adopted daughter Estella, and the orphan Pip. $35 / $28 for Subscribers

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april alisa Weilerstein, Cello inon barnatan, piano Friday, April 27 . 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall

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Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan were both very young when they began playing music — Weilerstein at age four after her grandmother assembled a makeshift instrument from cereal boxes for her while she was sick with the chicken pox and Barnatan at age three as a child in Tel Aviv.

Both made their concert debuts when barely into their teens. Now 27, Weilerstein has been hailed for her technical brilliance and meltingly beautiful sound. e 32-year-old Barnatan has been described as “a true poet of the keyboard” who brings sensitivity, focus and poise to his performances. ese two natural virtuosos have been collaborating for several years — Charleston (SC) City Paper characterizes them as “a musical match made in heaven” — and they will showcase their talents in a program that includes cello sonatas and solo work. $40 / $32 for Subscribers UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

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Leslie Felbain, director Friday, April 27 – Saturday, May 5 . See order form for times Kogod Theatre

Heavy Is the Head is a theatrical clown comic-tragedy inspired by William Shakespeare’s King Lear, adapted by Leslie Felbain, integrating original music, clown performance and participation by undergraduate and graduate students. is world premiere will feature MFA in Performance candidates from the School of eatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, which embraces the notion of cross-collaboration and “interdisciplinarity” — the ability to tap into new and different art forms to fully express a creative idea. $27 / $22 for Subscribers

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ALISA WEILERSTEIN Friday, April 27

INON BARNATAN Friday, April 27

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UMD CHOIRS Friday, May 4

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Caravan

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Thursday, May 3 . 8PM Friday, May 4 . 8PM Saturday, May 5 . 8PM Front Plaza

Eiko & koma conceived their Caravan Project to embrace audiences in a different way, freed from the conventions of the indoor stage. Under the night sky, the doors of a specially modified trailer open on all four sides to reveal the installation that nestles Eiko & koma’s bodies. During their performance, the audience is free to come and go; people can view the work from whatever perspective they choose and leave when they are satisfied. A unique celebration of Eiko & koma’s year-long relationship with our audiences, this event also offers the community a new way to experience the Center itself.

Auferstehen Friday, May 4 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

Choreographer Liz Lerman joins forces with UMSO to explore the world of musicians in motion with works of Debussy. UMSO and the UMD Choirs close their year with a performance of Mahler’s Symphony #2, Resurrection. $27 / $22 for Subscribers UMD School of Music

umd Wind ensemble universitY band CommunitY band Annual Pops Concert

FREE EVENT Eiko & Koma are artists-in-residence at the Center during the 2011–2012 season.

L. Richmond Sparks, music director Ivan Rutherford, vocalist Saturday, May 5 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

e Maryland bands will perform some of the finest arrangements of Broadway musicals with special guest star Ivan Rutherford as Jean Valjean from Les Miserables. e UMD Wind Ensemble will also feature the talented voice students from Music eater classes. Enjoy this potpourri of your favorite songs from your favorite shows. $27 / $22 for Subscribers

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EIkO & kOMA, Caravan May 3, May 4 and May 5

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DON’T MISS TWO EXCITING MUSICAL EVENTS IN SUMMER 2012! details Will be available in august 2011

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May 31 – June 30, 2012 Now celebrating its 25th season, the National Orchestral Institute and Festival has helped nurture an entire generation of American orchestral musicians. Each year, a national audition tour selects outstanding performers for this month-long event, a laboratory for shaping the future of chamber and orchestral performance. Performances by the NOI Chamber Orchestra and NOI Philharmonic take place every Saturday night between June 9 and June 30; additional ticketed and free events are also open to the public. Join the

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exploration!

July 7 – July 21, 2012 is quadrennial competition, named after the great American pianist William kapell, is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions and has taken its place among the most prestigious competitions in the world. In addition to competition rounds featuring exceptional young artists from around the world, the event will include performances by noted pianists as well as other public events — a celebration of all things piano.

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keepers of the flame

dennY and franCes guliCk Donors . Patrons . Faculty, UMD Department of Mathematics

“We keep the flame not just by covering the details but by sharing our love for the subject.”

DENNY: I’m the only mathematician in my part of the family. I’m the son of a professor; I’m a grandson of two professors. I also love music. I was really born to be a musician but because I lost an eye when I was two, my parents told me that I wasn’t going to do music for livelihood. Later my father gave me a multiplication table and I became a lover of mathematics. I love trying to solve solvable problems.

FRANCES: e thing that first led me to math was a high school teacher — young, handsome with lots of energy and he really did inspire a lot of us into math and science. en a college professor said that I should go for graduate school. And then I just kept right on going.

I am proud of the fact that I’m actually third-generation woman in my family to graduate from the University of Minnesota, each with a higher degree.

DENNY: Now we’re student advisors in the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.

FRANCES: We tell them one of the things they need to do while they’re at Maryland is take advantage of the Clarice Smith Center, because this is their best opportunity to explore. at’s something all of us advisors should be saying: is is part of your education.

DENNY: I was just a mathematician in college at Oberlin but I also was playing in the conservatory and was in a few concerts. e moment I get free at the university I listen to classical music.

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FRANCES: I love very traditional kinds of things — I like Bach; I like a quiet, contemplative communion — and I also teach in a very traditional area. I want to pass on to students not just knowledge of mathematics but hopefully some of my love of it.

DENNY: Another tradition we’re involved with is a friendship doll exchange with Japan. My grandfather was a missionary in Japan and in 1925 he suggested to the Council of Churches that the best way to foster friendship is through children, so why don’t the children of America send the children of Japan dolls? It was tremendously successful but during World War II almost all the dolls were gotten rid of as agents of the enemy and if you were caught with a doll then it was bad news for you. In 1986, Japan was opening a wonderful doll museum in Yokohama and invited my father but he was not able to travel, so I went.

Since then, we’ve sent over 200 dolls and they’ve invited us to come back about a dozen times. is project really reflects our approach to the world. We both just love teaching and we love music and we love art. We want to make sure people like to learn and that their lives are as good as they can be.

I think that the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, along with its stellar activities and performances that provide people with opportunities to learn, is one of the two most powerful and productive changes since I arrived on campus in the mid 1960’s.

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CELEBRATE WITH US. NAME A SEAT!

Elsie & Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall

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Joseph & Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall

Dance Theatre

Celebrate the meaningful people and events in your life by contributing to our name a seat Campaign.

By naming a seat at the Center, you can: honor a loved one thank someone who transformed your life celebrate family and tradition commemorate a milestone event like commencement, a birthday or an anniversary reaffirm your connection to the Center and encourage others to do the same In addition to leaving a personal legacy, your contribution will provide life-changing opportunities for our students and community, as well as support for our artists in their work.

Details on how to Name A Seat are located on following page. If you prefer to speak with someone before you name a seat, please contact Scott Eichinger at 301.405.5550 or seiching@umd.edu. turn the page for order form

donors William and emily goldman named seats for their Children William and Emily goldman have a “family row� in the gildenhorn Recital Hall. William is a math professor at the University of Maryland; daughter Elizabeth and son Michael both performed in the gildenhorn as Music majors at UMD.

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name a seat order form Please remove the order form from the guide, complete and return with your payment to:

Name A Seat Campaign, 3800 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-1625 NAME __________________________________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS ______________________________________________________________________________________________

venue: ❑

Elsie & Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall

CITY ______________________________________________________ STATE ______ zIP __________________________

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PRIMARY PHONE ________________________________ SECONDARY PHONE__________________________________ ❑ EMAIL ADDRESS ________________________________________________________________________________________ please print Your insCription as You Wish for it to appear:

Please fill in the blocks with UPPERCASE letters exactly as they should be engraved.

Leave a space between words and include punctuation. Spaces count as one character each.

paYment options: ❑ ONE SEAT, $1,500

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TWO SEATS, $2,500 Please call 301.405.5550 for information on additional seats, or boxes.

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MY CHECk IS ENCLOSED FOR $_____________ AND MADE PAYABLE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION, INC.

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PLEASE CHARgE MY CREDIT CARD FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF $_____________.

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PLEDgE A TOTAL OF $_____________ TO THE CLARICE SMITH PERFORMINg ARTS CENTER TO NAME A SEAT, TO BE CHARgED TO MY CREDIT CARD IN 4, 6 OR 12 (circle one) EQUAL INSTALLMENTS.

Ina & Jack kay Theatre Joseph & Alma gildenhorn Recital Hall

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Dance Theatre

preferred seat loCation: Row

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Seat Number ____________________ Seat location selection subject to availability.

Naming a seat does not guarantee a specific seat assignment for performances at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

gifts in support of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center are managed by the University of Maryland College Park Foundation, Inc., an affiliated 501(c)(3) Please make your check payable to the University of Maryland, or organization as authorized by the Board of Regents.

Contributions to the University of Maryland are tax Bill to credit card: ___ American Express ___ Discover Card ___ MasterCard ___ VISA deductible as allowed by law. Please see your tax ACCOUNT NUMBER ____________________________________________________ EXPIRATION DATE ______________ advisor for details. appeal Code: psev1

CARDHOLDER NAME (PLEASE PRINT) ____________________________________________________________________ CARDHOLDER SIgNATURE ______________________________________________________________________________

We are grateful to these institutional sponsors The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is supported by a grant from the MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. Funding for the Maryland State Arts Council is also provided by the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, a federal agency.

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YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS CHANGE LIVES Commissioned Works: shadoWboxer: an opera based on the life of joe louis e April 2010 world premiere of Shadowboxer garnered massive media attention and created unprecedented relationships within the local community.

visiting artist programs: daniel phoenix singh/dakshina Daniel Phoenix Singh, an MFA graduate of the UMD Dance program, brought his company to the Center for performances and masterclasses.

engagement events: liz lerman danCe exChange Presentation of Liz Lerman’s new work, e Matter of Origins, included five engagement events throughout the Fall 2010 semester.

sCholarships: 2010 mulitz-gudelskY familY sCholarship in theatre Junior kiara Tinch, recipient of the Mulitz-gudelsky Family Scholarship, says that donor support has given her some “wind beneath her wings.”

all gifts, regardless of size, have the poWer to make a differenCe. add a Contribution to Your tiCket order form, or Call 301.405.5550 to make Your gift todaY.

for their generous investment in our season This season is supported in part by an award from the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.

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SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE

PURCHASE JUST FIVE SHOWS IN OUR 2011-2012 SEASON TO

ENJOY SUBSCRIBER BENEFITS free parking Subscribe by June 24, 2011, and receive a FREE season-long parking pass (a $30 value).

Passes are valid for all Center performances after 4PM on weekdays and anytime on weekends. See page 54 for rules and restrictions.

Add your parking pass to the ticket order form in the back of this book.

prioritY seating

20% off all tiCkets

We reserve our best seats for our most loyal customers.

You receive 20% o your subscription tickets as well as any additional tickets you purchase throughout the season.

THREE WAYS TO SUBSCRIBE build Your subsCription paCkage online at claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/celebrate10

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fill out the order form

Call the tiCket offiCe

in the back of this guide

at 301.405.ARTS (2787)

BUYING TICKETS purChasing tiCkets Online:

claricesmithcenter.umd.edu

By phone:

301.405.ARTS (301.405.2787)

In person:

The ticket office, located in the lobby of the Center, is open 11AM – 9PM, 7 days a week during the season.

Hours are reduced during breaks in the academic year and on non-performance days.

Reduced hours are posted to our website as well as available through our automated phone system.

By mail:

Patron Services 3800 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-1625

We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express, cash and personal checks. Please make checks payable to University of Maryland.

Single Ticket Orders: Single tickets go on sale August 1, 2011.

Subscription Orders: Subscribe now for the best seats! We process subscriptions in the order in which they are received. Subscription tickets will be mailed during the months of July and August.

to order tiCkets, turn the page.

aCCessibilitY seating and aCCommodations

exChanges, returns and tiCket donations

e Clarice Smith Center is committed to making its performances and facilities accessible to all visitors. Accessibility services offered include large-print programs, assistive listening devices, sign language interpretation upon request (two weeks notice, please), wheelchair accessible seating and accessible parking.

Tickets may be exchanged or returned up to 24 hours before performance time.

A complete list of services and accommodations can be found online (click ABOUT THE CENTER) or in our accessibility services brochure. For additional information or to request a specific accommodation please contact Patron Services at 301.405.ARTS (voice) or access.claricesmith@umd.edu.

You may donate your tickets up to 24 hours in advance of the performance to the Center and the value of your tickets is tax-deductible.

On the day of a performance, there is a fee of $2 per ticket for changing seat assignments.

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VISITING THE CENTER direCtions Visit claricesmithcenter.umd.edu and click on About the Center / Parking & Directions for specific directions to the Center by car and by public transportation.

using a gps?

Campus buildings do not have street addresses, but most global Positioning Systems can locate the Clarice Smith Center with the following data: • e intersection of Stadium Drive and Route 193, College Park, MD 20742 • Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (For systems using google Maps)

Ludwig Field & Kehoe Track

• Latitude & Longitude: (38.990777, -76.950611)

PARKING option 1: paY stations in stadium drive garage Stadium Drive garage is equipped with pay stations to purchase parking in increments of 15 minutes, hours or the whole day. ere are 5 pay stations located at the pedestrian entrances/exits to the garage. You can pay for time with credit card or cash at any of the pay stations or with credit card only by calling 888.580.PARk [7275].

1. Park in garage.

2. Take note of your space number.

3. Make payment.

4. Optional: Add additional time later either at a pay station or by using your cell phone. e pay stations will issue a paper receipt for your records, which you do not need to display in your vehicle.

Note: Pay stations do not issue change.

Lost or stolen parking passes cannot be replaced.

A new one may be purchased for $30.

Parking pass must be requested when subscription order is placed.

option 2: free parking in lot 1 After 4PM Monday-Friday and anytime on Saturday and Sunday, visitors may park for free in Lot 1, the large surface lot just beyond the Center.

One parking pass per subscription order received.

Parking pass is not valid in the garage during home football games.

Parking pass may not be sold or transferred.

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is not responsible for lost or stolen parking pass.

full details on parking Can be found at ClariCesmithCenter.umd.edu or bY Calling our box offiCe at 301.405.arts (2787).

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ORDER FORM to purChase tiCkets, Complete this form and return it to the tiCket offiCe. Online:

claricesmithcenter.umd.edu

By phone:

301.405.ARTS (301.405.2787)

In person:

The ticket office, located in the lobby of the Center, is open 11AM – 9PM, 7 days a week during the season.

Hours are reduced during breaks in the academic year and on non-performance days. Reduced hours are posted to our website.

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By mail:

We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express, cash and personal checks.

Make checks payable to University of Maryland.

Patron Services 3800 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-1625

Subscriptions are processed in the order in which they are received.

PERFORMANCE

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SEASON OPENING PERFORMANCE patti lupone Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda

Saturday, September 10 . 8PM

15

Tier 1: $75 Tier 2: $60 Tier 3: $50

$60 $48 $40

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eiko & koma Regeneration

Wednesday, September 14 . 8PM Thursday, September 15 . 8PM

16 16

$35 $35

$28 $28

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kronos Quartet With david krakauer

Friday, September 16 . 8PM

17

$45

$36

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joshua redman’s james farm

Sunday, September 25 . 7PM

17

$45

$36

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UMD School of Music umd Wind orChestra Music from Prague

Thursday, September 29 . 8PM

17

$27

$22

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anda union

Friday, September 30 . 8PM

17

$40

$32

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UMD School of Music umd sYmphonY orChestra left bank Quartet Mountaineers

Friday, September 30 . 8PM

17

$27

$22

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UMD School of Music: Music in Mind remembranCe of things past

Sunday, October 16 . 3PM

18

$27

$22

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Thursday, October 20 . 8PM Friday, October 21 . 8PM

18 18

$27 $27

$22 $22

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Friday, October 21 . 8PM Saturday, October 22 . 2PM Saturday, October 22 . 8PM Sunday, October 23 . 2PM

19 19 19 19

$30 $30 $30 $30

$24 $24 $24 $24

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$ __________

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies shared mfa thesis ConCert UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies rent

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PERFORMANCE

DATE

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FOR SUBSCRIBERS

Tuesday, October 25 . 7:30PM Wednesday, October 26 . 7:30PM Thursday, October 27 . 7:30PM Friday, October 28 . 8PM

19 19 19 19

$30 $30 $30 $30

$24 $24 $24 $24

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UMD School of Music umd sYmphonY orChestra Last Waltz

Friday, October 28 . 8PM

19

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$22

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Water is rising

Friday, November 4 . 8PM

21

$40

$32

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UMD School of Music umd Wind orChestra Apotheosis

Friday, November 4 . 8PM

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$27

$22

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Thursday, November 10 . 8PM Friday, November 11 . 8PM

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$35 $35

$28 $28

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$27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27

$22 $22 $22 $22 $22 $22 $22 $22

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aftermath

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies Co-production between University of Maryland, College Park and Georgetown University a Child shall lead them: making the night of the hunter Saturday, November 12 . 8PM Sunday, November 13 . 2PM Sunday, November 13 . 7:30PM Wednesday, November 16 . 7:30PM Thursday, November 17 . 7:30PM Friday, November 18 . 8PM Saturday, November 19 . 2PM Saturday, November 19 . 8PM

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takáCs Quartet

Saturday, November 12 . 8PM

22

$40

$32

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neW York festival of song Manning the Canon: Songs of Gay Life

Tuesday, November 15 . 8PM

22

$45

$36

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Saturday, November 19 . 7:30PM Sunday, November 20 . 3PM Tuesday, November 22 . 7:30PM

23 23 23

$27 $27 $27

$22 $22 $22

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Sunday, November 20 . 7:30PM

23

$27

$22

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Friday, December 2 . 8PM Saturday, December 3 . 8PM

24 24

$27 $27

$22 $22

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$ __________

UMD School of Music: Maryland Opera Studio Amelia al Ballo and Il Tabarro

UMD School of Music umd Chamber singers universitY Chorale e Romantic Ideal UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies marYland danCe ensemble

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UMD School of Music umd sYmphonY orChestra Orpheus Sings

Sunday, December 4 . 5PM

24

$40

$32

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UMD School of Music Winter big band shoWCase

Wednesday, December 7 . 7:30PM

24

$27

$22

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UMD School of Music umd Wind orChestra Love and Death

Thursday, December 8 . 8PM

24

$27

$22

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UMD School of Music annual kaleidosCope of bands

Friday, December 9 . 8PM

25

$30

$24

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UMD School of Music: Music in Mind the festive baCh

Sunday, December 11 . 3PM

25

$27

$22

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29th annual Choreographers’ shoWCase

Saturday, January 28 . 3PM Saturday, January 28 . 8PM

28 28

$27 $27

$22 $22

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Chamber ensemble of the shanghai Chinese orChestra

Friday, February 3 . 8PM

28

$45

$36

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margaret jenkins danCe CompanY Light Moves

Friday, February 3 . 8PM Saturday, February 4 . 8PM

28 28

$35 $35

$28 $28

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Friday, February 10 . 8PM

28

$45

$36

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Friday, February 10 . 8PM Saturday, February 11 . 8PM Sunday, February 12 . 2PM Wednesday, February 15 . 7:30PM Thursday, February 16 . 7:30PM Friday, February 17 . 8PM Saturday, February 18 . 2PM Saturday, February 18 . 8PM

30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

$27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27

$22 $22 $22 $22 $22 $22 $22 $22

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Sunday, February 12 . 7PM

30

$45

$36

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Thursday, February 16 . 8PM Friday, February 17 . 8PM

30 30

$27 $27

$22 $22

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alim Qasimov ensemble and kronos Quartet

Saturday, February 18 . 8PM

30

$45

$36

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fortune’s bones: the manumission reQuiem

Saturday, February 25 . 8PM Sunday, February 26 . 3PM

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$40 $40

$32 $32

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$ __________

orpheus Chamber orChestra With jean-Yves thibaudet, piano UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies the old settler

overtone Quartet UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies shared graduate danCe ConCert

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PERFORMANCE

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UMD School of Music umd sYmphonY orChestra Streams and Savagery

Friday, March 2 . 8PM

34

$27

$22

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Friday, March 2 . 8PM Saturday, March 3 . 8PM Sunday, March 4 . 2PM Wednesday, March 7 . 7:30PM Thursday, March 8 . 7:30PM Friday, March 9 . 8PM Saturday, March 10 . 2PM Saturday, March 10 . 8PM

34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34

$27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27

$22 $22 $22 $22 $22 $22 $22 $22

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Saturday, March 3 . 8PM

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$27

$22

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Thursday, March 8 . 8PM Friday, March 9 . 8PM

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$27 $27

$22 $22

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Thursday, March 29 . 8PM

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$40

$32

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Thursday, March 29 . 8PM Friday, March 30 . 8PM Saturday, March 31 . 2PM Saturday, March 31 . 8PM

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$45 $45 $45 $45

$36 $36 $36 $36

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UMD School of Music: Music in Mind an ameriCan original: dominiCk argento at 85

Friday, March 30 . 8PM

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$27

$22

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orpheus at marYland

Saturday, March 31 . 8PM

37

$40

$32

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dean moss Nameless forest

Thursday, April 5 . 8PM Friday, April 6 . 8PM

38 38

$35 $35

$28 $28

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Thursday, April 19 . 8PM Friday, April 20 . 8PM Saturday, April 21 . 8PM Sunday, April 22 . 3PM

38 38 38 38

$27 $27 $27 $27

$22 $22 $22 $22

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$ __________

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies everYthing in the garden

UMD School of Music umd Wind orChestra Czechs and Balances UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies shared mfa thesis ConCert UMD School of Music and Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center present umd sYmphonY orChestra umd Wind orChestra With daniel bernard roumain, violin basil tWist and Christopher o’rileY Symphonie Fantastique

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Friday, April 20 . 7:30PM Sunday, April 22 . 3PM Thursday, April 26 . 7:30PM

39 39 39

$35 $35 $35

$28 $28 $28

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Saturday, April 21 . 7:30PM Wednesday, April 25 . 7:30PM Friday, April 27 . 7:30PM Sunday, April 29 . 3PM

39 39 39 39

$35 $35 $35 $35

$28 $28 $28 $28

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Friday, April 27 . 8PM

40

$40

$32

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Friday, April 27 . 8PM Sunday, April 29 . 2PM Sunday, April 29 . 7:30PM Wednesday, May 2 . 7:30PM Thursday, May 3 . 7:30PM Friday, May 4 . 8PM Saturday, May 5 . 2PM Saturday, May 5 . 8PM

40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

$27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27 $27

$22 $22 $22 $22 $22 $22 $22 $22

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UMD School of Music: Music in Mind umd sYmphonY orChestra umd Choirs Auferstehen

Friday, May 4 . 8PM

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$27

$22

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UMD School of Music annual pops ConCert

Saturday, May 5 . 8PM

42

$27

$22

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$ __________

UMD School of Music: Maryland Opera Studio postCard from moroCCo

miss havisham’s fire

TEAR AT PERFORATION

alisa Weilerstein, Cello inon barnatan, piano

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies heavY is the head

SUBTOTAL

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Yes! i would like to make a gift to support the Center's 10th anniversary season. all gifts, regardless of size, make a difference. thank you! $ ________

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UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies shared mfa thesis ConCert page 30

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies rent page 19

Symphonie Fantastique

Thursday, February 16 . 8PM Friday, February 17 . 8PM

Friday, October 21 . 8PM Saturday, October 22 . 2PM Saturday, October 22 . 8PM Sunday, October 23 . 2PM Tuesday, October 25 . 7:30PM Wednesday, October 26 . 7:30PM Thursday, October 27 . 7:30PM Friday, October 28 . 8PM

aftermath page 21 Thursday, November 10 . 8PM Friday, November 11 . 8PM UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies Co-production between University of Maryland, College Park and Georgetown University

a Child shall lead them: making the night of the hunter page 21

Thursday, March 29 . 8PM Friday, March 30 . 8PM Saturday, March 31 . 2PM Saturday, March 31 . 8PM

eiko & koma kronos Quartet page 31

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies heavY is the head page 40

Friday, April 27 . 8PM Sunday, April 29 . 2PM Sunday, April 29 . 7:30PM Wednesday, May 2 . 7:30PM Thursday, May 3 . 7:30PM Friday, May 4 . 8PM Saturday, May 5 . 2PM Saturday, May 6 . 8PM

Tuesday, February 21 . 5PM-9PM Wednesday, February 22 . 5PM-9PM UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies shared mfa thesis ConCert page 36

In/rough/Of/And Valerie Dunham, choreographer

Profondeur Inconnue Florian Rouiller, choreographer Thursday, March 8 . 8PM Friday, March 9 . 8PM

danCe

dean moss page 38

Saturday, November 12 . 8PM Sunday, November 13 . 2PM Sunday, November 13 . 7:30PM Wednesday, November 16 . 7:30PM Thursday, November 17 . 7:30PM Friday, November 18 . 8PM Saturday, November 19 . 2PM Saturday, November 19 . 8PM

eiko & koma page 16

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies the old settler page 30

Nathan Andary, choreographer

Friday, February 10 . 8PM Saturday, February 11 . 8PM Sunday, February 12 . 2PM Wednesday, February 15 . 7:30PM Thursday, February 16 . 7:30PM Friday, February 17 . 8PM Saturday, February 18 . 2PM Saturday, February 18 . 8PM

Emily Oleson, choreographer Thursday, October 20 . 8PM Friday, October 21 . 8PM

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies everYthing in the garden page 34

29th annual Choreographers’ shoWCase page 28

Friday, March 2 . 8PM Saturday, March 3 . 8PM Sunday, March 4 . 2PM Wednesday, March 7 . 7:30PM Thursday, March 8 . 7:30PM Friday, March 9 . 8PM Saturday, March 10 . 2PM Saturday, March 10 . 8PM

Fragile

Nameless forest

Regeneration

Thursday, April 5 . 8PM Friday, April 6 . 8PM

Wednesday, September 14 . 8PM Thursday, September 15 . 8PM UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies shared mfa thesis ConCert page 18

Going Viral Vaude-vival: Old is the new New

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies marYland danCe ensemble page 38

Thursday, April 19 . 8PM Friday, April 20 . 8PM Saturday, April 21 . 8PM Sunday, April 22 . 3PM

eiko & koma page 42 Caravan

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies marYland danCe ensemble page 24

Thursday, May 3 . 8PM Friday, May 4 . 8PM Saturday, May 5 . 8PM

Friday, December 2 . 8PM Saturday, December 3 . 8PM

Saturday, January 28 . 3PM & 8PM

SEASON BY GENRE CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

margaret jenkins danCe CompanY page 28 Light Moves Friday, February 3 . 8PM Saturday, February 4 . 8PM

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musiC

jazz and World musiC

voCal

joshua redman’s james farm page 17

patti lupone page 15

Sunday, September 25 . 7PM

UMD School of Music

umd sYmphonY orChestra left bank Quartet page 17 Mountaineers Friday, September 30 . 8PM

Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda

anda union page 17

Saturday, September 10 . 8PM

UMD School of Music: Music in Mind

Friday, September 30 . 8PM

remembranCe of things past page 18

neW York festival of song page 22

Water is rising page 21

Manning the Canon: Songs of Gay Life

Friday, November 4 . 8PM

Tuesday, November 15 . 8PM

Choral

Chamber ensemble of the shanghai Chinese orChestra page 28

UMD School of Music

Friday, February 3 . 8PM

umd Chamber singers universitY Chorale page 23

overtone Quartet page 30

e Romantic Ideal Sunday, November 20 . 7:30PM

opera

Sunday, February 12 . 7PM

alim Qasimov ensemble page 30 kronos Quartet Saturday, February 18 . 8PM

marYland opera studio page 23

ContemporarY

Amelia al Ballo and Il Tabarro (Amelia Goes to the Ball and e Cloak)

kronos Quartet With david krakauer page 16

UMD School of Music

marYland opera studio umd sYmphonY orChestra e Art of Argento A Retrospective of Composer Dominick Argento’s Works

postCard from moroCCo page 39 Friday, April 20 . 7:30PM Sunday, April 22 . 3PM Thursday, April 26 . 7:30PM

UMD School of Music

umd sYmphonY orChestra page 19 Last Waltz Friday, October 28 . 8PM UMD School of Music

umd Wind orChestra page 21 Apotheosis Friday, November 4 . 8PM

takáCs Quartet page 22 Saturday, November 12 . 8PM UMD School of Music

UMD School of Music

Saturday, November 19 . 7:30PM Sunday, November 20 . 3PM Tuesday, November 22 . 7:30PM

Sunday, October 16 . 3PM

Friday, September 16 . 8PM

eiko & koma kronos Quartet page 31

umd sYmphonY orChestra page 24 Orpheus Sings Sunday, December 4 . 5PM UMD School of Music

Winter big band shoWCase page 24 Wednesday, December 7 . 7:30PM

Fragile

UMD School of Music

Tuesday, February 21 . 5PM-9PM Wednesday, February 22 . 5PM-9PM

umd Wind orChestra page 24

morton subotniCk page 38

Love and Death Thursday, December 8 . 8PM

Silver Apples of the Moon

UMD School of Music

Wednesday, April 18 . 8PM

annual kaleidosCope of bands page 25

orChestral and Chamber musiC

UMD Wind Ensemble UMD Wind Orchestra University Band Community Band Mighty Sound of Maryland Marching Band Friday, December 9 . 8PM

miss havisham’s fire page 39

UMD School of Music

Saturday, April 21 . 7:30PM Wednesday, April 25 . 7:30PM Friday, April 27 . 7:30PM Sunday, April 29 . 3PM

Music from Prague

umd Wind orChestra page 17 Thursday, September 29 . 8PM

UMD School of Music: Music in Mind the festive baCh page 25

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orpheus Chamber orChestra With

orpheus at marYland page 37

UMD School of Music

Saturday, June 30 . 8PM

Friday, February 10 . 8PM

Musicians from the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra UMD Faculty Artists Saturday, March 31 . 8PM

fortune’s bones: the manumission reQuiem page 31

alisa Weilerstein, Cello inon barnatan, piano page 40

jean-Yves thibaudet, piano page 28

Saturday, February 25 . 8PM Sunday, February 26 . 3PM

Saturday, July 7

UMD School of Music: Music in Mind

Solo Piano Recital

santiago rodriguez page 45

umd sYmphonY orChestra page 34 Streams and Savagery

Auferstehen

Friday, March 2 . 8PM

Friday, May 4 . 8PM

UMD School of Music

UMD School of Music

umd Wind orChestra page 34

umd Wind ensemble universitY band CommunitY band page 42

Czechs and Balances Saturday, March 3 . 8PM UMD School of Music

umd sYmphonY orChestra umd Wind orChestra page 36 With daniel bernard roumain, violin Thursday, March 29 . 8PM

William kapell international piano Competition & festival

Friday, April 27 . 8PM

umd sYmphonY orChestra umd Choirs page 42

UMD School of Music

noi philharmoniC iii page 45

Tuesday, July 10 Wednesday, July 11 Thursday, July 12

kapell international piano Competition page 45 Preliminary Round Friday, July 13 Saturday, July 14 Sunday, July 15

Annual Pops Concert Saturday, May 5 . 8PM

kapell international piano Competition page 45

national orChestral institute & festival page 45

Semi-final Concert Round Tuesday, July 17 Wednesday, July 18

UMD School of Music

Saturday, June 9 . 8PM

UMD School of Music: Music in Mind

noi Chamber orChestra page 45

an ameriCan original: dominiCk argento at 85 page 37

kapell international piano Competition page 45

UMD School of Music

Saturday, June 16 . 8PM

Semi-final Chamber Music Round

Friday, March 30 . 8PM

noi philharmoniC i page 45

Saturday, July 21

UMD School of Music

kapell international piano Competition page 45

Saturday, June 23 . 8PM

noi philharmoniC ii page 45

Final Concerto Round

CREDITS: Photography on cover and pages 2 through 11, by Zachary Z. Handler. Page 15, Patti LuPone by Ravel. Page 16, James Farm by Jimmy Katz. Page 20, Aftermath. Page 22, Takács Quartet by Ellen Appel. Page 25, L. Richmond Sparks by Mike Ciesielski. Page 29, Margaret Jenkins Dance Company by Mark Palmer. Page 32, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra by Larry Fink @ Studio 535. Page 33, clockwise from top left: Jean-Yves Thibaudet by Decca/Kasskara; Kronos Quartet and Alim Qasimov © Sebastian Schutyser/Aga Khan Trust for Culture; Dr. Ysaye Barnwell; Overtone Quartet. Page 35, UMD Wind Orchestra by Stan Barouh. Page 36, Basil Twist. Page 41, clockwise from top left: Alisa Weilerstein by Christian Steiner; Inon Barnatan; UMD Concert Choir by Stan Barouh; Maryland Opera Studio by Cory Weaver. Page 43, Eiko & Koma by Philip Trager. Page 47, photography by Zachary Z. Handler. Page 51, from left to right, Shadowboxer: An Opera Based on the Life of Joe Louis by Cory Weaver; Liz Lerman Dance Exchange by John Borstel; Daniel Phoenix Singh by Stephen Baranovicks; Kiara Tinch

by Stan Barouh. Pages 53 and 64, and all daffodil insets by Zachary Z. Handler.

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beginning in the middle ages, symbolic gifts were used to celebrate anniversaries. these items signified the deepening and strengthening of a relationship.

as the ClariCe smith performing arts Center Celebrates its 10th anniversarY season, We share these sYmboliC gifts With You.

daffodil:

sapphire:

tin:

Trumpet-shaped daffodils represent

The sapphire is believed to promote

Tin or aluminum represents

Crystal is valued for its special quality

joy, cheerfulness and happiness.

joy, faith, hope and protection during

durability but not rigidity. Tin does

of refracting white light into a

These early spring flowers also

long journeys. It brings light

not occur naturally by itself but must

rainbow of colors. In Shakespearean

represent new beginnings.

and peace and opens the mind toward

be extracted from ore; when

times, it was viewed as the

combined with other elements,

embodiment of life.

beauty and intuitive understanding.

it can be used for useful items with subtle beauty.

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How do the performing arts transform lives? You tell us!

In celebration of our 10th anniversary, the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center has asked the individuals who make us who we are — the divine divas, serious kidders, keepers of the flame, culture bearers, soul stirrers, provocateurs and just plain art nuts — to tell us their stories.

Together, these extraordinary minds have inspired us to new heights in our first ten years.

You’ve read the first five stories in this guide. noW tell us Your oWn. ere will be several opportunities throughout the season for you to share your thoughts and ideas — at events, online, in conversation and more. Additional details about our storytelling initiative to come.

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1. Ethan Watermeier, DMA Candidate in Opera Performance, UMD School of Music. Photo by Zachary Z. Handler. 2. Patti LuPone. Photo by Rahav. 3. James Ross, UMD Symphony Orchestra. Photo by Stan Barouh.

4. Eiko & Koma. Photo by Philip Trager. 5. DBR. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. 6. Aftermath.