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Musicians perform on percussion instruments in a large room bathed with red light

 

The Music Box seats approximately 100 (with variable seating arrangements) and is home to experimental and informal UMBC Department of Music productions, the UMBC Gamelan, and special events. The Music Box is ADA accessible.

 

Directions

UMBC is easy to visit, and is about 15 minutes from the Inner Harbor area and about 25 minutes from the Washington Beltway. We’re just off I-95 and I-695 with plenty of free parking.

 

• If you use Apple Maps, search for UMBC Parking Lot 8A. If you’re using Google Maps, search for UMBC Lot 8. [Note: Apple Maps may say Lot 8 is closed, but it’s not!]

 

• From I-95 between Baltimore and Washington, take Exit 47B and follow signs to Catonsville and UMBC. At the second traffic circle, go 3/4 the way around to join the inner loop of Hilltop Circle. At the first traffic light, turn right onto Hilltop Road (with the PAHB on your right), and then an immediate left into Parking Lot 8.

 

• From I-695, take Exit 12C, Wilkens Avenue west, and at the first traffic circle go 3/4 the way around to turn onto Hilltop Road. At the traffic light, go straight through Hilltop Circle, and then take an immediate left into Parking Lot 8.

 

Parking
Free evening and weekend parking is available in Lot 8, adjacent to the Performing Arts and Humanities Building (PAHB).

 

The Music Box is on the first floor of the PAHB. Enter the building through the doors near the large stainless steel façade. You’ll be on the second floor. Proceed down the stairs (or take the elevator, located to the left at the end of the lobby), and turn right.

 

Accessibility
UMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all students, staff, and visitors. If you would like to request a disability-based accommodation on site or have questions about the Music Box, please contact us at pahboom@umbc.edu.

 

For printable campus maps and additional information, please visit UMBC’s campus visitor’s site.

 

Dining Options
Limited on campus dining options may be found here. The nearby communities of Arbutus and Catonsville provide many other options, and we also encourage visitors to explore the Catonsville Arts District, home to numerous restaurants and shops.

 

Photo by Marlayna Demond ’11 for UMBC.

Today

Livewire 14: Sofia Kamayianni and Tim Ward

The Music Box

The third of six events in the Livewire 14: Resounding new music festival features Sofia Kamayianni and Tim Ward, who will present their jointly developed Piano+ system. The Piano+ system seeks to extend the sound world of the piano using technology while at the same time closely integrating into conventional piano performance techniques the control and shaping of the new timbres made possible. In this way the extension of the piano offers radical new possibilities to a performer while not dramatically changing their physical practice on the instrument.

Whistling Hens Premiere: Chutes and Ladders

The Music Box

Whistling Hens, a duo featuring the unusual combination of clarinet and soprano, premieres a new work by composer Kate Soper entitled Chutes and Ladders. A commission made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Mellon Foundation, the work invites us to step into a unique soundscape of vocalizations, quarter tones, multiphones, and speak-singing.

UMBC Collegium Musicum

The Music Box

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Collegium Musicum under the direction of Lindsay Johnson. The UMBC Collegium Musicum explores and performs vocal and instrumental music from Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods, sampling musical repertoires created between 800 and 1750.

UMBC Gamelan Ensemble

The Music Box

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Gamelan Ensemble under the direction of Michelle Purdy. 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).

UMBC Faculty Jazz Ensemble

The Music Box

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Jazz Faculty Ensemble, featuring trumpeter Brent Madsen, saxophonist Matt Belzer, guitarist Tom Lagana, pianist Harry Appelman, bassist Tom Baldwin, and drummer Mark Merella. The ensemble will perform modern interpretations of classic and recent jazz compositions.

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