The Bodyguard, The Musical
Based on the smash hit film, the award-winning musical stars Grammy Award-nominee and R&B superstar Deborah Cox!
Based on the smash hit film, the award-winning musical stars Grammy Award-nominee and R&B superstar Deborah Cox!
The University of Maryland Repertoire Orchestra is a unique all-campus orchestra that is open to music majors, non-music majors and members of the University of Maryland community. Led by graduate conducting students at UMD, the orchestra prides itself on a wide range of projects, collaborations and repertoire.
Jordan Tice is a singular voice on the American roots music scene. Over the last ten years, he has developed a reputation as a unique and versatile guitarist and prolific composer of some of the most thoughtful and well-crafted tunes of his generation. Jordan has a voice and sonic aesthetic that is all his own with which he filters the sounds and conventions of American Music into something unique. On his latest release, “Horse County”, he also demonstrates a unique voice as a songwriter and singer in addition to his known guitar and tune-crafting skills.
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Thursday, March 2, 7:30 p.m.
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall
UMBC Spring 2017 Jazz Festival: John Edward Hasse
“Curating American Jazz”
Friday, March 3, 12 p.m.
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall
John Edward Hasse, author and Curator of American Music at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, will lecture on Curating American Jazz.
Jazz and Middle Eastern music intertwine in this dynamic sextet led by trumpeter and composer Amir ElSaffar. Deeply rooted in the musical traditions of Iraq, this music honors its origins while possessing a singularly unique sound, speaking the language of swing and improvisation. Distinct from other contemporary musical fusions, the resultant sound incorporates microtones rarely heard on the trumpet, as well as innovative strides in the maqam modal system performed on the santur (hammered dulcimer).
“Gorgeous, invigorating and accessible.” – NPR Music
Handel Choir of Baltimore joins forces with the Choir of St. David’s for a special concert on March 3 at 7:30 pm. Directed by Arian Khaefi, this performance emphasizes the relationship that forms between local audiences, performers, and composers, resulting in a unique musical community defined and inspired by space and place. The concert features music by Marylanders Dale Trumbore, Natalie Draper, Darren Schmidt, and Douglas Buchanan, as well as works by William Averitt, Shawn Crouch, Eric Whitacre, and Paul Crabtree.
Spring 2017 Jazz Festival: UMBC Jazz Ensemble with John Edward Hasse
Friday, March 3, 7:30 p.m.
UMBC Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall
As part of the Spring 2017 Jazz Festival, the UMBC Jazz Ensemble performs under the direction of Matthew Belzer, with special guest John Edward Hasse, author and Curator of American Music at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History. Dr. Hasse will give a multimedia presentation with live performances by the UMBC Jazz Ensemble.
Join UMWO in challenging conventional wind ensemble sound with inventive instrumentation, subject matter and use of multimedia. Garden images accompany Dove’s Figures in the Garden, while Lang’s Cheating, Lying and Stealing includes video clips from the eponymous Guitar Hero game available on Garage Band. Works by the eclectic and avant-garde musician and composer Frank Zappa complete the program.
PROGRAM
Mozart (arr. Johann Nepomuk Wendt): Excerpts from The Marriage of Figaro
Jonathan Dove: Figures in the Garden
David Lang: Cheating, Lying, Stealing
Reflective and mournful, yet optimistic, this program reveals artists at important turning points. Anna Clyne's Within Her Arms is a moving elegy written shortly after the passing of her mother. Schumann's richly Romantic symphony was written on the edge of his eventual madness and collapse. Following the lukewarm reception for his first concerto, Brahms waited 22 years before penning the second. Here, as performed by virtuoso Hélène Grimaud, it was clearly worth the wait: an expansive meditation on Brahms' life and the promise of the future.
MICA International Film Festival 2017 will showcase art, movies, music and short films from local and international artist on Saturday and Sunday, March 4-5, 2017. This year’s feature films include The Royal Tailor(Korea), The Grandmaster(Chinese) & Timbuktu(Mali).
Experience the story of a mischievous ferret as his wild escapades wreak havoc in an old instrument shop in Gregory Smith’s The Animated Orchestra. Be sure to practice your “ferret sounds” to help put this piece together, accompanied by sound effects from the BSO.
This Emmy Award winning actress, with the elegant musicianship of Alex Tang, takes you on a musical discovery of the trials and victories of a woman in today's world.Through the legendary music and lyrics of Kurt Weill, Kander and Ebb, Amanda McBroom and many others. Maureen Kerrigan weaves her passionate story of love, freedom and the pursuit of joy. Director, Michael Miyazaki.
"You can't say Kerrigan wears her heart on her sleeve in the role, for she goes further than that. She is heart and nothing but." -- The Washington Post
The hottest male voices currently working on the New York stage perform show tunes presented with a contemporary flair. You’ll hear pop, funk, gospel, and jazz interpretations to broadway show tunes from THE BOOK OF MORMON, WICKED, KINKY BOOTS, and RENT! The Broadway Boys have appeared on America’s Got Talent and NBC’s The Today Show.
Farm to Table: A "sustainably sourced" concert!
Second Presbyterian Church (Guilford), 4200 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Inspired by the gastronomical movement of the same name, this "sustainably sourced" concert includes flavors from our own backyard, with works by Baltimore- and Maryland-based composers!
Handel Choir of Baltimore
Thomas Hetrick and Sonya Schumann, piano
Edna Huang, bass clarinet
Arian Khaefi, conductor
For the 13th consecutive year the UMD Women’s Chorus presents a program of music for treble voices to mark the beginning of Women’s History Month.
Eden Stell Guitar Duo – Mark Eden & Christopher Stell
Internationally renowned for their dynamism, innovation and breathtaking virtuosity, the Eden Stell Guitar Duo has “breathed new life into the world of the classical guitar.” (Rotterdam Dagblad). Widely regarded as one of the world’s leading guitar ensembles, the duo’s chameleon-like ability to communicate in a multitude of musical styles makes them a constantly evolving entity with a unique creative voice.
The UMD Symphony Orchestra performs Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring soloist Sharon Oh, winner of the 2015 UMSO Concerto Competition. Composed during a time of intense censorship in post-war Russia, the concerto remained unpublished until after Stalin’s death. Also on the program are the triumphal Sibelius Symphony No. 3 and Strauss’ tone poem Don Juan, based on Don Juans Ende, a play derived from an unfinished 1844 retelling of the tale by poet Nikolaus Lenau.
PROGRAM:
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3
Saturday, March 4, 2017 at 8:00pm
Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez: HSO Commission & World Premiere
Serge Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
Carlos Espinal & Jonathan Palevsky, narrators
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Pre-concert talk with Music Director Jed Gaylin and featured soloists and artists.
25th Annual Free Family Concert
Jed Gaylin, Conductor
Sunday, March 5, 2017 at 3:00 pm Shriver Hall
Featuring Serge Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf
Carlos Espinal & Jonathan Palevsky,
bilingual Spanish/English narration
This concert marks HSO’s 25th year of performing Free Family Concerts, and we are going all out with Peter and the Wolf, featuring a bilingual script and narration by actor/director Carlos Espinal in Spanish, alongside Baltimore’s beloved Jonathan Palevsky for the English narration.