Events

In 2020, five-time-Grammy-nominee saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin was named a “rising star” in DownBeat Magazine’s 68th annual Critics Poll.

Join us for a special opportunity to hear the UMD Symphony and UMD Wind Orchestras back-to-back at the same concert! UMSO and UMWO team up for a special performance of diverse works showing the depth of the symphonic and wind repertoires.

Experience the UMD Symphony Orchestra and UMD Wind Orchestra presenting back-to-back works that tell a more complete story of The Rite of Spring!

Internationally respected for their innovative programming, the renowned Takács Quartet has collaborated with a fascinating variety of talents, including the bandoneón virtuoso Julien Labro, actors Meryl Streep and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, and former United States Poet Laureate Robe

A biographical tale of country life upended by the Vietnam War, Samm-Art Williams’ Tony Award-winning play follows a young Black farm owner and his indomitable spirit as he leans on faith, love, and the pull of the land in the face of losing everything, including himself.

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra returns to The Clarice with trailblazing conductor and National Orchestral Institute + Festival Music Director Marin Alsop.

Overgrown with love triangles, mistaken identities and madness, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s La finta giardiniera (The Pretend Gardener) is a sharp-witted comic opera that does not shy away from emotional complexity.

Since gaining prominence in the early 2000s with his viral ukulele cover of George Harrison’s While My Guitar Gently Weeps, the performer and composer Jake Shimabukuro's star has flown to such heights that his name is virtually synonymous with his instrument.

It’s time for our instructors to step into the spotlight! The Faculty Dance Concert gives our talented and esteemed professors and guest alumni the opportunity to showcase their acclaimed work as well as new choreography.

University Chorale and UMD Chamber Singers team up to present an exciting variety of old and new, classical and contemporary selections.Presented by the UMD School of Music.