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The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center transforms lives through sustained engagement with the arts.

The clarice sMiTh perforMing arTs cenTer aT The uniVersiTY of MarYlanD is a place of iDeas. Ideas are the source of great works of art and what better place than a research university to open up the investigation of those ideas to public discourse? A collaborative space shared by the UMD School of Music (SOM), the UMD School of eatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) and the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, the Clarice Smith Center presents performances and programs by visiting artists, as well as by students and faculty of SOM and TDPS, in an environment of creative learning, exploration and growth.

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SISI REID

GRIFFITH KAZMIERCZAK

My name is Sisi Reid and I am a double major in anthropology and theatre. I didn’t think I would ever be in theatre. I never thought it would happen. I kind of tripped into it. I got into the Weekday Players, a student group, and then I heard about auditions for e Old Settler. And I went in without a headshot or a resume, into this world I knew nothing about, I was cast as an understudy and that pretty much changed my life.

To me courage is not the absence of fear, but the overcoming of it. I think part of live performance, part of the enjoyment of it, is the thrill and the excitement. ere’s the pressure of the audience fulfilling our expectations and tearing them down in an interesting way. And if you are considering what the audience is expecting, naturally there is a little — maybe not fear — but certain apprehension. And so I think that’s a vital part of a creative experience, particularly for live performance.

Doing that show was pretty fearless because any time I’m standing on stage it’s this complete vulnerability. I have to stand and look at an audience filled with people and talk about something that’s true to the character and really connect to what I am saying. I have to let go of Sisi’s baggage and just commit to the show, otherwise the show won’t be successful. So I love that the theatre pushes me so much to change.

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ciVil war To ciVil righTs: The well-being of a naTion

Thursday, September 5, 2013 . UMD School of Public Policy, Van Munching Hall (Off site) . FREE Friday, September 6, 2013 . Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kay Theatre . FREE

Observing the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, this symposium will be both commemorative and forward-looking. Hosted by the Clarice Smith Center, in partnership with the UMD School of Public Policy and the UMD School of Public Health, the symposium will be comprised of scholarly presentations and stimulating theatrical performances. It will place the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in its historic context, both as the culmination of the struggle since the Emancipation Proclamation and as the stage-setting for a new generation of struggles to address the important — but often hidden — inequalities of our time.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 . 6PM

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Opening reception Why the March on Washington Still Resonates Today, a keynote by Julian Bond Artist-led reflection by Liz Lerman and Vincent omas

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 . 10AM – 5:30PM

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Kay Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center 10AM

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Artist-led reflection by Liz Lerman and Vincent omas

10:30AM Jobs and Freedom: How Far Have We Come?,

Rights, Equality and the American Dream, a roundtable conversation with Kojo Nnamdi and e Rev. Dr. Joanne Braxton, College of William and Mary; Judith Browne Dianis, Advancement Project; Peter Edelman, Georgetown University Law Center; e Rev. Dr. Christine Wiley, Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Artist-led reflection by Liz Lerman and Vincent omas Still Marching: e Work at Lies Ahead, a keynote by Marian Wright Edelman Call to action by Touré

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brief presentations by Perla Guerrero, Stephen omas, Kalima Young, Darius Graham, Howard Smead, Cedric Harmon and Andy Shallal

national symposium presented by the clarice smith performing arts center in partnership with the uMD school of public policy and center for health equity at uMD school of public health

12:30PM A roundtable conversation with UMD student

activists, led by Truman Scholar Mohammad Zia From left to right: Liz Lerman photo by Mike Ciesielski; Julian Bond; Kojo Nnamdi photo by Nguyen Khoi Nguyen; Touré; Marian Wright Edelman

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SEPTEMBER 2013

chrisTian McbriDe big banD e Movement Revisited

Friday, September 6, 2013 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $40/$32 subscriber

SEASON OPENER

e Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s changed America. Since that time, the movement has inspired millions of people to work for human rights causes. In 1988, jazz bassist Christian McBride composed e Movement Revisited, a four-part suite dedicated to four major figures of the Civil Rights movement: Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. McBride will kick off the Center’s 2013–2014 season with a new incarnation of e Movement Revisited performed by his Big Band and Washington DC’s Heritage Signature Chorale with spoken word selections performed by special guests. Top: Christian McBride photo by Anna Webber

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MargareT Jenkins Dance coMpanY WORLD PREMIERE Times Bones

September 13 & 14, 2013 . 8PM Prelude in the Grand Pavilion at 7:30PM Kay Theatre . $30/$24 subscriber

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of her company, choreographer Margaret Jenkins returns to the Clarice Smith Center with the world premiere of Times Bones, a new work co-commissioned by the Center. Created in collaboration with the MJDC dancers, composer Paul Dresher, visual designer Alexander V. Nichols and poet Michael Palmer, Times Bones features live music by the Paul Dresher Ensemble. A special prelude will begin in the Center lobby at 7:30PM and moves to the Kay eatre, drawing the audience along in an actual — as well as a metaphorical — journey. e Margaret Jenkins Dance Company is known nationwide for creating highly charged kinetic works that are at once physically rigorous and intellectually demanding. Inspired by the myth of Osiris, Jenkins, with her dancers and collaborators, gathers the scattered “bones” of her past repertory, finding a new dance at the collision of past and present. One of the great masters of dance, Jenkins propels the artists and the audience on a journey forward into a rich and unknown territory. During a one-week residency leading up to the performance, members of the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company will work with students from the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies.

Margaret Jenkins Dance Company photo by Margo Moritz

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anDa union

Friday, September 20, 2013 . 8PM Kay Theatre . $35/$28 subscriber

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Herds of galloping horses. Wind-swept, wide-open grasslands. A nomadic culture, open-hearted hospitality and an abiding love of music and singing. e rich world of Mongolia comes to life in concert as AnDa Union performs songs inspired by the past while creating a new sound for a generation. Members of AnDa Union describe themselves as music gatherers who dig deep into Mongol tradition unearthing the forgotten music that forms the basis of their contemporary work: “Our music draws from all the Mongol tribes that Genghis Khan unified. We all have different ethnic backgrounds and we bring these influences into our music. ere is a wealth of folk music for us to learn, so our repertoire of songs is like a drop in the ocean.” AnDa Union’s concerts feature driving, percussive pieces like “Ten ousand Galloping Horses” and “Grasslands Journey,” as well as haunting guttural throat songs and the clear long notes of urinduu (long-song). Arrayed in stunning traditional Mongolian clothing, the musicians perform on the horse-head fiddle (morin khuur), as well as traditional percussion, wind and plucked instruments.

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SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2013

Maria schneiDer orchesTra Sunday, September 22, 2013 . 7PM Kay Theatre . $40/$32 subscriber

Arguably the most prominent woman bandleader in the jazz field today, Maria Schneider’s music blurs the lines between genres and she finds the word “jazz” limiting, which is why she calls her ensemble the Maria Schneider Orchestra. As she told an interviewer for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, “I always think of big-band music as theme and variations. My music’s much more through-composed, like classical music. And on my last two records, I don’t even use the word ‘jazz’ anymore.”

During the Orchestra’s residency at the Center, audiences will have the opportunity to experience the range of expression possible with contemporary big band as will UMD School of Music students who will work with members of the Orchestra in a day-long residency.

MiaMi sTring quarTeT Benny Kim, violin Cathy Meng Robinson, violin Scott Lee, viola Keith Robinson, cello

Friday, October 4, 2013 . 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall $35/$28 subscriber

Known for their eclectic repertoire and adventuresome approach to concertizing, the Miami String Quartet celebrates 25 years of music-making in the 2013–2014 season. e quartet will share that celebration with Center patrons and UMD chamber music students as they present a public recital and a two-day residency. e quartet will present a program that spans the range of possibilities in the chamber music repertoire.

Miami String Quartet photo by Tara McMullen

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Mfa Thesis concerT Visible Seams

Erin Crawley-Woods, choreographer

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 . 6:30PM Thursday, October 10, 2013 . 6:30PM Friday, October 11, 2013 . 6:30PM Sunday, October 13, 2013 . 6:30PM Monday, October 14, 2013 . 6:30PM Tuesday, October 15, 2013 . 6:30PM Wednesday, October 16, 2013 . 6:30PM

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In Visible Seams, the audience is guided through a roving tapestry of movement and sound that flows up staircases, rolls down hallways, perches in windows and poses in the courtyards of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Inspired by the films of Busby Berkeley, the expanse of the Center’s Grand Pavilion and the elegance of its corridors, Erin Crawley-Woods crafts a pathway of continually shifting perspectives in which the space is revealed anew moment by moment. e performance will be preceded by a sound installation and succeeded by a video installation, both in the lobby of the Clarice Smith Center. Erin Crawley-Woods photo by Zachary Z. Handler

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ANNE-MARIE LEMAIRE SUBSCRIBER

When I was a young girl growing up in Vienna my family used to go to the Salzburg Festival and I remember the first time I ever saw their presentation of Jedermann (this means Everyman in English). It’s a medieval morality play about a rich man and what he has to do to save his soul on judgment day, a classic play. e festival displayed it outdoors in the plaza in front of the Cathedral. It was so impressive; I think it was one of the greatest things I ever saw. is was before Hitler came to power and changed all our lives. I was lucky enough to leave Austria for Paris before things got really bad — purely by accident, in all honesty. I went because I was a spoiled 20-year-old and wanted to see Paris. And, again, I was lucky enough to obtain a visa even though I had a Jewish mother. But still there were some terrible years for me in France during the war. So after the Nazis came, everything changed of course. For the upper and middle classes in Austria, life before the war was very pleasant. ere was a douceur, a sweetness, about life. We had summers at the lake — swimming and tea, hiking, dressing up to go dancing or go see a play. I have adapted to this country, I’m happy here, I like it. But there’s always a certain nostalgia for this kind of a life. My husband and I went back to Salzburg in 1951, after coming to this country to live, and once again we saw Jedermann. And they still present it at the festival there, every year. So some things continue.

Anne-Marie LeMaire photo by Mike Ciesielski

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The MaTchMaker bY ThornTon wilDer Alan Paul, director

Friday, October 11, 2013 . 7:30PM Sunday, October 13, 2013 . 2PM & 7:30PM Wednesday, October 16, 2013 . 7:30PM Thursday, October 17, 2013 . 7:30PM Friday, October 18, 2013 . 7:30PM Saturday, October 19, 2013 . 2PM & 7:30PM Kay Theatre . $25/$20 subscriber

ornton Wilder’s 1955 comedy reveals the exploits of matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi, a widow who brokers marriages and other transactions in Yonkers, New York at the turn of the 20th century. Hired by local merchant Horace Vandergelder to find a wife, Dolly sets her sights on the eligible widower herself. Slapstick ensues — mistaken identities, secret rendezvous, separated lovers and even a trip to night court — but in the end everyone finds themselves paired with a perfect match. When e Matchmaker premiered, ornton Wilder was considered to be one of America’s most important authors, with two Pulitzer Prizes to his credit. Critics had to adjust their expectations for the play, which seemed to adhere to melodramatic conventions that contrasted starkly with Wilder’s other work. Wilder himself suggested that the play was a way to shake off “the nonsense of the nineteenth-century staging” by making fun of it. But whether taken at face value or viewed as a commentary on theatrical conventions, e Matchmaker has proven to have staying power onstage. The Matchmaker (Thornton Wilder) is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies’ Enchanted April photo by Stan Barouh

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OCTOBER 2013

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James Ross, music director Evelyn Elsing, cello

A Farewell to Art

Michael Votta, music director

Sunday, October 13, 2013 . 4PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $25/$20 subscriber

Foreign Bodies

Friday, October 11, 2013 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $25/$20 subscriber

e UMD Symphony Orchestra’s opening concert of the season features faculty artist Evelyn Elsing performing Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto. is piece has been a long and enthusiastically awaited collaboration for Elsing and James Ross who are friends and colleagues. Ross says, “I can imagine no richer way to celebrate Evy’s decades of fabulous teaching and musicianship at Maryland than with this introspective masterpiece!” e beloved Ms. Elsing will be retiring from the School of Music faculty in 2014. e program is rounded out with Berlioz’s Corsair Overture, op. 21, Wagner’s “Prelude and Love Death” from Tristan and Isolde and Esa-Pekka Salonen’s orchestral tour-de-force Foreign Bodies from 2001.

Evelyn Elsing has been a member of the faculty at the University of Maryland since 1974 and is the first recipient of the Barbara K. Steppel Memorial Faculty Fellowship in Cello in the School of Music.

e UMD Wind Orchestra opens its season with a program that includes Stanislaw Skrowaczyewski’s Music for Winds, as well as works by Webern, Lampe and Ruggles that exemplify the high-art ideals and modernist style embodied in Skrowaczyewski’s work. Music for Winds is a symphony without strings. e composer says, “e listener may find the character or tone of the piece to be sad, mysterious or even tragic. is could be my own reaction to the state of our world, in which great art is slowly disappearing and being replaced by superficial ‘semi-culture.’” e program will also include Webern’s Concerto, op. 24, Lampe’s Serenade and Ruggles’ Angels. UMD Symphony Orchestra photo by Alison Harbaugh; Evelyn Elsing; UMD Wind Orchestra photo by Stan Barouh

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Pedrito Martinez photo by Petra Richetero

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OCTOBER 2013

peDriTo MarTinez

Pedrito Martinez, congas, percussion, vocals Jhair Sala, cowbell, percussion, vocals Ariacne Trujillo, electric piano, vocals Alvaro Benavides, bass, vocals Friday, October 18, 2013 . 7PM & 9PM Kogod Theatre . $25/$20 subscriber

Cuban-born percussionist Pedrito Martinez began his musical career at the age of 11, performing as vocalist and percussionist with such Cuban legends as Tata Guines and Munequitos de Matanzas. When he was 15, Toronto bandleader Jane Bunnett engaged him to tour North America with her group, Spirits of Havana; two years later, he won the first-ever elonious Monk Institute Afro-Latin Hand Drum Competition. His New York-based Pedrito Martinez Group has its roots planted firmly in the Afro-Cuban rumba tradition and in the bata rhythms and vocal chants of the music of Yoruba and Santeria. His music has won a fan base that includes such musical luminaries as Ravi Coltrane, Taj Mahal, Eric Clapton, John Scofield, Roger Waters and Derek Trucks, among others. Ben Ratliff of the New York Times has called Martinez “an incomparable performer.” uMD school of Music: Music in MinD

eXoTic Voices

Delores Ziegler, mezzo-soprano

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Sunday, October 20, 2013 . 3PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall . $25/$20 subscriber

Faculty artist Delores Ziegler and friends perform rarely heard works for voice and chamber ensemble by Delage, Berio, Poulenc, deFalla and Stravinsky in the opening event of the 2013–2014 Music in Mind program. The Music in Mind series celebrates the role of music in our culture and our lives, explores sources of inspiration and points of intersection in musical traditions, and presents music in a context that encourages reflection and discovery. proceeds from Music in Mind concerts benefit the uMD school of Music’s undergraduate scholarship fund.

kronos quarTeT WORLD PREMIERE Thursday, October 24, 2013 . 8PM Kay Theatre . $50/$40 subscriber

To pay tribute to the Kronos Quartet’s 40th Anniversary, the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center has co-commissioned legendary American composer Philip Glass to write a new work that will be the centerpiece of this performance. Glass has had an extraordinary impact on the musical and intellectual life of his times through his operas, his symphonies, his compositions for his own ensemble and his wide-ranging collaborations. e Baltimore native has collaborated extensively with Kronos Quartet in the past. Kronos first recorded a Glass composition in 1985, and in 1993 released the album Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass. Acknowledged pioneers in contemporary chamber performance, Kronos specializes in new music/contemporary classical music and has commissioned more than 750 works in its 40-year history. This project is supported in part by an award from the national endowment for the arts. Philip Glass

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David Dorfman Dance photo by Adam Campos

DaViD DorfMan Dance Come, and Back Again

November 1 & 2, 2013 . 8PM Kay Theatre . $35/$28 subscriber

Few topics seem to be out of bounds for choreographer David Dorfman. In more than 25 years of dance-making, he has investigated all manner of subjects, from the nature of athleticism to the big ideas that define our humanity. Despite the serious nature of these inquiries, his dances are alive with humor and the unbridled joy of movement. Come, and Back Again is an exploration of vulnerability, mortality and the virtuosity required to live daily life. Driven by the charged poetry and unapologetic, raw ferocity of the underground ’90s Atlanta band Smoke, five dancers and five musicians embark on a kinetic anthem of reckless personal abandon, exploring how time and memory influence and define our slippery, elastic existence. e members of the live band will inhabit the stage with the dancers, which includes Dorfman playing the roles of both dancer and saxophonist. e other band members will be auditioned from our local community. David Dorfman says, “Come, and Back Again has been a lovely, twisted road of passionate pursuit for me and for the company and collaborators. We began with an adoration of poetic rock and roll as evidenced by Patti Smith among others. We’ve ended up with a dance about mess, joy, loss and survival of love at all costs.”

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NOVEMBER 2013

MaVis sTaples

Friday, November 8, 2013 . 8PM Kay Theatre . $50/$40 subscriber

Rhythm & blues and gospel legend Mavis Staples brings her trailblazing style and distinctive smoldering voice to the Center for the first time. Staples’ career began in the 1950s when her family’s iconic gospel-folk group, e Staple Singers, became a popular household name with hits such as “I’ll Take You ere” and “Respect Yourself.” e Staples Singers’ spiritual and political sound became a musical voice of the Civil Rights movement alongside that of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Decades later, Staples’ notable collaborations as a solo artist include Ray Charles, Natalie Merchant, Bob Dylan, Prince and Wilco. About her songs she says, “ey’re about the world today — poverty, jobs, welfare, all of that — and making it feel better through these songs.” Staples has been said to have “an almost superhuman ability to implant the pure power of passion and emotion” (Rolling Stone).

Mavis Staples photo by Chris Strong

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Ginastera’s Harp

James Ross, music director Karen Abrahamson Thomas, harp Sunday, November 10, 2013 . 4PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $25/$20 subscriber

Fairy Tales and Legends

Michael Votta, music director

Friday, November 8, 2013 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $25/$20 subscriber

Karen Abrahamson omas, winner of the 2012 UMSO Concerto Competition, performs Alberto Ginastera’s bold Harp Concerto. e music reflects influences of Argentinean folk music and great 20th-century masters such as Stravinsky and Bartók showing the full range of the harp as a solo instrument. e program will also include Webern’s alluring Six Pieces, op. 6 and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1, op. 68, in C minor.

e UMD Wind Orchestra performs a whimsical, storytelling program that includes Stravinsky’s Circus Polka, Ades’ Living Toys and Lambert’s Mr. Bear Squash-you-all-flat. e concert ends with Handel’s Music for Royal Fireworks. uMD school of Theatre, Dance, and performance studies

Molière iMproMpTu TranslaTeD anD aDapTeD bY rinne groff Matthew R. Wilson, director

Friday, November 8, 2013 . 7:30PM Sunday, November 10, 2013 . 2PM & 7:30PM Wednesday, November 13, 2013 . 7:30PM Thursday, November 14, 2013 . 7:30PM Friday, November 15, 2013 . 7:30PM Saturday, November 16, 2013 . 2PM & 7:30PM

pieTer wispelweY, cello Pei-Shan Lee, accompanist

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 . 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall . $40/$32 subscriber

Dutch cellist Peter Wispelwey has been called fearless for his ambitious programming, original interpretations and technical mastery. He brings no less to this intimate performance in the Gildenhorn Recital Hall in an evening of four cello sonatas from Debussy, Prokofiev, Poulenc and Stravinsky/Piatigorski.

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Based on three short plays by Molière, Molière Impromptu is a wickedly funny look at the magic of theatre. Set in 1665 Versailles, the play presents a director’s nightmare as the members of Molière’s Illustre eatre gather to rehearse a new play commissioned by the King for a performance that very night. e script is in horrible shape, the straight man wants to leave the troupe, marital spats are ripping the company apart, the intern is lobbying for a bigger part and the lead actress can never remember her lines. First performed by Trinity Repertory Company in 2005, the play is a contemporary take on the works of one of the great masters of Western comedy.

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uMD faculTY Dance concerT Falling Forward

Paul D. Jackson, director

Friday, November 15, 2013 . 7:30PM Saturday, November 16, 2013 . 3PM & 7:30PM Sunday, November 17, 2013 . 3PM Dance Theatre . $25/$20 subscriber

Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com).

is concert moves to the Dance eatre this year for an intimate view of choreography by the renowned Artist-Teachers of the UMD School of eatre, Dance, and Performance Studies dance faculty.

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Clockwise from top left: UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies’ Molière Impromptu by Stan Barouh; Karen Abrahamson Thomas, harp; Pieter Wispelwey photo by Benjamin Ealovega; UMD Dance Artist-Teacher Adriane Fang photo by Stan Barouh

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ARTIST, TEACHER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PIANO . UMD SCHOOL OF MUSIC sincere interest — was so clear. ey were all freezing but everyone stayed until the end of the concert.

Some years ago, I gave a concert at an Arts College in Yunnan province, China. Because there was no heat and the concert was in December, it was terribly cold in the hall. My parents were with me and my mother insisted that I wear sweaters underneath my concert dress, so I looked quite huge, but at least I was warm enough, or so I hoped! My hands and fingers were cold and stiff and I feared the concert would not go well.

is experience ignited a change in me because it was the first time I became aware of the audience, and I realized how that mutual appreciation and communication between artist and audience is at the heart of any performance art. Honestly, I probably could have played better because it was just so cold and uncomfortable but I was so moved by the experience as a whole, and when it came together the way it did, it turned out I wanted to communicate with the audience just as much as they wanted to hear me play.

When I looked out into the audience, not only was it full, but people were standing around the entire perimeter of the hall. ey were draped with blankets and they wore big coats, hats and gloves, yet the mood was good, even excited. I was really moved because their interest — their most

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NOVEMBER 2013

blinD suMMiT e Table

November 20 – 22, 2013 . 8PM Kogod Theatre . $35/$28 subscriber

e Center continues its tradition of innovative puppet presentations with Blind Summit eatre in e Table. Intended to be a theatrical interpretation of the story of Moses — in real time — e Table is performed by a grizzled, crotchety old man. But the grumpy puppet narrator strays far from the planned storyline and winds up playing out his own comedic, existential crisis as the puppeteers improvise and interact with each other and the audience. e show is done in the Bunraku style, with multiple puppeteers visible to the audience, and is performed completely on the table top. Blind Summit’s puppeteers breathe poignant life into their characters and using humor and improvisation, show us something of ourselves in the cardboard, wood and fabric creations onstage. Recommended for audiences over the age of 12 for strong language. Blind Summit most recently appeared at the Center in the 2007 – 2008 season with its production Low Life.

This performance is supported, in part, by the henson endowment for performing arts. uMD school of Music

MarYlanD opera sTuDio Albert Herring

Music by Benjamin Britten Libretto by Eric Crozier Based on Le Rosier de Madame Husson by Guy de Maupassant Sung entirely in English (with English surtitles) Friday, November 22, 2013 . 7:30PM Sunday, November 24, 2013 . 3PM Monday, November 25, 2013 . 7:30PM Tuesday, November 26, 2013 . 7:30PM Kay Theatre . $25/$20 subscriber

In honor of the centennial of Benjamin Britten’s birth, the Maryland Opera Studio proudly presents his rollicking 1947 comedy. In an English village, the imperious Lady Billows strikes a blow against the immorality of the local girls by breaking with tradition and crowning a King of the May. Albert Herring, the hapless lad selected, unfortunately chooses this moment to change his “good boy” image. Facing page: Mayron Tsong photo by Mike Ciesielski; above: Blind Summit photo by Nigel Bewley

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Chris Vadala, conductor Monday, December 2, 2013 . 7:30PM Kay Theatre . $30/$24 subscriber

UMD Jazz Studies Program Director Chris Vadala brings together three ensembles in innovative interpretations of classic and contemporary work. is annual event, a favorite with audiences, offers a glimpse into the breadth of repertoire in the big band genre. uMD school of Music

uMD sYMphonY orchesTra “Pathetique”

James Ross, music director John Devlin, guest conductor Emily Robinson, clarinet Friday, December 6, 2013 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $25/$20 subscriber

UMSO performs Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, which premiered nine days before the composer’s death and was his last completed symphony. Appropriately called “Pathetique,” Symphony No. 6 is tense and brooding, and addresses the power of fate in life. Also on the program: Emily Robinson, the second-prize winner of the 2012 UMSO Concerto Competition, joins the orchestra to perform Copland’s Concerto for Clarinet.

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Mfa Thesis concerT Way Out

Jessica Laurita-Spanglet, choreographer

Friday, December 6, 2013 . 7PM & 9PM Saturday, December 7, 2013 . 3PM, 7PM & 9PM Kogod Theatre . $25/$20 subscriber

Where and from whom do our daily habits derive? How do we get stuck in patterns that we can’t see? Why are habitual patterns often cyclical? In Way Out, Jessica Laurita-Spanglet will explore the nature of our physical habits, and how those habits relate to our emotional patterns. e episodic piece will seek to expand on the traditional relationship between the performer and the audience member, engaging both in a shared sensory experience. Dancers and audience alike will move through several different surroundings during the course of the evening — a creative approach to site-specific choreography in keeping with site-specific curriculum that is part of the MFA in Dance program. Choreographer Laurita-Spanglet wants to “create an immersive theatrical experience allowing the audience to occupy the space with the performers and involve themselves in the show in a way that a typical audience cannot. … By pushing the boundaries of a traditional performance venue, and engaging with the audience in a non-traditional way, my show explore[s] unusual vantage points, perspective and depth of audience engagement.”

Facing page: UMD Symphony Orchestra photos by Alison Harbaugh; UMD Jazz Ensemble photo by Alison Harbaugh; above: Jessica Laurita-Spanglet photos and Ana Farfán photo by Zachary Z. Handler

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Michael Votta and James Ross, conductors

Sunday, December 8, 2013 . 4PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $25/$20 subscriber

Kaleidoscope of Bands

Friday, December 13, 2013 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $30/$24 subscriber

Join UMWO for a performance of three works that represent critical points in composition and time.

Praised by audiences for its varied repertoire, this annual event has a loyal following. Spirit and spectacle combine in a two-hour extravaganza that features the finest wind repertoire plus the ever-popular Mighty Sound of Maryland Marching Band.

Schoenberg reacted to the extravagance of late-Romantic music with his Chamber Symphony. Dense and concise, the work points to the future of 20th-century music. Berlioz departs from his dramatic and theatrical composition style and embraces Classical traditions in his Grande Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale. Millennium Canons, composed in 2000 by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts, celebrates the turn of the century.

UMD Wind Orchestra photo by Stan Barouh; facing page: Nolan Williams Jr.’s Christmas Gift! photo by B.K. DuBose/NEWorks Productions

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nolan williaMs Jr.’s CHRISTMAS GIFT! Friday, December 13, 2013 . 8PM Saturday, December 14, 2013 . 3PM & 8PM Kay Theatre . $35/$28 subscriber

Nolan Williams Jr. has created a family-friendly holiday production that celebrates African American culture, spirituality and music of the season. Inspired in part by his own childhood memories and by Charlemae Rollins’ groundbreaking publication, Christmas Gif’: An Anthology of Christmas Poems, Songs, and Stories, Nolan Williams Jr.’s Christmas Gift! features new and time-honored Christmas music, from African American spirituals and gospel to jazz and R&B, performed by special guest soloists, a house band and the Voices of Inspiration. e music is woven together with selected readings from African American poets like Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston and Paul Laurence Dunbar and enhanced by projected images that evoke memories of the season. school of Music : Music in MinD

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Kenneth Slowik and Edward Maclary, conductors Sunday, December 15, 2013 . 3PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $25/$20 subscriber

e Christmas story has a rich history of images and associations that have evolved through the ages. Celebrating this heritage with a selection of works by composers from the Middle Ages to the present, this Music in Mind concert for choir and orchestra explores the commonalities of “light” in Jewish and Christian celebrations of the season with music of Ernst Bloch, Aaron Copland and Arcangelo Corelli (from the “Christmas Concerto”). Images of Mary and the infant and Jesus in our literary and musical history appear in works of Claudio Monteverdi, Hugo Distler and Francis Poulenc, as well as J.S. Bach’s beloved “Wachet auf” (“Sleepers wake”) cantata, a work with deep metaphorical connections to the season of Advent. The Music in Mind series celebrates the role of music in our culture and our lives, explores sources of inspiration and points of intersection in musical traditions, and presents music in a context that encourages reflection and discovery. proceeds from Music in Mind concerts benefit the uMD school of Music’s undergraduate scholarship fund.

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Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, based on Ovid’s poems and tales of transformation, also moved me tremendously. e writing in many ways is ageless, its power still so prominent in the modern times we live in. I remember leaving the theater and having to go sit down on a bench outside, feeling like I was still immersed in the pool of water that was the central aspect of the set design. I was just so lost in thought, feeling and revelation.

Although I am a concert pianist, two of the most moving performing arts experiences for me were in the theatre. One was just a few years ago in New York, during a performance of the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George. It was a British production, directed by the young Sam Buntrock, who had also worked in film and animation. e incorporation of animation within the set design throughout the show was stunning. I was also particularly struck by the simplicity of the staging and how it reflected the inner wisdom of Sondheim’s work, especially the richness of the musical score, as well as leaving an emotional impact on the viewer. e entire production moved me to tears many times over. Being so aware at the time of how this experience completely enveloped me, I realized this production deepened my love and respect for Sondheim’s work even more.

ese two significantly different theatrical experiences really had an impact on me, as a musician as well as a human being. As a musician, one synthesizes so many unconscious ideas that we’re often not aware have a connection to the notes on the page. When you perform, the piano becomes an extension of the body and of the being; the composer’s language is being interpreted personally as well as literally. And all that you’ve experienced in the past has a profound influence on your ability to do that.

Several years earlier, around 2002, another Broadway production — Mary

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JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2014

31sT annual choreographers’ showcase Saturday, January 25, 2014 . 3PM & 8PM Dance Theatre . $30/$24 subscriber

e Washington Post has called the Annual Choreographers’ Showcase “a rite of passage in the DC area dance community.” In its 31-year history, it has given audiences a sneak peek at the work of numerous artists who go on to become mainstays of the D.C. dance scene. Presented in collaboration with the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the showcase features six to seven distinct choreographic works in a range of styles each year including modern dance, contemporary ballet, aerial choreography, world dance, hip-hop and more. Performers are chosen through a rigorous adjudication process and each program offers a unique combination of genres and visions — truly a feast of the unexpected.

DaViD roussèVe/realiTY WORLD PREMIERE Stardust

January 31 & February 1, 2014 . 8PM Kay Theatre . $35/$28 subscriber

Choreographed, written and directed by David Roussève, Stardust follows an African American gay urban teenager’s dreams, misgivings and challenges. Never seen onstage, the protagonist is present only by the emotion-laden tweets and text messages he sends, which are projected onto multiple surfaces by Roussève’s long-time collaborator Cari Ann Shim Sham. Stardust juxtaposes fluidity and freneticism, in both its movement and musical score. Lush, jazz-inflected dancing is leavened by frenetic, angular representations of the teenager’s anxious states of mind, in movement performed by a mixed-age company of dancers. e soundscape pairs the intimate romanticism of Nat King Cole standards with rough-edged, hip-hop inflected original music by d. Sabela Grimes. Designer Christopher Kuhl’s lighting will support both the emotional textures and surreal quality of the work. The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center co-commissioned Stardust, which will receive its world premiere at the Center. As part of his engagement at the Clarice Smith Center, Roussève will be in residency in several visits during fall 2013, working with local ministries on issues of homosexuality and acceptance in the African American community. This project is supported in part by an award from the national endowment for the arts. Facing page: Anthony de Mare photo by Mike Ciesielski; above: David Roussève/Reality photo by Valerie Oliveiro

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bobbY Mcferrin anD chick corea

Saturday, February 8, 2014 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $50/$40 subscriber

Pianist Chick Corea. Vocalist Bobby McFerrin. A performance by either of these stellar artists would be cause for celebration, but together onstage they create a truly momentous musical occasion. Now, more than 20 years after their first collaboration, these two extraordinary musicians revisit their legendary chemistry in a concert at the Clarice Smith Center. In past performances together, their unexpected riffs and pure joy in creation have made for an unparalleled live music experience — not only for the audience, but for themselves. “Chick has this amazing harmonic capacity,” McFerrin says. “Even though he might play a piece that we’ve played before, it’s always different because you never know what we’re going to find. We’re like musical explorers.” Corea says, “When we’re onstage and I’m playing and the music is happening — and people are receiving it and it’s lifting them up — it’s indescribable how wonderful that is and how fulfilling that is to me.” funded in part by a generous gift from barbara and charles reiher.

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FEBRUARY 2014

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The waiTing rooM bY lisa looMer Kris Messer, director

Friday, February 14, 2014 . 7:30PM Saturday, February 15, 2014 . 7:30PM Sunday, February 16, 2014 . 2PM Wednesday, February 19, 2014 . 7:30PM Thursday, February 20, 2014 . 7:30PM Friday, February 21, 2014 . 7:30PM Saturday, February 22, 2014 . 2PM & 7:30PM Kogod Theatre . $25/$20 subscriber

Lisa Loomer’s 1994 play is a dark comedy about the timeless quest for beauty — and its cost. ree women from different centuries meet in a modern doctor’s waiting room. Forgiveness From Heaven is an 18th-century Chinese woman whose bound feet are causing her to lose her toes. Victoria is a 19th-century English woman suffering from what is commonly known as “hysteria.” en there is Wanda, a modern gal from New Jersey who is having problems with her silicone breasts. Husbands, doctors, Freud, the drug industry and the FDA all come under examination in this wild ride through medical and sexual politics. e playwright — who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film Girl, Interrupted — often deals with the experiences of Latinos and Hispanic Americans and with various aspects of contemporary family life. For her work on e Waiting Room, she won the 1994 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award and the 1995 American eatre Critics Association Steinberg New Play Award.

berlin philharMonic winD quinTeT

Saturday, February 15, 2014 . 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall $40/$32 subscriber

e Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet was founded in 1988 during the 35-year tenure of Berlin Philharmonic Music Director Herbert von Karajan. e first permanently established wind quintet in the famous orchestra’s rich tradition of chamber music, its members are living musical witnesses to the hugely productive and influential musical partnerships of the Berlin Philharmonic. eir repertoire covers not only the entire spectrum of the wind quintet literature but also includes works for enlarged ensemble such as the sextets of Janáček and Reinecke or the septets of Hindemith and Koechlin. UMD’s Graduate Fellowship Woodwind Quintet will join the ensemble in a performance of Gounod’s Petite Symphony. Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet will also work with School of Music chamber music students during their time at the Center.

Facing page: photo of Bobby McFerrin by Carol Friedman; above: The Waiting Room photo by Zachary Z. Handler; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet photo by Peter Adamik

THE WAITING ROOM is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

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Mady Diabaté and instrumentalists Fodé Lassama Diabaté and Mamadou Kouyaté, in the trio’s first visit to the United States.

kronos quarTeT sTuDenT coMposiTion reaDing Thursday, February 20, 2014 . 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall . FREE

Trio Da Kali consists of three musicians from the Mande culture of Mali, who come from a long line of distinguished griots (specialist hereditary musical artisans). Long-term collaborators, the artists aim to bring to the forefront neglected repertoires and performance styles of the griots, celebrating the African continent’s finest, most subtle and sublime music. In doing so, they bring a fresh, contemporary, creative twist to their musical art, breathing new life back into this ancient music.

Kronos Quartet’s ongoing residency at the Center includes working closely with composition students in the UMD School of Music. For the fourth consecutive year, Kronos Quartet will partner with UMD School of Music composition students to write new works for string quartet, mentoring the students through the composition process. Kronos will perform the completed compositions in a public reading session.

Trio Da Kali presents a performance that revolves around the soaring, rounded vibrato voice of Hawa Kassé Mady, who performs the songs she grew up with in Kela, one of the most musical centers of the griot world. e program includes dazzling solo balafon pieces by the group’s leader Lassama Diabaté on the 22-key balafon. Few can match his lyricism and virtuosity, and the resonant sound of the rosewood keys of his balafon. Mamadou Kouyaté underpins the music with punchy bass lines on a large ngoni, West Africa’s oldest string instrument.

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Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté, singer Fodé Lassama Diabaté, 22-key balafon Mamadou Kouyaté, bass ngoni

Saturday, February 22, 2014 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $35/$28 subscriber

Kronos Quartet is known for eclectic musical interests that lead them to create rich and unexpected concert experiences — and that often lead them to collaborations with artists from around the globe. is season, in partnership with the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and the Aga Khan Music Initiative, Kronos will join in concert with famed Malian vocalist Hawa Kassé

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baseD on The plaY bY frank weDekinD Books & Lyrics by Steven Sater Music by Duncan Sheik Brian MacDevitt, Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig, directors Friday, February 28, 2014 . 7:30PM Saturday, March 1, 2014 . 7:30PM Sunday, March 2, 2014 . 2PM Wednesday, March 5, 2014 . 7:30PM Thursday, March 6, 2014 . 7:30PM Friday, March 7, 2014 . 7:30PM Saturday, March 8, 2014 . 2PM & 7:30PM Kay Theatre . $30/$24 subscriber

Michael Votta, music director

Friday, February 28, 2014 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $25/$20 subscriber

Olivier Messiaen was commissioned by the French government to write a piece commemorating the dead of the Second World War. In Messiaen’s words, “I am a Catholic and I believe in neither war nor death. I therefore decided to write a piece about life.” e result was his monumental Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum, the centerpiece of this program. It is regarded as one of his most important works and one of the monumental works of the 20th century. Other works include John Mackey’s Frozen Cathedral and Mozart’s Serenade in C Minor. uMD school of Music

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James Ross, music director John Devlin, guest conductor

Saturday, March 1, 2014 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $25/$20 subscriber

UMSO performs Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2 with wordless chorus and Bruckner’s majestic Symphony No. 5. Daphnis and Chloe is regarded as one of Ravel’s richest, most passionate compositions. Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5 creates its own sense of time through unexpected musical sequences, taking the listener on a journey through a huge spiritual edifice.

Spring Awakening is based on a controversial 1891 play by German playwright Frank Wedekind, which was banned for a time in Germany because of its frank portrayal of abortion, homosexuality, rape, child abuse and suicide. e rock musical caused a sensation when it premiered on Broadway in 2006. Set in late 19th-century Germany, it tells the story of teenagers discovering the inner and outer tumult of sexuality. Alternative and folk-infused rock music capture and reflect the emotional essence of the timeless experience of coming of age.

SPRING AWAKENING is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-396-4684 www.MTIShows.com. Facing page: David Harrington with Trio Da Kali; Kronos Quartet; John Devlin. This page: Spring Awakening photo by Zachary Z. Handler

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MARCH 2014

JaMes ehnes, Violin orion weiss, piano

Thursday, March 6, 2014 . 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall . $40/$32 subscriber

Heralded for their chemistry and coordination, James Ehnes and Orion Weiss combine formidable technique with rich musical history. Ehnes’s playing fully embodies the phrasing and tonal spectrum of a piece. “Simply mastering violin technique is not his first priority. Rather, his playing serves as a bridge between the past and the present, producing a unique sound that is both modern and traditional.” (OberlinReview.org). Weiss, just 30, “has an exceptionally clean technique with virtuosity to spare.” (Washington Post)

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eir program at the Center will include Aaron Copland’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, Edvard Grieg’s Sonata No. 2 in G Major, op. 13, Johannes Brahms’ Scherzo in C Minor, Op. woo2, Sonatensatz F-A-E and Franz Schubert’s Fantasie in C Major, D.934. uMD school of Theatre, Dance, and performance studies

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shareD Mfa Thesis concerT e Night of the Mooring Ropes Ana Farfán, choreographer

Pleated

Stephanie Miracle, choreographer

March 13 & March 14, 2014 . 7:30PM Dance Theatre . $25/$20 subscriber

A Prospero whose spells do not work anymore, a Miranda who does not love Ferdinand and instead wants to become a magician herself, an Ariel who is not interested in being released by Prospero…these challenging situations for characters from Shakespeare’s e Tempest live in Ana Farfán’s choreography, e Night of the Mooring Ropes. rough movement, theatre and live music a tempest transforms their existence, while the audience witnesses the construction of the ship that will take everybody to an unexpected land. Based on make-believe worlds, sibling rivalry and living-room dances, Pleated is a lively, imaginative choreography for three women. Daring physicality and humble gestures are (re)constructed from personal memories and old home movies, creating autobiographical work that explores the brutal and beautiful landscape of growing up with sisters.

Facing page, top: James Ehnes; Ana Farfán photo by Zachary Z. Handler; Stephanie Miracle photo by Sarah Tundermann

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soMi

Friday, March 28, 2014 . 7PM & 9PM Kogod Theatre . $25/$20 subscriber

Somi is an American singer and songwriter of Rwandan and Ugandan descent who shares her time between New York City and Lagos, Nigeria. An international jazz vocalist, her original and hybrid sound is known as “New African Jazz.” Her 2009 album, If e Rains Come First, features Somi’s long-time mentor, the legendary South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. Her progressive, soulful and imaginative style breaks barriers and personifies freedom. Somi says “freedom means the ability to manifest all of whom you are at any given moment.” She is currently working on a new album, due for release in 2013.

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MARCH 2014

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uMD chaMber singers A Celebration of Benjamin Britten

Friday, April 4, 2014 . 8PM Gildenhorn Recital Hall . $25/$20 subscriber

e UMD Chamber Singers commemorate the centenary of Benjamin Britten in a concert of the composer’s works, featuring his Hymn to St. Cecilia and Five Flower Songs for unaccompanied chorus. Also hear individual members of the ensemble shine in collaboration with other students and faculty in chamber music by Britten for voice and instruments.

pig iron TheaTre coMpanY Zero Cost House

April 4 & 5, 2014 . 8PM Kogod Theatre . $35/$28 subscriber

Zero Cost House was initially conceived as a meditation on how Henry David oreau’s Walden changed the playwright’s life. e Japanese tsunami of 2011 occurred while Toshiki Okada was writing the play, which left him reflecting even more deeply on the disruptions that come from natural disasters and the uneasy compromises between radical idealism and contemporary living. Known for its raucous performance spirit, Pig Iron eatre Company is the first English-language company to premiere Okada’s work and is making its Clarice Smith Center debut with Zero Cost House. Founded in 1995 as an interdisciplinary ensemble, the company is dedicated to the creation of new and exuberant performance works that defy easy categorization. e company calls itself a “dance-clown-theatre ensemble” whose focus moves from character to space to contact with the audience. Individual pieces have been called “soundscape and spectacle,” “cabaret-ballet” and “avant-garde shadow puppet dessert-theatre.” As one company member put it, “We have a hard time sitting still.” Facing page: Somi; above: UMD Chamber Singers photo by Alison Harbaugh

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uniVersiTY chorale Spring Concert

Mayron Tsong, piano Jeffrey Zeigler, cello Lee Hinkle, percussion Tim McLoraine, projection April 11 & 12, 2014 . 8PM Kogod Theatre . $25/$20 subscriber

Friday, April 11, 2014 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $25/$20 subscriber

e University of Maryland Chorale is a vital component in the School of Music’s choral program and a popular ensemble on campus. is 50-voice ensemble comprises students from the School of Music and across the University, chosen by audition each semester.e University Chorale performs with the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra and since 2003, has collaborated annually with the National Symphony Orchestra in performing works such as the Bach St. Matthew Passion under conductor Helmuth Rilling and Handel’s Messiah with Emil de Cou and Paul Goodwin. e spring concert will feature an array of music that gives full expression to the choral repertoire.

Faculty pianist Mayron Tsong, with Jeffrey Zeigler, former Kronos Quartet cellist, designer Tim McLoraine, and percussion faculty member Lee Hinkle, will present GLAUB: Perception and Predetermination — a performance designed to explore issues surrounding faith, doubt and inevitability. e evening will re-examine the concert experience by merging contemporary music with visual projections in a seamless continuum. e program includes China Gates by John Adams, How To Pray by David Lang and two miniature works for cello and piano: Anton Webern’s ree Pieces and Four Haiku by UMD School of Music Director Robert Gibson.

This page: Jeffrey Zeigler; facing page: Sue Chiang photo by Alison Harbaugh

The Music in Mind series celebrates the role of music in our culture and our lives, explores sources of inspiration and points of intersection in musical traditions, and presents music in a context that encourages reflection and discovery. proceeds from Music in Mind concerts benefit the uMD school of Music’s undergraduate scholarship fund.

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SEPTEMBER 2013

SUE CHIANG

COSTUME SHOP COORDINATOR, CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER From seventh to twelfth grade I played flute in my high school band, which recruited middle-schoolers to help round up the numbers in our small Massachusetts community. We played a mix of classical and contemporary music and so I learned to appreciate Mozart and Bach as well as Broadway show tunes. My favorite part of playing in the band was rehearsal. After we played a section of music, our director would stop us, break down each part by instrument and explain how to play it better either through tempo, dynamics or technique. We would practice again and, slowly, our playing improved until we were ready for performance. One day in rehearsal after playing a particularly rousing rendition of the Impresario Overture, the entire band begged to play it again. And we did while our director beamed. I came to realize that often the work the audience hears does not reflect the richness of the performer’s experience. For me, then and now, process is always the most satisfying part of any performance.

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MarYlanD opera sTuDio Die Fledermaus

Music by Johann Strauss II Libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée Dialogue in English/Sung in German (with English surtitles) Friday, April 11, 2014 . 7:30PM Sunday, April 13, 2014 . 5PM Wednesday, April 16, 2014 . 7:30PM Saturday, April 19, 2014 . 7:30PM Kay Theatre . $25/$20 subscriber

Witty pranksters, straying spouses and lilting melodies — it’s the ultimate Viennese confection. In Strauss’s beloved 1874 operetta, revenge for a cruel trick leads to a woman sending her lover to jail under her husband’s name, a man attempting to seduce his own wife (disguised as a Hungarian countess) and a chambermaid masquerading as a lady of quality. e complications get straightened out in a prison run by a drunken jailer, all to the sparkling music of the great Viennese master. uMD school of Theatre, Dance, and performance studies

uMoVes Undergraduate Dance Concert

Thursday, April 17, 2014 . 7:30PM Friday, April 18, 2014 . 7:30PM Saturday, April 19, 2014 . 3PM & 7:30PM Dance Theatre . $25/$20 subscriber

e School of eatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presents a concert featuring the emerging talent of the next generation of dance artists. e program includes original works created and/or performed by undergraduate students majoring in Dance as they are finding their choreographic voice and vision, plus new works developed throughout the year by guest choreographers.

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Kenny Barron, piano Marcus Strickland, tenor saxophone Lionel Loueke, guitar Linda Oh, bass Lee Pearson, drums Friday, April 25, 2014 . 8PM Kay Theatre . $40/$32 subscriber

One of the elder statesmen of jazz piano, Kenny Barron turned 70 on June 9, 2013. As part of his 70th birthday season, he will perform at the Clarice Smith Center with the Kenny Barron Platinum Band — a stellar group of musicians including Kenny Barron, piano; Marcus Strickland, tenor saxophone; Lionel Loueke, guitar; Linda Oh, bass; and Lee Pearson, drums. Barron’s career began in the ’60s with the Dizzy Gillespie Band and has included memorable recordings with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, saxophonist Stan Getz, bassist Charlie Haden and many other jazz luminaries. When Barron was named a 2010 Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts — the highest honor in jazz that the nation bestows — he told interviewer Molly Murphy that he was originally drawn to jazz in part because of the satisfaction he gets from improvisation: “… it amazes me just to [be] able to grab a handful of notes out of thin air and make something out of it, to make a statement, to tell a story … to reach out to somebody. … If you can do that, then I think you’ve accomplished something.”

MarYlanD DaY

Saturday, April 26, 2014 10AM – 4PM . FREE

is campus open house has something for the entire family with more than 40 different events throughout the Center — on stage, in the studios and behind the scenes.

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uMD winD orchesTra Contrasts

Michael Votta, music director Friday, May 2, 2014 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall $25/$20 subscriber

is final program of the UMD Wind Orchestra’s 2013–2014 season pairs the playful rhythms and varied orchestral textures of Magnus Lindberg’s Gran Duo with the blended, consistent and serene qualities of Steve Reich’s Tehillim. Lindberg, who served as Composer-inResidence with the New York Philharmonic from 2009 – 2011, is known for using musical language that is highly complex yet highly full of vim and verve. Reich is one of the pioneering composers of minimal music; his 1981 work Tehillim was the first major composition to reference his new-found interest in his Jewish heritage and it is seen as something of a departure from his earlier, more experimental, works. e concert opens with a preview of the UMD Symphony Orchestra’s original interpretation of Copland’s Appalachian Spring with movement design by UMD alumna and renowned choreographer Liz Lerman.

Denis o’hare An Iliad

Lisa Peterson & Denis O’Hare/ Homer’s Coat, production company

May 2 & 3, 2014 . 8PM Kay Theatre . $40/$32 subscriber

In An Iliad, actor Denis O’Hare and director Lisa Peterson telescope Homer’s great poem about the Trojan War into an intimate solo show illuminating both the heroism and the horror of warfare. Set in a contemporary milieu, the one-man performance stars an ageless Greek singer and poet. e script is rendered in contemporary vernacular language with occasional snatches of verse and even a few bellowed lines in Homer’s original Greek. e play’s sole narrator, a battered-looking character who claims to have been recounting the yarn throughout the ages, combines the reverence and mystery of ancient Greek mythology with the dynamic urban rhythms of contemporary life. O’Hare describes his character as “a ‘living book’ sitting on the shelf, and either he’s being pulled down off the shelf by willing participants or he’s willing himself off the shelf to fall open in a time when the culture needs him.” uMD school of Music

uMD winD enseMble coMMuniTY banD uniVersiTY banD Annual Pops Concert

Saturday, May 3, 2014 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall $30/$24 subscriber

For 38 years and running, the Annual Pops Concert has been a big hit with audiences. We guarantee you will walk out humming more than one tune from this lighter fare of great classic music.

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Facing page: UMD University Band by Alison Harbaugh; above: Denis O’Hare photo by Joan Marcus

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This page, UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies’ performance of In the Red and Brown Water photo by Zachary Z. Handler; facing page: James Ross photo by Mike Ciesielski; Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun photo by UMD School of Music; Liz Lerman photo by Mike Ciesielski

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MAY 2014

uMD school of Theatre, Dance, and performance studies

uMD school of Music: Music in MinD

TwilighT: los angeles, 1992

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bY anna DeaVere sMiTh Caroline Clay, director

American Pie

Saturday, May 3, 2014 . 7:30PM Sunday, May 4, 2014 . 2PM & 7:30PM Wednesday, May 7, 2014 . 7:30PM Thursday, May 8, 2014 . 7:30PM Friday, May 9, 2014 . 7:30PM Saturday, May 10, 2014 . 2PM & 7:30PM Kogod Theatre . $25/$20 subscriber

In 1991, the violent police assault of African American Rodney King ignited international outrage after being captured on videotape and aired widely. A year later in 1992, in the aftermath of the trial and acquittal of the police officers charged with assault, protest and riots broke out in the streets of Los Angeles, where the incident took place. MacArthur ‘Genius,’ award-winning playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith weaves a stunning, comprehensive portrait through the verbatim words of 40 people from the ashes of the riots in this explosive piece of documentary theatre.

James Ross, music director Liz Lerman, movement design Sunday, May 4, 2014 . 4PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $30/$24 subscriber

Continuing their exploration of the relationship between movement and music, UMSO musicians will take a choreographic approach to Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. e orchestra members will perform the work from memory with movement design from UMD alumna and renowned choreographer Liz Lerman. e program also includes Dutilleux’s Métaboles and Gershwin/ Bennett’s Porgy and Bess: Symphonic Picture. The Music in Mind series celebrates the role of music in our culture and our lives, explores sources of inspiration and points of intersection in musical traditions, and presents music in a context that encourages reflection and discovery. proceeds from Music in Mind concerts benefit the uMD school of Music’s undergraduate scholarship fund.

Nominated for the 1994 Tony Award for Best Play, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is the result of nearly 300 interviews Smith conducted in a nine-month span with gang members, police officers, lawyers, activists and shopkeepers from a diversity of class and racial backgrounds. Twilight offers a searing look at the impact of social, economic and political lines that divide not only a city, but also a nation, through the lens of a seminal moment in modern United States history.

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GABRIELLA MEITERMAN-RODRIGUEZ

DANCE STUDENT . UMD SCHOOL OF THEATRE, DANCE, AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES When I was younger, I had to perform an improvised dance solo and I was really nervous because at that time my confidence level in my own dancing was not where it is now. But my professor believed in me so much that he decided to make a fool of himself with me and improvise with me. My solo turned into a duet and it just became really fun, really free, and that’s how I feel with dance now. He basically pushed me light-years ahead of myself at a young age. It’s one of the best things ever, knowing your teachers believe in you and are willing to put themselves out there with you, just to make sure you’ll grow and believe in yourself.

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MAY 2014

posTclassical enseMble Mexican Revolution

with special guest Eugenia León

Saturday, May 10, 2014 . 7PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $35/$28 subscriber

PostClassical Ensemble (PCE) presents vibrant cross-disciplinary programs that give audiences deeper context for musical works and the times in which they were written. is season PCE will present Mexican Revolution, a multi-event, multimedia program that explores themes of human rights and cultural expression. e first half of the May 10 performance will feature Mexican popular songs, performed by the legendary singer Eugenia León and PCE. In the second half of the program, audiences experience the Mexican film masterpiece Redes (1936), an iconic product of the Mexican Revolution, accompanied by Silvestre Revueltas’ scorching symphonic score performed live by PCE. Redes is a 60-minute black-and-white film with lush cinematography by renowned photographer and cinematographer Paul Strand; it was co-directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann, who later directed High Noon, From Here to Eternity and A Man for All Seasons. In telling the story of poor fishermen victimized by monopoly control of their market, Redes argues for organized resistance as a necessary means of political reform. As part of an ongoing residency, the Center, in partnership with the Mexican Cultural Institute and PCE, will bring a contemporary Mexican composer who will conduct a residency with the UMD School of Music. Facing page: Gabriella Meiterman-Rodriguez photo by Alison Harbaugh; above: boat photo by veer.com; Eugenia León; PostClassical Ensemble photo by Tom Wolff

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JUNE 7 – 28, 2014 JA M E S U N D E RC O F L E R a r T i s T i c D i r e c T o r uMD school of Music

naTional orchesTral insTiTuTe anD fesTiVal June 7 – 28, 2014 James Undercofler, artistic director

Now celebrating its 26th season, the National Orchestral Institute and Festival has helped nurture an entire generation of American orchestral musicians. Each year, a national audition tour selects outstanding performers for this month-long event, a laboratory for shaping the future of chamber and orchestral performance. Performances by the National Festival Chamber Orchestra and National Festival Orchestra take place every Saturday night between June 7 and June 28, 2014; additional free events are open to the public. Join the exploration!

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JUNE 2014

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naTional fesTiVal chaMber orchesTra concerT Saturday, June 7, 2014 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $25/$20 subscriber uMD school of Music

noi naTional fesTiVal orchesTra i Ross conducts Beethoven’s Fifth JaMes ross, conDucTor

Saturday, June 14, 2014 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $25/$20 subscriber

James Ross conducts a program of titans including Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Edgard Varèse’s Amériques and the Adagio from Gustav Mahler’s unfinished Tenth Symphony. uMD school of Music

noi naTional fesTiVal orchesTra ii Seaman conducts e Planets chrisTopher seaMan, conDucTor

Saturday, June 21, 2014 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $25/$20 subscriber

Christopher Seaman, Conductor Laureate of the Rochester Philharmonic, leads the National Festival Orchestra in a program featuring Gustav Holst’s e Planets. Also on the program, Richard Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration. uMD school of Music

noi naTional fesTiVal orchesTra iii Slatkin conducts Prokofiev’s Fifth leonarD slaTkin, conDucTor

Saturday, June 28, 2014 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall . $25/$20 subscriber

To conclude the festival, world-renowned conductor and former Music Director of the National Symphony Leonard Slatkin leads the orchestra in a concert featuring Serge Prokofiev’s evocative Fifth Symphony.

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SEPTEMBER 2013

HAROLD AND MARTHA QUAYLE DONORS

We became interested in opera way back in the ’60s, in the early days of the Opera Society of Washington. en in the ’90s we just really got started traveling to see operas. A favorite thing of ours is to see new operas. Whenever we see a world premiere going on somewhere, we try to go to it. We go a lot of places — Houston, Chicago, New York — but one of the best performances I ever saw anywhere was right here at the Clarice Smith Center several years ago when we saw Tales of Hoffman. It was just a sensational production and excellent singing. So that comes to mind when we think about great experiences.

Harold and Martha Quayle photo by Alison Harbaugh

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The performing arts have extraordinary power.

They give us new ways of seeing ourselves. They inspire us to connect with others.

They change us — and through us, the world. The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

has set the standard for university performing arts centers by integrating its vibrant visiting artist program with the UMD School of Music and UMD School of Dance, Theatre, and Performance Studies

and community engagement, thus deepening the artistic and educational experience for everyone. Your contribution ensures that the Center has the resources to provide opportunities for learning, exploration and growth and to foster innovation at the highest level.

These opportunities reflect the excellence that our community has come to expect. We invite you to embark upon this extraordinary journey with us!

we are graTeful To These insTiTuTional sponsors for Their generous inVesTMenT in our season The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is supported by a grant from the MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. Funding for the Maryland State Arts Council is also provided by the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, a federal agency.

This season is supported in part by an award from the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.

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kronos quarTeT anD philip glass In 2013–2014, the Center will present a Philip Glass co-commission for the Kronos Quartet. is season marks the Kronos Quartet’s seventh year of residency at the Center, which Kronos founder and artistic director David Harrington has termed “Kronos’ second artistic home.” Known for their adventuresome advocacy of contemporary music and world cultural influences, Kronos embodies the Center’s commitment to presenting unfamiliar, unpredictable and developing work and shares the Center’s interest in work from diverse cultures within and outside the United States.

Observing the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, this symposium will be both commemorative and forward-looking by placing the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in its historic context, both as the culmination of the struggle since the Emancipation Proclamation and as the stage-setting for a new generation of struggles to address the important — but often hidden — inequalities of our time.

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e November 2013 engagement represents the third appearance of David Dorfman Dance at the Center and will begin with auditions for the local musicians who will accompany the dancers. Company members will also teach several masterclasses to UMD dance students.

Undergraduate in eatre, UMD School of eatre, Dance, and Performance Studies “I sincerely wish to extend my humble thanks, appreciation and gratitude for the George and Ruth Tretter Arts Scholarship that has been awarded me. As a student focusing within two individual fields of study, I am constantly battling to be as efficient as I can in meeting academic requirements, and thanks to donor support, I can afford the additional classes I need that will permit me to graduate within four years.”

Gifts in support of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center are managed by the University of Maryland College Park Foundation, Inc., an affiliated 501(c)(3) organization authorized by the Board of Regents. Contributions to the University of Maryland are tax deductible as allowed by law. Please see your tax advisor for details.

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Given the opportunity, most of us would like to leave a legacy to organizations we valued in our lifetime. Planned giving is a constructive way to consider gifts that exceed outright gifts of cash or appreciated securities.

The Founders Society at the University of Maryland honors all benefactors, living and deceased, whose gifts through bequests, trusts or other planned gifts — such as charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, life insurance, etc. — help to ensure the excellence of the University and its programs.

For the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, a planned gift gives us the opportunity to partner with donors who wish to ensure that future audiences have transformational performing arts experiences at Maryland. Every donor can make an impact through a planned gift!

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VisiTing The cenTer DirecTions We are located on the University of Maryland campus at the intersection of Stadium Drive and University Boulevard. Visit our website for detailed driving and public transportation directions.

using a gps? Campus buildings do not have street addresses, but most Global Positioning Systems can locate the Clarice Smith Center with the following data: • e intersection of Stadium Drive and Route 193, College Park, MD 20742 • Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (for systems using Google Maps)

Ludwig Field & Kehoe Track

• Latitude & Longitude: (38.990777, -76.950611)

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Anytime: Register for 15 minutes of free parking at the pay station

We also offer season parking in the Stadium Drive Garage for only $30.

Lost or stolen parking passes cannot be replaced. New and replacement passes may be purchased for $30. Parking passes may not be sold or transferred.

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prioriTY seaTing anD personal aTTenTion You’ll receive personal service from the Ticketing Coordinator, who will ensure that your group gets the best seats and that we meet your accessibility needs. We’ll provide detailed seating maps, dining advice and directions, including parking information for buses. ere are also opportunities for groups to have pre- or post-performance receptions (additional fees may apply).

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sYMposiuM national symposium presented by the clarice smith performing arts center in partnership with the uMD school of public policy and uMD school of public health

2013-2014 season bY TheaTre genre

ciVil war To ciVil righTs: The well-being of a naTion

September 5 & 6, 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 6

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Friday, October 11, 2013 . 7:30PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 14 Sunday, October 13, 2013 . 2PM & 7:30PM Wednesday, October 16, 2013 . 7:30PM Thursday, October 17, 2013 . 7:30PM Friday, October 18, 2013 . 7:30PM Saturday, October 19, 2013 . 2PM & 7:30PM

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Molière iMproMpTu TranslaTeD anD aDapTeD bY rinne groff

Friday, November 8, 2013 . 7:30PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 20 Sunday, November 10, 2013 . 2PM & 7:30PM Wednesday, November 13, 2013 . 7:30PM Thursday, November 14, 2013 . 7:30PM Friday, November 15, 2013 . 7:30PM Saturday, November 16, 2013 . 2PM & 7:30PM

blinD suMMiT e Table

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 23 Thursday, November 21, 2013 . 8PM Friday, November 22, 2013 . 8PM

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Friday, December 13, 2013 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 27 Saturday, December 14, 2013 . 3PM & 8PM

DaViD roussèVe/realiTY Stardust . WORLD PREMIERE

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Friday, February 14, 2014 . 7:30PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 31 Saturday, February 15, 2014 . 7:30PM Sunday, February 16, 2014 . 2PM Wednesday, February 19, 2014 . 7:30PM Thursday, February 20, 2014 . 7:30PM Friday, February 21, 2014 . 7:30PM Saturday, February 22, 2014 . 2PM & 7:30PM uMD school of Theatre, Dance, and performance studies

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pig iron TheaTre coMpanY Zero Cost House

April 4 & 5, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 37

MarYlanD DaY

Saturday, April 26, 2014 . 10AM – 4PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 41

Denis o’hare An Iliad

May 2 & 3, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 42 uMD school of Theatre, Dance, and performance studies

TwilighT: los angeles, 1992 Saturday, May 3, 2014 . 7:30PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 45 Sunday, May 4, 2014 . 2PM & 7:30PM Wednesday, May 7, 2014 . 7:30PM Thursday, May 8, 2014 . 7:30PM Friday, May 9, 2014 . 7:30PM Saturday, May 10, 2014 . 2PM & 7:30PM bY anna DeaVere sMiTh

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MargareT Jenkins Dance coMpanY Times Bones. WORLD PREMIERE

September 13 & 14, 2013 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 9 uMD school of Theatre, Dance, and performance studies

Mfa Thesis concerT Visible Seams

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 . 6:30PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 12 Thursday, October 10, 2013 . 6:30PM Friday, October 11, 2013 . 6:30PM Sunday, October 13, 2013 . 6:30PM Monday, October 14, 2013 . 6:30PM Tuesday, October 15, 2013 . 6:30PM Wednesday, October 16, 2013 . 6:30PM

DaViD DorfMan Dance Come, and Back Again

November 1 & 2, 2013 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 18 uMD school of Theatre, Dance, and performance studies

uMD faculTY Dance concerT Falling Forward

Friday, November 15, 2013 . 7:30PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 20 Saturday, November 16, 2013 . 3PM & 7:30PM Sunday, November 17, 2013 . 3PM uMD school of Theatre, Dance, and performance studies

Mfa Thesis concerT Way Out

Friday, December 6, 2013 . 7PM & 9PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 25 Saturday, December 7, 2013 . 3PM, 7PM & 9PM

31sT annual choreographers’ showcase

Saturday, January 25, 2014 . 3PM & 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 29

DaViD roussèVe/realiTY Stardust . WORLD PREMIERE

January 31 & February 1, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 29 uMD school of Theatre, Dance, and performance studies

shareD Mfa Thesis concerT

March 13 & March 14, 2014 . 7:30PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 35 uMD school of Theatre, Dance, and performance studies

uMoVes Undergraduate Dance Concert

Thursday, April 17, 2014 . 7:30PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 41 Friday, April 18, 2014 . 7:30PM Saturday, April 19, 2014 . 3PM & 7:30PM EXTRAORDINARY MINDS . EXTRAORDINARY STORIES

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choral anD opera uMD school of Music: Music in MinD

eXoTic Voices

Sunday, October 20, 2013 . 3PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 17 uMD school of Music

MarYlanD opera sTuDio Albert Herring

Friday, November 22, 2013 . 7:30PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 23 Sunday, November 24, 2013 . 3PM Monday, November 25, 2013 . 7:30PM Tuesday, November 26, 2013 . 7:30PM uMD school of Music: Music in MinD

uMD chaMber singers Images of the Christmas Feast

Sunday, December 15, 2013 . 3PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 27 uMD school of Music

uMD chaMber singers A Celebration of Benjamin Britten

Friday, April 4, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 37 uMD school of Music

uniVersiTY chorale Spring Concert

Friday, April 11, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 38 uMD school of Music

MarYlanD opera sTuDio Die Fledermaus

Friday, April 11, 2014 . 7:30PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 41 Sunday, April 13, 2014 . 5PM Wednesday, April 16, 2014 . 7:30PM Saturday, April 19, 2014 . 7:30PM

Jazz anD worlD Music chrisTian McbriDe big banD e Movement Revisited

Friday, September 6, 2013 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 7

anDa union

Friday, September 20, 2013 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 10

Maria schneiDer orchesTra

Sunday, September 22, 2013 . 7PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 11

peDriTo MarTinez

Friday, October 18, 2013 . 7PM & 9PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 17

MaVis sTaples

Friday, November 8, 2013 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 19 uMD school of Music

uMD Jazz enseMble . uMD Jazz lab banD . uniVersiTY Jazz banD Winter Big Band Showcase

Monday, December 2, 2013 . 7:30PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 24

bobbY Mcferrin anD chick corea

Saturday, February 8, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 30 claricesmithcenter.umd.edu | 301.405.arTs (2787) 61

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Saturday, April 26, 2014 . 10AM – 4PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 41


kronos quarTeT . Trio Da kali

Saturday, February 22, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 32

soMi

Friday, March 28, 2014 . 7PM & 9PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 36

kennY barron plaTinuM banD

Friday, April 25, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 41

posTclassical enseMble Mexican Revolution

Saturday, May 10, 2014 . 7PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 47

orchesTral anD chaMber MiaMi sTring quarTeT

Friday, October 4, 2013 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 11 uMD school of Music

uMD sYMphonY orchesTra Foreign Bodies

Friday, October 11, 2013 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 15 uMD school of Music

uMD winD orchesTra A Farewell to Art

Sunday, October 13, 2013 . 4PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 15

kronos quarTeT WORLD PREMIERE

Thursday, October 24, 2013 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 17 uMD school of Music

uMD winD orchesTra Fairy Tales and Legends

Friday, November 8, 2013 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 20 uMD school of Music

uMD sYMphonY orchesTra Ginastera’s Harp

Sunday, November 10, 2013 . 4PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 20

pieTer wispelweY, cello

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 20 uMD school of Music

uMD sYMphonY orchesTra “Pathetique”

Friday, December 6, 2013 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 24 uMD school of Music

uMD winD orchesTra Turning Points

Sunday, December 8, 2013 . 4PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 26 uMD school of Music

uMD winD enseMble . coMMuniTY banD . uniVersiTY banD Kaleidoscope of Bands

Friday, December 13, 2013 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 26

berlin philharMonic winD quinTeT

Saturday, February 15, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 31

kronos quarTeT sTuDenT coMposiTion reaDing

Thursday, February 20, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 32

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uMD winD orchesTra Resurrection uMD school of Music

uMD sYMphonY orchesTra . uMD concerT choir Ravel and Bruckner

Saturday, March 1, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 33

JaMes ehnes, Violin . orion weiss, piano

Thursday, March 6, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 35 uMD school of Music: Music in MinD

glaub: percepTion anD preDeTerMinaTion

April 11 & 12, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 38

MarYlanD DaY

Saturday, April 26, 2014 . 10AM – 4PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 41 uMD school of Music

uMD winD orchesTra Contrasts

Friday, May 2, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 42 uMD school of Music

uMD winD enseMble . coMMuniTY banD . uniVersiTY banD Annual Pops Concert

Saturday, May 3, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 42 uMD school of Music

uMD sYMphonY orchesTra American Pie

Sunday, May 4, 2014 . 4PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 45 uMD school of Music

naTional fesTiVal chaMber orchesTra

Saturday, June 7, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 49 uMD school of Music

noi naTional fesTiVal orchesTra i JaMes ross, conDucTor

Saturday, June 14, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 49 uMD school of Music

noi naTional fesTiVal orchesTra ii chrisTopher seaMan, conDucTor

Saturday, June 21, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 49 uMD school of Music

noi naTional fesTiVal orchesTra iii leonarD slaTkin, conDucTor

Saturday, June 28, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 49

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February 28, 2014 . 8PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 33


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