Explore the intersection between music and science as Matt Belzer, the 2025 CIRCA-IMET Artist-in-Residence, presents his new work The Ocean is Aware: A Suite for 5 Creative Musicians in 5 Movements, featuring the composer on alto and soprano saxophones, Juan Sebastián Delgado, cello, Dustin Donahue, percussion, Larry Melton, acoustic and electric bass, and Mark Merella, hybrid drum kit, with two performances at 11:30 and 1:30.

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The Department of Music presents the Jubilee Singers and the UMBC Gospel Choir under the direction of Janice Jackson.

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The Department of Music presents UMBC Jazz in Concert, featuring the Jazz Guitar Ensemble, the Jazz Small Groups, and the Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Tom Baldwin, Tom Lagana, and Matthew Belzer. Fresh from performances at the Smithsonian and Keystone Korner, the Jazz Ensemble will feature compositions by current students and alumni.

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The Department of Music presents the UMBC Camerata under the direction of Lulu Mwangi. A small choral ensemble consisting of auditioned singers from across the university. Camerata performs a wide variety of works drawn from the expansive choral repertoire: including Renaissance motets and madrigals, folksongs, German part songs, Russian sacred liturgies, American spirituals, and new American concert works.

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POSTPONED — The Department of Music presents the UMBC New Music Ensemble under the direction of Juan Sebastián Delgado. The program will feature an improvised piece guided by audience interaction; text-based original works by Oren Franklin, Hannah Worley, Marcia Brown, and Rhaxma Lyons; and John Cage's Story (from Living Room Music) and Variations II (with guest artist Thomas Moore).

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The Department of Music presents the UMBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Philip Mann in a program featuring works by Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Strauss, William Walton, and UMBC student Jean Nguyen, with student soloists Jocelyn Faison, Veronica Anzola Rojas, and Albert Russell:

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The Department of Music presents the UMBC Student Composers Recital, featuring featuring premieres of works by student composers.

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The Department of Music presents the UMBC Improvisation Ensemble under the direction of Patrick Crossland.

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