Crickets, Music and Play for young children
Sign up Now for “Crickets”, the music and play program for young children, ages 4 to 6. Start on Saturday morning, January 17th for a once week, 50 minute class for 12 weeks
Sign up Now for “Crickets”, the music and play program for young children, ages 4 to 6. Start on Saturday morning, January 17th for a once week, 50 minute class for 12 weeks
Singer/Songwriter Trina Coleman's mix of soulful jazz and classical training lend to a powerful, blended style. Her three-octave vocal range has been described as Regina Spektor meets India Arie. Trina's husband, guitarist Zachary Coleman, layers rock/blues to mix with the airtight beats of jazz drummer Stephen McGrathand dancing dreadlocked bassist Tim Long. Trina rounds out the flavor of their heartfelt originals with piano, flute, and just a tad of ukulele.
Percussion faculty Tim McKay is joined by friends to bring you an evening of solo and chamber music
that will explore the many interpretations of blood, death, love and sacrifice. Performing the music of Bach, Gottry, Howard, Matthews, Mozart, Prokofiev and Rouse.
Our annual Brazilian carnival mid-winter throw-down! This year we have added forro dance band Forrobodó from DC, celebrating the dance music of Northeastern Brazil that is danced close with a partner (don’t worry, we will teach you!) Samba Trovao will be on hand to close out the night with a blistering set of samba, transforming The Patterson into a carnival street party. Get ready for forro and samba dance lessons and a traditional Carnaval show in full costume! Brazilian grooves from DJ Luiz Louco & DJ Miguel De Amor! Fresh caipirinhas at the cash bar! Wear your dancing shoes!
Chamber Music Honors Ensemble Free
The UMD Symphony Orchestra welcomes 2013 Concerto Competition Winner Christopher Wong to the stage to perform Prokofiev’s brilliant Piano Concerto No. 3.
With agitated and mournful fanfares in the Trauermarsch and yearning melodies in the Adagietto for harp and strings, Mahler’s Fifth Symphony expresses an astounding breadth and intensity of emotion, and is a favorite among audiences.
A concert of spirituals and classical choral works will honor renowned African American organist and choir director J. Spencer Hammond. Hammond was Minister of Music at Douglas Memorial Community Church for almost 40 years, serving with civil rights activits Rev. Marion Bascom. Hammond's choirs were widely celebrated, and his men's choir sang at the White House in 1969. The program, which Mr. Hammond chose, includes spirituals by the great African American composers R. Nathaniel Dett, Undine Smith Moore, Wendell Whalum, and Robert L. Morris.
Formed in 1971, the Trinidad and Tobago Steel Drum Orchestra has entertained audiences worldwide, with their experienced pannists bringing the sounds, styles, and breezy ways of the Caribbean to listeners. Not content to simply perform for concert audiences, beginning in 1999 the orchestra took their steel drums (made from 55-gallon oil drums) to teach children in after-school programs, summer camps, and public schools. Sit back, relax, and prepare to be transported to the Caribbean for the afternoon!
In honor of Black History Month, BCO presents the Emmy® winning program,“This Little Light of Mine,” originally commissioned by Cincinnati Opera and written and performed by soprano Adrienne Danrich. “This Little Light of Mine” is an inventive one-woman musical tribute honoring the ground-breaking careers of two African-American opera legends who overcame many racial barriers from the Jim Crow era through the Civil Rights Movement to become international opera stars.
Preparatory Faculty Recital Devonna Rowe, soprano Laura Garvin, piano Kimberly Kong, piano Catherine Renggli, piano Lenelle Morse, violin Andréa Picard-Boecker, violin Jaclyn Dorr, viola Alicia Ward, violoncello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, K.364 Johan Halvorsen: Passacaglia Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade Richard Cumming: 24 Preludes for Piano Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19, mvmt. 3-4
Free
Born out of a passion for vintage jazz dance and based in D.C. and Baltimore, the Butler Parks Hot Serenaders is an ensemble specializing in 1930s small combo-style vintage jazz. Featuring the talents of Dan Parshall (saxophone), Lindsay Kelly (vocals), Jake Robbins-Spevack (guitar), Alex Abdoulaev (piano), and Robert E.
Steeped in the French heritage of Louisiana, Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys are arguably the greatest Cajun band performing today. Infectiously danceable with a creative approach, this will be the band’s first appearance in Baltimore in many years.
Steeped in the French heritage of Louisiana, Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys are arguably the greatest Cajun band performing today. Infectiously danceable with a creative approach, this will be the band’s first appearance in Baltimore in many years.
A reading of work made when the participants were in young and reckless. From the lurid and campy to the gentle and affectionate. Featuring longtime local poet-hero Chris Mason, Furniture Press publisher Christophe Casamassima, Jonah Beram, and Matthew Williams. Alicia Puglionesi will be introducing the night with a slide show about Victorian juvenile writings, and computer musician Francesca D'Uva will provide music.
Established and run by graduate students at the UMD School of Music, TEMPO premieres new music happening beyond the walls of the University of Maryland.
Wild Roses
NEW DATE and TIME: 8 pm Tuesday March 3
Second Presbyterian Church, 4200 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore 21218
A bouquet of rare winter blossoms to induce a midwinter reverie of heady aromas, whirling passions and bittersweet longing.
Brahms Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs)
Górecki Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters)
Lauridsen Mid-Winter Songs
Poulenc Sept Chansons (Seven Songs) (selections)
A true New York City institution, Chicago has everything that makes Broadway great: a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz; one show-stopping-song after another; and the most astonishing dancing you've ever seen.
No wonder Chicago has been honored with 6 Tony Awards, 2 Olivier Awards, a Grammy and thousands of standing ovations.
It's also no surprise that Chicago has wowed audiences all around the world, from Mexico City to Moscow, from Sao Paulo to South Africa.
Goucher alumnae Elivi Varga ’94 and Clair Rozier ’78 have made careers as performing musicians, and have formed a duo in the Philadelphia area. They return to Goucher with a program of music new and old.
This is Baltimore City's only dedicated blues jam, hosted by blues guitarist/vocalist Gina DeLuca in an open mic format in historic Fells Point, three blocks north of the waterfront, one block east of Broadway. All are welcome to play the blues or just stop by to hear a set. Free street parking; no cover. Music starts at 8pm and runs until 12 midnight. All ages; minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. This is a smoke-free venue.
Goucher faculty member Steve Yankee and Goucher Alumnus Jacob Kohlhas ‘11 will perform a variety of jazz standards for guitar.