UMBC New Music Ensemble
The Music BoxThe Department of Music presents the UMBC New Music Ensemble under the direction of Patrick Crossland.
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Spring Dance Showcase
Dance CubeThe Department of Dance presents the Spring Dance Showcase, featuring capstone work by senior students, independent student research, and a repertory work by faculty member Sandra Lacy.
UMBC Gamelan Ensemble
The Music BoxThe Department of Music presents the UMBC Gamelan Ensemble under the direction of Michelle Purdy. The ensemble performs on a central Javanese gamelan (a gong-chime orchestra of Indonesia), and also on a Balinese gamelan angklung (one of many types of gong-chime orchestras from the island of Bali, Indonesia).
UMBC Percussion Ensemble
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert HallThe Department of Music presents the UMBC Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Dustin Donahue.
Student Composers Recital
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert HallThe Department of Music presents a concert featuring premieres of works by student composers.
UMBC Improvisation Ensemble
The Music BoxThe Department of Music presents the UMBC Improvisation Ensemble, directed by Patrick Crossland.
UMBC Collegium Musicum
The Music BoxThe Department of Music presents the UMBC Collegium Musicum under the direction of Lindsay Johnson. The UMBC Collegium Musicum explores and performs vocal and instrumental music from Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods, sampling musical repertoires created between 800 and 1750.
UMBC Opera Workshop
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert HallThe Department of Music presents the UMBC Opera Workshop under the direction of Sammy Huh.
2024 Visual Arts Senior Exhibition
Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC)The Department of Visual Arts presents the 2024 Visual Arts Senior Exhibition. Curated and designed by IMDA MFA student and CADVC graduate assistant Andrew Liang, this exhibition celebrates the extensive work of senior undergraduates.
Department of Music Honors Showcase
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert HallThe Department of Music presents the Honors Showcase, featuring students selected by audition to present their creative work.
Artists Reception — 2024 Visual Arts Senior Exhibition
Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC)Please join us for an Artists Reception and Awards Presentation for the 2024 Visual Arts Senior Exhibition. Curated and designed by IMDA MFA student and CADVC graduate assistant Andrew Liang, this exhibition celebrates the extensive work of senior undergraduates.
Maryland Arts Summit
Performing Arts and Humanities BuildingThe Maryland Arts Summit, produced by Maryland Citizens for the Arts and hosted at UMBC, is a statewide conference presented by and for the Maryland arts sector, which includes, but is not limited to, arts advocates, arts educators and teaching artists, independent artists, arts organizations, youth, community stakeholders, arts and entertainment districts, county arts agencies of Maryland, public artists, boards of directors, and folklife artists.
Whistling Hens Premiere: Chutes and Ladders
The Music BoxWhistling Hens, a duo featuring the unusual combination of clarinet and soprano, premieres a new work by composer Kate Soper entitled Chutes and Ladders. A commission made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Mellon Foundation, the work invites us to step into a unique soundscape of vocalizations, quarter tones, multiphones, and speak-singing.
Playing with Climate Science
216 Performing Arts and Humanities BuildingThe Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA) presents Playing with Climate Science: Scenes from a playwright’s CIRCA/IMET Artist Residency, featuring Susan McCully. Actors will read scenes from a new play by McCully focused on climate science and social justice.
Stupid F*cking Bird
Proscenium TheatreUMBC Theatre presents Stupid F*cking Bird by Aaron Posner, sort of adapted from The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, with songs by Aaron Posner and James Sugg, directed by Gerrad Alex Taylor. In this irreverent, contemporary, and very funny remix of Chekhov’s The Seagull, Aaron Posner stages a timeless battle between young and old, past and present, art and life. Stupid F*cking Bird will tickle, tantalize, and incite you to consider how art, love, and revolution fuel your own pursuit of happiness.