The Hall CP
Free

Kick off your winter with this new monthly jazz jam session led by D.C.-based saxophonist Elijah Balbed! The house band will play a set starting at 7:30PM. Bring your instrument! After enjoying their set, you’ll have a chance to call a tune! Participation in our jazz jams is free–no tickets required and all levels welcome.
 

David C. Driskell Center
Free

Join the David C. Driskell Center for a special event celebrating the launch of their online exhibit, "The Public Art of Alonzo Davis." In collaboration with Driskell Center archivists, the exhibit is the product of a semester-long project by Master of Library and Information Science students in Adjunct Lecturer Eric Hung's course "Arrangement, Description and Access for Archives" this fall. At the event, students will present their exhibition and will be joined by artist Alonzo Davis who will discuss his collection.

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall
Tickets required.

Some of the School of Music’s finest bands come together for a crowd-pleasing extravaganza. Featuring the University Band, the Maryland Community Band and the grand finale: the Mighty Sound of Maryland Marching Band! It’s an upbeat, lively show that is fun for the entire family.
 

UMD Memorial Chapel
Free, no tickets required.

The annual winter concert presented by the School of Music’s student directed a cappella ensembles is a special evening of music making.
 

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall
Free, no tickets required.

Experience the vibrant beat of samulnori under the direction of Sebastian Wang. This modern incarnation of traditional Korean folk music celebrates harvest time and provides a lively soundtrack to dancing. The ensemble is comprised of four types of percussion instruments—an hourglass drum, a barrel drum, a small gong and a large gong—each representing a natural element: rain, clouds, lightning and wind, respectively.
 

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kogod Theatre
Tickets required.

A multimedia performance installation about “human value,” Food for the Gods is a three-part expression of rage and indifference. Inspired by the killings of Black men, this work uses object and puppet performance to explore dehumanization, light, invisibility and well…the magical-less-ness of it all.

Nehprii Amenii is a Brooklyn-based writer, director, production designer and educator. As a theater artist, she has a passion for personal narratives, puppetry and grand-scale spectacle. She is known for creating experiences that dismantle the wall between players and audiences, enchant the imagination and inspire new ways of seeing and thinking. Amenii has worked with Bread & Puppet Theater, Alvin Ailey, La Mama, The O'Neill, NY Philharmonic and more. She is a member of Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab and a resident director with the Drama League. Amenii is artistic director of Khunum Productions, a platform for creative anthropology.

Food for the Gods has been presented at Sarah Lawrence College, The University of Cape Town, South Africa, Connecticut Repertory Theatre and La MaMa Experimental Theatre Company, NYC.

This performance is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.