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Ola Belle Reed: I’ve Endured

Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents Ola Belle Reed: I've Endured, 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.

Stories Told Small

Black Box Theatre

UMBC Theatre presents Stories Told Small, directed by Colette Searls and Nate Sinnott and presented in the Black Box Theatre. Written and directed by UMBC theatre students, Stories Told Small packs big meaning into miniature dramas, using puppetry and all manner of tiny objects to spin novel tales. Stories spring from performers’ minds, presented in an original variety show!

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).

An Early Modern Salon

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

This quasi-theatrical event, presented by UMBC's Collegium Musicum and Medieval and Early Modern Studies Minor, puts the audience and the performers in conversation and in close proximity, as would have occurred during a meeting of a musical society in seventeenth-century Tuscany.

UMBC Jazz in Concert

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

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.

UMBC Wind Ensemble with State of Maryland Griot Janice Curtis Greene

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Wind Ensemble under the direction of Brian Kaufman. What do a Japanese creation myth, Kendrick Lamar, and a professional storyteller have in common? Join the Wind Ensemble to find out as we explore ancient and modern day myths and fables from around the world. The event will feature special guest story teller and Official State of Maryland Griot Janice Curtis Greene, spoken word artist Erick Brown, and guest conductor Krystal Williams.

UMBC New Music Ensemble

The Music Box

The Department of Music presents the UMBC New Music Ensemble under the direction of Patrick Crossland in a performance of Vinko Globokar's work Laboratorium.

Film Screening: “I’ve Endured”: The music and legacy of Ola Belle Reed

Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery, in conjunction with the exhibition Ola Belle Reed: I’ve Endured, on display through June 30, presents the premiere screening of the documentary “I’ve Endured”: The music and legacy of Ola Belle Reed. Directed by Bill Shewbridge, professor of the practice in UMBC's Media and Communication Studies program, this new 45-minute documentary explores the life and work of nationally recognized bluegrass and old-time musician Ola Belle Campbell Reed (1916–2002).

UMBC Percussion Ensemble

The Music Box

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Tom Goldstein in a program of music by Janice Macauley, Alan Hovhaness, Michael Colgrass, McCoy Chance, Frank McCarty, Tom Goldstein, Colin Fuerst, and Jax Kroll.

Spring Dance Showcase

Dance Cube

The Department of Dance presents the Spring Dance Showcase, featuring capstone work by senior student Deven Fuller, new ballet repertory by faculty member Brandon Russell, and works by First Works students.

UMBC Opera Workshop

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Opera Workshop under the direction of Sammy Huh, performing excerpts from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein and Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod.

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