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.
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!
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).
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.
The Department of Music presents a concert featuring premieres of works by student composers.
The Department of Music presents the Jubilee Singers and the UMBC Gospel Choir under the direction of Janice Jackson.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
The Department of Music presents the Camerata Chamber Choir under the direction of Kevin O'Brien.
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.
The Department of Music presents the Honors Showcase, featuring students selected by audition to present their creative work.
