Music

Join us for UMBC’s 13th annual Livewire new music festival, an exploration of new sounds presented in six concerts over four days, October 18 to 21. What is the role of music in our society? What are the inherent powers that lie within music to transform our lives? These are the questions that will be pondered in this year’s Livewire 13: Transformation festival through music, featuring ensembles and works that specifically address music’s role in bringing about transformation on a personal and global level.

The fifth of six concerts in Livewire: Transformation will feature works by UMBC student composers Ida Dierker, Valarous Lingham, Aaron Statham, and D'Juan Moreland (in addition to works by Mark Appelbaum, Juri Seo, Margaret Brouwer, and Yaz Lancaster), and performances by student musicians Brandon Gouin, Brendan Witt, Angela Hayward, Henry Smith, Ida Dierker, Lucas Rose, Joshua Epstein, Logan Miller, Gaby Echiverri, Nicole Johnson, and the UMBC Percussion Ensemble.

The finale of the Livewire: Transformation festival features the ensemble Stick&Bow, a Montreal-based marimba and cello duet known for their riveting performances. Their program brings pieces from the past and the present, featuring artists from another era who tried to make this world a better place through the power of their voices, ranging from Beethoven to David Bowie.