Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2007-09-28 20:00:00
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Where: College Park Aviation Museum
Date: 2007-09-29 10:00:00
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This is a nationwide event that offers free admission to Smithsonian readers and Smithsonian.com visitors. Participants must present the Museum Day admisison card.
Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2007-09-09 19:30:00
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This award-winning actress and Tony/Emmy nominee is currently on Broadway as Prim Minister Golda Meir in 'Golda's Balcony.'
Where: College Park Aviation Museum
Date: 2007-09-08 11:00:00
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Tour the museum's gallery with a Spanish-speaking guide.
Where: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2008-03-06 19:00:00
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March 6 . 7PM and 8:30PM March 7 . 7PM and 8:30PM Place(d) Choreography by MFA candidate Ryan Chrisman with live original music by Justin Bland Lee Hinkle Kyle Johnson Enter an environment where dancers and musicians unite in movement and sound, and where, above all, place is an indicator for creation. Located outside the dance department in the dance courtyard, Place(d) is a site-specific work that investigates the interplay between what currently exists in the natural space and what is not there every day. The audience is encouraged to move around the perimeter of the space to view the work from varied perspectives. Following each performance, a short film based on the process behind Place(d) will be shown in Studio 1912. This performance takes place in the Dance Courtyard of the Dance Department. Space is limited. Seating is available for mobility impaired patrons. Tickets $20
Where: Gildenhorn Recital Hall at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD 20742
Date: 2008-03-08 20:00:00
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Mark Hill, oboe Audrey Andrist, piano Left Bank String Quartet The program includes a lush Finzi oboe quintet, elegantly virtuosic solo oboe etudes by Silvestrini and Kirchner’s unflinching Piano Trio II for violin, cello and piano. The evening culminates with Janácek's unabashed "Intimate Letters." A post-performance reception for the audience will follow in the Center's Upper Pavilion. Please join us in the Leah M. Smith Lecture Hall, School of Music Room 2200, at 7PM for a pre-performance discussion. Tickets $35/$7 Students
Where: Kogod Theatre
Date: 2008-03-05 17:30:00
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Portals Offering a magical glimpse into the celebrations, rituals and intimate moments shared between two people, this theatrical dance duet examines the transformative process of evolution, rites of passage, crossing thresholds and looking back. Clapp’s commitment to art and social justice, combined with Schandelmeier’s edgy exploration of dance, is a unique blend of artistry, cultural synthesis and contemporary commentary. This is a Free event.
Where: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2007-05-11 20:00:00
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A mesmerizing blend of dance and theatre, with snippets of recordings of Laurence Olivier and Christopher Plummer thrown in for good measure, David Gordon, of the pioneers of post-modern dance, boils down Shakespeare’s four-hour epic into a one-hour performance that captures the sweeping history and romance of Henry V — the ultimate Cliff Notes experience! Valda Setterfield co-narrates the dance/theatre fusion with music by William Walton. Pick Up Performance Company delights audiences on Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12 at 8PM in the Kay Theatre. Tickets are $30, and $7 with valid student ID.
Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2007-07-18 20:00:00
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Where: Dekelboum Concert Hall
Date: 2007-12-01 20:00:00
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The Maryland Chorus William Culverhouse, music director 40th Anniversary! Two performances only! A holiday tribute to Dr. Paul Traver, founder of the University of Maryland Chorus. Featuring seasonal favorites and celebrated choruses from Handel's oratorios Tickets $25 / $7 Student
Where: Ina and Jack Kay Theatre
Date: 2007-11-30 20:00:00
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How Long, Brethren? and other repertoire Culminating her residency with the UM Department of Dance, guest choreographer Dianne McIntyre revives and restages Helen Tamiris's historic How Long, Brethren? (1937), with student dancers. Tamiris, principal choreographer for the WPA Federal Theatre Project from 1937-39, often reflected social and political issues in her works, including the African-American experience as depicted through the despair of Southern Blacks in Brethren, underscored by Lawrence Gellert's Negro Songs of Protest, sung by chorus. The Dance Department will host a free pre-performance discussion on Saturday, December 01 at 7:00PM in the School of Music Room 2200. Tickets $25 / $7 Students
Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2007-12-07 20:00:00
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This is a showcase for the Maryland Bands program, including holiday selections and the annual indoor appearance of the "Mighty Sound of Maryland" Marching Band, showcasing a variety of styles from their 2006 repertoire.
Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2007-12-05 19:30:00
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Big bands of the School of Music's Jazz Studies program swing into action with an evening of jazz standards, under the leadership of acclaimed jazz artist/educator Chris Vadala.
Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2007-12-09 19:00:00
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Harpsichordist Kenneth Slowik leads a distinguished ensemble in a program of joyous works of Johann Sebastian Bach to celebrate the holiday season. The program includes the Harpsichord Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055, the Christmas cantata Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40 and the Annunciation cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147, source of the famous "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" chorale.
Where: WMUC Radio
Date: 2007-11-25 20:00:00
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Hear the City Veins on Third Rail Radio on WMUC Radio at the University of Maryland. You can listen to the feed at, http://www.wmuc.umd.edu/.
Where: University of Maryland Comcast Center
Date: 2007-12-05 19:00:00
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Where: Gildenhorn Recital Hall at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD 20742
Date: 2008-02-06 20:00:00
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Formed in 1999, the trio belongs among the most exciting young piano trios performing today. In 2005 the Trio con Brio Copenhagen received the prestigious Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award, which the Clarice Smith Center supports as a presenting partner. $35 / $7 student
Where: Gildenhorn Recital Hall at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD 20742
Date: 2008-02-12 17:30:00
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With deep roots in jazz and a subtext of hip-hop, R&B and alternative rock, up-and-coming musician Robert Glasper displays a musical maturity well beyond his years, articulating bold ideas about what a jazz piano trio can achieve. FREE
Where: Gildenhorn Recital Hall at Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD 20742
Date: 2008-02-20 16:30:00
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What does it mean to be Americans in a globalizing culture? How can an education in the arts and humanities contribute to reimagining what it means to be an American citizen? FREE
Where: Kogod Theatre
Date: 2008-02-28 20:00:00
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Storyteller and photographer William Yang presents a moving account of two communities haunted by the shadows of history: Aboriginal people in outback Enngonia, and German migrants to South Australia interned during the World Wars. Part social documentary, part personal observation, Shadows brings these extraordinary stories to life through Yang’s intimate monologues and photo slides, eloquently underscored by Offord’s vocals and original instruments. $30 / $7 student
Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2008-01-29 19:30:00
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Arts Gala 2008 is a showcase of the exceptional talents of students from the Center for the Visual and Performing Arts at Suitland High School.
Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2008-02-05 17:30:00
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In this unconventional show, Aaron Link documents his transition from female to male using multimedia and physical theatre. He explores the masks we wear, the roles we play and how we know what's real.
Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2008-02-13 13:00:00
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This is a masterclass with Ethos Percussion Group and Ethnomusicology students.
Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2008-02-15 20:00:00
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For more than fifteen years, Ethos Percussion Group has inspired audiences throughout the country with its exceptional music-making and collective devotion to the incredibly diverse world of percussion music. Velez and his ensemble perform frame drumming from the ancient Mediterranean world, the Middle East and South India, with the lightning fast syncopations of South Indian rhythm singing. Experience a meditative and exhilarating drum journey. This innovative trio performs on instruments made of everything from gourds to spider egg-sacks.
Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2008-02-13 13:00:00
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This is a masterclass with Ethos Percussion Group and Ethnomusicology students.
Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2008-04-13 15:00:00
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Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2008-05-04 19:30:00
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The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, a Grammy Award nominee and 2003 Billboard Latin Award Finalist, has given birth to everything from 1960s boogaloo to mind-bending salsa. Led by world-famous pianist and arranger Oscar Hernandez, the ensemble provides a glimpse inside the history of the Nuyorican experience.
Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2008-04-24 20:00:00
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Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2008-05-04 19:30:00
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The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, a Grammy Award nominee and 2003 Billboard Latin Award Finalist, has given birth to everything from 1960s boogaloo to mind-bending salsa. Led by world-famous pianist and arranger Oscar Hernandez, the ensemble provides a glimpse inside the history of the Nuyorican experience.
Where: Byrd Stadium
Date: 2008-09-20 00:00:00
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Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2008-05-13 19:30:00
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Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2008-06-14 20:00:00
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Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2008-06-14 20:00:00
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Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2008-06-07 19:30:00
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Where: University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Date: 2008-06-20 19:00:00
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