The Clarice Calendar: November 2015-March 2016

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UMD SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Creating holiday joy in juxtaposition

ARTIST PARTNER PROGRAM

Vocalosity brings a capella to The Clarice

CLARICE IN THE COMMUNITY

NextLOOK: Investing in local and regional artists

UMD SCHOOL OF THEATRE, DANCE, AND

PERFORMANCE STUDIESBig Ten Theatre Consortium creates

forum for female playwrights

NOVEMBER 2O15–MARCH 2O16

B U I L D I N G T H E F U T U R E O F T H E A R T S

MICHELLE SMITH PERFORMING

ARTS LIBRARY50 years of piano history

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is the thriving center of performing arts at Maryland. Within The Clarice, you will

find creative partners committed to engaging audiences in new experiences and inspiring fresh voices of artistic expression.

These partners break through traditional boundaries in art-making and audience experience.

UMD SCHOOL OF MUSIC

attracts a different kind of artist; one who understands tradition and celebrates curiosity.

UMD SCHOOL OF THEATRE, DANCE, AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES

embodies art that builds communities and explores new ways to discover ourselves and the world.


engages national and international visiting artists who are committed to sparking exploration and discovery through

participatory arts experiences.

MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION

improves the quality of life of our creative radius through its arts and public recreation programs.

MICHELLE SMITH

PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY is transforming the traditional library space into a collaborative learning environment for students and community members.

DEVOS INSTITUTE

OF ARTS MANAGEMENT

provides training, consultation and implementation support for arts organizations, their managers and their boards.

A HUB OF INNOVATION AND POSSIBILITY,

IS BUILDING THE FUTURE OF THE ARTS NOW.

INSIDE COVER PHOTO BY RJ MUNA

COVER: Yoko K., electronic musician, composer and producer, in performance on March 25. PHOTO BY LOUIS PINCKNEY

We at The Clarice are dedicated to providing you with the most comprehensive and current information about all of our activities — and we do a lot! We are constantly working to evolve our website so that the “hot-off-the-presses” information is always there and easy to find, but we also want to be sure you have something to touch and feel! This piece, our Clarice calendar, will continue to provide information on upcoming performances and events at The Clarice and within our creative radius. You will find those listings in the second half of the publication. In the first half we are sharing with you some of our proudest moments — because the work we do beyond the stage shouldn’t be our best kept secret! You’ll find meaningful and important stories of who we are and what it means to be building the future of the arts. And we’ll be sure to tell you the many ways you can be a part of our work. We are fans of our fans.

If you have feedback to share, we’re all ears! Our website has specific contact information for our various teams or feel free to email [email protected]. You can also participate in online conversations with us on Facebook and Twitter. We are always open to dialogue on how we’re doing.

With gratitude,

Team Clarice

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16 - 23EVENT LISTINGS Keep informed about all the happenings through summer 2016!


24 - 27SUPPORT THE CLARICE

Hello and welcome to our refreshed

Clarice calendar format!

Kirsten Greenidge’s new play Baltimore is slated to receive four full productions and two staged read-ings at university theaters across the country during the 2015–2016 season. A new play by a woman playwright being produced so wide-ly is astonishingly uncommon in an industry in which less than a quar-ter of plays produced nationwide are written by wom-en, and men’s roles onstage out- number women’s by more than half. This is despite women purchasing a p p r o x i m a t e l y 70% of theater tickets and com-prising 60%–70% of audiences.

Baltimore is the second show produced by the Big Ten Theatre Consortium’s (BTTC) New Play Initiative, a com-missioning project designed to tackle this gender disparity. Each year, a female playwright is given funding to create a new play

featuring at least seven roles for college-aged women. The show is then produced at BTTC universi-ties in a rolling world premiere. The inaugural year of the project show-cased Good Kids by Naomi Iizuka, which was performed as part of UMD’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies’ (TDPS) season. This year, TDPS will also host

the organization’s annual conference.

Baltimore tells the story of Shelby, an African-Amer-ican resident ad-visor and Type-A overachiever with a five-year plan crafted down to the minute. But all of her plans go out the window when

a racially charged incident occurs on her watch and she’s forced to confront her peers — and herself — with long-buried questions about the role race plays in her life. It’s a moving drama about taking sides and taking a stand.

“A new play by a woman playwright

being produced so widely is

astonishingly uncommon...”

Big Ten Theatre Consortium Creates Forum for Female Playwrights

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: theclarice.umd.edu/baltimore

—AMY FRIEDMAN, The Clarice

PHOTO BY STAN BAROUH

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A Comfortable Fit in Chimerica

When Studio Theatre announced Lucy Kirkwood’s play Chimerica as its 2015-2016 season opener, UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies professor of costume design Helen Huang knew she would be a natural fit to work on the project. “I’m Chimerica,” Huang said in an interview with the Washington Post, referring to how she has spent half of her life in China and half in the United States. Set in 2012 in both China and the U.S., the play follows a fictional American journalist in his search for the man in his iconic photograph of Tiananmen Square. A present-day timeline meant contemporary costumes, and Huang gets inspiration from thrift stores and especially from her actors. “The playwright provides a skeleton of the character … the meat comes from who gets cast.”

Navigating the Set Design MazeSet design can quickly be a maze of complicated logistical problems. In order to get students to focus in on the creative process, UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies’ professor Dan Conway has them design Cornell Boxes, works of art focusing on one theme and manageably sized at 8 x 10 x 2 inches. Recently, Conway’s students visited Chicago to view a Cornell box exhibit and see shows at two of the country’s most prestigious regional theaters—including a new adaptation of The Tempest at Chicago Shakespeare Theater with set design by Conway himself. “Giving students the chance to experience theater on a national level makes them better designers,” Conway says. “Because of the generosity of our donors, we’re actually able to make shows that look like professional theatres. And that gets our students jobs.”

Larry Yando and Eva Louise Balistreiri. The Tempest at

Chicago Shakespeare Theater. PHOTO BY LIZ LAUREN —AMY FRIEDMAN, The Clarice 5

—AMY FRIEDMAN, The Clarice

Foreground: Kelsey Wang and Jacob Yeh. Background: Rob

Yang. Chimerica at Studio Theatre. PHOTO BY IGOR DIMITRY

Larry Yando and Eva Louise Balistreiri. The Tempest at

Chicago Shakespeare Theater. PHOTO BY LIZ LAUREN

Foreground: Kelsey Wang and Jacob Yeh. Background: Rob

Yang. Chimerica at Studio Theatre. PHOTO BY IGOR DIMITRY

Years ago, the campus had one band, which played for athletic

events and commencement and gave concerts. As Maryland

grew, this band separated into specialized ensembles. Progress

was positive, and the idea of one college band is what Maryland

is about. It’s this tradition that brings us together.

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PHOTO BY KEN RUBIN

—DR. MICHAEL VOTTA JR., the new Director of UMD Bands

Daraja's DebutDaraja, or “bridge” in Swahili, is exactly what the Daraja Ensemble aims to build between art and communities. As the UMD School of Music’s newest Graduate Fellowship Woodwind Quintet, Daraja’s goal is to share their love of music through outreach projects and adventurous performances with audiences around the world. During the summer of 2016, Daraja will travel to Tanzania to foster pathways for music education with Clarinets for Conservation, an organization that promotes the conservation of Mpingo, the wood out of which clarinets are made.

—JOSHUA BLUMENTHAL, Daraja Ensemble

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UMD SCHOOL OF MUSIC

UMD BANDS

PHOTO BY KEN RUBIN

The Little Match Girl and The Nutcracker at The Clarice will take place on Friday, December 4 at 8pm.

For tickets and more information, visit: theclarice.umd.edu/little-match-girl-nutcracker

The Kaleidoscope of Bands Concert will take place on Friday, December 11 at 8pm.

For tickets and more information, visit: theclarice.umd.edu/kaleidoscope

PHOTO BY DYLAN SINGLETON

young Clara, while David Lang’s the little match girl passion is based on the Hans Christian Anderson tale of a child living amidst poverty and brutality whose only happiness is in memories and visions. Combining the two works results in a powerful mix of have and have-not, each now suffused with its opposite. With this deeper potential in mind, Ross collaborated with Tim McLoraine, noted video artist whose work has accompanied the New York Philharmonic and has been featured at Tanglewood Music Center, to create projections that would help bind the often stark transitions between the musical languages of Lang and Tchaikovsky. As they considered various potential musical inter-weavings of these two works, they

came to discover that the outwardly disparate pieces of music actually spoke to each other. Through the use of two onstage projection surfaces, the cumulative conversation between chorus, orchestra and images began to tell its own meta-story.

The resulting provocative work, performed by UMSO and UMD Chamber Singers, unlocks a component of joy through compassion by finding a common thread between those who have and those who have not, illuminating the holiday season in an otherworldly glow, like a candle burning in a window or a match brightening the chilled face of one who looks for home.

In an ideal world, winter holidays are about being with family, enjoying good food and sharing gifts. But for many, the season is a time of hardship. James Ross, Director of Orchestral Activities hopes that the University of Maryland’s Symphony Orchestra holiday program will “enable audiences to celebrate the varied bounty of life, including its tender, fragile beauty, by considering those to whom not much is given. At the root of this juxtaposition is an aspiration to deepen the empathy with which we live our lives.”

Ross’ idea is coming to life through the intertwining of two distinctly different holiday stories about children. Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet tells the story of the fortunate

Creating Holiday Joy in Juxtaposition

PHOTO BY ALISON HARBAUGH

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—MISSY MCTAMNEY, The Clarice

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The future of the arts is made up of emerging creative talent, and that talent needs a launch pad. The Clarice’s Pocket Commissions provide start-up funds for young composers, choreographers and playwrights to create and share new work with audiences. Recent recipients have included alumni from both the UMD School of Music and the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, and the commissions launched three short plays, a string quartet and a new dance piece.

“You all gave me the gift of seeing my words out loud, and breathed them into life,” Natalie Piegari, author of the play Unbound, said. “It was a leap of faith that meant everything to this fledgling playwright.” All works premiered at The Clarice’s second annual NextNOW Fest, which opened the 2015–2016 season.


—BOBBY ASHER, Artist Partner Program

POCKET COMMISSIONS

Launch New Work

PHOTOS BY JARED SCHAUBERT,

DYLAN SINGLETON & VOCALOSITY

PHOTOS BY JARED SCHAUBERT,

DYLAN SINGLETON & VOCALOSITY

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Vocalosity Brings A Cappella to The ClariceA cappella’s recent boom in popularity has a lot to do with one man. As producer of NBC’s The Sing-Off and arranger, on-site music director and vocal producer for Universal’s Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2, Deke Sharon is largely responsible for the current sound of a cappella music. This February, Sharon’s aca-perfect concert experience, Vocalosity, comes to The Clarice and offers an incredible opportunity for vocal artists from UMD’s campus a cappella groups. They will have the chance to audition for Sharon via YouTube to be the opening act for the performance.

Vocalosity is a live, engaging concert experience featuring 12 dynamic singers—many of whom have starred on The Sing-Off. Not only will vocalists sing contemporary Top 40 hits, but they will also explore unique musical sounds and styles, showcasing the art form’s deep roots that trace back to madrigal singing, Gregorian chant, doo-wop and barbershop quartets.

For more information and tickets, visit: theclarice.umd.edu/vocalosity

PortalsTwenty minutes was just enough time for a friendship to flourish within the walls of Shared_Studios’ Portal, a shipping container equipped with immersive audio-visual technology to enable conversations and artistic exchange between people from across the world. Miguel Ángel from Mexico City and I quickly found out that we are both in our second year of university, infatuated with art and interested in traveling the world.

Shared_Studios aims to expand the ability of and capacity for human interaction and imagination. Our distinctions push us to dive in deeper and establish friendships that would have never existed if it weren’t for this simple, golden shipping container resting nonchalantly in The Clarice’s yard during the NextNOW Fest.

—SARAH SNYDER, The Clarice

—KARLA CASIQUE, UMD Student

The Clarice’s Artist Partner Program is excited

to offer this rare and wonderful opportunity

for UMD students. A cappella is extremely

popular on campus, with several registered

a cappella groups performing and placing at

national competitions. This arts experience

celebrates the wonder of the human voice.

—MARTIN WOLLESEN, Executive Director

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NextLOOK: Investing in Local and Regional Artists

For performing artists, creating new work requires finding the perfect blend of funding, space and time — and that isn’t easy. Enter NextLOOK, a partnership between The Clarice and Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier, Maryland that is helping make it easier. Initiated in 2014, the series brings together performing artists creating an original work and audiences who want to play an active role in the creative process, all while providing the funding, space and time to do so.

Local and regional artists selected through an application process are given access to space at Joe’s Movement Emporium where they have the time to rehearse and develop their work As part of that development process, members of the local community are invited to provide inspiration and feedback to the artist by attending themed discussions and workshops. Each artist’s residency culminates in a public performance of the newly created work.

“The Clarice is committed to building the future of the arts by working with nationally recognized artists to develop new work,” said Bobby Asher, Senior Associate Director of the Artist Partner Program. “By doing the same for local and regional artists, we’re investing in the creativity of those right in our own backyard.”

Past NextLOOK artists include Vincent E. Thomas/VTDance and BOOMscat as well as Pointless Theatre, a local puppet theatre company founded by alumni of the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies.

“This residency has allowed us to reinvest in our company members, build skills they haven’t had before and give them the opportunity to flex their directing muscles or develop new muscles in a low-risk environment,” says TDPS alumnus Scott Whalen, a performer and co-director of communications for Pointless Theatre.

This season’s NextLOOK series began with Taurus Broadhurst Dance, recipient of the Audience Choice Award at the 32nd Annual Choreographers Showcase, a presentation of The Clarice and Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning.

For a list of upcoming NextLOOK performances, visit: theclarice.umd.edu/nextlook

CLARICE IN THE COMMUNITY

—MEGAN PAGADO, The Clarice

For more information about partnering with The Clarice, contact Jane Hirshberg at [email protected] or 301.405.8172. PHOTO BY MUKUL RANJANPHOTO BY MUKUL RANJAN

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The Clarice’s Campus Partners

Maryland Robotics Center

Office of China Affairs

Latin American Dance Club

College Park Arts Scholars

Global Communities Program

Alternative Breaks Program

Caribbean Student Association

School of Public Health

Beyond the Classroom

Minor in International Development and Conflict Management

Voices for Social Change

School of Public Policy

Graduate Student Life

Honors Humanities Program

The Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Sustainability Studies Minor

The Clarice’s Community Partners

Virginia Harp Center

Maryland Multicultural Youth Center/Adelante Program

Latin American Youth Center

William Wirt Middle School

After School Dance Fund

ArtSi of Riverdale

El Comalito Restaurant

Suitland High School

Parkdale High School

Fonkoze USA

Green Ridge House

Greenbelt Assistance in Living

Brentwood Arts Exchange

Batonga Foundation

Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center

City Blossoms

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

First Peoples Worldwide

Joe’s Movement Emporium

Busboys and Poets

Jason Cook and Colours

The Clarice’s Link to its Creative RadiusThe Clarice is committed to our community and strives to provide access to that community through partnerships. We choose partners who understand the impact artists can have on everything from politics to science, education to beauty — and who can help us reach new audiences through collaboration and cross-promotion. We choose artists who understand the importance of changing the audience experience and are willing to explore new ways to connect with audience members by sharing in and opening up their creative process.

—JANE HIRSHBERG, The Clarice

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Huang Yi working with UMD Robotics

students. PHOTO BY JARED SCHAUBERT

M-CHE Hair Project.

PHOTO BY AUDREY HILL

M-CHE Hair Project.

PHOTO BY AUDREY HILL

Huang Yi working with UMD Robotics

students. PHOTO BY JARED SCHAUBERT

MICHELLE SMITH

PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY

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Visiting the Past to Inform the Future

The Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library is excited to announce a new programming series starting this fall called WAPAVA Presents. The Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive (WAPAVA) documents a comprehensive range of DC theatre productions, and their collection is found here at Special Collections in Performing Arts. The events will feature videos of local theatre productions from the WAPAVA Collection with opening remarks by notable participants in the local theatre community, and followed up with a Q&A involving some of the creative talent who were involved in the production. Each viewing will be free and hosted in the Piano Room of the library.

For more information, visit: theclarice.umd.edu/mspal-previews

—VINCENT J. NOVARA, MSPAL

PHOTO BY MICHAEL DAMES

5O Years of Piano History

In October 1889, composer Johannes Brahms sat at a piano placed before a strange-looking device in a Vienna living room and played a fragment of one of his works. His playing was captured by a phonograph. Some 14 years later, Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg entered the Paris studios of The Gramophone Company to play nine of his own pieces, which soon became available to the public on fragile 10-inch shellac-based discs. Thus was launched an enormous panorama of recorded classical pianism, documenting for posterity the styles, schools, traditions and notable accomplishments of the piano world for more than a century.

The International Piano Archives at Maryland (IPAM), part of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library at The Clarice, is the world’s only institutional collection devoted to the history and performance of classical piano music. With more than 60,000 recordings, students, faculty and visitors from around the world can explore and examine the many elements of piano interpretation and technique.

The archive also contains more than 27,000 published scores of piano music, including manuscripts and early editions of rare, little-known repertoire. In addition, IPAM houses files on the careers of thousands of concert pianists, with programs, clippings, reviews and photographs.

In the 2015–2016 season, IPAM celebrates its 50th anniversary. Founded in Cleveland and New York in 1965 as The International Piano Library, the collection became part of the University of Maryland Libraries in 1977, and has been part of The Clarice since its opening in 2001. To celebrate this milestone occasion, an exhibition is now on display in the library’s Gallery space, tracing the history of IPAM along with some of the rarest materials from the collection. A performance by Marc-André Hamelin kicked off a series of four recitals to be held throughout the season. Performances by Orion Weiss, Ursula Oppens and Margaret Leng Tan will follow. Tan’s performance will explore the novel uses of the conventional piano as well as the musical potential of toy pianos.

For tickets and more information, visit: theclarice.umd.edu/ipam50

—DONALD E. MANILDI, MSPAL

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NEXTNOW FEST

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The NextNOW Fest at The Clarice is the university’s creative welcome and welcome back to new and returning students. The multi-day, multi-arts festival of fun and discovery brings artists and audiences together in surprising and intriguing ways that will make you re-think what is possible. 2015 was the second year of the Fest, and featured headliner Reggie Watts, along with many other creative, engaging performances.

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HAYLEY FAHEY AND ERICA BONDAREV

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HAYLEY FAHEY AND ERICA BONDAREV


ELIAS STRING QUARTET

FRI , NOV 20, 2015 . 8PM

Internationally acclaimed as one of the leading ensembles of their generation, Elias String Quartet’s intense and deeply felt performances mesmerize audiences as they travel the globe collaborating with some of the finest musicians.

PROGRAM: Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 42 in

C Major, Op. 54, No. 2; Donald Grant: Arrangements of

Scottish Folk Tunes; Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet

in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 (“Rasumovsky”).

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UMD CHAMBER MUSIC SHOWCASE

MON, NOV 16, 2015 . 5 :30 PM

TUES, NOV 17, 2015 . 7PM

F R EE , N O T I C K E T S R EQU IR ED

Small student chamber groups perform repertoire for strings, woodwinds, brass and piano. The culmination of a semester’s rehearsal and coaching, this concert provides a glimpse into the groups’ training for major ensembles.

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STRING QUARTET READINGS WITH ETHEL

THURS, NOV 19, 2015 . NOON


UMD School of Music composers’ works are read by the string quartet ETHEL in this special performance of brand-new music.

UMD SCHOOL OF THEATRE, DANCE,

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SECOND SEASONMORE THAN 90 MILES FROM HOME AND SNAKE TELEGRAM

NOV 20 - 22, 2015F R EE , N O T I C K E T S R EQU IR ED

Enjoy two performances created and produced by TDPS students. More Than 90 Miles From Home explores Colette Krogol’s Cuban-American identity and the oral stories told to her throughout her life by her family. Snake Telegram is both mystery and surprise as its plucked and tarnished movements dance to cool, cool jazz.

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UMD WOMEN’S CHORUS & UMD MEN’S CHORUS

KALEIDOSCOPE: CHORAL MUSIC ACROSS CULTURES

SUN, NOV 15, 2015 . 3 PM


UMD’s ever-popular choruses perform stirring arrangements from countries like Bulgaria, Latvia, Haiti and Ireland. These dynamic ensembles take you on a cross-cultural voyage through the music of Hatfield, Brahms, Guillaume, Lyondev, Mechem and Schubert.

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MARYLAND OPERA STUDIO DON GIOVANNIW.A. MOZART, composer

NOV 20 - 24, 2015

Mozart masterfully shadows the conniving but captivating Don in his quest to conquer all of the beautiful women he encounters. Part comedy, part tragedy, this opera is Mozart at his finest, sparkling with music full of sheer genius.

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OPERA RESONATES! DON GIOVANNI: SEX, CLASS, GENDER, POWER

SUN, NOV 22, 2015 . 1 :30 PM


Some say this opera embodies the adage, “It’s a man’s world.” But is that what’s really going on in this timeless opera? Join us for the new “Opera Resonates!” series, a dialogue about what stays with us long after the last note has been sung and the impact it has on our lives after the curtain falls. Includes light refreshments and stimulating conversation.

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UNIVERSITY CHORALE ECLECTICISM — TRADITION MEETS INNOVATION

SUN, NOV 22, 2015 . 7:30 PM

The University Chorale explores the timeless counterpoint of old masters as it encounters the electric harmony of contemporary masters in a program ranging from the Renaissance to 20th century.

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UMD KOREAN PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE & UMD JAPANESE KOTO ENSEMBLE

MON, NOV 30, 2015 . 7:30 PM


Join the UMD Korean Percussion Ensemble for this exhilarating contemporary form of Korean music. The quiet beauty, simplicity and harmonizing effect of Japanese nature are revealed in the great repertoire of Samulnori.

DEVOS INSTITUTE OF ARTS MANAGEMENT

LECTURE AND DISCUSSION SERIES:INTRODUCTION TO ARTS MANAGEMENT

TUES, DEC 1 , 2015 . 1 :30 PM

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Are you an arts lover who wants to run a symphony or a museum? Would you like to know more about marketing and fundraising for a dance or theatre company? Join us for this four-session lecture and discussion series for an introduction to the business of arts management. The series is designed for participants to attend all four sessions. FREE LUNCH.

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NEW MUSIC AT MARYLAND

TUES, DEC 1 , 2015 . 8 PM


New works give young instrumentalists and singers the opportunity to learn from living composers, collaborate with them and gain insight into the composition process.This concert features original works by UMD student composers, performed by UMD music students.

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BACH CANTATA SERIES:O EWIGES FEUER, O URSPRUNG DER LIEBE, BWV 34

THURS, DEC 3, 2015 . 1 :30 PM


Written for the first day of Pentecost, BWV 34 is lavishly scored for vocal trio, chorus and orchestra. The Bach Cantata Series, a UMD favorite, explores the composer’s more than 200 cantatas through informal performances led by graduate choral conducting students. Participation in the chorus is open to students, faculty, staff and friends of the community. Day-of rehearsals are at 12:15PM in the Choral Rehearsal Room (Room 2201).

ARTIST PARTNER PROGRAM & MICHELLE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY

ORION WEISS, PIANO

THURS, DEC 3, 2015 . 8PM

One of the most sought-after soloists in his generation of young American musicians, Orion Weiss is the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and Classical Recording Foundation’s Young Artist of the Year.

PROGRAM: Leoš Janáček: In the Mists; Ludwig Van

Beethoven: Sonata in A Major, Op. 101; Johannes

Brahms: Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118; Alberto Ginastera:

Sonata No. 1

WORLDWISE: ARTS AND HUMANITIES DEAN’S LECTURE SERIES: ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO IN CONVERSATION WITH SHERI PARKS

FRI , DEC 4, 2015 . 5 :30 PM

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The “undisputed queen of African music,” Angélique Kidjo uses her acclaimed songs to speak to the lives of African women. In conversation with Sheri Parks, Kidjo will discuss her world activism and her life — from Benin to Paris to Brooklyn.

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UMD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & UMD CHAMBER SINGERS

THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL AND THE NUTCRACKER

FRI , DEC 4, 2015 . 8 PM

Drawing from various holiday stories seen through the eyes of children, the UMD Symphony Orchestra and UMD Chamber Singers provocatively combine excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet with David Lang’s poignant the little match girl passion for solo chamber choir. The interweaving of these two works with imagery by video designer Tim McLoraine finds a common thread between the lives of those who may have and those who may not.

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UMD GAMELAN ENSEMBLE

FRI , DEC 4, 2015 . 8 PM


The complex rhythms and delicate motions of Balinese dance unite in the UMD Gamelan Saraswati.


ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO

SAT, DEC 5, 2015 . 8 PM

Celebrated as “Africa’s premier diva,” the GRAMMY-winning vocalist is a chart-topping world music superstar who combines West African grooves, American R&B, samba and sophisticated jazz harmonies. Kidjo is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and tireless crusader for women’s and children’s rights whose work celebrates the resilience and beauty of Africa’s women.

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UMD WIND ORCHESTRA & UMD WIND ENSEMBLEEXOTIC BIRDS

SUN, DEC 6, 2015 . 4 PM

Olivier Messiaen once called birds “the greatest musicians on the planet,” and began transcribing their sounds at a young age. In this “almost piano concerto,” Messiaen integrates the calls of 47 different birds from India, China, Malaysia and the Americas.

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UMD JAZZ ENSEMBLEUMD JAZZ LAB BANDUNIVERSITY JAZZ BANDWINTER BIG BAND SHOWCASE

MON, DEC 7, 2015 . 7:30 PM

In this annual event, director Chris Vadala brings together three ensembles in innovative interpretations of classic and contemporary jazz works.

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UMD PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

MON, DEC 7, 2015 . 8 PM


Usually positioned at the back of the orchestra, the percussion section moves center stage to reveal their colorful, melodic potential in this striking concert of contemporary music.



KREATIVITY

DEC 8 & 9, 2015 . 7:30 PM


Kreativity Diversity Troupe, voted one of the Top 10 UMD student groups, is an all-inclusive student performance group. The members, or Kreators, write, direct, produce, perform and stage their own original work around a single theme in a culminating, end-of-semester performance.

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HONORS CHAMBER MUSIC RECITAL

SUN, DEC 6, 2015 . 7:30PM

A concert showcasing exceptional ensembles of the UMD School of Music’s chamber music program, as selected by faculty.

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UMD REPERTOIRE ORCHESTRATCHAIKOVSKY’S ROCOCO VARIATIONS

WED, DEC 9, 2015 . 8 PM


Newly appointed Assistant Professor of Cello Eric Kutz joins the UMRO in a performance of Tchaikovsky’s famous cello showpiece Rococo Variations. An elegant homage to Mozart and the early classical era, the Variations are as close to a cello concerto as Tchaikovsky ever came to writing.

PROGRAM: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave and Rococo

Variations featuring Eric Kutz, cello; Amy Beach: Symphony

No. 2 (“Gaelic”).



DELTA CHI XI HONORARY DANCE FRATERNITYNEW DANCES

DEC 10 & 11 , 2015 . 7:30 PM

F R EE, NO T ICK E TS R EQUIR ED

Choreographers and dance groups from across the UMD campus bring you an evening of original work.

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UMD WIND ENSEMBLE UMD WIND ORCHESTRAMIGHTY SOUND OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY BANDMARYLAND COMMUNITY BANDKALEIDOSCOPE OF BANDS

FRI , DEC 11, 2015 . 8 PM

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

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UMD WOMEN’S CHORUSUMD MEN’S CHORUS

14TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS

Memorial Chapel 7 74 4 Regent s Dr, Col lege Park , MD

FRI , DEC 11, 2015 . 8 PM

$1 5 P U B L I C | $1 0 S EN I O RS |

$ 5 S T U D EN T / YO U T H

Modeled after the beloved Christmas Eve tradition of King’s College, this performance tells the story of Christmas through lively readings and music that epitomizes hope, goodwill and joy.


NextLOOK CLOWN CABARET

Joe’s Movement EmporiumFRI, JAN 22, 2016 . 7PM

PAY W H AT YO U WA N T,

N O T I C K E T S R EQU IR ED

Clown Cabaret will be in residency at Joe’s Movement Emporium from January 18–22, 2016, and works in an evolving art form that celebrates a universal sense of fun. Through performance, workshops and audience interaction, Clown Cabaret keeps the tradition alive as they develop their newest work.


ODC/DanceBOULDERS AND BONES

FRI , JAN 29, 2016 . 8 PM

Dance has a kind of temporary permanence. boulders and bones is inspired by the work of sculptor and land artist Andy Goldsworthy, whose own creations interpret the subtle shifts of place and time. Brenda Way and K.T. Nelson trace the shifting light and changing landscape of the body to reveal moments of chaos and clarity. Performed with live music by Erin Wang.



SECOND SEASON TOM IN THE MACHINE AND MY DEVIL DANCE

FRI , JAN 29, 2016 . 7:30PMSAT, JAN 30, 2016 . 2PM & 7PM


Second Season, a TDPS student group that creates and produces its own work, will stage Tom in the Machine, a new dance-theatre show addressing the great social divides of today, by Matthew Reeves. My Devil Dance, choreographed and performed by Sudesh Mantillake, speaks to the oppression that Sri Lankans and other colonized nations have endured, proposing “mindfulness” for co-existence of humans.

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LEFT BANK STRING QUARTETSTRING ICONS

FRI , DEC 11, 2015 . 8PM

Two iconic string quartets of the 20th Century by two of its giants from Berlin and Budapest, with a repass through 1700’s Vienna on the way.

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ARTIST PARTNER PROGRAM & MICHELLE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY

URSULA OPPENS, PIANO

International Piano Archives at Maryland 50th Anniversary Celebration

THURS, FEB 4, 2016 . 8 PM

Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for “steely fingers and a tender, inviting sense of lyricism” Oppens is a leading champion of contemporary American piano music. The four-time GRAMMY nominee has performed with virtually all of the world’s major orchestras and collaborated with the JACK, Juilliard and Pacifica Quartets.

PROGRAM: Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32

in C Minor, Op. 111; Frederic Rzewski: The People United

Will Never Be Defeated!

UMD SCHOOL OF MUSIC

MARYLAND OPERA STUDIONEW WORKS READINGANOTHER COUNTRY

FRI , FEB 12, 2016 . 7:30 PM


A chamber opera for nine singers loosely based on nursery rhymes explores the nature of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.


GOD BLESS BASEBALL

FEB 12 & 13, 2016 . 8 PM

Visionary playwright/director Toshiki Okada explores this iconic American symbol in his newest play God Bless Baseball. The play positions the U.S. as parent and Japan and Korea — where baseball is deeply rooted in popular culture — as brothers heavily influenced by the parent. Featuring Japanese and Korean actors with a stage set by acclaimed visual/video artist Tadasu Takamine, this baseball culture triple-play is sure to be a home run.


VOCALOSITYTHE ACA-PERFECT CONCERT EXPERIENCE

FRI , FEB 19, 2016 . 8 PM

From the movies to television, a cappella is soaring in popularity. Vocalosity captures this excitement live onstage at The Clarice. Deke Sharon, producer for Pitch Perfect and NBC’s The Sing-Off, gathers the world’s best singers for an ‘Aca-Perfect’ musical experience. For added fun, UMD a cappella groups will audition to be an opening act for this special evening.

ARTIST PARTNER PROGRAM & THE

MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK

AND PLANNING COMMISSION

33rd annualCHOREOGRAPHERS’ SHOWCASE

SAT, FEB 6, 2016 . 3 P M & 8 P M

The Clarice is nurturing the dance culture of our region by hosting in partnership with The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission one of the season’s most inspiring dance events. the Washington Post called the Annual Choreographers’ Showcase “a rite of passage in the DC dance community.” Witness the future of dance by some of the area’s most intriguing choreographic talents.



TROILUS AND CRESSIDAby William Shakespeare

FEB 12–20, 2016

The classic love tale of Troilus and Cressida set in the Trojan War is re-envisioned to feature students cast as icons and a homecoming atmosphere where everything is about TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT.

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INNOVATORTALK

ART AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Lola Bloom / City Blossoms

Brent wood Ar ts Exchange3901 Rhode Island Ave, Brentwood, MD

SAT, FEB 20, 2016 . 1 PM

F R EE , R EG I S T R AT I O N R EC O M M END ED –

EM A IL EN GAG E .T HEC L A R I C E@ U M D. ED U

City Blossoms, a non-profit dedicated to kid-driven, community-engaging, creative green spaces, was founded by UMD alum Lola Bloom. Specializing in an art-based, hands-on approach, Bloom will give an overview of the group’s evolution, and lead participants through activities that demonstrate her unique approach to learning.


TWELFTH NIGHT

Filter Theatre in Association with the Royal Shakespeare Company

FEB 26 - 27, 2016 . 8 PM

A venerable institution collaborates with an upstart theatre company to create a radically cut version of Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identity. The stage is awash with cables and instruments, costume changes occur in front of the audience and performance decisions are made on the hoof. The live chemistry between actors, audience, text and sound explodes into an exhilarating theatrical experience.

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QUATUOR DANEL

THURS, FEB 25, 2016 . 8 PM

At the forefront of the international music scene since its founding in 1991, Quatuor Danel’s groundbreaking recordings have won significant international awards. Famous for their bold interpretations and fresh vision on the traditional quartet, the group extracts the maximum degree of tonal and dynamic variety from the music.

PROGRAM: Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D

Major; Mieczyslaw Weinberg: String Quartet No. 3, in D

Minor, Op. 14; Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 5

in B-flat Major, Op. 92.


THE KENNY GARRETT QUINTET

FRI , FEB 26, 2016 . 7P M & 9 P M

Kenny Garrett is the pre-eminent alto saxophonist of his generation. From his first gig with the Duke Ellington Orchestra to his time with musicians like Freddie Hubbard and Miles Davis, Garrett brings a vigorous and truly distinctive sound to each musical situation.

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UMD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAALTERNATIVE ENERGY

FRI , FEB 26, 2016 . 8 PM

New violin faculty artist Irina Muresanu and viola faculty artist Katherine Murdock are soloists in Mozart’s brilliant double concerto. With hip-hop and techno beats, folksy fiddling and junkyard percussion, Mason Bates’ Alternative Energy is a time-travelling montage that conveys the rise and fall of our industrialized world.

PROGRAM: W.A. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante; Ludwig van

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2; Gustav Mahler: Blumine;

Mason Bates: Alternative Energy.



BALTIMOREBIG TEN NEW PLAY INITIATIVEby Kirsten Greenidge

FEB 26 - MAR 5, 2016

Baltimore by Kirsten Greenidge is a contemporary story about the loss of innocence and the coming of age of a student forced to encounter the social ramifications of difference and her own cultural relevance. Baltimore is part of the Big Ten Theatre Consortium’s New Play Initiative for women playwrights.

UMD SCHOOL OF MUSIC

UMD WIND ORCHESTRAPUSHING BOUNDARIES

SAT, FEB 27, 2016 . 8 PM

Stravinsky didn’t believe he was a “revolutionary” composer, yet his legacy proves otherwise. UMWO pushes boundaries as it performs two of Stravinsky’s most innovative works with faculty artist Mayron Tsong. Two new works — one by American composer Steve Mackey and a percussion concerto featuring faculty artist Lee Hinkle — will premiere on this program.

PROGRAM: Igor Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments

(1947) and Piano Concerto; Steve Mackey: World Premiere;

Torke: Mohave with Lee Hinkle – soloist

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UMD WOMEN’S CHORUS12TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF WOMEN’S VOICES

SAT, MAR 5, 2016 . 8 PM


Enjoy a program of music for treble voices by the UMD Women’s Chorus and guest ensembles to mark the beginning of Women’s History Month.

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TEMPO CONCERT

MON, MAR 7, 2016 . 8 PM


Established and run by graduate students at the UMD School of Music, TEMPO premieres new music.

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UMD JAZZ ENSEMBLESSPRING BIG BAND SHOWCASE

MAR 8 - 9, 2016 . 7:30 PM


The UMD jazz ensembles give a lively concert that features jazz standards and premieres of new works by UMD alumni and current jazz students.



SPRING MFA DANCE THESIS CONCERT

M A R 10 & 11 , 2016 . 7:30 PM

Hauntings by Julia Smith explores living and dancing after half a life through themes of love and nostalgia. Characters wrestle with intimate relationships and mortality in dances inspired by Chopin and W.B. Yeats. Invoking Justice by Curtis Stedge is a gritty cross-cultural survey of magical justice that places the human collective on trial, as it explores the human soul.

UMD SCHOOL OF MUSIC MURASAKI DUODUO VIRTUOSO

THURS, M A R 24, 2016 . 8 P M


Eric Kutz, new cello professor in the School of Music, gives his first recital as part of the Murasaki Duo. The duo was formed at The Juilliard School in 1996, and has performed throughout the United States and Europe.


NextLOOK YOKO K.

Joe’s Movement EmporiumFRI, MAR 25, 2016 . 7PM

Residency at Joe’s Movement Emporium: March 2016

Electronic musician Yoko K. is a two-time winner of Wammie’s “Electronica Artist” and former Strathmore artist-in-residence who creates an immersive multimedia experience using live electronic music and video art. Her NextLOOK residency examines how post-apocalyptic views of the future shape our present and playfully explores an alternative. Audience members will be invited to participate and engage in a post-performance discussion and online forum about the non-immediate impact of the work.

UMD SCHOOL OF MUSICUNIVERSITY BAND & MARYLAND COMMUNITY BAND

WED, MAR 30, 2016 . 8 PM


The University Band and Maryland Community Band share an evening of traditional and contemporary wind band music.

This concert will be an inspiration to children and adults thinking of starting to play an instrument.

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ALFREDO RODRÍGUEZ TRIOFRI, APR 1, 2016 . 7PM & 9 PM

UMD SCHOOL OF THEATRE, DANCE, AND PERFORMANCE STUDIESSECOND SEASONGHETTO SYMPHONYAPR 1–3, 2016F R EE , T I C K E T S R EQU IR ED


THIRD ANNUAL BLACK THEATRE SYMPOSIUMEmbracing Inclusion and Diversity in American Theatre

SAT, APR 2, 2016 . 9:30AM

N O N - S T U D EN T S : $ 3 0 IF P U R C H A S ED O N O R

B EFO R E M A R C H 2 , 2 0 1 6 . $ 4 0 .0 0 IF P U R C H A S ED

O N O R A F T ER M A R CH 3 , 2 0 1 6

A L L S T U D EN T S A R E F R EE W I T H VA L ID

U NI V ERS I T Y ID ( R EG I S T R AT I O N R EQU IR ED)

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10TH ANNUAL MEN’S CHORUS INVITATIONALSAT, APR 2, 2016 . 8 PM


Memorial Chapel 7 74 4 Regent s Dr, Col lege Park , MD


SECOND SEASON SHARED GRADUATE DANCE CONCERTAPR 8 & 9, 2016F R EE , T I C K E T S R EQU IR ED


SALT OF THE EARTHPuppetCinemaAPR 8 & 9, 2016 . 8 PM


NATIONAL ORCHESTRAL INSTITUTE + FESTIVAL (NOI+F)

POPS CONCERTSAT, MAY 28, 2016 . 8 PM

AMERICAN SYMPHONIESSAT, JUN 11, 2016 . 8 PM

MAHLER’S TITANSAT, JUN 18, 2016 . 8 PM

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MARYLAND OPERA STUDIOREGINAAPR 8 –16, 2016

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OPERA RESONATES!REGINA: IS IT ALL BLACK AND WHITE?SUN, APR 10, 2016F R EE , N O T I C K E T S R EQU IR ED

ARTIST PARTNER PROGRAM MICHELLE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY

MARGARET LENG TANFilm Screening and Conversation

MON, APR 11, 2016 . 7PM

ARTIST PARTNER PROGRAM MICHELLE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY

MARGARET LENG TAN, PIANOCabinet of Curiosities

TUES, APR 12, 2016


ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET COMPOSER READING

WED, APR 13, 2016 . 7:30 PM



ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTETTHURS, APR 14, 2016 . 8 PM


NextLOOK SWINGFRI , APR 15, 2016 . 7PM

PAY W H AT YO U WA N T, N O T I C K E T S R EQ U IR ED

UMD SCHOOL OF MUSICUMD WOMEN’S CHORUS & UMD MEN’S CHORUSSPRING CHORAL SHOWCASEFRI , APR 15, 2016 . 8 PM

UMD SCHOOL OF MUSIC

MUSIC IN MIND: PARIS, 1920SUN, APR 17, 2016 . 3PM


ARTISTTALK INDIGENOUS RIGHTS/INDIGENOUS OPPRESSIONConversations with Tanya Tagaq

APR 19 –21, 2016C HECK W EB S I T E FO R L O C AT I O N A N D T IM E S


TANYA TAGAQIn Concert with Nanook of the North

SAT, APR 23, 2016


FATOUMATA DIAWARATHURS, APR 28, 2016 . 8 PM


NEW VISIONS/ NEW VOICES 2016International Playwrights’ IntensiveA partnership between The Kennedy Center and the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at the University of Maryland

FRI , APR 29, 2016 . 7:30 PM

F R EE , T I C K E T S R EQU IR ED

UMD SCHOOL OF MUSICUMD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE PRESIDENT’S OWN UNITED STATES MARINE BANDMUSIC IN MIND: REMEMBERING WWISUN, MAY 1 , 2016 . 2PM


UMD SCHOOL OF MUSICUMD CHAMBER SINGERS & UNIVERSITY CHORALETHE NEW CHORAL MASTERSSUN, MAY 1 , 2016 . 8 PM


LES BALLETS JAZZ DE MONTRÉALTHURS, MAY 5, 2016 . 8 PM


UMOVES UNDERGRADUATE DANCE CONCERTMAY 6 – 8, 2016

UMD SCHOOL OF MUSICUMD WIND ORCHESTRA & MARYLAND OPERA STUDIO DIE ZAUBERFLÖTEFRI , MAY 6, 2016 . 8 PM


UMD SCHOOL OF MUSICANNUAL POPS CONCERTSAT, MAY 7, 2016 . 8 PM

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A Dinner of Operatic ProportionsThe School of Music is at the forefront of advancing the field of opera through the Maryland Opera Studio (MOS), a graduate program under the direction of Craig Kier. On September 9, approximately 100 guests gathered in the Grand Pavilion of The Clarice for the Dinner of Operatic Proportions, a fun and participatory evening of opera and succulent delights that featured the 18 singers of MOS. The event, hosted by Shelley Mulitz, Trustee of the University of Maryland College Park Foundation, and Tommy Mulitz, was the kick-off of the multi-arts NextNOW Fest that activated The Clarice with more than 50 artful experiences that made people re-think what is possible.

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—CECILY HABIMANA, The Clarice

Support scholarships at Maryland Opera Studio. Contact David Robinson-Slemp at [email protected] or 301-405-4623.

PHOTOS BY LISA HELFERT

Shelley Mulitz and Bob Fischell at the

Dinner of Operatic Proportions

Thomas Mulitz with students Alexis

Aimé and Sarah Best at the Dinner

of Operatic Proportions

Students Louisa Waycott, Matt Hill, Ava Wing,

Alec Feiss, Laynee Woodward, Chelsea Davidson

perform at the Dinner of Operatic Proportions

Carolyn Fichtel, Erica Lee Bondarev, Martin Wollesen

and Barbara Loh at the Dinner of Operatic Proportions

Frances Gulick with student Tshegofatso Moeng

at the Dinner of Operatic Proportions

Frances Gulick with student Tshegofatso Moeng

at the Dinner of Operatic Proportions

Carolyn Fichtel, Erica Lee Bondarev, Martin Wollesen

and Barbara Loh at the Dinner of Operatic Proportions

Thomas Mulitz with students Alexis

Aimé and Sarah Best at the Dinner

of Operatic Proportions

Students Louisa Waycott, Matt Hill, Ava Wing,

Alec Feiss, Laynee Woodward, Chelsea Davidson

perform at the Dinner of Operatic Proportions

Shelley Mulitz and Bob Fischell at the

Dinner of Operatic Proportions

Calvert Lifetime CircleCalvert Lifetime Circle recognizes lifetime contributions of $250,000 or more to the University of Maryland. Thank you!

$1,000,000 and above

Anonymous (3)

Mr. & Mrs. Howard M. Bender

Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

†Marvin & †Elsie Dekelboum

Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Fischell

The Hon. Joseph B. & Alma Gildenhorn

†Ina & †Jack Kay

†Constance Keene

Robert & Arlene Kogod

Charles E. Smith Family Foundation

†Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Smith

Robert H. Smith Family Foundation

$250,000 - $999,999

Anonymous (3)

Mrs. Mary Lee Anderson

Dr. & Mrs. Carl Fichtel

Mr. John Charles Ford & Dr. Sandra S. Poster

†Charles Fowler Jr.

The Honorable & Mrs. Kingdon Gould

Jane Henson Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Mulitz

†Mr. & †Mrs. Nathan Patz

Philip R. & Brenda Brown Rever

†Estate of Victor Rice

Nora Roberts Foundation

†Mr. & Mrs. George Tretter

Dr. & Mrs. William B. Walters

100,000 - $249,999

†Malvina Balogh

Gail Berman-Masters & Bill Masters

†Estate of Daniel Boyd

Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Dukes Jr.

†Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Herman

Chancellor & Mrs. William E. Kirwan

†Estate of Dr. Dorothy G. Madden

Mr. & Ms. Richard E. Marriott

Dr. & Mrs. C.D. Mote Jr.

†Michael Naida

†Mr. Marshall Ocker

†Barb & Charlie Reiher

Dr. Sam Steppel

Dr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Wilson

Founders Legacy CircleThe Founders Legacy Circle at the University of Maryland honors all benefactors, living and deceased, whose gifts through will, trust or other planned gifts — such as a charitable gift annuity, charitable remainder trust, charitable lead trust, life insurance, etc. — help to ensure the excellence of the University and its pro-grams. We would like to recognize and express our deep appreciation to those members for their foresight and commitment to the future of The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and to the performing arts at Maryland.

For more information, please contact David Robinson-Slemp at 301.405.3378.

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†Dr. Rolfe L. Allen

Mr. & Mrs. Harvey A. Alperin

Bernard & June Auerbach

Dr. Robert L. Bennett & Mrs. Carol H. Bennett

Dr. Marilyn Berman Pollans & Mr. Albert A. Pollans

†Dr. Daniel P. Boyd

Mr. Alan S. Eisen

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Dr. & Mrs. Carl Fichtel

John C. Ford & Sandra Sollod Poster

†Dr. Donald W. Giffin

†Ms. Daryl B. Klonoff

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†Dr. Dorothy G. Madden

†Mr. Carl K. Maholm

Steve & Shelley Marcus

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Mr. Jeffrey M. Menick

Bob & Terry Miller

†Ms. Dorothy E. Morris

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†Barb & Charlie Reiher

†Mr. Victor Rice

†Mr. Keith G. Steyer

Mrs. Marsha Oshrine Stoller

†Francis H. Thomas & Anne W. Hurd

Mr. & Mrs. Roy R. Thomas

Mr. Leonard Topper

Mentor$25,000 - Above

Anonymous (1)

Gail Berman-Masters & Bill Masters

Ms. Laura Bryna Gudelsky Mulitz

Mr. Isadore Morton Gudelsky

Mrs. Peggy McKenzie Herman in memory of Robert G. McKenzie

†Mr. & Mrs. Jack Kay

Robert & Arlene Kogod

†Estate of Dr. Dorothy G. Madden

†Estate of Mr. Carl K. Maholm

Ms. Michelle H. Mulitz

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Mulitz with gifts in memory of Melvyn Estrin

Charlie Reiher


Mrs. Clarice Smith

Ms. Michelle Smith with gifts in memory of Melvyn Estrin


†Mr. & Mrs. George Tretter

Innovator$10,000 - $24,999Ronald & Anne Abramson

Mrs. Shirley Banning

*Richard & Sarah Bourne in memory of John “Jack” Bourne

Mr. Michael Ross Goldman

Dr. John W. Layman

Dr. & Mrs. Wallace Loh

Dr. & Mrs. C.D. Mote Jr.

Dr. Sam Steppel

*Mrs. Mary Traver in memory of Paul Traver

*Ms. Anne S.K. Turkos

Michael & Sandra Twigg

Dr. & Mrs. William B. Walters

Mrs. Dorothy G. White

Dr. Peter Wolfe

SUPPORT THE CLARICE

Partner$5,000 - $9,999Anonymous (1)

Mr. Jason Aufdem-Brinke

§ Dr. Peter Beicken

Mr. & Mrs. Eirik S. Cooper

Mr. Michael Cummins & Dr. Debra Suarez

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas O. Dunlap III

*Dr. & Mrs. Carl Fichtel

Mr. Albert Folop with gifts in memory of Suzanne Beicken and Kathleen Moquin

Mr. John C. Ford & Dr. Sandra Poster

Frances & Denny Gulick

Janet & Jay Hawley

Ms. Mary Howard

*Dr. & Mrs. Robert Knight

Dr. & Mrs. Willard D. Larkin

Mr. Jeffrey M. Menick

Mr. Nick Olcott

David & Heidi Onkst

†Lee & Patricia Preston

Mr. David Bruce Smith

†Mr. Francis Hugh Thomas

Mr. J.D. Williams

The individuals and organizations below are current donors who have provided program, scholarship, general support and/or new endowment gifts to the performing arts over the past 12 months.

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Ms. Deanna M. Amos

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Dr. Robert L. Bennett & Mrs. Carol H. Bennett

Sam & Elizabeth Bernsen

†Mr. & Mrs. James Bersbach*

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Raymond LaPlaca, Esq. & Mrs. Rose LaPlaca

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Ms. Alice Mobaidin

George Moquin in memory of Kathleen Moquin

Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm B. Niedner Jr.

Mr. Nick Olcott

Mr. & Mrs. David M. Osnos

Elizabeth K. Raymond

†Ms. Meriam Rosen

Mr. Marc Rothenberg & Ms. Ivy Baer

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Provocateur$1,000 - $2,499Mrs. Patricia Alper-Cohn

Ms. Kelly Andrews

Ms. Cynthia L. Barnes

Dr. Henry C. Barry & Ms. Terrie Fielden-Barry

Dr. Jeffrey Bernstein & Dr. Judith Chernoff

Kenneth Boulton & JoAnne Barry

†Mr. John B. Bourne

Mike & Roxanne Boyle

Mr. Marcus Calendrillo

Ms. Linda S. Casselberry

*Drs. Salvatore & Marlene Cianci

Mr. & Mrs. John C. Cini

Ms. Eileen L. Connolly

Mr. & Mrs. James L. Cooley

Ms. Marilyn E. Courtot

Mr. Scott Eichinger & Mr. Jason Lott

Mr. Charles C. Gallagher Jr.

Dr. & Mrs. William M. Goldman

†Irv & Micki Goldstein

Dr. Leslie Greenwald

Ms. Gailyn Gwin & Mr. Joseph Irwin

*Ms. Sallie Holder

Mr. Nathan Kotz

Mrs. Sandra S. Jackson

Kyle & Tatiana Kweder

Mr. & Mrs. Julius H. Lauderdale

Ms. Dorothy Levy

Mr. Edward J. Lewis III

Professor Linda Mabbs

Dr. Edward Maclary

Mr. Harvey W. Maclary

Mrs. Sheila F. Mahaffy

William R. Malone

Dr. Marlene Mayo

Mr. Alan L. Meltzer

Dr. William L. Montgomery

Dr. John R. Moore

Ms. Deborah L. Potter

Dr. & Mrs. Aron Primack

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Ruoff

Dr. & Mrs. Charles S. Rutherford

Ms. SinClaire Rzasa

Mr. Robert Sherman

Mr. Thomas R. Shipley & Mr. Christopher L. Taylor

Marc & Madlen Simon

Mr. Glenn Shortall

Dr. Rose Smiley & Mr. David Raderman

*David Bruce Smith Family Foundation

Mr. Randolph R. Snell

Mr. Mike Spring

*Dr. & Mrs. Donald H. Steel

†Mr. Keith G. Steyer

Ms. Karen K. Stodola

Carl & Beryl Tretter

Sharon (Leshner) Weintraub

Mrs. Marsha B Werner

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Mr. John Arnold & Ms. Dorothy Reitwiesner

Mr. & Ms. William C. Austin Jr.

Dr. & Mrs. Jack T. Baker

Ms. Cynthia L. Bauchspies

Mr. Richard Belle & Ms. Marie Pogozelski

†Mr. & Mrs. Walter D. Bradley

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Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Dukes Jr.

Mr. Alan S. Eisen

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§Ellen & Mark Goldman

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Mr. Douglas S. Hoff

Ms. Sallie L. Holder

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Ms. Michele McTamney & William Dolan

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Dr. Patrick G. O’Shea

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Ms. Laura A. Peregoy

Dr. Gerald Perman

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Alex Pile & Karyn Miller

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Mr. Charles R. Privitera

Mr. & Mrs. Harold Quayle Jr.

Mr. Christopher M. Reiher

Mr. David Robinson-Slemp

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Schwartz

Mrs. Kristen M. Siebenhuhner

Michelle Smith in memory of Melvyn Estrin

Dr. Lowell R. Sparks

Dr. & Mrs. Charles F. Sturtz

Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Thomas

Dr. Bonnie Thornton Dill

Triangle Beer Wine & Convenience, Inc. in memory of George Tretter

Mr. James J. Wharton

Mr. Craig F. Wilson Jr.

Ms. Rivka M. Yerushalm

Adventurer$250-$499

Anonymous (1)

Dr. & Mrs. Edward Adelson

Ms. Helen Alas

Ms. Donna C. Aldridge

Mr. Wallace K. Bailey Jr.

Robert S. & Katherine Pedro Beardsley

†Walter & Mary Bradley

Mr. R. Allen Brisentine

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Buffon

Ms. Gail M. Chickersky

Ms. Leslie P. Coleman

Mr. Travis A. Dixon

Mr. Zhenghong Dong

Mr. Richard W. Doyle Jr.

Mr. Laurence Dusold

Mrs. Deborah Eckstein

Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Fellows

Ms. Maureen A. Fitzpatrick

Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Fox

Mr. David Friedland

§ Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Friedman

§ *Ms. Miriam A. Friedman

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Fundyga

Ms. Kit Gage & Mr. Steven Metalitz

Mrs. Joan M. Goldenberg

Dr. Patricia P. Green

Carol & Bill Gross

Mrs. Gerri Slama Grove

Dr. Barbara Haggh-Huglo

Mrs. Susan Hauser

Drs. Malvery & Murchison Henry

†Dr. & Mrs. Frank M. Hetrick

Ms. Jeri Holloway

Ms. Jennifer L. Khasilev

Dr. Douglas Lawrence Kornreich

Mr. Thomas L. Lackey

Mr. Willis T. Lansford

Mr. William M. Leach

SUPPORT THE CLARICE

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Corporate, Foundation and Government Donors:Asian Cultural Council

The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

College Park Community Foundation

The Leading College and University Presenter Program, an initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

The Gazette & The Star

MAP Fund

Maryland State Arts Council

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts


Podio

The Presser Foundation

David Bruce Smith Family Foundation


The Stringer Foundation

UMD Office of Diversity and Inclusion

UMD Office of Veteran Student Life

The Williams Companies, Inc

Employer matching gifts can double the impact of your gift. Our thanks to the following companies for their recent matching gift contributions.

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

BASF Corporation

Chevron Matching Gift Program

Global Impact

IBM Foundation

Verizon Foundation

The Clarice Smith Center gratefully acknowledges the initial funding support provided by The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and appreciates its partnership with Prince George’s County and the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Honor Roll information accurate as of April 30, 2015.

in memory of Elizabeth Ann Leach

Mr. Andrew B. Levine

Mr. James Ligman

Mr. Henry Long

Judith Lichtenberg & David Luban

Mr. John H. Michel

Mr. & Mrs. Robert V. Miller

Dr. Linda L. Z. Moghadam

Ms. Pamela L. Munson

Mr. Zachary D. Nemser

Mr. Christopher O’Brien

Mr. Steve O’Hearn

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy M. O’Neil

Dr. Rakesh Pandey

Ms. Linda C. Pattison

Mr. John C. Pertino

Marguerita & Robert Phelps

Mr. & Mrs. John E. Prevar

Ms. Martha L. Randall

Mr. Robert Riveria

Dr. Bruce E. Ronkin & Ms. Janet Zipes

Mr. Lawrence N. Rosenblum

Ms. Joy Sakamoto-Wengel

Ms. Louise Schutz

Mr. Jonathan E. Shalvi

Mr. Steve Shapiro

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel B. Silver

Mr. & Mrs. Benson J. Simon

Mr. Jayme A. Sokolow

Mr. & Mrs. James A. Stacy

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew M. Suchoski

Dr. & Mrs. Ronald J. Terchek

Mrs. Marcia Thomas

Ms. Margaret L. Thrasher

Mr. Charles W. Timbrell Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Tinch

Ms. Regina Tracy

Debby & Victor Vargas

Mr. John Raymond Wilhelm, III

Dr. & Mrs. Bruce D. Wilson

Mrs. Gail P. Yeiser

Jack & Judy Zane

Ms. Delores Ziegler

Mr. Mark A. Zaucha

Mr. Morris J. Zwick

† Deceased

§ In memory of Suzanne Beicken

* Portion of giving in honor of Ed Lewis

The Clarice Smith Center values every gift received,

however we regret that space does not allow us to

list every donor. For information on ways to give,

please call David Robinson-Slemp at 301-405-4623. To

notify us of any necessary corrections, please contact

301.405.5375. Thank you.

27PHOTOS BY LISA HELFERT, DYLAN SINGLETON,

DREW BARKER AND JARED SCHAUBERT

Leigh Wilson Smiley with students Vaughn Midder

and Tendo Nsubuga at UMoves event

Brenda and Eirik Cooper

with students at Maryland Day.

Brenda and Eirik Cooper

with students at Maryland Day.

Leigh Wilson Smiley with students Vaughn Midder

and Tendo Nsubuga at UMoves event

PHOTOS BY LISA HELFERT, DYLAN SINGLETON,

DREW BARKER AND JARED SCHAUBERT

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