Peabody Jazz Students
Nathan Hook, saxophone
Alex Fornier, bass
Jonathan Baez, percussion
Performing in our first floor gallery.
Nathan Hook, saxophone
Alex Fornier, bass
Jonathan Baez, percussion
Performing in our first floor gallery.
Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Series
Edward Polochick, conductor,
with the Peabody-Hopkins Chorus and Peabody Singers
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verkl„rung, Op. 24
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K. 427, "The Great"
This concert honors the generosity of Cynthia and Paul Lorraine.
Live streamed at ustream.tv/channel/johnshopkinsu.
McDaniel College’s Student African Drum Ensemble, under the direction of music faculty member Pape Demba “Paco” Samb, a Senegalese griot, and students in the “Making Rock” class, under the direction of music faculty member Roxanne Wehking, perform.
Hailed by Downbeat for its “deft analysis of choice repertoire,” and by the Chicago Reader for its “diversity of approaches to all kinds of source material,” the JOE POLICASTRO TRIO makes its Cabaret at Germano’s debut celebrating the release of their fourth album, Nothing Here Belongs.
The Trio des Alpes, an Italian-Swiss ensemble, featuring violinist Hana Kotková, cellist Claude Hauri, and pianist Corrado Greco, returns to UMBC for a evening of chamber music. The trio will also perform on Sunday, May 5 with the UMBC Symphony (more here).
Directed by Laurie Starkey
Musical Direction by Chris Rose
Choreographed by Elise Starkey
We are pleased to announce the final show of our 2018-2019 season, the musical version of the 1997 British film THE FULL MONTY, with music by David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit) and book by Terrence McNally (Love! Valour! Compassion!). Reset in Buffalo, NY, when a steel town announces job layoffs, a scrappy former employee comes up with a novel way to cope with realities of lost wages as well as feelings of lost manhood.
The Brasilian Vibes Trio brings the beguiling rhythms and melodies of Brazil to Montpelier Arts Center, one of the DC-areas premier listening rooms.
The Department of Music presents the Jubilee Singers under the direction of Janice Jackson.
The performance will be followed by the UMBC Gospel Choir at 7 p.m.
Admission is free.
For almost two decades, The Eric Byrd Trio (EBT), pianist/vocalist Eric Byrd, bassist Bhagwan Khalsa, and drummer Alphonso Young, Jr., have traveled the world as enthusiastic ambassadors of jazz. Rooted in swing and be-bop, The Trio also embraces gospel and the blues as core elements of their expansive performance style. Their body of work spans seven unique studio and live recordings on which they shine as a Trio and as collaborators with an expanded 8-piece ensemble they call The Eric Byrd Trio: Brother Ray Band, in tribute to The Genius of Soul icon Ray Charles.
Although Messiah is normally heard at Christmas,
it was written for the season of Easter. Director
Locke will conduct the chorus in movements from
Parts II and III of Handel's Messiah which features the
Hallelujah Chorus, and choral selections for
Spring and Summer. The chorus will be joined by
orchestra and soloists.
For ticket purchases and pricing, please visit
our website at: www.harfordchoralsociety.org
Columbia Pro Cantare will feature works by two popular American composers at its next concert, Saturday, May 4, 2019, 8 pm at the Jim Rouse Theatre, 5460 Trumpeter Road, Columbia, Maryland. The music of George Gershwin and Jerome Kern triumphed on Broadway and in film in the 1920s and 1930s.
A four-man “Latingrass” string band from Buenos Aires, Che Apalache (pronounced CHAY-op-uh-LAH-chay) is comprised of musicians from Argentina, Mexico and the United States. The quartet began as a bluegrass band and incorporated Latin American styles into their repertoire, combining instrumental prowess with tight vocal harmonies to create an authentic blend of genres from Appalachia to the Andes.
Mark your calendar for a stupendous journey around the world of wines at the Sykesville Art & Wine Festival, on Sunday May 5th, 12 to 5pm!
This year, the Downtown Sykesville Connection (DSC) is not only showcasing some of the best Maryland wineries, the DSC is also bringing to downtown Sykesville over 50 vineyards from the Sonoma Valley, Argentina, France and Italy. Whites, reds and rosés, wines, cavas and other specialty wines will be available for unlimited sampling with your collectible Sykesville glass.
Featuring eight superb solo pianists from the Greater Baltimore/Washington area with a new artist taking the stage every thirty minutes.
Music in the Great Hall presents Nikita Borisevich, violin and Margarita Loukachkina, piano performing works byElgar, Grieg, Rachmaninoff, Bloch, Franck and Waxman.
Beethoven’s magnificent Violin Concerto is the vehicle for Colin Sorgi, the fourth concertmaster candidate. This medley-of-favorites program includes Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro and Gioachino Rossini’s Overture to The Barber of Seville. Sergei Prokofiev’s magical Classical Symphony closes the season.
MOZART Marriage of Figaro Overture
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
ROSSINI Barber of Seville Overture
PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony
Children’s Chorus of Maryland & School of Music celebrates its 43rd annual spring concert, Of Stage and Screen , on Sunday, May 5th, at the Gordon Center for the Performing Arts. The three choruses, spanning ages 7-17, will present timeless favorites from the land of opera, the Broadway stage and film. Please join us for selections from The Magic Flute, Hansel and Gretel, The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, Dr. Doolittle, The Pirates of Penzance and more! Reception to follow the concert. Children under age 5 cannot be admitted due to live recording.
Margaret Boudreaux, director of choral activities at McDaniel, leads the Masterworks Chorale, with McDaniel College organist Ted Dix as accompanist. The concert features works by Michael Praetorius and others.
Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms,” an exhilarating and accessible work that expresses the composer’s hope for fellowship and peace in the world, will be performed by the choirs of Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church and Beth El Congregation under the baton of Tom Hall. Michael Britt will play the organ accompaniment. A reception follows.
The program will begin with a conversation between Tom Hall and Alexander Bernstein, the composer’s son. The choirs will also perform the premiere of Cantor Thom King’s “Psalm 24” as well as C. Hubert H. Parry’s “I was Glad.”
The Department of Music presents UMBC Jazz in Concert under the direction of Matthew Belzer, featuring all of the UMBC jazz groups, large and small, and spotlighting student compositions.
Admission is free.