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In a sepia toned photograph, five white men with guitars, a banjo and a violin stand behind a seated woman holding a banjo. Each man is identified by their names — Alex, James, Jim, Harold, Deacon — and the woman as Olabelle. A caption at the bottom says New River Boys 1959.

I’ve Endured: The Music of Ola Belle Reed

Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents I've Endured: The Music of Ola Belle Reed, an exhibition that explores the life and work of nationally recognized bluegrass musician Ola Belle Reed, contextualizing her achievements within a history of migration from rural Appalachia north in the twentieth century. With a voice born in the mountains and shaped by the hard times she lived and saw, Reed (1916–2002) established herself as a significant and influential banjo picker, singer, and songwriter of old-time mountain music.

A young white man with auburn hair wears a light blue shirt and dark blue jacket, and holds a cello

Christian Hartman, cello

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The Department of Music presents cellist Christian Hartman, whose program “for solo cello” explores avant-garde works for unaccompanied cello from the 20th and 21st centuries, including music by Arturo Fuentes, Johannes Schöllhorn, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Stuart Saunders Smith.

A group of young musicians performs on stage.

UMBC Create Music Festival with special guests Daniel Bernard Roumain and Diana Lawrence

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The UMBC Department of Music teams up with the Baltimore School for the Arts, OrchKids, and Booker T. Washington Middle School for the inaugural UMBC Create Music Festival, an event that reimagines music education festivals for equity and 21st century (music) learning with Emmy-nominated composer and genre-bending violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain, and singer-songwriter Diana Lawrence.

A white man with glasses, brown hair and a goatee rests his head on his arms, which are folded over the top of a piano

Harry Appelman Trio

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

Pianist Harry Appelman and his jazz trio, featuring drummer Eric Kennedy and bassist Jeff Reed, will perform original compositions and their takes on jazz standards and songs from the Great American Songbook.

A woman wearing a black top and a man with glasses in a suit with a light blue tie smile at the camera. The neck of a cello is between them.

Gibbs Street Duo

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The Gibbs Street Duo, featuring cellist Hilary Glen and pianist Sun Min Kim, was formed in June 2020 with the intent to seek out, explore, and introduce music of historically marginalized composers to the musical canon. Their program will feature works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Alice Hong, Ching Chu Hu, Rob Smith, and Dora Pejačević.

On a concert stage, two white men with gray hair and beards, the left one sitting at a piano the second standing and holding a trombone

Patrick Crossland and Thomas Moore

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

Trombonist Patrick Crossland and pianist Thomas Moore present a program of contemporary works by John Cage, Thomas DeLio, Alvin Lucier, and Christian Wolff.

Bathed in violet light, an ensemble of musicians performs on a stage

Ghost Ensemble

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

Ghost Ensemble fosters groundbreaking music that blurs borders of genre, style, and scene, expanding perceptual horizons through shared immersive experience. Their program, Inspirit, features new works commissioned for Ghost Ensemble’s 2022 season from Sky Macklay, Miya Masaoka, Ben Richter, and Lester St. Louis.

A white man with wavy dark hair and a slight beard, wearing glasses, a blue shirt and dark coat, smiles at the camera

Daniel Pesca Portrait Concert

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The colorful, varied creative voice of composer-pianist and UMBC faculty member Daniel Pesca is explored in this program of solo and chamber works. The event features the world premiere of Pesca’s Feldman Sonnets, a song cycle setting texts by acclaimed poet Irving Feldman. Among the performers are UMBC music faculty members Lisa Cella (flute), Gita Ladd (cello), and Airi Yoshioka (viola); UMBC alumnus Derrick Miller (tenor); and special guests Danielle Cho (cello), Sarah Frisof (flute), and Dieter Hennings (guitar), as well as performances by Daniel Pesca.

A symphony orchestra performs on stage in a concert hall

UMBC Symphony Orchestra

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Symphony Orchestra, which performs orchestral literature from the 18th to the 21st centuries, including standard repertoire and contemporary works from a broad range of musical styles, under the direction of its new conductor, Philip Mann.

A middle-aged white man with a beard smiles at the camera

Creating for Change: Reimagining Music Education Festivals for Equity

216 Performing Arts and Humanities Building

The Center for Innovation, Research and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA) presents associate professor of music Brian Kaufman, who will speak on Creating for Change: Reimagining Music Education Festivals for Equity. In this talk, Kaufman will discuss his collaborative work researching inequities in K-12 music education festivals and organizing The UMBC CREATE Festival, the first music education festival in Maryland designed to promote and celebrate student voices through creative music-making by K-12 students and teachers involved in school and community organizations.

A group of four musicians perform on stage

UMBC Chamber Players

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Chamber Players under the direction of Airi Yoshioka. Students in the UMBC Chamber Players perform a wide variety of instrumental chamber works, ranging from Baroque, Classical, Romantic to contemporary repertoire.

An ensemble of seated musicians performs on a gemelan

UMBC Gamelan Ensemble

The Music Box

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Gamelan Ensemble under the direction of Gina Beck. 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).

A large group of musicians perform on stage

UMBC Wind Ensemble

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Wind Ensemble under the direction of Brian Kaufman.

Musicians are striking a marimba with mallets

UMBC Percussion Ensemble

The Music Box

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Tom Goldstein. The Percussion Ensemble is highly adventurous in its programming, with a repertoire that includes graphic-notation pieces, improvisational works and theater pieces, as well as works by important early percussion composers.

A large chorus performs on stage

UMBC Camerata Chamber Choir

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The Department of Music presents the Camerata Chamber Choir under the direction of Kevin O'Brien.

 

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