The Clarice's Visiting Artist Series 2019-20 Season

THE CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

VISITING ARTIST SERIES

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S E A S O N AT A G L A N C E

VISITING ARTIST SERIES SEPTEMBER

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THU, SEP 26 • 8PM

Abigail Washburn, banjo & Wu Fei, guzheng (USA, China)

GLOBAL MUSIC

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FRI, OCT 4 • 8PM

Imani Winds: A Woman’s Perspective (USA)

SPEED OF SOUND SESSIONS

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THU, OCT 10 • 8PM

Wu Man, pipa (China)

GLOBAL MUSIC

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THU, OCT 17 • 8PM

Mwenso and the Shakes: Harlem 100 (USA)

SPECIAL EVENT

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THU, OCT 24 • 8PM

Black Grace: Crying Men (New Zealand)

DANCE

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WED, OCT 30 • 8PM

SITI Company: The Bacchae (USA)

THEATER

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FRI, NOV 1 • 8PM

Brentano Quartet (USA)

CHAMBER MUSIC

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FRI, NOV 8 • 7PM & 9PM

Stefon Harris & Blackout (USA)

JAZZ

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WED, NOV 13 • 8PM

Tenebrae (UK)

CHAMBER MUSIC

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THU, NOV 21 - FRI, NOV 22

Monica Bill Barnes & Company: Happy Hour (USA)

DANCE

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Porte Parole: The Assembly (Canada)

THEATER

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SAT, JAN 25 • 3PM & 8PM

37th Annual Choreographers’ Showcase (USA)

DANCE

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FRI, JAN 31 • 8PM

Leyla McCalla Quartet (USA)

GLOBAL MUSIC

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FRI, FEB 7 - SAT, FEB 8

Ahamefule J. Oluo: Susan (USA)

THEATER

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THU, FEB 13 - FRI, FEB 14

Teatro y Su Doble: FEOS (Chile)

THEATER

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WED, FEB 19 • 8PM

Nathalie Joachim with Spektral Quartet: Fanm d’Ayiti (USA)

SPEED OF SOUND SESSIONS

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FRI, FEB 28 • 8PM

Ensemble Dal Niente (USA)

SPEED OF SOUND SESSIONS

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TUE, MAR 3 - WED, MAR 4

Ephrat Asherie Dance: Odeon (USA)

DANCE

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WED, MAR 25 • 8PM

Trio Solisti (USA)

CHAMBER MUSIC

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THU, MAR 26 • 7PM & 9PM

Miguel Zenón Quartet (Puerto Rico)

JAZZ

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THU, APR 2 • 8PM

Rachel Barton Pine, violin & Matthew Hagle, piano (USA)

CHAMBER MUSIC

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SAT, APR 4 • 7PM & 9PM

Hiromi, piano (Japan)

JAZZ

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FRI, APR 10 • 8PM

Las Cafeteras (USA)

GLOBAL MUSIC

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WED, APR 22 • 8PM

Malpaso Dance Company (Cuba)

DANCE

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THU, APR 30 • 8PM

Brooklyn Rider: Healing Modes (USA)

SPEED OF SOUND SESSIONS

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Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl (USA)

JAZZ

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OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER THU, DEC 5 - SAT, DEC 7

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY FRI, MAY 8 • 7PM & 9PM

WELCOME! As part of a great public university, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center’s Visiting Artist Series is committed to building the future of the arts by presenting the next generation of artists and creative innovators. These extraordinary nationally and internationally renowned artists not only light up our stages, but also spark imagination, joy and discovery through robust campus and community engagement programs for our students as well as our friends in our community.

The performing arts unlocks and emboldens the creativity that lives inside all of us. The Visiting Artist Series offers a chance to gather and share that creativity.

It is a courageous community that allows us to question, listen and learn about the world through voices and perspectives both ancient and new. In this way, we sustain opportunities for discovery and exploration so that we can continually celebrate what it means to be human.

Bring your heart, your mind, your ideas and your curiosity. You will find your place among friends.

Martin Wollesen Executive Director, The Clarice

Malpaso Dance Company

Cover: Hiromi

Photo by Nir Arieli

Photo by Muga Miyahara

CHAMBER MUSIC

DANCE

There are so many things to love about The Clarice Smith Performing

To understand dance is to

Arts Center. The warm, intimate and acoustically gorgeous

simply watch a body in motion:

Gildenhorn Recital Hall is at the top of the list. And of course, no

turning toward, twisting away,

great recital hall should go without great music. The chamber music

bending forward, leaping

series brings together today’s remarkable recitalists and ensembles

into. It is to understand our

with an audience of friends and explorers.

own impulses and our desire

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to defy gravity and reach beyond our limitations so that we can truly connect with others. Dance is possibility.

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JAZZ We love jazz because, at heart, it is a dynamic and evolving exchange between instruments, musicians, culture and history. We think jazz musicians are the great musical conversationalists of today precisely because they have the capacity to be deep listeners who bring forward other voices so that they can speak their truth.

Leyla McCalla

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Photo by Greg Miles

GLOBAL MUSIC

SPEED OF SOUND SESSIONS

Global artists are natural travelers and explorers. They are the first

The Speed of Sound Sessions are about artists and musical innovators

to collaborate across borders and boundaries or simply erase

who shift the musical landscape. In curating this series, we seek

them altogether. This season we present artists who seemlessly

out curious, thoughtful, engaging and wide-ranging artists and

share and absorb influences across time, genre and geography. In

composers who never fit easily into any one category or at least not

each instance, they celebrate the wonder of the world that makes

for long. These artists span centuries and have something for you

up their own artistic identities.

regardless of your starting point. Enjoy the ride.

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pg 24-27

SPECIAL EVENT

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NEXTLOOK

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ACTNOW

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CAMPUS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

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MAKE AN IMPACT

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ARTS PASS

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KEY

ENGAGEMENT EVENT TYPE JO I N T H E A RT I STS AT 7PM FO R A

Pre-Concert Talk Monica Bill Barnes Photo by Robert Torres

JO I N T H E A RT I STS FO R A

Post-Performance Q&A

THEATER We continually gravitate to theater and performance artists who are

Family Art Day

willing to challenge us to reflect on who we are and what it means to

AT L A N GL EY PA R K COM MU N I T Y CE N TE R

be a part of an interconnected set of communities. Through nuanced,

F R E E , N O T I CK E TS R EQ U I R E D

fearless and deeply human stories, this season’s performances charge us to consider our responsibility to make a difference in this complex, curious and wondrous world we live in.

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THECLARICE.UMD.EDU • 301.405.ARTS

CHAMBER MUSIC

FRI, NOV 1 8PM

Brentano Quartet (USA) Los Angeles Times hails Brentano Quartet as “brilliant, virtuosic and still mellow.” These dynamic musicians treat masterpieces with reverence and enthusiasm, rendering every piece with equal passion and precision. After PROGRAM: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E-flat Major, K. 428 Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, “Serioso” Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13

more than a decade in residence at Princeton, Brentano succeeded the storied Tokyo Quartet in residence at Yale in 2014—another mark of distinction for this consistently engaging quartet.

Supported in part by Richard and Sarah Bourne

GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL, THE CLARICE • RESERVED $25

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Photo by Juergen Frank

W ED, NOV 13 8PM

Tenebrae (UK) If angels exist, they sound exactly like the 17-voice Tenebrae. Tenebrae’s performances are an odyssey of the voice. In concert, “Tenebrae [is] special,” raves The Guardian. “These [are] exemplary performances, lucid and ... commanding.” In this performance presented at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, the beloved chamber choir celebrates 20th-century English choral music, particularly the work of prolific poet and composer Ivor Gurney. Tenebrae closes with Herbert Howells’ heart-rending Requiem, an extraordinary piece showcasing the ensemble’s impeccable precision, always in service to their musicality.

ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH GENERAL ADMISSION $30

PROGRAM: Gustav Holst: The Evening-Watch Ivor Gurney: Chant for Psalm 23 Gerald Finzi: Three Short Elegies Ivor Gurney: Since I Believe in God the Father Almighty Judith Bingham: A Walk with Ivor Gurney Ralph Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth Hubert Parry: At the round earth’s imagined corners Hubert Parry: Lord, let me know mine end Herbert Howells: Requiem Photo by Chris O’Donovan

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WED, MAR 25 8PM

Trio Solisti (USA) Trio Solisti (violinist Maria Bachmann, cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach and pianist Fabio Bidini) is “the most exciting piano trio in America” praises The New Yorker. Founded in 2001, the ensemble has gone on to perform in the country’s prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall, The Phillips Collection and Lincoln Center, among many others. The trailblazing trio’s artistic partnerships have led to acclaimed commissions with living composers including the Pulitzer-Prize winning Jennifer Higdon, Paul Moravec, Lowell Liebermann and Kevin Puts. Their program will include the premiere of a new work by Afghani composer Milad Yousufi.

GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL, THE CLARICE • RESERVED $25 PROGRAM: Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Hob. XV:29 Milad Yousufi: New Work Ernest Chausson: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 3

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Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco

THU, APR 2 8PM

Rachel Barton Pine, violin and Matthew Hagle, piano (USA)

A duo of great versatility and celebrated interpretations, violinist Rachel Barton Pine and pianist Matthew Hagle are praised for thrilling audiences with dazzling ensemble, razor-sharp technique and infectious joy. The duo has released two records on the Cedille label and have toured throughout North and South America. Through the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation, she recently released “Music by Black Composers,” a series of pedagogical books exclusively containing music by Black composers.

Hailed by Clavier Magazine for his “rare clarity and sweetness,” Matthew Hagle is sought after by artists of

PROGRAM:

international acclaim including Avalon

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Sonata No. 2 in A major

Quartet, Parker Quartet and the

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47, “Kreutzer”

Chicago Symphony.

Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 William Grant Still: Suite for Violin and Piano

GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL, THE CLARICE • RESERVED $30

Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco

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DAN CE

THU, OCT 24 8PM

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Photo by Neil Ieremia

Black Grace (New Zealand) Crying Men Crying Men traces the journey of three generations of Pacific men living in New Zealand and the impact of the loss of a matriarch who brought balance to the traditional expectations of masculinity with compassion, tolerance and strength. A richly textured work that utilizes gesture, elements of traditional Pacific storytelling, song and dance, Crying Men is paired with three other mesmerizing works by some of the most dynamic dance companies on the international scene.

KAY THEATRE, THE CLARICE • RESERVED $30

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THU, NOV 21 FRI, NOV 22 8PM

Monica Bill Barnes & Company (USA) Happy Hour Monica Bill Barnes inserts dance into unusual contexts, moving as fluidly on the world’s largest stages as in an art museum or at this fictional after-work Happy Hour. After ample time for mingling and drinking, the true party kicks off with a wide array of dances including jazz, tap and ballet. Drawing from the shared experience of being utterly convinced that everyone can see the pimple on your nose or the awkward fit of your shirt, Monica Bill Barnes & Company act out that uncomfortable feeling at happy hours arising as a result of macho-societal tendencies.

MILKBOY ARTHOUSE PREMIUM $30 • REGULAR $25

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Photo by Robert Torres

SAT, JAN 25 3PM & 8PM

37th Annual Choreographers’ Showcase (USA) A partnership between The Clarice and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, this showcase has been called “a rite of passage in the Washington area dance community” by The Washington Post. The showcase puts experienced choreographers and emerging artists on equal footing. Over the years, some of the region’s best dance talent has choreographed and performed.

DANCE THEATRE, THE CLARICE • GENERAL ADMISSION $25

Photo by Cassi Hayden

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TUE, MAR 3 WED, MAR 4 8PM

Ephrat Asherie Dance (USA) Odeon Choreographer Ephrat Asherie and jazz pianist Ehud Asherie electrify audiences with this sister-brother collaboration. Odeon redefines what dance can do by blending Ephrat’s repertory of social and street dances with Ehud’s astute arrangements for piano, upright bass and percussion.

At the heart of it all, Odeon is a story about relationships: between siblings, between music and movement, between European traditions and contemporary sounds.

KAY THEATRE, THE CLARICE RESERVED $30

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Photo by Matthew Murphy

WED, APR 22 8PM

Malpaso Dance Company (Cuba) The New York Times calls Malpaso Dance Company “an unfailingly open and generous crew.” The company has become Cuba’s most driven and in-demand touring dance troupe. Mixing modern Cuban music with contemporary classical and electronic sounds, Malpaso presents three reflections on the ways humans interact with the world—exploring the emotional range of relationships with Indomitable Waltz, exploring the ways in which lovers can uplift and devastate one another with Ocaso and exploring self-discovery with Tabula Rasa.

KAY THEATRE, THE CLARICE RESERVED $25

Photo by Nir Arieli

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GLOBAL MUSIC

THU, SEP 26 8PM

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Photo by Shervin Lainez

Abigail Washburn, banjo and Wu Fei, guzheng (USA, China) What do you get when you cross a 2,000-year-old instrument from China’s Qin dynasty and an early banjo from the American Appalachians? Abigail Washburn and Wu Fei’s stunning duo! This cultural commingling of songs and storytelling brought by fusing the guzheng, a 21-string zither, with clawhammer technique on the banjo, layers these single dialects to create a powerful musical language.

MILKBOY ARTHOUSE • PREMIUM $35 • REGULAR $30

THU, OCT 10 8PM

Wu Man, pipa

(China)

A Night in the Garden of the Tang Dynasty “Wu Man holds 2,000 years of Chinese history in her hands,” NPR notes.

“When her fingers start to fly, she can create scenes of cinematic grandeur or serene, moonlit moments.” In this visit to The Clarice, Wu Man paints a majestic landscape through a worldwide ensemble of extraordinary musicians creating music drawn from manuscripts of the ancient Tang dynasty.

GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL, THE CLARICE • RESERVED $25

Photo by KuanDi Studio

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FRI, JAN 31 8PM

Leyla McCalla Quartet (USA) New Orleans-based, New York-born, Haitian raised. Cellist Leyla McCalla’s succinctly elegant folk music is her way of processing the nation’s current political environment, where many of the issues are financial, but they’re rarely simply financial. The former Carolina Chocolate Drops member deepens her examination of Creole identities in her sound by bringing together her voice and her cello with fiddle, clarinet, piano and electric guitar. At the forefront of her work is her Haitian identity, singing many of her tunes in Creole, which she classifies as a language of resistance, especially as she explores its connections to New Orleans.

MILKBOY ARTHOUSE PREMIUM $30 • REGULAR $25

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Photo by Greg Miles

FRI, APR 10 8PM

Las Cafeteras (USA) Playing with the richness of nylonstringed guitars, the complex harmonies of classical music and the sharp lyricism of rap, Las Cafeteras is a direct reflection of and response to the tumult of modern-day political discourse in the United States. The band’s musical style, which the Los Angeles Times calls a “uniquely Angeleno mishmash of punk, hip-hop, beat music, cumbia and rock,” is a celebration of the band’s refusal to play within ascribed boundaries.

MILKBOY ARTHOUSE PREMIUM $30 • REGULAR $25

ON SUN, MAR 29 • 1PM

Photo by Rafa Cardenas

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JAZZ

FRI, NOV 8 7PM & 9PM

Stefon Harris & Blackout (USA) Stefon Harris and his airtight quintet Blackout thread tunes by the likes of Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver, Bobby Hutcherson and Abbey Lincoln together with sophisticated originals— Harris’ vibraphone sparkling across everything. Alternately romantic and relaxed or charged and urgent, the band moves together effortlessly, their communal energy apparent with every turn of phrase. Harris is a consummate instrumentalist and a stunning bandleader in command of a mighty unit.

MILKBOY ARTHOUSE PREMIUM $30 • REGULAR $25

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Photo courtesy of Unlimited Myles

THU, MAR 26 7PM & 9PM

Miguel Zenón Quartet (Puerto Rico) The music of Puerto Rican Miguel Zenón has often been described as Latin jazz.

It’s a reference not only to his heritage but also to the bubbling rhythms within his engrossing tunes. With Austrian bassist Hans Glawischnig, Venezuelan pianist Luis Perdomo and Puerto Rican drummer Henry Cole, Zenón has developed a highly specialized compositional approach, shared now like air between the members of this incomparable band.

MILKBOY ARTHOUSE PREMIUM $30 • REGULAR $25

Photo by Jimmy Katz

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SAT, APR 4 7PM & 9PM

Hiromi, piano (Japan)

Japan has produced an impressive assemblage of jazz pianists, from Toshiko Akiyoshi and Makoto Ozone to Junko Onishi. And now, pianist/ composer Hiromi. She mesmerizes audiences and critics, East and West, with a creative energy that encompasses and eclipses the boundaries of jazz, classical and pop parameters, taking improvisation and composition to new heights of complexity and sophistication. The Berklee graduate’s music “together with her overwhelming charm and spirit, causes her to soar to unimaginable musical heights,” says legendary pianist/bandleader Ahmad Jamal.

MILKBOY ARTHOUSE PREMIUM $30 • REGULAR $25

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Photo by Muga Miyahara

FRI, MAY 8 7PM & 9PM

Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl (USA) In the span of less than two decades, Mary Halvorson has revolutionized the vernacular of jazz guitar. In 2016, NPR noted that she “sounds like no other guitarist.” On stage at MilkBoy ArtHouse is her newest band, Code Girl, which retains the essence of her instantly identifiable approach to timing, tone and texture. If you want to understand the promise of jazz a century after it marched out of New Orleans, this is the perfect indoctrination.

MILKBOY ARTHOUSE PREMIUM $30 • REGULAR $25 Photo by Reuben Radding

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FRI, OCT 4 8PM

Imani Winds (USA)

SPEED OF SOUND SESSIONS

A Woman’s Perspective

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Photo by Pierre Lidar

Imani Winds continues to expand the catalogue of works for wind quintet with the music of underrepresented composers, especially women. In A PROGRAM:

Woman’s Perspective, the revolutionary wind quintet explores music by

Valerie Coleman: Afro Blue

matriarchs of chamber music including

Reena Esmail: The Light is the Same

Ruth Crawford Seeger, emerging

Elliot Carter: Quintet for Winds, dedicated to Nadia Boulanger Ledah Finck: Fractured Fossil Ruth Crawford Seeger: Suite for Wind Quintet Valerie Coleman: Tzigane

American violinist Ledah Finck and brilliant Indian American composer Reena Esmail.

GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL, THE CLARICE • RESERVED $25

ON SAT, OCT 5 • 11:30AM

WED, FEB 19 8PM

Nathalie Joachim with Spektral Quartet (USA) Fanm d’Ayiti As a child, Brooklyn born, HaitianAmerican flutist, composer and vocalist Nathalie Joachim would spend hours singing with her grandmother, learning the rich polyglot traditions of Haitian folk music. Joachim turned to that pedigree for Fanm d’Ayiti (Women of Haiti), a mighty reappraisal of the overlooked women who helped shape the sounds and cultural backbone of Haiti. Fanm d’Ayiti fuses Spektral Quartet’s sound with recordings of her grandmother and of Haitian choirs.

MILKBOY ARTHOUSE PREMIUM $30 • REGULAR $25

Photo by Josué Azor

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FRI, FEB 28 8PM

PROGRAM: George Lewis: Hexis Sandra Lemus-Hernรกndez: II for Flute and Clarinet

Ensemble Dal Niente (USA) In less than two decades, Ensemble Dal Niente has built provocative programs and

Erin Gee: Segment of the Fourth Letter

a striking international reputation by rendering unapologetically difficult music with

Wang Lu: After Some Remarks by CW

unguarded ardor and commitment. In this performance, the ensemble presents a

Christian Wolff: Exercises

collection of works centered in the aesthetic of composer George Lewis, presenting

Bethany Younge & Kayleigh Butcher: Her Disappearance

some of his own compositions along with next-generation creators: Wang Lu, Christian Wolff and Bethany Younge.

George Lewis: Mnemosis GILDENHORN RECITAL HALL, THE CLARICE โ ข RESERVED $25

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Photo by Karjaka Studios

THU, APR 30 8PM

Brooklyn Rider

(USA)

Healing Modes Lauded as “a string quartet of boundless imagination” by NPR, Brooklyn Rider examines scenarios of healing, from the Biblical to those of the societal, with commissions by recent Pulitzer winners Caroline Shaw and Du Yun, avant-jazz provocateur Matana Roberts and polyglots Gabriela Lena Frank and Reena Esmail. Brooklyn Rider presents them alongside all of Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 15, the inspiration and anchor for a necessary night of musical redemption.

PROGRAM: Caroline Shaw: Schisma

MILKBOY ARTHOUSE PREMIUM $30 • REGULAR $25

Gabriela Lena Frank: Kanto Kechua No. 2 Du Yun: i am my own achilles’ heel, a form that would never shape Mantana Roberts: borderlands...

Reena Esmail: Zeher (Poison) Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 Photo by Erin Baiano

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T H E AT E R

WED, OCT 30 8PM

SITI Company

(USA)

The Bacchae New York’s renowned SITI Company takes on Euripides’ masterpiece. Aaron Poochigian’s new translation is filled with unbridled energy, navigating the lyrical text of the play with evocative set design, swagger and bluster. This dramatic exploration of cult versus society, tyranny versus populism and restraint versus excess feels just as relevant in modern-day America as it might have in Ancient Greece.

KAY THEATRE, THE CLARICE RESERVED $30

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Photo by Craig Schwartz

THU, DEC 5 FRI, DEC 6 SAT, DEC 7 8PM

Porte Parole (Canada) The Assembly Pioneering Montreal theater company Porte Parole uses research to create plays about complex topics including water usage rights, power utilities and police brutality. The 2016 American presidential election inspired Porte Parole to consider what may sound like a terrifying scenario: a dinner party with four strangers of divergent political persuasions. The Assembly draws from these real-life conversations of participants from the University of Maryland community.

KOGOD THEATRE, THE CLARICE • GENERAL ADMISSION $25

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FRI, FEB 7 SAT, FEB 8 8PM

Ahamefule J. Oluo (USA) Susan Susan is a new theatrical work that explores trumpeter, composer, player, writer and comedian Ahamefule J. Oluo’s childhood. After moving audiences at The Clarice in 2017, Oluo returns with a memoir delivered through wry comedic monologue and live, grand-scale big-band and jazz music—telling the story of how his Midwestern mother was left to raise two biracial babies after the sudden departure of her husband, a Nigerian doctoral student.

DANCE THEATRE, THE CLARICE GENERAL ADMISSION $30

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Photo by Bruce Clayton

THU, FEB 13 FRI, FEB 14 8PM

Teatro y Su Doble (Chile) FEOS Teatro y Su Doble’s multimedia storytelling process borrows techniques from puppetry and animation to create a bold analog to traditional theater. FEOS tenderly and playfully expresses the unlikely meeting of two strangers in line at a movie theater. United by the loneliness caused by their physical deformities, the pair quickly realize that they have much in common. Teatro y Su Doble crafts beautiful scenes that touch the soul, despite—or, perhaps, due to—the puppets’ fundamental strangeness.

DANCE THEATRE, THE CLARICE • GENERAL ADMISSION $25

Photo courtesy of Teatro y su Doble

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SPECIAL

EVENT

THU, OCT 17 8PM

Mwenso and the Shakes (USA) Harlem 100 A century ago, the Great Migration turned New York City into a hub for rising black culture, where the Harlem Renaissance ushered in new waves of powerful black thought, literature, fashion and music. In Harlem 100, undeniable showman Michael Mwenso leads his band the Shakes through an ecstatic multimedia celebration of that legacy. Together, they revisit the sights and sounds of Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and the like.

KAY THEATRE, THE CLARICE • RESERVED $25

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Photo by Elizabeth Leitzell

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N EXTLOOK

In partnership with Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mt. Rainier, Maryland, NextLOOK supports the development of new music, plays, dance and other experiences by regionally-based performing artists. These artists are mentored by seasoned arts administrators from The Clarice and Joe’s Movement Emporium to construct innovative methods of deepening the audience’s involvement in their creative process. By removing logistical barriers of cost and space, and providing a sounding board for artists creating new work, NextLOOK invests in the regional arts ecology and creates an accessible, exploratory environment that connects intriguing artists with adventurous audiences. Learn more at go.umd.edu/2019-20nextlook.

ALL PERFORMANCES ARE HELD AT JOE’S MOVEMENT EMPORIUM. TICKETS START AT $5. ARTS PASS NOT VALID.

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Chitra Subramanian Temple FRI, DEC 13 • 7PM Indian dance meets hip-hop culture in an exploration of experiences and stories from a South Asian immigrant journey.

Simone Baron ruin gaze FRI, FEB 14 • 7PM Exploring the mysteries of time through dance and chamber music as a way to make a powerful case for connection.

Dominic Green The Final Genocide FRI, APR 17 • 7PM A futuristic journey revealing stories of both the heroism and the destruction of the American black male.

Sinclair Ogaga Emoghene, Pablo Regis de Oliveira & Kate Spanos Performing Otherness (Ainihi e Alteridade) FRI, MAY 8 • 7PM

A collaborative, multidisciplinary project illuminating both universality and cultural specificity in shared movements and rhythms from Brazil, Nigeria and America.

Photos provided by artists

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Black Grace (New Zealand) From toxic masculinity to cultural appropriation to

Masculinity and Indigeneity

multiculturalism, the 2019-20 visiting artists present works

MO N , O CT 2 1 • 6 PM

that are complex, provocative and deeply sensitive. Arts Citizenship Talks (ACTnow) are opportunities for audiences to hear from these artists on activism around the issues reflected in their work. They are an invitation to act now! For more information, please visit: go.umd.edu/ACTnow

GUEST SPEAKERS: Neil Ieremia, Black Grace • William Ming Liu, UMD College of Education CAFRITZ FOUNDATION THEATRE • FREE, REGISTRATION REQUIRED

SITI Company (USA)

Race and Culture Through the Lens of Euripides MO N , O CT 28 • 6 : 3 0 PM GUEST SPEAKERS: Anne Bogart, SITI Company • Raymond Caldwell, Theater Alliance CAFRITZ FOUNDATION THEATRE • FREE, REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Ahamefule J. Oluo (USA) On Being Mixed Race T U E , F E B 4 • 5: 3 0 PM GUEST SPEAKERS: Ahamefule J. Oluo • Ijeoma Oluo • Carlton Green, UMD Office of Diversity and Inclusion STAMP STUDENT UNION • FREE, NO TICKETS REQUIRED

Ephrat Asherie Dance

(USA)

Street Dance on the Concert Stage W E D, M A R 4 • 1 2 PM GUEST SPEAKERS: Ephrat Asherie • Chris and Ama Law, Project ChArma Maura Keefe, UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies CAFRITZ FOUNDATION THEATRE • FREE, REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Las Cafeteras

(USA)

Mujer Soy

T H U, A P R 9 • 5: 3 0 PM GUEST SPEAKER: Denise Carlos, Las Cafeteras STAMP STUDENT UNION • FREE, REGISTRATION REQUIRED

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Black Grace photo by Duncan Cole

E N GAG EM E NT

CAMPUS & COMMUNITY

ACCESS & PARTICIPATION

Through attendance, inquiry and sometimes even stepping on stage, Campus & Community Engagement programs provide performing arts-based activities, like our K12 Student Matinee series and Family Art Days, for people of all ages to help demystify the creative process and encourage curiosity.

Campus & Community Engagement breaks boundaries between artists and audiences with programs that create opportunities for students, community members and visiting artists to exchange ideas, converse and learn.

ARTS CITIZENSHIP

Art has the power to help us understand ourselves and the world in which we live.

We are committed to presenting visiting artists with the Artist Partner Programs whose work is inspired by social justice and the power of the human spirit. Audiences engage in interactive experiences that provide perspectives, tools and resources necessary to bring about social change.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Programs like NextLOOK, composer readings and masterclasses both for and led by UMD students provide professional development for emerging artists and arts entrepreneurs.

For more information on the Visiting Artist Series Campus & Community Engagement, please contact: Jane Hirshberg Assistant Director, Campus & Community Engagement janeh22@umd.edu • 301.405.8172

Photos by David Andrews and Jen Osborn

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Making An Impact With your generous support, the Visiting Artist Series is able to connect remarkable artists from around the world with University of Maryland students as well as young people and families in our community. Through in-depth learning opportunities and vibrant interactive experiences your gift helps spark the creation of new work, new ideas and new futures for the next generation of artists and audiences. Make a difference today!

For more information on how to support The Clarice’s Visiting Artist Series, please contact:

Martin Wollesen Executive Director, The Clarice wollesen@umd.edu • 301.405.2993

Thank You! We gratefully acknowledge our institutional sponsors.

Holiday Inn - College Park Maryland State Arts Council Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation National Endowment for the Arts New England Foundation for the Arts

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New Music USA Photos by Geoff Sheil

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6 Ticket Pass $150 Save up to $15 per ticket!

10 Ticket Pass $230 Save up to $17 per ticket!

20 Ticket Pass $150 Save up to $20 per ticket!

Learn more about the amazing benefits that you will receive as an Arts Pass holder at theclarice.umd.edu/artspass or 301.405.ARTS

BEST VALUE With the flexible Arts Pass, you’ll get the best price on tickets and great subscriber benefits like discounted parking, waived booking or exchange fees and early access to performances added throughout the season!

UMD dance student Nneka Onyima Photo by David Andrews

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