SPRING 2017 EVENTS
UMD SCHOOL OF MUSIC
VISITING ARTIST SERIES: RECITAL (
UMD WIND ORCHESTRA
DAWN UPSHAW, soprano (USA)
Cheating, Lying…Paraphrasing
with Gilbert Kalish, piano
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2017 . 8PM
SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 2017 . 3PM
Join UMWO in challenging conventional wind ensemble sound with inventive instrumentation, subject matter and use of multimedia. Garden images accompany Dove’s Figures in the Garden, while Lang’s Cheating, Lying and Stealing includes video clips from the eponymous Guitar Hero game. Works by the eclectic and avant-garde musician and composer Frank Zappa complete the program. PROGRAM: Mozart (arr. Johann Nepomuk Wendt): Excerpts from The Marriage of Figaro; Jonathan Dove: Figures in the Garden; David Lang: Cheating, Lying, Stealing; Varèse: Integrales; Frank Zappa: Yellow Sharks and a Drowning Witch; Varèse: Octandre, Mvts. 1-3; Frank Zappa: The Dogbreath Variations / Uncle Meat and Envelopes; Varèse: Octandre, Mvts. 4-5; Frank Zappa: G-Spot Tornado.
Boasting a natural warmth and a fierce commitment to the transforming, communicative power of music, Dawn Upshaw is known around the globe as a beloved singer of opera and concert repertoire ranging from the sacred works of Bach to fresh contemporary sounds. PROGRAM: Schubert, Ravel, Silver, Janáček, Bartók, William Bolcom. Sponsored by Charlie Reiher and Monna Kauppinen Dawn Upshaw, soprano • photo by Brooke Irish
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COMPANY WANG RAMIREZ (France / Germany) Monchichi
UMD SCHOOL OF MUSIC
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2017 . 8PM
UMD WOMEN’S CHORUS Celebration of Women’s Voices SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2017 . 8PM HELD AT UMD MEMORIAL CHAPEL
FREE, NO TICKETS REQUIRED For the 13th consecutive year the UMD Women’s Chorus presents a program of music for treble voices to mark the beginning of Women’s History Month.
Shostakovich Violin Concerto • photo by Dylan Singleton
This fusion of hip-hop and contemporary dance showcases the beauty of the body as it is manipulated and consumed. Sébastien Ramirez is a Frenchman of Spanish descent who grew up steeped in hip-hop culture; Honji Wang is a classically trained German ballerina of Korean descent. In Monchichi, their contrasting backgrounds and aesthetics explosively meet in a performance that confronts identity, love and culture.
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NEW MUSIC AT MARYLAND
SHOSTAKOVICH VIOLIN CONCERTO
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2017 . 8PM
UMD Symphony Orchestra
FREE, NO TICKETS REQUIRED
Sharon Oh, violin
New works, as well as breathing new life into music, give young instrumentalists and singers the opportunity to learn from living composers, collaborate with them and gain insight into the compositional process. This concert features original works by UMD student composers, including solo, chamber and electro acoustic performances.
Winner of the 2015 UMSO Concerto Competition SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2017 . 8PM The UMD Symphony Orchestra performs Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1. Composed during a time of intense censorship in post-war Russia, the concerto remained unpublished until after Stalin’s death. Also on the program are the triumphal Sibelius Symphony No. 3 and Strauss’ tone poem Don Juan.
VISITING ARTIST SERIES: S.O.S. SESSIONS ( Company Wang Ramirez • photo by Nika Kramer
PROGRAM: Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1; Sibelius: Symphony No. 3; R. Strauss: Don Juan.
THE NOUVEAU CLASSICAL PROJECT (USA) Sacred-Profane FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2017 . 8PM HELD AT MILKBOY+ARTHOUSE “Classical music is dead” might seem like an odd slogan for a classical music ensemble, but The Nouveau Classical Project (NCP) has never been much for coloring inside the lines. Throwing away convention, NCP thrives at the intersection of fashion and art. Sacred-Profane pulls at loose strings until it unravels in a fitful explosion of profanity.
UMD Wind Orchestra • photo by Geoff Sheil
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