Library of Congress commissions UMBC’s Daniel Pesca to bring new work of music to the public during pandemic

Jun 23, 2020 Feb 12, 2022 / 3 min read

Pianist Daniel Pesca will participate in the Library of Congress’s Boccaccio Project, in which ten composers will be paired with ten performers. The newly commissioned musical compositions will be presented in a series of online broadcasts.

UMBC celebrates Dean Scott Casper, next president of the American Antiquarian Society

Jun 11, 2020 Feb 12, 2022 / 6 min read

This fall, UMBC will bid farewell to one of its senior leaders as Scott Casper, dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS), departs the university to assume the presidency of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS).

Creating new pathways: Meet ten UMBC arts graduates advancing their fields

May 19, 2020 Feb 12, 2022 / 11 min read

Majoring in the arts requires intense levels of stamina and self-discipline — long hours rehearsing, creating, writing, designing, interpreting — coupled with an inner drive for inquiry and perfection. UMBC’s undergraduate and graduate students in the arts are no exception, reaching forward even in this era of social distancing.

Linda Dusman, professor and chair of music, named Bearman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship

Feb 12, 2020 Feb 12, 2022 / 3 min read

Linda Dusman, professor and chair of music, has been named The Herbert Bearman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship for 2020 – 2023. The three-year appointment will enable Dusman to further her work with EnCue, an audience engagement app she co-designed for use during classical music performance.

UMBC shines at Brilliant Baltimore with artwork, talks, performances, a reception, and more

Oct 25, 2019 Feb 12, 2022 / 4 min read

From November 1 through 10, UMBC will again join in two of Baltimore’s signature events — Light City and the Baltimore Book Festival — which will be held together in 2019 under the theme of Brilliant Baltimore. UMBC’s contributions include a talk by President Freeman Hrabowski, a UMBC-Light Ekphrastic panel discussion, a panel discussion on Baltimore Revisited, and the SPARK gallery.

UMBC’s Livewire new music festival celebrates its 10th anniversary

Oct 23, 2019 Feb 12, 2022 / 2 min read

On October 24 – 27, UMBC’s department of music celebrates the tenth anniversary of its fall Livewire festival, an annual event that explores the classical music of our time through concerts, lecture-recitals, paper presentations, multi-media installations, and conversation.

UMBC’s Ann Sofie Clemmensen explores The Kennedy Center’s REACH through choreography

Oct 17, 2019 Feb 12, 2022 / 3 min read

On October 18 and 19, choreography by Ann Sofie Clemmensen, assistant professor of dance, will be presented at the new REACH expansion of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Featuring 20 dancers, including UMBC students, Clemmensen’s three-part experience — In To and Out Of — transports audiences through different spaces of the REACH using the unique characteristics of each location to explore concepts in pattern and timing, light and dark, and limitation and transformation.