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WELCOME
Be an original. Be a visionary. Artists and innovators help us explore new ways of thinking through performances, dialogues and hands-on activities. In the 2009-2010 season join other adventuresome spirits to ask big questions and expand your vision of what is possible in the world – and in you.
Be an explorer. THEATRE 4 DANCE 10 JAZZ, WORLD MUSIC AND ROOTS 20 CONTEMPORARY MUSIC 23 ORCHESTRAL, WIND AND BAND 26 CHAMBER 32
MUSIC IN MIND 36 OPERA AND CHORAL 38 ENGAGE 40 BECOME A DONOR 46 PATRON SERVICES 48
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Do we know the
turning point
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“My wife and I founded Viva House in October 1968. It’s very much in the spirit and philosophy of the Catholic worker movement: Do the works of mercy and resist the works of war. The first people to stay here were the families and some of the members of the Catonsville Nine during their trial. “Dan Berrigan was a real focal point for me in finding another way of thinking about things. I had him as a teacher in college in New York. The first demonstration I was ever on was in Syracuse for open housing in inner-city Syracuse. “When I went on to seminary I kept in contact with Dan then I came to Baltimore in ’67 to work with Phil Berrigan at the Baltimore Interfaith Peace Mission. In October ’67, Phil and three other people poured blood on Baltimore City draft records and that led to the Catonsville thing in May of ’68. “The reason so many people are homeless, ill-housed and unemployed has as much to do with our concentration on war and violence as anything else — they go hand in hand. So if you’re going to do anything like run a soup kitchen, you also have to resist that which makes things like a soup kitchen necessary.”
Brendan Walsh BRENDAN WALSH, VIVA HOUSE, BALTIMORE, MD The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
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SEASON OPENING PERFORMANCE! September 17 – 18 . 8PM
THE ACTORS’ GANG
THE TRIAL OF THE CATONSVILLE NINE
This tour of The Actors’ Gang is made possible by a grant from Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program. There will be a Talk Back with the artists following the September 18 performance.
by Daniel Berrigan directed by Jon Kellam Tim Robbins, artistic director Poet priest Daniel Berrigan’s historical drama brings to life the 1968 trial of two Catholic priests and seven fellow Catholic activists who committed an act of civil disobedience to protest the war in Vietnam. Their moral act of civil dissent — burning draft records from the Catonsville, Maryland, draft board office — galvanized a national protest movement. While condemned as criminals in a court of law, they were hailed as patriots in the streets during one of America’s most turbulent eras. KAY THEATRE
$37 / $9 STUDENT
FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Sunday, September 13 . 8PM
FOCUS IN FILM Investigation of a Flame BUSBOYS & POETS, 14TH & V, WASHINGTON DC UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SEMESTER ON PEACE EVENTS FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Monday, September 14 . 7PM CREATIVE DIALOGUE: Learn more on p. 43
A PLEA FOR PEACE Civil Disobedience & the Catonsville Nine KOGOD THEATRE FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Thursday, September 17 . 7PM
PLANNING THE PROTEST GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL
FOR DETAILS ON THE FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENTS RELATED TO THIS PERFORMANCE, VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/engage
FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT Monday, October 12 . 7PM
THE LARAMIE PROJECT: AN EPILOGUE 10 YEARS LATER by Moisés Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Andy Paris, Greg Pierotti and Steven Belber Commissioned by Tectonic Theater Project UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SEMESTER ON PEACE EVENT
One month after the brutal murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard on October 12, 1998, members of Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie, Wyoming, to interview residents about the killing. Those interviews served as the basis for The Laramie Project, a play that chronicles how the community grappled with the slaying. Ten years after Shepard's death, which has become a rallying cry for gay rights and hate-crime laws, the company returned to Laramie to investigate the long-term cultural impact of the Shepard murder and the collective memory of the community a decade after the event. Their epilogue will be shared in communities across the country through public readings this night, the 11th anniversary of Matthew's murder. The evening will start with a pre-show event broadcast live from Alice Tully Hall in New York City. Featuring the Tectonic Theatre Company and special guests, the pre-performance event will unite audiences in theatres across the nation who are about to experience the epilogue. Following the reading, we will rejoin the proceedings at Alice Tully Hall for a lively discussion with an expert panel to explore the continuing impact of The Laramie Project. GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL
October 16 – 24 . See order form for dates and times UM DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
JAMES JOYCE’S “THE DEAD”
SEE PAGE 48 FOR DETAILS.
book by Richard Nelson music by Shaun Davey, lyrics by Richard Nelson and Shaun Davey directed by Scot Reese James Joyce’s short story, adapted for the stage as a musical, follows Irishman Gabriel Conroy as he takes his wife to a lively holiday party hosted by his two aunts. As Conroy observes his surroundings and hears others’ tales of love, loss, change and longing, he meditates on what it means to be an Irishman and a human. At the play’s center is an internal journey that drama critic Christopher Isherwood described as the “rich evocation of a single consciousness.” KAY THEATRE
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November 5 – 6 . 8PM
DAN HURLIN Disfarmer
This performance is supported, in part, by the Henson Endowment for Performing Arts. Co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. There will be a Talk Back with the artists following each performance.
represented by a series of puppets, each an exact replica of the last except two inches smaller — shrinking like much of rural America until he is completely gone.
conceived and directed by Dan Hurlin original music by Dan Moses Schreier KAY THEATRE $37 / $9 STUDENT text by Sally Oswald Disfarmer is a portrait of an artist, a piece of puppet theater that examines the FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT contradictions in the life of hermit Mike Monday, November 2 . 7PM Disfarmer, who was born in 1884 and died in CREATIVE DIALOGUE: Learn more on p. 43 1959 alone in his photo studio. His solitary OUTCAST AND SOCIETY world comes to life through “table-top LABORATORY THEATRE puppetry,” Magic lantern slides and 8mm home FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT movies; old Edison wax disks and haunting Thursday, November 5 . 7PM Ozark mountain music create an atmosphere THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF DISFARMER of old times faintly remembered. Disfarmer is SCHOOL OF MUSIC ROOM 2200
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November 6 – 15 See order form for dates and times UM DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
ANNA IN THE TROPICS
Contains adult language and themes. Not recommended for children under 13. There will be a Talk Back with the artists following the 8PM performance on November 7.
by Nilo Cruz directed by José Carrasquillo The 2003 Pulitzer Prize in Drama winner is set in 1920’s Ybor City, Florida, where family members who work in a cigar factory struggle to reconcile the traditions of the past with their desires for the future. Passions erupt and emotions flare as the laborers embrace the unfamiliar ideas presented to them by a new arrival in their midst, who reads Anna Karenina aloud to them as they work, with life-altering consequences.
FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT: PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE
Saturday, November 7 . 7PM
ANNA IN THE TROPICS José Carrasquillo, director of Anna in the Tropics, leads a pre-performance lecture exploring Nilo Cruz’s prevalent theme of ‘escape’ in his plays, Cuban culture and immigration trends to south Florida in the early part of the twentieth century, the importance of the cigar ‘culture’ in Cuban life, the role and importance of a lector in a cigar factory and the world of extreme gender roles defined in the play and how they intersect. SCHOOL OF MUSIC ROOM 2200
KOGOD THEATRE $26 / $9 STUDENT
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Place and Being: Humans in
“Humans in Translation is about being here and there, about leaving and coming home, understanding and not understanding, conflict, transformation and how we adapt to all the spaces in between.”
Translation,
Daniel MacLean Wagner
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of Theatre’s theme for 2009-2010, is illuminated
October 16 – 24
February 12 – 20
April 23 – May 2
JAMES JOYCE’S “THE DEAD”
HOTEL CASSIOPEIA
GILGAMESH
March 5 – 12
THE BLUEST EYE
November 6 – 15
ANNA IN THE TROPICS
through five plays over the course of the season.
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January 29 – 30 . 8PM
L.A. THEATRE WORKS THE RFK PROJECT ROBERT F. KENNEDY AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: A JOURNEY
Co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. There will be a Talk Back with the artists following each performance.
by Murray Horwitz and Jonathan Estrin producing director Susan Albert Loewenberg LATW’s new docudrama chronicles Robert F. Kennedy’s transformation into a champion of civil rights and a crusader in the Civil Rights Movement. The story illuminates the crucial decade during which the movement reached fruition, refracting the words, events and issues of the time through RFK’s experiences. This staged radio play reveals the parallel journeys of RFK and Martin Luther King Jr. as one changed the world through powerful oratory and public leadership, and the other through quiet tactical maneuvers behind the closed doors of his brother’s White House. KAY THEATRE
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February 12 – 20 . See order form for dates and times UM DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
HOTEL CASSIOPEIA
A blended production with Round House Theatre.
by Charles Mee directed by Blake Robison Artist Joseph Cornell lived a magical life of the mind in his mother’s basement in Queens, caring for his invalid brother and collecting castaway items he used to create his assemblage boxes. Cornell’s correspondence and journals — filled with observations and obsessions — reveal his desire to capture through his work the intense feelings of a hidden moment. Playwright Charles Mee, discussing his play, wonders how it would be if Cornell’s boxes could speak: “About art, about America, about compassion and longing and loneliness and heartbreak.” KOGOD THEATRE
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March 5 – 12 . See order form for dates and times UM DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE SEE PAGE 48 FOR DETAILS.
Contains adult language and themes. Not recommended for children under 13.
THE BLUEST EYE adapted by Lydia R. Diamond from the novel by Toni Morrison directed by Walter Dallas Pecola Breedlove, an 11-year-old African-American girl in 1940’s Ohio, wants nothing more than to be loved by her family and community. Instead, she faces persistent teasing and hatred. She blames her dark skin and prays for blue eyes, believing that love will come if she looks “right.” Pecola’s quest to be seen, to belong and to be loved unspools amidst the shocking weaknesses and surprising strength of the people who surround her. KAY THEATRE
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March 10 – 12 . 8PM
HAPPENSTANCE THEATER FARFAR OASIS and LOW TIDE HOTEL
There will be a Talk Back with the artists following each performance.
Mark Jaster and Sabrina Mandrell, co-artistic directors featuring Scott Sedar and Tina Chancey In the early twentieth century, the Western world indulged in romantic notions of the Middle Eastern desert, spawning such phenomena as Rudolph Valentino’s movie The Sheik and the public’s unquenchable fascination with Egyptian tombs and mummies. FarFar Oasis uses poetry, image and song to contrast the era’s charmed perceptions with the realities that popular culture glossed over. The evening’s companion piece, Low Tide Hotel, is a theatrical scrapbook that Washington Post writer Celia Wren called “an enchantingly whimsical montage of maritime-themed songs and literary excerpts.” KOGOD THEATRE
$37 / $9 STUDENT
April 23 – May 2 . See order form for dates and times UM DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
GILGAMESH adapted and directed by Izumi Ashizawa Ancient and modern Japanese movement, masks and puppetry are fused in this avant-garde interpretation of the 4,000-year-old Mesopotamian epic. As Gilgamesh hunts for the secret to eternal life, he struggles with love, power and death in his quest for immortality. KOGOD THEATRE
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Where does hope arise? “We have a very big misconception of what hope is. We think of something pretty and lighthearted and happy. It’s not that. “Hope comes with meaning. If you can give meaning to your life, you have hope.”
Mariane Pearl MARIANE PEARL
JOURNALIST AND WIDOW OF DANIEL PEARL, FROM AN INTERVIEW BY JORDY YAGER, WWW.THEHILL.COM
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September 24 – 25 . 8PM
EMIO GRECO|PC [purgatorio] POPOPERA
Contains adult themes and nudity. Not recommended for children under 18. Co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. There will be a Talk Back with the artists following each performance.
conceived and choreographed by Emio Greco directed by Pieter C. Scholten original music by Michael Gordon In choreographer Emio Greco’s collaboration with composer Michael Gordon (Bang on a Can), seven brilliant dancers oscillate along the seam between music and movement. Omnipresent during the performance are shiny black guitars which, when married with the dancers’ bodies, transform them into fragile flesh-and-blood soundboards. Based on the structure of Dante’s Divine Comedy, POPOPERA is a richly potent netherworld of transition, transformation and purification where dancers perform to the point of utter exhaustion and ecstasy. KAY THEATRE
$37 / $9 STUDENT
October 8 – 9 . 8PM
DANIEL BURKHOLDER/THE PLAYGROUND My Ocean is Never Blue
There will be a Talk Back with the artists following each performance.
with Arachne Aerial Arts Coyaba Dance Theater Devi Dance Theater Drawing on the traditions of African and Indian dance and music, incorporating aerial feats and wrapped within a contemporary dance vocabulary, Ocean draws us to the edge of the river and asks us to reflect on what we see there. Four of our region’s most inventive dance companies collaborate to present this multi-faceted exploration of water and our relationship to it. DANCE THEATRE
$37 / $9 STUDENTS
FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT Thursday, October 8 . 7PM
THE ANACOSTIA Prior to the Thursday performance of My Ocean is Never Blue, Lee Cain, Manager of Education Programs for the Anacostia Watershed Society, will lead a lecture/discussion on the history and evolution of the Anacostia Watershed. How have pollution and subsequent restoration affected our local environment and our oceans, and what can we, as individuals residing in a watershed, do to have a more positive impact on our environment? SCHOOL OF MUSIC ROOM 2200
October 22 – 23 . 8PM UM DEPARTMENT OF DANCE
THROUGH THE DISTANCE and BIRDS OF A FEATHER
There will be a Talk Back with the artists following the Thursday night performance.
MFA THESIS CONCERT Vannia Ibarguen and April Gruber What is the impact of distance on people’s lives? In this showcase, Vannia Ibarguen will examine how the established relationships among people change with distance and how humanity has created virtual extensions to continue in communication. Vannia portrays life as a set of departures, journeys and arrivals while exploring concepts like migration, separation and the use of technology. The show includes remote multi-location performances developed in collaboration with dancers from California, South America and Europe. The noble crane pervades in April Gruber’s Birds of a Feather. Drawing movement from the majestic creature’s aerial rituals and organic rhythms, the evening provides a bird’s-eye view of life’s transient nature and the foundational roots that call us homeward. The program features Gruber’s performance in her own choreography, as well as that of Saki Kawakita and Dawn Springer. DANCE THEATRE
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October 29 – 30 . 8PM
MARGARET JENKINS DANCE COMPANY Other Suns
Funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Ford Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation. Co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. There will be a Talk Back with the artists following each performance.
with the Guangdong Modern Dance Company of Guangzhou, China music composed by Paul Dresher, with additional music by Bun Ching-Lam Known for her innovative collaborative processes, choreographer Margaret Jenkins has infused Other Suns with the creative energies of the Guangdong dancers and her company members. Together, they explore how their physical languages affect each other, creating a unique hybrid language for everyone. Refined, precise and dynamic, with what dance critic Allen Ulrich calls a “current of sensuality that simmers on the surface,” Other Suns represents the next chapter in Jenkins’s ongoing exploration of place, communication and identity. Jenkins writes: “We strive to stay ready for the surprises, to be able to surrender to what a new place, culture and people can offer us and how we might strengthen the dialogue among each other and by extension our countries.” KAY THEATRE
FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Tuesday, October 27 . 7PM PUBLIC MASTERCLASS
CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION THROUGH DANCE Margaret Jenkins, choreographer Liu Qi, Artistic Director, Guangdong Modern Dance Company DANCE THEATRE FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Friday, October 30 . 7PM
DANCE IN CHINA Ling Tang, UM Department of Dance alum SCHOOL OF MUSIC ROOM 2200
$37 / $9 STUDENT
November 12 – 13 . 8PM
STEP AFRIKA! There will be a Talk Back with the artists following each performance.
In celebration of over 15 years of performing and teaching around the world, Step Afrika brings its high-energy performance of stepping, an art form born at African American fraternities and based in African traditions, to the Center’s stage. As the first professional company dedicated to stepping, Step Afrika’s intricate kicks, stomps and rhythms mixed with spoken word pound the floor and fill the air. Throughout their history, Step Afrika has also raised awareness of stepping’s connections to other cultural traditions. From Appalachia to South Africa, from gumboot to Zulu, they seek to build connections between people and to highlight the similarities in dance forms, lives and communities. Step Afrika’s motto is “if we can dance together, then we can work together.” This special anniversary program features some of the company’s most celebrated works along with an amazing choral collaboration. KAY THEATRE
FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Friday, November 13 . 7PM
THE HISTORY OF STEP Join the founder of Step Afrika!, C. Brian Williams, for a presentation on the history and development of stepping as an American art form, including an inside look at the historical timeline of the tradition. SCHOOL OF MUSIC ROOM 2200
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$37 / $9 STUDENT
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December 4 – 5 . 8PM UM DEPARTMENT OF DANCE
MARYLAND DANCE ENSEMBLE A concert of faculty and guest artist works created or restaged for the Department of Dance. KAY THEATRE
$25 / $9 STUDENT
Saturday, January 30 . 3PM and 8PM
27TH ANNUAL CHOREOGRAPHERS’ SHOWCASE There will be a Talk Back with the choreographers following each performance.
Numerous up-and-coming dance artists make their homes in Maryland, Virginia and DC. The Clarice Smith Center and the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission collaborate once again to spotlight diverse and fresh talents from the region’s dance community in this adjudicated mixed program. DANCE THEATRE
$25 / $9 STUDENT
February 5 – 6 . 8PM
DOUG VARONE & DANCERS Alchemy
SEE PAGE 48 FOR DETAILS.
Doug Varone & Dancers return to the Center with a program that pairs lyrical and lush movement with the music of contemporary masters: Lux, a work for the full company with music by Philip Glass; Egalite, duets set to music by John Adams; and Varone’s newest work, Alchemy. Alchemy takes inspiration from Steve Reich’s Daniel Variations, a score that juxtaposes text from the biblical book of Daniel and the words of Daniel Pearl, the American Jewish reporter kidnapped and murdered by Islamic extremists in Pakistan in 2002. The music pays homage to all victims who, in the face of violence and cruelty, courageously reveal the dignity and beauty of humanity. As Daniel Pearl’s widow Marianne writes, “In the end, you can only oppose them with the strength they think they have taken away from you.” KAY THEATRE
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March 4 – 5 . 8PM UM DEPARTMENT OF DANCE
Geminuspace | Remnants and Ritual MFA THESIS CONCERT MFA candidates Diedre Dawkins and Betty Skeen present two evenings of contemporary dance and new ideas. DANCE THEATRE
$20 / $9 STUDENT
ABOVE RIGHT
GESEL MASON PHOTO BY MIKE CIESIELSKI BELOW
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March 25 – 27 . 8PM
GESEL MASON Women, Sex, & Desire: Sometimes You Feel Like a Ho’, Sometimes You Don’t
Contains adult themes and language. Not recommended for children under 18. Co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. There will be a Talk Back with the artist following each performance.
Through dance, personal stories and video images, Mason tackles powerful personal and political issues. Women, Sex, and Desire challenges pre-programmed cultural assumptions, examines our belief systems and reflects the struggle, humor and pleasure we encounter as sexual beings — whatever our erotic choices may be. By combining real stories, real people, pop culture, humor and a diverse movement vocabulary ranging from post-modern to hip-hop to pole dancing, Women, Sex, and Desire is at once entertaining, insightful, honest, risky and risqué.
FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Monday, March 1 . 7PM CREATIVE DIALOGUE
INTERNET IDENTITY: WOMEN IN A VIRTUAL WORLD KOGOD THEATRE
FREE
KOGOD THEATRE $37 / $9 STUDENT
FOR DETAILS ON THE FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENTS RELATED TO THIS PERFORMANCE, VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/engage
April 15 – 18 . Please see the order form for times UM DEPARTMENT OF DANCE
MARYLAND DANCE ENSEMBLE An adjudicated concert of undergraduate and graduate student works performed by the repertory ensemble. DANCE THEATRE
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Are there universal “While enjoying a silent walk in the woods I came upon an ancient tree, more trunk than branch, more bark than leaf. There was something about this tree that fascinated me — the way its gnarly skin folded in on itself like the forgotten convolutions of history, the way it was clearly dying and clearly still alive, the elegance of its nobility in the forest, the dark wounds of its aging. “It seemed to me a living sonnet about an essential truth — that all of life is a cycle, that life and death are flip sides of the same coin, and that nature is a sacred text — one that asks questions of the human soul...and answers them.”
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What creates a new world? Sunday, October 18 . 6PM
THE KLEZMATICS Beginning as an exuberant and soulful expression of Jewish life in fifteenth-century Europe, klezmer music has constantly evolved through multiple eras in myriad countries. In the mid-1980s, The Klezmatics helped bring the music to new popularity in the United States with tunes that originate in traditional klezmer and draw from diverse musical influences including Arab, African, Latin, Balkan, jazz and punk. Their performance at the Center, presented in partnership with the university’s Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, will bring deeply rooted traditions to life through a contemporary sensibility — music that is wild, mystical, provocative, reflective and ecstatically danceable. This tour engagement of The Klezmatics is funded through the American Masterpieces program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and the Maryland State Arts Council, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius, a major initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy. Additional funding provided by The Wachovia Foundation.
DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL
$42 / $9 STUDENT
FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Monday, October 19 . 12:30PM
CULTURE BEARERS Lorin Sklamberg, The Klezmatics Miriam Issacs, Associate Professor of Yiddish Language and Culture, Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies LABORATORY THEATRE
FREE
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There will be an informal Meet and Greet with the artists following the performance.
Sunday, November 8 . 6PM
LIONEL LOUEKE
There will be an informal Meet and Greet with the artists following the performance.
Lionel Loueke, guitar and vocals Massimo Biolatti, bass Ferenc Nemeth, drums Jazz guitarist Lionel Loueke’s distinctive sound is a blend of jazz and West African harmonies and rhythms. Loueke started playing music during his childhood in the West African country of Benin, eventually journeying to Paris and then to the United States to continue his studies. In the States, he gained the admiration of jazz greats Terence Blanchard, Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock and soon became an integral member of Blanchard’s band and later recorded and toured with Hancock’s quartet. KAY THEATRE
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Wednesday, December 9 . 7:30PM UM SCHOOL OF MUSIC
WINTER BIG BAND SHOWCASE UM Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Lab Band and University Jazz Band Chris Vadala, music director The cold of winter approaches, but these jazz big bands know how to heat things up! This annual favorite is December’s most swingin’ concert, featuring classic and contemporary jazz works, led by Grammy-winning faculty artist Chris Vadala. KAY THEATRE
$27 / $9 STUDENT
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Sunday, February 21 . 6PM
JOSHUA REDMAN TRIO Joshua Redman’s eloquent exploration of musical boundaries has earned him a reputation as both a risk taker and a sure-handed master. With a shifting group of collaborators as intrepid as he is including such jazz luminaries as Larry Grenadier, Rueben Rogers, Brian Blade and Gregory Hutchinson, Redman literally and figuratively stretches the shape of jazz. DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL
$42 / $9 STUDENT
Sunday, April 11 . 6PM
SÉRGIO AND ODAIR ASSAD SEE PAGE 48 FOR DETAILS.
There will be a Talk Back with the artists following the performance.
De Volta as Raizes (Back to Our Roots) Sérgio Assad, guitar Odair Assad, guitar Christiane Karam, vocals Clarice Assad, piano and vocals Jamey Haddad, percussion Brothers Sérgio and Odair Assad were born in Brazil but their ancestral roots are in Lebanon and the recent success of Sérgio’s work, “Tahhiya Il Oussilina,” inspired them to delve further into their musical heritage. Clarice Assad, Jamey Haddad and Christiane Karam join them in exploring the rhythmic motifs that tie Middle Eastern music to the music of Brazil. The concert will include new music by Sérgio and Clarice, with text from modern and ancient Lebanese work. DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL
$37 / $9 STUDENT
Friday, May 7 . 8PM
DAVID GONZALEZ Wounded Splendor This performance is sponsored in part by the generous support of The Gazette and The Star. Co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. There will be a Talk Back with the artists following the performance.
music by Daniel Kelly, piano Lenard Petit, director Daniel Hartnet, video design Inspired by the growing environmental crisis and a life-long love of the outdoors, David and his collaborators have created a choreographed suite of poetry, monologues and dance accompanied by an original musical score and set within a luscious video design. Image and lyric, awe and fury are juxtaposed to spark deeper contemplation of our suffering planet, our capacity for reverence and our exceptional ability to destroy — and to save. KAY THEATRE
$37 / $9 STUDENT
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Does the future always reflect the past?
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Tuesday, September 22 . 7PM
SONIC CIRCUITS For the first time, the Center will present the opening night of the annual DC Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music with a concert that features four wildly individual acts in a cross-section of aural possibilities. The program includes a collaboration between singer Thomas Buckner and composer Annea Lockwood; BLK w/ BEAR + VJ Poppins; and Elliot Sharp. The Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music, now heading into its ninth year, was initiated by the American Composers Forum to provide DC’s music and art communities with the opportunity to sample experimental and avant-garde electronic music, with an emphasis on improvisation and artistic use of new technologies. KOGOD THEATRE
FREE
Friday, November 20 . 8PM
BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS WITH TRIO MEDIAEVAL FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Steel Hammer This tour of Bang on a Can is made possible by a grant from Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program. There will be a Talk Back with the artists following the performance.
by Julia Wolfe Inspired by composer Julia Wolfe’s love for the stories and music of Appalachia, Steel Hammer revisits the legend of John Henry and his race against “the machine.” Trio Mediaeval, with their pure and direct vocal sound, will weave the timeless tale and the Bang on a Can All-Stars will employ a chorus of instruments — including mountain dulcimers, wooden bones, banjo, steel hammers and more — to express the rich instrumental colors of the Appalachian region.
Friday, November 20 . 7PM
THE MUSICAL HISTORY OF APPALACHIA Dr. Barry Lee Pearson, Professor of English Dr. Pearson will lead a discussion on the origin and evolution of the music of Appalachia, including musical samples. He works with organizations engaged in presenting traditional American music, including the National Council for the Traditional Arts, the nation’s oldest folk arts organization for which he serves as president. SCHOOL OF MUSIC ROOM 2200
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KRONOS QUARTET AND WU MAN, PIPA
Monday, November 16 . 7PM
A Chinese Home and Additional Works
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. This tour of Kronos Quartet is made possible by a grant from Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program. Co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
KRONOS QUARTET PUBLIC READING
Kronos reunites with long-time collaborator Wu Man in a reflection on Chinese cultural tradition and transition, inspired by the extraordinary story of Yin Yu Tang, a 300-year-old house from a southeastern Chinese village that was dismantled piece-by-piece at the turn of the millennium and rebuilt in the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts. Drawing on the metaphors of displacement and migration, of the personal versus the public, A Chinese Home explores China’s evolving identity through works ranging from folk tunes to electronic music, enhanced with staging and video elements by acclaimed stage and film director Chen Shi-Zheng, and with instruments constructed expressly for this work by MacArthur fellow Walter Kitundu.
This public reading is the culmination of a special residency with select students from the School of Music. Over the past year, students worked intimately with the Kronos Quartet to compose new works — from conception to the professional performance of these quartets. This public reading of the student compositions provides unique access for students and audience alike into the process by which the Kronos Quartet commissions and creates new work.
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Monday, February 8 . 7PM CREATIVE DIALOGUE
THE ESSENCE OF HOME GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL
Friday, February 12 . 7PM
YIN YU TANG: THE ARCHITECTURE AND DAILY LIFE OF A CHINESE HOME LABORATORY THEATRE
April 9 – 10 . 8PM
SLIDE featuring eighth blackbird conceived, written and including performances by Steve Mackey, composer and guitarist Rinde Eckert, actor and singer A concert-length musical theater work, Slide is a multidisciplinary exploration of the seduction and manipulation of the American psyche. The central metaphor is a slide from an experiment, which defines every element in this (complex) drama set with music, movement and theater. Collaborators Eckert, Mackey and eighth blackbird blur the lines between composer and performer, actor and musician, musician and set, set and instrument, with projected images playing a central role. Slide is a rich tapestry of love, human frailty, the desire for control and the tragic consequences once we have attained it. GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL $37 / $9 STUDENT
FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Monday, April 5 . 7PM CREATIVE DIALOGUE
PERCEPTION AND PERSUASION IN THE AGE OF INFORMATION GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL
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WU MAN PHOTO BY LUI JUNQI;
RINDE ECKERT; Produced by eighth blackbird.
eighth blackbird PHOTO BY LUKE RATRAY
Co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. There will be a Talk Back with the artists following each performance.
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How do we find the way to deeper understanding?
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Thursday, October 1 . 8PM
AMERICAN SCENES: SNOW-CAPPED PEAKS, A RIVER OF ROCKS AND AN APPALACHIAN SPRING UM Wind Orchestra Michael Votta, music director Connie Frigo, saxophone The School of Music’s newest ensemble opens its season with Carter Pann’s bracing Slalom and Jacob ter Veldhuis’s Tallahatchie Concerto featuring new faculty member Connie Frigo as saxophone soloist. Plus the rarely performed chamber version of Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL
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Friday, October 2 . 8PM
CONCERTO FOR ALL UM Symphony Orchestra James Ross, music director Lee Hinkle, Timothy McKay and Daniel Villanueva, percussion Four musical eras collide in three pieces as the UMSO kicks off its 2009-2010 season with a burst of instrumental virtuosity. The program includes W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C Major (“Linz”); Christopher Rouse: Der gerettete Alberich; and Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra. DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL
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Saturday, October 31 . 8PM
SPIRIT NIGHTS UM Symphony Orchestra James Ross, music director Sibelius’s rarely performed Fourth Symphony sits at the nihilistic core of a program with works that help anchor the dark masterpiece. Also featured: Richard Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Arturo Márquez: Danzon no. 2 and Maurice Ravel: Suite from Ma Mere L’Oye. DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL
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Friday, November 6 . 8PM
AMERICAN MASTERS: THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED UM Wind Orchestra Michael Votta, music director Chris Gekker, trumpet This all-American program of prominent (and promising) composers includes Ned Rorem’s Sinfonia, Alan Hovhaness’s Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places with trumpet virtuoso and faculty artist Chris Gekker, Jennifer Higdon’s Fanfare Ritmico and John Adams’s Grand Pianola Music. DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL
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FAREWELL AND FANFARE UM Symphony Orchestra James Ross, music director Jasmin Lee, piano UM Concert Choir Edward Maclary, guest conductor Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen bids a longing farewell to one beloved world while Edgard Varese’s Ameriques joyously welcomes another into existence. The orchestra also presents Jasmin Lee, winner of the 2008 UMSO Concerto Competition, playing Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, along with the UM Concert Choir and guest conductor Edward Maclary performing in Brahms’s Nanie. DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL
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Thursday, December 10 . 8PM
ALL DISCOVERIES, ALL ADVENTURES UM Wind Orchestra Michael Votta, music director James Ross, guest conductor The UM Wind Orchestra opens this concert with two masterworks for intimate brass and woodwind ensembles, Gunther Schuller’s Symphony for Brass and Percussion and Georges Enesco’s Dixtour. That is contrasted with Edgard Varese’s mammoth and rarely performed work, Ameriques, where UMWO players are joined by the UM Symphony Orchestra to fill the stage for this unique musical experience. DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL
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Friday, December 11 . 8PM
ANNUAL KALEIDOSCOPE OF BANDS L. Richmond Sparks, music director UM Wind Ensemble, UM Wind Orchestra, University Band, Community Band & UM Marching Band Chris Vadala, saxophone UM bands share the stage, the aisles and the spotlight in a parade of musical styles! The Wind Ensemble premieres a new saxophone concerto by Mike Crotty written specifically for Grammy-winning faculty artist Chris Vadala and spices up the holiday season with excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite and the clever March of the Wooden Soldier. With performances by the UM Wind Orchestra conducted by Michael Votta, the University Band conducted by Eli Osterloh and the Community Band conducted by Professor Emeritus, John E. Wakefield. Also featuring the only concert hall appearance by the “Mighty Sound of Maryland” Marching Band. DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL
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Friday, February 19 . 8PM
THE SOUND OF LIGHT UM Wind Orchestra Michael Votta, music director Gregory Miller, horn Featuring the world premiere of The Sound of Light, a new work by faculty composer and School of Music director Robert Gibson, followed by Kazimierz Machala’s Concerto for Horn, Winds and Percussion with guest soloist and faculty artist Gregory Miller. Also, two works steeped in ceremony and ritual — Igor Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920 version) and Oliver Messiaen’s Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (‘And I await the resurrection of the dead’). DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL
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Saturday, February 20 . 8PM
SOARING VOICES UM Symphony Orchestra James Ross, music director UM Wind Orchestra Michael Votta, music director Evelyn Elsing, cello, Barbara K. Steppel Memorial Faculty Fellow Linda Mabbs, soprano Jason Stearns, baritone The UMSO welcomes cellist Evelyn Elsing to perform Prokofiev’s Sinfonia Concertante for cello and orchestra, as well as soprano Linda Mabbs and baritone Jason Stearns for Alexander Zemlinksy’s Lyric Symphony. The UM Wind Orchestra opens the program with The Sound of Light by faculty composer Robert Gibson. DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL
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“The best way to be an inspiring teacher is to be excited and inspired by what you do. The University of Maryland Wind Orchestra provides a ‘music first’ approach that lets both student AND teacher explore the repertoire in ways that few university music programs do. The UMWO is a place where chamber music, orchestral music and bands intersect, as works for winds by great composers — such as Mozart, Beethoven, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Berg and Dvorák — meet exciting new works by the finest living composers. Rather than create an ensemble and then try to find music to fit the group, UMWO starts with interesting repertoire and then finds the musicians to play the works as the composer intended.”
Michael Votta
MICHAEL VOTTA, DIRECTOR, UM WIND ORCHESTRA
Friday, March 26 . 8PM
Saturday, May 1 . 8PM
THE HERO’S LIFE
ANNUAL POPS CONCERT
UM Symphony Orchestra James Ross, music director Michael Votta, guest conductor Audrey Andrist, piano James Stern, violin Themes of change and growth shape a program that includes guest appearances by the UM Wind Orchestra, violinist James Stern and pianist Audrey Andrist. The concert features Paul Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber; Alban Berg’s Chamber Concerto for piano and violin with the UM Wind Orchestra; and Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben.
L. Richmond Sparks, music director UM Wind Ensemble & Community Band Carmen Balthrop, soprano Rita Sloan, piano Faculty artists join the UM Wind Ensemble to pay tribute to the great American songwriting team of George and Ira Gershwin. Guest pianist Rita Sloan is featured on George Gershwin’s original version of Rhapsody in Blue and guest vocalist Carmen Balthrop sings some of her favorites from Porgy and Bess. Also, the Community Band performs music of Aaron Copland and Irving Berlin for a well-rounded night of memorable Americana.
DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL $27 / $9 STUDENT
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Saturday, March 27 . 8PM
FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND A WORLD: Thursday, May 6 . 8PM THE TWO VIENNESE SCHOOLS POST-MODERN/ROMANTIC-ISM
SEE PAGE 48 FOR DETAILS.
UM Wind Orchestra Michael Votta, music director James Stern, violin Audrey Andrist, piano Ludwig van Beethoven’s Rondino, Op. Posth. and Wolfgang Mozart’s Serenade, K. 375 represent the classical era of the First Viennese School, while Alban Berg’s Chamber Concerto for piano and violin with 13 wind instruments, featuring the Stern/Andrist Duo, represents the early twentieth-century output of the Second School.
UM Wind Orchestra Michael Votta, music director Stephen Dumaine, electric tuba Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang’s post-modern Are You Experienced? for electric tuba, narrator and chamber ensemble meets German master Richard Strauss’s post-romantic masterwork, the 1945 Symphony for Winds. Faculty artist and NSO member Stephen Dumaine is the guest soloist. DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL $27 / $9 STUDENT
DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL $27 / $9 STUDENT Friday, April 30 . 8PM MUSIC IN MIND
TITANS James Ross, music director TOP: Michael Ingram and John Devlin, MICHAEL VOTTA PHOTO BY MIKE CIESIELSKI guest conductors For its final concert of 2009-2010, the RIGHT: UMSO performs two of the most influential GUEST CONDUCTOR JORGE MESTER NATIONAL ORCHESTRAL INSTITUTE, works in the history of orchestral music: PHOTO BY STAN BAROUH Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67 and Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, op. 14. DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL $30 / $9 STUDENT
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NATIONALORCHESTRALINSTITUTE and Festiv al Saturday, June 5 . 8PM
NOI CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Featuring guest artist Sara Daneshpour, 2007 Kapell International Piano Competition semi-finalist, performing Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto Saturday, June 12 . 8PM
NOI PHILHARMONIC Saturday, June 19 . 8PM
NOI PHILHARMONIC Saturday, June 26 . 8PM
NOI PHILHARMONIC ALL CONCERTS ARE IN THE DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL . TICKETS: $25 / $9 STUDENT JAMES ROSS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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Sunday, September 20 . 3PM
CALDER QUARTET Intimate Letters
SEE PAGE 48 FOR DETAILS.
There will be an informal Talk Back with the artists following the performance.
Benjamin Jacobson, violin Andrew Bulbrook, violin Jonathan Moerschel, viola Eric Byers, cello Inspired by innovative American visual artist Alexander Calder, the Calder Quartet challenges the conventions of chamber music. Their insightful pairings of the traditional and the contemporary are designed to foster a broad understanding of chamber music. Janácek’s Quartet No. 2 (“Intimate Letters”) is an expression of the composer’s impassioned correspondence with his own “immortal beloved,” a young married woman named Kamila. Its phrases have a spoken quality, rendering Janácek’s inner obsessions in unsparing, vivid detail. The program also will feature Stravinsky’s “Three Pieces” and Schubert’s Quartet in G Major. GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL
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ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
There will be a Talk Back and a Meet and Greet with the artists following the performance.
Kenneth Sillito, violin and leader Harvey de Souza, violin Jennifer Godson, violin Martin Burgess, violin Robert Smissen, viola Duncan Ferguson, viola Stephen Orton, cello John Heley, cello The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble was created in 1967 to perform larger chamber works — from quintets to octets — with players who customarily work together, instead of the usual string quartet with additional guests. Drawn from the principal players of The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the Chamber Ensemble tours as a string octet, string sextet and in other configurations including winds. Repertoire for this concert will be Brahms’s Sextet in B-Flat Major, op. 18; Shostakovich’s Prelude and Scherzo for String Octet, op. 11; and Mendelssohn’s Octet for Strings in Eb-Major, op. 20.
FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Friday, October 8 . 7PM
ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS CHAMBER ENSEMBLE PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE WETA on-air personality Nicole Lacroix leads this pre-performance lecture on the musical selections featured in this performance by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble. SCHOOL OF MUSIC ROOM 2200
DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL $42 / $9 STUDENT FOR DETAILS ON THE FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENTS RELATED TO THIS PERFORMANCE, VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/engage
Friday, March 5 . 8PM
PEABODY TRIO This performance is sponsored by the Reiher family – Barb, Charlie, Steph, Chris and Márcia – in celebration of Alison Marie Reiher (1969 – 1989). There will be an informal Meet and Greet with the artists following the performance.
PEABODY TRIO
Violaine Melançon, violin Natasha Brofsky, cello Seth Knopp, piano Based at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, the Peabody Trio has established itself as an important presence in the chamber music world — vivid interpreters of the classics of the repertoire, advocates for new music and dedicated teachers and mentors to a generation of young musicians. Their program includes Beethoven’s Variations in G Major, op. 121a “Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu”; Ives’s Trio; Mendelssohn’s Trio No. 1 in D Minor, op. 49 and a programmed encore: Thierry De Mey’s Musique de tables. GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL $37 / $9 STUDENT
Wednesday, February 24 . 8PM
MARK O’CONNOR SOLO VIOLIN RECITAL There will be a Talk Back with the artist following the performance.
PHOTO BY JIM McGUIRE
A tribute to the world of American violin, the performance will feature Mark’s own caprice compositions based on the Paganini caprices; tributes to his mentors, the famed jazz violinist Stefan Grappelli and legendary Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson; ragtime and bluegrass selections; and improvisations. The concert will culminate with Mark’s rendition of Appalachia Waltz. GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL $37 / $9 STUDENT
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Music in Mind
celebrates the place music holds in our culture
and lives by presenting world-class faculty, outstanding alumni and guest artists, and students in concerts that explore the artistic possibilities of collaboration. This School of Music concert series seeks to examine the sources of inspiration and points of intersection in our musical traditions, presenting music in a context that encourages reflection and discovery, whether it is something new about Bach or the work of a living composer that you are hearing for the first time.
PROCEEDS FROM MUSIC IN MIND CONCERTS BENEFIT THE UM SCHOOL OF MUSIC’S UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
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A WIDER CIRCLE: THE SPIRIT OF FOLK MUSIC Explore the influence that folk music exerts on art music with selections from Bartók’s enchanting 44 Duos for two violins, Dvorák’s original version of the ever-popular Slavonic Dances for piano four hands and Baroque violinist and composer Antonio Bertali’s lively and virtuosic Chiacona for violin, organ and harpsichord. The program concludes with a rare performance of the 13-instrument musical score for Aaron Copland’s ballet Appalachian Spring. With faculty members James Stern, Larissa Dedova, Mikhail Vokchok and Michael Votta. GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL $30 / $9 STUDENT Friday, November 13 . 8PM
AM I TOO LOUD? A BOW TO COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE This concert is inspired by and honors pianists who spent their professional lives playing well with others. In this program, with Rita Sloan at the piano, Evelyn Elsing, Robert Gibson, Linda Mabbs, Gregory Miller, Katherine Murdock, David Salness and Delores Ziegler pay tribute to collaborative accompanists par excellence. From Britten’s Cabaret Songs to Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet, the art of musical collaboration is at the heart of the program. GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL $30 / $9 STUDENT Sunday, February 7 . 3PM
AMERICAN VOICES American concert music arrived on the world stage in the twentieth century with composers of widely different philosophies asking the same questions: “What should American music sound like and, as a modern American, what should my music sound like?” Faculty artists Evelyn Elsing, Bradford Gowen, David Jones and Linda Mabbs present some of the most inventive answers
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GUARNERI & FRIENDS Arnold Steinhardt, violin John Dalley, violin Michael Tree, viola Peter Wiley, cello Members of the legendary and retired (as of Fall 2009) Guarneri Quartet perform with School of Music Faculty Artists Larissa Dedova, Evelyn Elsing and Katherine Murdock. Join this group of friends for an exceptional afternoon of chamber music featuring Shostakovich’s ironic Piano Quintet in G Minor, op. 57, and Brahms’s String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, op. 36. DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL $30 / $9 STUDENT Friday, April 30 . 8PM
UM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: TITANS James Ross, music director Michael Ingram and John Devlin, guest conductors For its final concert of 2009-2010, the UMSO performs two of the most influential works in the history of orchestral music: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67 and Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, op. 14. DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL $30 / $9 STUDENT
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LARISSA DEDOVA, RITA SLOAN, BRADFORD GOWEN, JAMES STERN, LINDA MABBS
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OPERA
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Thursday, November 19 . 7:30PM Saturday, November 21 . 7:30PM Monday, November 23 . 7:30PM
Friday, November 20 . 7:30PM Sunday, November 22 . 3PM Tuesday, November 24 . 7:30PM
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MARYLAND OPERA STUDIO:
MARYLAND OPERA STUDIO:
LA FINTA GIARDINIERA
L’ELISIR D’AMORE
(“The Pretended Garden-Girl”)
(“The Elixir of Love”)
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart libretto by Giuseppe Petrosellini and Marco Coltellini Pat Diamond, director An opera buffa in three acts that tells the elaborate tale of a woman in disguise searching for the lover who mistakenly believes he has killed her. Fully staged and minimally produced, with piano accompaniment. Performed in Italian with English supertitles.
by Gaetano Donizetti libretto by Felice Romani based on libretto “Le Philtre” by Eugène Scribe Nick Olcott, director A melodramma giocoso in two acts. The comic story of a simple peasant who buys a supposedly magic potion to woo the beautiful and wealthy girl whom he loves. Fully staged and minimally produced, with piano accompaniment. Performed in Italian with English supertitles.
KAY THEATRE
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April 17 – 25 . See order form for dates and times UM SCHOOL OF MUSIC
WORLD PREMIERE!
MARYLAND OPERA STUDIO:
SHADOWBOXER: AN OPERA BASED ON THE LIFE OF JOE LOUIS Co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and the UM School of Music, with support from commissioning partner PETER WOLFE.
music by Frank Proto libretto by John Chenault Leon Major, director The world premiere of a new American opera based on the life of one of the greatest boxers who ever lived. Joe Louis — “The Brown Bomber” — became a hero to the whole country in an era when a black hero was all but unthinkable. But what happens to a hero when the glory fades and the bills come due? KAY THEATRE
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CHORAL
VOCAL
Sunday, November 22 . 7:30PM
Sunday, February 28 . 3PM
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ORLANDO CONSORT
UM CHAMBER SINGERS AND UNIVERSITY CHORALE
Amore: Love and Marriage in the Italian Renaissance
Edward Maclary and Nicole Aldrich, conductors This annual fall concert showcases the University’s two most select vocal ensembles, the award-winning Chamber Singers and the acclaimed Chorale. The repertoire will include excerpts from J. S. Bach’s B Minor Mass and BWV 118 O Jesu Christ, du mein’s Lebens Licht; Samuel Barber’s Agnus Dei and Reincarnations; and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ O Clap your Hands.
Matthew Venner, countertenor Mark Dobell, tenor Angus Smith, tenor Donald Greig, baritone These early music vocal specialists return to the Center, bringing their impeccable skill, their charm and their expansive approach to the repertoire. This program will cover a range of amorous moods, from medieval courtly love to religious ecstasy, from totally explicit songs to a celebration of marriage. Allan Kozinn of the New York Times has described their performance as a model of “focused intonation and textural transparency.”
DEKELBOUM CONCERT HALL $21 / $9 STUDENT Sunday, April 18 . 7:30PM UM SCHOOL OF MUSIC
UNIVERSITY CHORALE Nicole Aldrich, conductor This annual spring concert showcases the critically acclaimed University Chorale, a 50-voice choir that specializes in music from all periods and frequently collaborates with the National Symphony Orchestra. The program will feature Mozart’s Solemn Vespers.
GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL $37 / $9 STUDENT There will be a Talk Back with the artists following the performance.
FACING PAGE:
JOE LOUIS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS DIVISION, VAN VECHTEN COLLECTION THIS PAGE:
EDWARD MACLARY PHOTO BY CORY WEAVER; ORLANDO CONSORT PHOTO BY EMMA BROWN
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What discoveries await?
Creativity is an essential part of life, so we
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deepen your experience here. Throughout the year, you will find numerous ways to connect directly with artists and ideas.
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The 7th Venue: www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu Our website, the seventh venue, is a place to visit, engage and leave as a changed person. Watch videos, read blogs and link to other resources and websites. Read audience reactions to recent performances and add your own comments. Get the most current information about upcoming activities and events, and meet our donors.
Take Five At free, intimate and enriching Take Five performances you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the artistic process, learn new ideas and experience diverse perspectives from an eclectic range of artists in music, theatre, dance and interdisciplinary performance. Check the website for the 2009-2010 schedule of events, or turn to page 45 for information on our fall 2009 performances.
Creative Dialogues This free series provokes creative discussion, challenges viewpoints and expands understanding by asking us to go beyond the automatic answers and ask new questions. See the facing page for information on events in this series during the Fall 2009 semester.
Discussions and Talk Backs Artists open up in pre-performance discussions and post-performance Talk Backs, and you can be part of the conversation. Get the inside scoop, straight from the source.
Collaborations In 2009-2010, we continue to build on partnerships across the campus and in the community. Collaborations in the year ahead include the Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Department of Women’s Studies, the David C. Driskell Center, the Jimenez-Porter Writers’ House and the UM Office of Sustainability. Local community partners include the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission, Hyattsville Middle School and the Maryland Multicultural Youth Centers.
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library The Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library has a comprehensive collection of music, theatre and dance materials, including the International Piano Archives at Maryland — the world’s most extensive concentration of classical piano recordings, books, scores and related materials. The library also houses the Jim Henson Works, spanning 35 years of Henson’s groundbreaking work in television and film. For information, visit www.lib.umd.edu/PAL.
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Creative Dial gues Identity and Society The 2009-2010 Creative Dialogue series invites us to think about our place in the world: How does our social environment shape us? How do we, in turn, shape the world in which we live? Join in to explore the answers. FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Monday, September 14 . 7PM
A PLEA FOR PEACE Civil Disobedience & the Catonsville Nine UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SEMESTER ON PEACE EVENT
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The Catonsville Nine’s 1968 protest against the Vietnam War sparked a dynamic debate in this country. Join the discussion as a panel moderated by Mark Graber of the University of Maryland Law School explores questions of peace and politics: Is it acceptable to break the law for your beliefs? Is there a higher moral code that supersedes the law? Can a government demand that citizens participate in war? KOGOD THEATRE FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Monday, October 5 . 7PM
COMMISSIONING COMMUNITY Envisioning Prince George’s County 2010 and Beyond How can the arts play a role in the future of Prince George’s County, now and into the twenty-first century? America Speaks, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to reinvigorating American democracy by engaging citizens in the public decision-making that most impacts their lives, leads this community workshop at the Clarice Smith Center, sponsored by The Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission (M-NCPPC). LABORATORY THEATRE FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Monday, November 2 . 7PM
OUTCAST AND SOCIETY Two performances this season at the Center, Disfarmer and Hotel Cassiopeia, take us into the worlds of well-known outcasts, suggesting how their removal from society allowed them to produce art that captures, honors and creates magic from a world that we sometimes take for granted. A panel led by David Serlin considers the role of the “loner” and the power the outsider might have to see society more clearly. LABORATORY THEATRE FOR DETAILS ON THESE AND OTHER CREATIVE DIALOGUES, VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/engage
COMING THIS SPRING: FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Monday, February 8 . 7PM
Monday,March 1 . 7PM
Monday, April 5 . 7PM
THE ESSENCE OF HOME
INTERNET IDENTITY: WOMEN IN A VIRTUAL WORLD
PERCEPTION AND PERSUASION IN THE AGE OF INFORMATION
GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL
KOGOD THEATRE
GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL
WANT TO KNOW MORE? VISIT THE ENGAGEMENT SECTION OF OUR WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENTS AT WWW.CLARICESMITHCENTER.UMD.EDU/ENGAGE.
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FALL 2009 Relax and take five at our free, intimate and enriching series that fuses performance and discussion. It’s your chance to hear directly from artists about the artistic process and experience a wealth of fine performances in music, theatre, dance and interdisciplinary work. All events take place on Tuesdays at 5:30PM. FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Tuesday, September 29 . 5:30PM
Tuesday, October 20 . 5:30PM
DAVID GONZALEZ
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The Secret of the Cieba Tree
FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Dancing on the edge of folk and pop with dramatic arrangements of elegant, intelligent social commentary wrapped in achingly beautiful melodies and harmonies, emma’s revolution has brought truth, hope and a dash of healthy irreverence to concerts and peace and justice events across the United States.
Tuesday, October 6 . 5:30PM
GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL
David Gonzalez will share personal stories, poems and songs about his Latino cultural background and tie them to transcendent themes that relate to everyone. KOGOD THEATRE
SWEET PLANTAIN STRING QUARTET Bridging the Divide: An Exploration of Multicultural Music through the Sounds of the String Quartet Sweet Plantain String Quartet specializes in genre-blurring, original compositions and arrangements as well as contemporary works by Latin American composers, weaving together the possibilities of improvised and classical music by arranging existing pieces and writing original compositions that contain improvised sections.
FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Tuesday, November 10 . 5:30PM
JEFFREY SOLOMON Mother/SON In a story both hilarious and heartfelt, Emmy-nominated writer-performer Jeffrey Solomon plays both mother and son in a performance tracing a mother’s journey from rejection to acceptance of her son’s sexual orientation. LABORATORY THEATRE
GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT FREE ENGAGEMENT EVENT
Tuesday, November 17 . 5:30PM
Tuesday, October 13 . 5:30PM
MICHAEL THOMAS QUINTET
DANA TAI SOON BURGESS DANCE COMPANY
It’s Swingin’ Time Again!
Exploring the Hyphen: Multifaceted America and the Creative Process The Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company performs Hyphen, an exploration of Asian-American identity through the use of inspiring images from video pioneer Nam June Paik. Burgess will speak with the audience after the performance about his inspirations. DANCE THEATRE
The Michael Thomas Quintet has the unique ability to capture an audience and take it on an excursion to where hard-bop and blues swing joyfully, prayerfully and soulfully. The performance will include a discussion about the importance of energy and soul in jazz music. GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL PERFORMANCES IN THE FALL 2009 TAKE FIVE SERIES ARE PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND’S SEMESTER ON PEACE.
FOR DETAILS ON THESE AND OTHER TAKE FIVE EVENTS, VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/engage
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DAVID GONZALEZ; SWEET PLANTAIN STRING QUARTET; DANA TAI SOON BURGESS DANCE COMPANY; EMMA’S REVOLUTION; JEFFREY SOLOMON; MICHAEL THOMAS QUINTET PHOTO BY RONNIE JONES.
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Become a donor and connect in a deeper way. Support from donors provides life-changing opportunities for our community and our students and supports artists in their work. And, your gift will change your own life, too.
Extended artist residencies promote deeper engagement beyond performances for University of Maryland students and our broader community. The Center has undertaken a variety of longer-term residencies spanning anywhere from several weeks to a year or more. In their third year of a multi-year engagement, the Kronos Quartet will be in residence for a full two weeks. School of Music students will benefit from in-depth rehearsal and coaching sessions, class demonstrations and a rare opportunity for several composition students to create new works in collaboration with Kronos, in preparation for a public reading of their compositions by Kronos.
Donors Brenda and Eirik Cooper met in the saxophone section of the band in 1991 and were married at the University of Maryland Chapel just yards from where they first met. The intense sense of connection to Maryland they developed as students inspired them to become donors to the School of Music Scholarship fund and in 2008 they established the Eirik and Brenda Cooper Scholarship, which provides financial assistance to students majoring in wind, brass or percussion instruments in the School of Music. Eirik performed on the saxophone at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Center and says that the Center has far surpassed all of their expectations they had at that time.
One of the purposes of a great university is to contribute to the store of human knowledge; by commissioning new work, we make that contribution. Our primary interest in supporting new work lies in illuminating the creative process for our communities. This requires ongoing two-way communication between the Center and the artist, which we use to find ways to bring the public into the process. Artists with whom we partner share our desire to increase engagement between the public and artists, so commissioning creates a foundation for extended residencies and learning opportunities.
“Our gift is simultaneously an investment in the University, School of Music, the talented students and the arts. It would be difficult to find a way that a contribution can do so much elsewhere.�
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generous investment in the 2009-2010 season. The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is funded 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, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
Extended Artist Residencies and Commissions are made possible in part through generous grants from the LEADING COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY PRESENTERS PROGRAM OF THE DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION and from THE MORRIS AND GWENDOLYN CAFRITZ FOUNDATION.
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PARKING Convenient and inexpensive parking is located right across the street from the Center in the Stadium Drive Garage, an 800-car paid garage. Check online for new parking procedures for the Stadium Drive Garage. Just past the Center, there is Lot 1B, a large open lot that is free on weekends and after 4PM on weekdays.
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A complete list of services and accommodations can be found on our website (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 email cscaccess@umd.edu. FOR ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, A LIST OF LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND ACCOMMODATIONS AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE CENTER, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND CLICK ON ABOUT THE CENTER.
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2009-2010
Planning Calendar SEPTEMBER 2009 Thursday, September 17, 2009 . 8PM Friday, September 18, 2009 . 8PM
Thursday, October 22, 2009 . 8PM Friday, October 23, 2009 . 8PM
THE ACTORS’ GANG THE TRIAL OF THE CATONSVILLE NINE
THROUGH THE DISTANCE and BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Sunday, September 20, 2009 . 3PM
CALDER QUARTET
Thursday, October 29, 2009 . 8PM Friday, October 30, 2009 . 8PM
Thursday, September 24, 2009 . 8PM Friday, September 25, 2009 . 8PM
MARGARET JENKINS DANCE COMPANY
UM DEPARTMENT OF DANCE
EMIO GRECO|PC
Saturday, October 31, 2009 . 8PM
UM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
OCTOBER 2009 Thursday, October 1, 2009 . 8PM
SPIRIT NIGHTS
UM WIND ORCHESTRA
NOVEMBER 2009 Thursday, November 5, 2009 . 8PM Friday, November 6, 2009 . 8PM
AMERICAN SCENES: SNOW-CAPPED PEAKS, A RIVER OF ROCKS AND AN APPALACHIAN SPRING
DAN HURLIN: DISFARMER
Friday, October 2, 2009 . 8PM
Friday, November 6, 2009 . 8PM
UM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
UM WIND ORCHESTRA
CONCERTO FOR ALL
AMERICAN MASTERS: THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED
Sunday, October 4, 2009 . 3PM
MUSIC IN MIND
A WIDER CIRCLE: THE SPIRIT OF FOLK MUSIC Thursday, October 8, 2009 . 8PM Friday, October 9, 2009 . 8PM
DANIEL BURKHOLDER/THE PLAYGROUND Friday, October 9, 2009 . 8PM
DATES AND ARTISTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Friday, November 6, 2009 . 8PM Saturday, November 7, 2009 . 2PM Saturday, November 7, 2009 . 8PM Sunday, November 8, 2009 . 2PM Wednesday, November 11, 2009 . 7:30PM Thursday, November 12, 2009 . 7:30PM Friday, November 13, 2009 . 8PM Sunday, November 15, 2009 . 2PM
ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
UM DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
Friday, October 16, 2009 . 8PM Sunday, October 18, 2009 . 2PM Sunday, October 18, 2009 . 7:30PM Wednesday, October 21, 2009 . 7:30PM Thursday, October 22, 2009 . 7:30PM Friday, October 23, 2009 . 8PM Saturday, October 24, 2009 . 2PM Saturday, October 24, 2009 . 8PM
Sunday, November 8, 2009 . 6PM
ANNA IN THE TROPICS LIONEL LOUEKE Thursday, November 12, 2009 . 8PM Friday, November 13, 2009 . 8PM
STEP AFRIKA!
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JAMES JOYCE’S “THE DEAD” Sunday, October 18, 2009 . 6PM
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MUSIC IN MIND
AM I TOO LOUD? A BOW TO COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE Thursday, November 19, 2009 . 7:30PM Saturday, November 21, 2009 . 7:30PM Monday, November 23, 2009 . 7:30PM
MARYLAND OPERA STUDIO
LA FINTA GIARDINIERA Friday, November 20, 2009 . 8PM
BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS WITH TRIO MEDIAEVAL
Friday, February 12, 2010 . 8PM Saturday, February 13, 2010 . 8PM Sunday, February 14, 2010 . 2PM Wednesday, February 17, 2010 . 7:30PM Thursday, February 18, 2010 . 7:30PM Friday, February 19, 2010 . 8PM Saturday, February 20, 2010 . 2PM Saturday, February 20, 2010 . 8PM
APRIL 2010 Friday, April 9, 2010 . 8PM Saturday, April 10, 2010 . 8PM
RINDE ECKERT Sunday, April 11, 2010 . 6PM
DE VOLTA AS RAIZES
Friday, February 19, 2010 . 8PM
Thursday, April 15, 2010 . 8PM Friday, April 16, 2010 . 8PM Saturday, April 17, 2010 . 8PM Sunday, April 18, 2010 . 7:30PM
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THE SOUND OF LIGHT
MARYLAND DANCE ENSEMBLE
Saturday, February 20, 2010 . 8PM Friday, November 20, 2009 . 7:30PM Sunday, November 22, 2009 . 3PM Tuesday, November 24, 2009 . 7:30PM
UM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MARYLAND OPERA STUDIO
Sunday, February 21, 2010 . 6PM
Saturday, April 17, 2010 . 7:30PM Sunday, April 18, 2010 . 6PM Wednesday, April 21, 2010 . 7:30PM Friday, April 23, 2010 . 7:30PM Sunday, April 25, 2010 . 3PM
L’ELISIR D’AMORE
JOSHUA REDMAN TRIO
MARYLAND OPERA STUDIO
Sunday, November 22, 2009 . 7:30PM
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 . 8PM
UM CHAMBER SINGERS AND UNIVERSITY CHORALE
MARK O’CONNOR SOLO VIOLIN RECITAL
SHADOWBOXER: AN OPERA BASED ON THE LIFE OF JOE LOUIS
DECEMBER 2009 Friday, December 4, 2009 . 8PM
Sunday, February 28, 2010 . 3PM
SOARING VOICES
Sunday, April 18, 2010 . 7:30PM
UNIVERSITY CHORALE ORLANDO CONSORT
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FAREWELL AND FANFARE Friday, December 4, 2009 . 8PM Saturday, December 5, 2009 . 8PM
MARCH 2010 Thursday, March 4, 2010 . 8PM Friday, March 5, 2010 . 8PM
UM DEPARTMENT OF DANCE
MARYLAND DANCE ENSEMBLE
GEMINUSPACE | REMNANTS AND RITUAL
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 . 7:30PM
Friday, March 5, 2010 . 8PM
WINTER BIG BAND SHOWCASE
PEABODY TRIO
Thursday, December 10, 2009 . 8PM
Friday, March 5, 2010 . 8PM Saturday, March 6, 2010 . 2PM Saturday, March 6, 2010 . 8PM Sunday, March 7, 2010 . 2PM Tuesday, March 9, 2010 . 7:30PM Wednesday, March 10, 2010 . 7:30PM Thursday, March 11, 2010 . 7:30PM Friday, March 12, 2010 . 8PM
UM DEPARTMENT OF DANCE
UM WIND ORCHESTRA
ALL DISCOVERIES, ALL ADVENTURES Friday, December 11, 2009 . 8PM
ANNUAL KALEIDOSCOPE OF BANDS JANUARY 2010 Friday, January 29, 2010 . 8PM Saturday, January 30, 2010 . 8PM
L.A. THEATRE WORKS: THE RFK PROJECT Saturday, January 30, 2010 . 3PM Saturday, January 30, 2010 . 8PM
27TH ANNUAL CHOREOGRAPHERS’ SHOWCASE FEBRUARY 2010 Friday, February 5, 2010 . 8PM Saturday, February 6, 2010 . 8PM
DOUG VARONE & DANCERS
Friday, April 23, 2010 . 8PM Sunday, April 25, 2010 . 2PM Wednesday, April 28, 2010 . 7:30PM Thursday, April 29, 2010 . 7:30PM Friday, April 30, 2010 . 8PM Saturday, May 1, 2010 . 2PM Saturday, May 1, 2010 . 8PM Sunday, May 2, 2010 . 2PM
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GILGAMESH Friday, April 30, 2010 . 8PM
MUSIC IN MIND UM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
TITANS MAY 2010 Saturday, May 1, 2010 . 8PM
ANNUAL POPS CONCERT
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Thursday, May 6, 2010 . 8PM
THE BLUEST EYE
UM WIND ORCHESTRA
POST-MODERN/ROMANTIC-ISM Wednesday, March 10, 2010 . 8PM Thursday, March 11, 2010 . 8PM Friday, March 12, 2010 . 8PM
Friday, May 7, 2010 . 8PM
DAVID GONZALEZ
HAPPENSTANCE THEATER Thursday, March 25, 2010 . 8PM Friday, March 26, 2010 . 8PM Saturday, March 27, 2010 . 8PM
GESEL MASON
JUNE 2010 Saturday, June 5, 2010 . 8PM
NOI CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Saturday, June 12, 2010 . 8PM
NOI PHILHARMONIC
Friday, March 26, 2010 . 8PM
UM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Saturday, June 19, 2010 . 8PM
THE HERO’S LIFE
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Sunday, February 7, 2010 . 3PM
Saturday, March 27, 2010 . 8PM
Saturday, June 26, 2010 . 8PM
MUSIC IN MIND
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AMERICAN VOICES Friday, February 12, 2010 . 8PM
KRONOS QUARTET AND WU MAN, PIPA
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FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND A WORLD: THE TWO VIENNESE SCHOOLS Sunday, March 28, 2010 . 3PM
MUSIC IN MIND
GUARNERI & FRIENDS
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