University of Maryland School of Music

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ENGAGEMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE Located minutes from the nation’s capital, the University of Maryland School of Music offers rigorous, conservatory-level training alongside the resources and opportunities afforded by one of the country’s top public research universities. In creating the next generation of artist-citizens, we are fiercely dedicated to the highest standards of artistic and scholarly excellence; diversity in curriculum and programming; robust engagement with the world around us; entrepreneurial thinking and problem solving; and the creation of an inclusive, open and welcoming community.

With the start of

season, this enterprise brings together scholars and

each academic

musicians to consider Weill’s experience as a Jewish

year

comes

émigré who fled Nazi Germany and his exploration of

pleasure

related themes in works such as Street Scene and the

welcoming

rarely heard dramatic oratorio, The Road of Promise.

the of

a fresh crop of talented students, introducing accomplished new faculty and staff, and renewing our commitment to educating the next generation of artists and scholars. Adding to this year’s excitement is this opportunity to highlight the School of Music’s major performances, faculty recitals and guest appearances while also celebrating the inspiring achievements of our amazing faculty and students.

Together with the rest of our imaginative offerings, this festival embodies the School of Music’s commitment to three core pillars that we believe are crucial to the future success of our students and to the continued viability of the art form that we so cherish: broad intellectual and artistic engagement with the campus, the community, and the world around us; a spirit of entrepreneurship that infuses the bold endeavors of our faculty and students and reflects the innovative skills needed to succeed as a musician in the 21st century;

The 2018–19 season offers something for everyone,

and the notion of inclusive excellence, or the unyielding

from audience favorites like the Spotlight Showcase

pursuit of the highest levels of achievement alongside

or the Annual Pops Concert to the guest residency

a fierce commitment to increasing access to the arts.

of violinist Pamela Frank and the Concert Choir’s

I invite you to explore the pages that follow and to revel

fall performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester

in everything that makes the University of Maryland

Psalms in celebration of the composer’s centennial

School of Music such an exciting place to experience

year. Much of this season’s programming revolves

the transformative richness of scholarship and art.

around the topic of immigration in keeping with the university’s campus-wide theme year exploring this idea so vital to understanding our nation’s past, present and future. This timely subject forms the basis of the School of Music’s Kurt Weill Festival, spearheaded by Maryland Opera Studio director Craig Kier.

With performances spread throughout the

Jason Geary DIRECTOR, SCHOOL OF MUSIC

FALL 2018

Faculty Artist Series: Woodwind Faculty Showcase SUN, SEP 23 • 5PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

Journey to Eastern Europe with members of the woodwind faculty for an evening of Czech chamber music.

Masterful Strings: Colin Carr, cello WED, SEP 26 • 6:30PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

The Immigrants 1: What is America to You? U M D W IN D O R CH EST R A

FRI, OCT 5 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Reserved: $25

Join us all season as we celebrate the works of Kurt Weill. Find the icon throughout the listing to ensure that you don’t miss a single event.*

All events are held at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Maryland.

theclarice.umd.edu 301.405.ARTS Tickets: GENERAL PUBLIC: FREE - $25 FREE FOR UMD STUDENTS OTHER STUDENT / YOUTH: $10 * Funded in part by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., New York City Photo courtesy of the Weill-Lenya Research Center, Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, New York.

Program includes: Kevin Puts: Millennium Canons Hindemith: Septet Hindemith: Konzertmusik Krenek: Dream Sequence Meyerowitz: Three Comments on War

Faculty Artist Series: Rita Sloan, piano ­—­ Unusual Suspects SUN, OCT 7 • 3PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

Pianist Rita Sloan is joined by faculty colleagues to present unusual configurations of chamber works, including Schubert’s popular “Trout” Quintet.

Kurt Weill Festival: The Road of Promise UM D SY M PH O N Y O R CH EST R A

SUN, OCT 7 • 7:30PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Reserved: $25

The School of Music’s Kurt Weill festival opens with The Road Of Promise, a semi-staged oratorio featuring the combined forces of the UMD Symphony Orchestra, the Maryland Opera Studio, the UMD Concert Choir and SOM alumni. Adapted from the original 1937 work, The Road Of Promise is set in an Israeli synagogue and recounts iconic stories from Jewish scripture. Biblical scenes unfold through music and are set in motion by the rabbi, whose narrative role is similar to the evangelist in the passions of J.S. Bach.

UMRO Dances

Fall Choral Collage

WED, OCT 17 • 8PM

SUN, NOV 11 • 3PM

U MD REPER TOIR E OR C HESTR A Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Bernstein and Beyond U MD WI ND ENSEMBLE

FRI, OCT 19 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Faculty Artist Series: A Bernstein Celebration SUN, OCT 21 • 3PM

UM D M EN ’S CH O R US & UM D T R E B L E C HOI R

Faculty Artist Series: Left Bank Quartet ­— Vocal Connections SUN, NOV 4 • 3PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

The Left Bank Quartet presents works linked by their connection to the human voice. Schubert’s tuneful lyricism is paired with an emotional new work by Mark Wilson and Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach for string quartet and baritone.

Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Voice faculty Delores Ziegler and Kevin Short, joined by the Capital City Symphony, present an all-Bernstein program that includes a semi-staged performance of the opera Trouble in Tahiti.

Big Band Halloween Scream MON, OCT 29 • 7:30PM Kay Theatre • Free, no tickets required

Swing into the spirit of Halloween with this audience favorite signature concert! It’s an entertaining evening with screaming saxophones, wailing trumpets and more.

Featuring the UMD Jazz Ensemble, UMD Jazz Lab Band and University Jazz Band.

TEMPO

CON T EMPOR ARY MUSIC ENSE MB L E

MON, OCT 29 • 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

University & Community Band WED, OCT 31 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Guest Artist Series: Hasse Borup, violin THU, NOV 1 • 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

UMD Chamber Jazz TUE, NOV 6 & WED, NOV 7 • 7:30PM Different program featured each evening.

Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Chamber Music Showcase MON, NOV 12 • 7PM TUE, NOV 13 • 7PM Different program featured each evening.

Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

Masterful Strings: Pamela Frank, violin, and Stephen Prutsman, piano WED, NOV 14 • 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

UMSO Concerto Competition Finals FRI, NOV 16 • 6:30PM

Brahms and Bartók U M D SYM PH O N Y O R CH EST R A

FRI, NOV 9 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Reserved: $25

Faculty soloists Irina Muresanu, violin, and Eric Kutz, cello, join the UMD Symphony Orchestra for Brahms’ beloved Double Concerto. The program concludes with Bartók’s virtuosic Concerto for Orchestra.

The Immigrants 2 U M D W IN D O R CH E ST R A

SAT, NOV 10 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Reserved: $25

Program includes: Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 Dahl: Saxophone Concerto Timothy Powell, saxophone Stucky: Funeral Music for Queen Mary (after Henry Purcell) Wang: Winter Blossom

Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro FRI, NOV 16 • 7:30PM SUN, NOV 18 • 3PM MON, NOV 19 • 7:30PM Kay Theatre • Reserved: $25 Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Regarded by many as the greatest opera of all time, this romantic comedy takes audiences on a hilarious adventure as servants Figaro and Susanna try to wed. The couple faces plotting, jealousy, seduction and outrageous antics on their wedding day — revealing the complexity of human nature and the power of love. Featuring a dazzling and familiar score by Mozart, the Maryland Opera Studio presents this winning combination of music and mischief.

Fall Choral Showcase

U NIVERSITY C HOR ALE & UMD C H A M B E R S IN GE RS

SUN, NOV 18 • 7:30PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Reserved: $25

Combining sacred text with Bernstein’s signature style, Chichester Psalms is a tuneful, uplifting, modern choral classic. Commissioned for the Cathedral of Chichester in Sussex’s 1965 music festival, the work melds the Hebrew language and the Christian choral tradition.

Gamelan And Koto Ensembles FRI, NOV 30 • 8PM Kay Theatre • Free, no tickets required

Two world music ensembles combine to present traditional Balinese and Japanese music.

Kaleidoscope of Bands FRI, NOV 30 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Reserved: $25

Experience the best of the University Band, the Community Band and the Mighty Sound of Maryland Marching Band!

Piano Division Showcase SAT, DEC 1 • 2PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

With Gratitude UM D WI N D EN SEM B L E

THU, DEC 6 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Program includes: John Mackey’s Frozen Cathedral

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols FRI, DEC 7 • 8PM General Admission: $20 | Seniors: $15

Held at UMD Memorial Chapel

A seasonal tradition begun at King’s College in 1918 and joyously imported to UMD in 2002. Four choirs, brass quintet and organ bring to life the Christmas story through lively readings and audience sing-alongs that epitomize hope, joy and goodwill.

Hear top students from the school’s illustrious piano program.

Maryland Gospel Choir SAT, DEC 1 • 7:30PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Honors Chamber Music Recital SUN, DEC 2 • 7:30PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

Faculty Artist Series: Joseph Grimmer ­— The Modern Bassoon

Winter Big Band Showcase

MON, NOV 19 • 8PM

Kay Theatre • Free, no tickets required

MON, DEC 3 • 7:30PM

Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

Korean Percussion Ensemble MON, NOV 26 • 7:30PM

UMD Percussion Ensemble MON, DEC 3 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

New Music at Maryland

Rita Sloan and Kalinnikov U M D RE P E R T O I R E O R CH E ST R A

TUE, NOV 27 • 8PM

WED, DEC 5 • 8PM

Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

An inspiring evening of original works by student composers.

Happy Birthday, UMWO! UM D WI N D O R CH E ST R A

FRI, DEC 7 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Reserved: $25

A celebration of the 110th anniversary of the University of Maryland Bands and ten years of the Wind Orchestra under the direction of Michael Votta, featuring graduates of the conducting studio as guest conductors and Walsum competition winner Quinn Dizon’s Dark Nebula.

Shostakovich’s Fifth UM D SY M PH O N Y O R CH EST R A

SAT, DEC 8 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Reserved: $25

SPRING 2019

Faculty Artist Series: Strata, A Thousand Whirling Dreams James Stern, violin/viola Nathan Williams, clarinet Audrey Andrist, piano

SUN, FEB 10 • 3PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

The Immigrants 3 UM D WI N D O R CH E ST R A & UM D WI N D EN SEM B L E

FRI, MAR 8 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Sheng: La’I (Tibetan Love Song, 2005) Dahl: Sinfonietta Kevin Day: Dancing Fire Henk Badings: Sinfonietta No. 2

Opera New Work Reading FRI, FEB 15 • 7:30PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

Kurt Weill Festival

U M D W IN D E N SEM B L E , UM D WI N D O R CH EST R A , & U M D ME N’S CH O R US

FRI, MAR 1 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Reserved: $25

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Program includes: Weill: Little Threepenny Music Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra Irina Muresanu, violin Weill: Das Berliner Requiem Weill: Vom Tod im Wald Kevin Short, bass-baritone

Faculty Artist Series: Lee Hinkle­, percussion — The Xylophone Poems as Solo Opera SAT, MAR 2 • 5PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

All events are held at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Maryland.

theclarice.umd.edu 301.405.ARTS Tickets: GENERAL PUBLIC: FREE - $25 FREE FOR UMD STUDENTS OTHER STUDENT / YOUTH: $10

Spring Big Band Showcase TUE, MAR 5 • 7:30PM WED, MAR 6 • 7:30PM Different program featured each evening.

Kay Theatre • Free, no tickets required

Music of Resistance U M D RE P E R T O I R E O R CH E ST R A

WED, MAR 6 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

The Immigrants 4

UM D SY M PH O N Y O R CH EST R A

SAT, MAR 9 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Reserved: $25

This concert features two divergent yet prominent composers of different eras with deep ties in their music to the immigrant experience whether personal or familial. The program includes Gabriela Frank’s Requiem for a Magical America: El Día de los Muertos and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 in E Minor.

Spotlight: School of Music Showcase SUN, MAR 10 • 3PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, tickets required

This annual celebration showcases the range and diversity of exceptional talent across the School of Music. Don’t miss an opportunity to hear student performers shine with repertoire ranging from jazz standards to opera to virtuosic solo works.

Chamber Music Showcase Kurt Weill Festival: Zaubernacht & Mahagonny Songspiel FRI, APR 5 – THU, APR 11 Kogod Theatre • Reserved: $25

The Maryland Opera Studio juxtaposes two of Weill’s earliest works for the stage. An enchanting work about two small children whose toys come to life, Zaubernacht (1922) also features a dance portion that will be performed by TDPS students.

Mahagonny Songspiel (1927) is a scenic cantata set in a fictitious American town and marks the beginning of Weill’s collaboration with Bertolt Brecht.

See Calendar of Events at music.umd.edu for specific times.

MON, APR 8 • 5:30PM TUE, APR 9 • 7PM Different program featured each evening.

Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

New Music At Maryland WED, APR 10 • 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

An inspiring evening of original works by student composers.

Kurt Weill Festival: Street Scene FRI, APR 12 • 7:30PM SUN, APR 14 • 3PM WED, APR 17 • 7:30PM SAT, APR 20 • 7:30PM Kay Theatre • Reserved: $25 Sung in English with supertitles.

University & Community Band WED, MAR 27 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Faculty Artist Series: Left Bank Quartet ­— Polish Revival From Beyond the Border SUN, MAR 31 • 3PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

Spring Chamber Jazz TUE, APR 2 • 7:30PM WED, APR 3 • 7:30PM Different program featured each evening.

Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

The Maryland Opera Studio presents Weill’s Street Scene, a work that brilliantly combines elements of opera and musical theater and that is widely acknowledged as one of the composer’s masterpieces. Set in a crowded tenement in 1940s New York City, the opera portrays life among a diverse group of working-class immigrants and the climactic events of one sweltering summer day. Based on a story by Elmer Rice with lyrics by Langston Hughes, Street Scene addresses social justice issues, race and the complexity of human relationships.

Faculty Artist Series: Murasaki Duo — ­ A French Affair Eric Kutz, cello Miko Kominami, piano

FRI, APR 12 • 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

Maryland Gospel Choir SAT, APR 13 • 7:30PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Piano Division Showcase

Opera Al Fresco

SAT, APR 13 • 2PM

THU, APR 25 • 12:30PM

Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

Grand Pavilion • Free, no tickets required

Drop by for an afternoon of light opera.

UMD Chamber Singers Spring Choral Showcase SUN, MAY 5 • 7:30PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Starting at $25

TEMPO

CON T EMPOR ARY MUSIC ENSEMB L E

MON, APR 15 • 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

Conductors Concert U MD SYMPHONY OR C HESTR A & U MD W IND OR C HESTR A

FRI, APR 19 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Reserved: $25

Gamelan Ensemble FRI, APR 26 • 8PM Kay Theatre • Free, no tickets required

Japanese Koto Ensemble SUN, APR 28 • 2PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Honors Chamber Music Recital SUN, APR 28 • 5:30PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

Spring Choral Collage

U M D ME N ’S CH O R US, UM D T R E B L E CH O I R & U N IVE RS ITY CH O R A L E

SUN, APR 28 • 7:30PM

Annual Pops Concert

Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

SAT, MAY 4 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Reserved: $25

UMD Percussion Ensemble MON, APR 29 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Korean Percussion Ensemble SAT, APR 20 • 7:30PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Masterful Strings: Jennifer Frautschi, violin TUE, APR 23 • 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

Summer Music with Sarah Frisof, flute U MD REPER TOIR E OR C HESTR A

WED, APR 24 • 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Enjoy a mix of standards and contemporary hits arranged for band, Broadway tunes, American Songbook classics and more at this annual celebration that has been an audience favorite for more than four decades.

Outdoor Jazz Showcase WED, MAY 1 • 5:30PM Theatre Courtyard • Free, no tickets required

Bring a picnic dinner, and enjoy jazz on the courtyard lawn!

Opera Scene Study THU, MAY 2 • 7:30PM & FRI, MAY 3 • 7:30PM

Masterful Strings: Astrid Schween, cello WED, MAY 8 • 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

Stravinksy and Strauss UM D SY M PH O N Y O R CH EST R A

FRI, MAY 10 • 8PM

Gildenhorn Recital Hall • Free, no tickets required

Dekelboum Concert Hall • Reserved: $25

Energy Occurs in Many Forms

UMWO feat. Sarah Frisof, flute

U M D W IN D E N SEM B L E

UM D WI N D O R CH E ST R A

FRI, MAY 3 • 8PM

SAT, MAY 11 • 8PM

Dekelboum Concert Hall • Free, no tickets required

Dekelboum Concert Hall • Reserved: $25

BRINGING THE WORLD TO UMD Professor Irina Muresanu

Associate Professor Irina Muresanu’s most recent album, “Four Strings Around the World,” says a lot about her approach to teaching violin. The recording grew out of a project exploring the highly diverse sounds and evocative colors of the solo violin in music of different world cultures.

It features folk-inspired works by, among others, composers of Romanian, German, Indian, Chinese, Iranian and Native American descent, including two pieces that were commissioned by Muresanu with the help of a Creative and Performing Arts Award from UMD. Encompassing the music of four continents, the scope reflects Muresanu’s own international pedigree as a Romanian-born violinist who has taught largely in the U.S. and whose prolific career has taken her to prestigious concert venues across the globe.

away from College Park. As Muresanu explains, her objective as a teacher is “not only to convey my own ideas but also to transmit the knowledge I got from my own teacher,” adding, “students’ eyes light up when they understand this legacy and realize their responsibility to keep it alive.” It is

This ambitious undertaking also points to aspects of

no doubt for this reason that, shortly after her arrival at

Muresanu’s approach to teaching violin students at the

UMD in 2015, Muresanu launched the “Masterful Strings”

School of Music. She sees the relationship between teacher

series, which brings prominent string artists to campus for

and student as reaching beyond the studio to include

recitals and masterclasses in the hope that students will be

the diverse legacies of a pedagogical lineage that can be

exposed to a wide range of pedagogical approaches in their

traced back several centuries to violin masters a world

own quest to inspire the next generation of string players.

MUSIC WITH A MISSION Omer Quartet

When the musicians from the Omer Quartet aren’t dazzling

judges

at

top

international

competitions

with their adventurous and skilled playing, they’re turning their passion for music into fighting hunger.

Last year, they initiated a Music for Food concert series to support hunger relief. Part of a nationwide initiative, Music for Food strives to end hunger through donationbased concerts. Musicians receive no fee to play, and concert tickets are free with a donation encouraged.

The Omer Quartet presented one concert each semester, featuring works by Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Bach, with 100% of the proceeds going to the UMD Campus Pantry and the Elizabeth House of Laurel.

Plans for 2018-19 concerts are currently in the works.

Comprising the School of Music’s Graduate Fellowship String Quartet, violinists Mason Yu and Erica Tursi, violist Jinsun Hong, and cellist Alex Cox have the opportunity to foster their careers as members of an emerging string quartet and also to give back to the community.

“THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC ENCOURAGES US TO EXPLORE, AND THIS IS A REALLY GREAT WAY FOR MUSIC TO MAKE PEOPLE’S LIVES BETTER.”

-ALEX COX

DONORS MAKE A DIFFERENCE

WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER MULTIPLE WAYS TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC:

DONORS MAKE A DIFFERENCE Through

your

generous

PERFORMING ARTS SCHOLARSHIPS support,

arts

With your support, we can contin-

the larger Maryland community is

education with rigorous training in the

ue to recruit and retain world-class

able to experience the performing

performing arts, our students emerge

performing arts faculty who use

arts in new and profound ways. Your

as artists and scholars who challenge

their

gifts provide unparalleled learning

and inspire us while transforming the

help students reimagine the arts

opportunities for our students to

world around them. Your support for

for an increasingly interconnect-

understand the cultures of the world,

scholarships and fellowships ensures

ed

help faculty infuse creativity and

that the UMD School of Music attracts

innovation into their teaching and

and retains top students from across

expand opportunities for us to explore

the country and around the globe.

new frontiers in the arts. Thank you!

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For more information on how to support the School of Music, please visit music.umd. edu and click on the Alumni & Donors tab or contact:

David Robinson-Slemp Images used throughout the brochure are by staff photographer Geoff Sheil or provided by the artists.

Assistant Director of Development for the Performing Arts drslemp1@umd.edu • 301-405-4623

2110 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 20742

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