Season Guide 2012-2013 (Spring Edition): Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

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PERfoRmaNcE lISTINGSour multi-disciplinary season includes classical music, jazz, opera, theatre and dance, as well as work that defiesgenres. This season we have organized performances by theme, offering audiences a dynamic interplay of ideasacross conventional boundaries.

mINdS aNd BodIES IN moTIoN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Renowned artists and emerging new talent reach maximum creative velocity.

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maSTERS RE-ImaGINEd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Contemporary performances provide new perspectives on the masterworks of musical legends.

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caRolINE clay aNd aNu yadavFriday, February 1, 2013 . 7PMSaturday, February 2, 2013 . 2PM & 7PM

caRolINE clay: Let it Flo!Let it Flo! is a celebration of the courage it takes to truly befree. Can you ever, especially as you age, come to terms withthe often-unpopular choices that afford such freedom? When you choose to live fiercely, publicly and out loud, whathappens when your legacy of achievement and struggle iserased from history? is is an invitation to find the place inall of us that is willing to forgive.

aNu yadav: Meena’s DreamWith one actress and three musicians, Meena’s Dream is acoming-of-age tale about seven-year-old Indian AmericanMeena, as seen through the fantastical landscape of her ownimagination. Meena’s only wish is for her mother Aisha to bewell, while Hindu God Lord Krishna seeks Meena’s help inhis hour of need. In an epic conversation with God, Meenawrestles with life’s unanswerable questions of mortality,suffering and God’s own existence. Her quest is set to a live,original score combining South Indian classical music,contemporary jazz and indie rock.

RoB JaNSEN aNd davId dEmkEFriday, February 8, 2013 . 7PMSaturday, February 9, 2013 . 2PM & 7PM

RoB JaNSEN: e Tramp’s New WorldFrom his office atop the 50th floor of the Chrysler Building,Pulitzer Prize winning author James Agee struggles tocomplete a screenplay that tells the story of Charlie Chaplin’s“Tramp” character as the lone survivor of a super atomic blast.Using projection, physical comedy, music and silent filmtechnique, e Tramp’s New World adapts a lost screenplay forthe stage described as “so dark it was without precedent” andtells the story of a writer’s struggle to find redemption throughhis art.

davId dEmkE: Sacred SoilSacred Soil poses a question: “Can we be redeemed by violentmeans?” e play tells the story of a young man struggling tomake sense of the violence that is around him and a part ofhim. In the end, what is revealed to him suggests the truthabout hope and love. Demke says,”With this story, I want toshow that the landscape of the human heart is also harsh andbeautiful, complex and paradoxical, and it is the spiritual paththat makes sense of it all.”

NIck hoRaN, claudIa RoSalES aNd TERESa BayERFriday, February 15, 2013 . 7PMSaturday, February 16, 2013 . 2PM & 7PM

NIck hoRaN: e Sound of SmokeUsing projections and shadow play, this theatrical eventchallenges the audience’s conception of sexuality, truth andidentity. Dance movement, song, text and imagery willilluminate a dark period in the world’s history that in manyways mirrors our world today. Horan says, “I want to engenderan environment of glorious decay right on the edge of collapseand in doing so allow the audience to walk the tightrope withme as I portray a transvestite who loved too hard and lost it all.”

claudIa RoSalES: CaféWhen Erendira’s brother, Miguel, tracks her down after threeyears in order to tell her of their beloved Abuela’s death, shebegins a journey of forgiving both her brother and herself. Inthe play, Rosales uses the ritualistic tradition of preparingCuban coffee as a way to symbolize the struggle ofconstructing cultural identity for many first-generationAmericans as they reconcile familial obligation withindividual desire. “rough flashback, dream-like lighting,verse, music, movement and food I want to arouse in peoplethe desire to question their own cultural upbringing.”

TERESa aNN vIRGINIa BayER: Coffee and Biscuit“I think a person has to believe in something, or has to lookfor something to believe in, otherwise his life is empty,empty.... Just to live and not to know why the cranes fly, whychildren are born, why there are stars in the sky... Either youknow the reason why you’re alive, or nothing makes anydifference.” – Anton Chekhov, e ree Sisters

SEvEN uNIquE TalENTS…

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studiesmfa IN PERfoRmaNcE

Festival of New Works


In the grand finale of their studies in the mfa inPerformance (mfaP) program, the members of theinaugural mfaP class will showcase seven new works.

Each mfaP student will perform an individual piece thatshowcases his or her own writing, research and performance.This small group of talented theatre artists, who came to theprogram with experiences ranging from regional theatre toBroadway, have prepared hour-long works grounded intheir own experiences, personal artistic visions and their

three years of mfa in Performance training.

“Independent-thinking theatre students like these have thecapacity to change the nature of the field,” said lesliefelbain, interim head of the mfa in Performance program. “Their performances will be just a preview of what’s tocome as they turn their talent and passion to new careersand even greater artistic accomplishments.”

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Clockwise, from top left: Rob Jansen photo by Teresa Bayer; Claudia Rosales photo by Teresa Bayer; Nick Horan photo by Teresa Bayer;

Teresa Bayer photo by Anu Yadav; Anu Yadav photo by Teresa Bayer; David Demke and Caroline Clay photo by Walter Dallas

…SEvEN aRTISTIc vISIoNS


When I was 15 and living in Mexico City, I had the chance toattend a concert given by a marionette company. They “played”Rossini, Schumann, Revueltas, Cage … The precision andgrace in the movement that these stick-boned beings showedthat night left a deep mark on me.

At that time, I might have been surprised by the idea thatmovement and choreography are not exclusive to dance. At theend a puppet “pianist” played Saint-Saens’ “Dying Swan” and amarionette danced the iconic role. I felt myself mesmerized byher performance; her eyes seemed to me more live than those ofmy seat neighbors, and so her entire body. Through hermovements, the fabric of which she was made emulated flesh soeffectively. And if that weren’t enough, when she was about tofinish the choreography, the curtains of the little theater startedslowly to rise up, revealing about ten, 12, 13 people who weremanipulating the marionettes’ strings, like ancient Moiras(Fates). I was looking up, admiring the mastery of these Moiras’fingers while feeling myself tangled, trying to decipher the exactsource of the marionettes’ movement.

Seeing how the puppeteers’ movement was transformed into adancer and a pianist made me feel I was in the heart of anillusion. “So magic is handcrafted!” I thought. And although I was looking at the strings, magic remained.

Photo by Mike Ciesielski

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30Th aNNual choREoGRaPhERS’ ShoWcaSESaturday, January 26, 2013 . 3PM & 8PMDance Theatre

e 30th anniversary production of thisadjudicated showcase — a joint project of theCenter and the Maryland-National Capital Parkand Planning Commission — celebrates thediverse talents of a new generation. One patronsummed up her experience with the showcasethis way: “I didn’t know what to expect and wascompletely overwhelmed by the complexity,diversity and beauty of each and every danceperformance.” is year’s program includes foursolo works: Corroded (Connor Voss), Ink Spilledin Cursive (Jason Garcia Ignacio), Eclosion(Junichi Fukuda) and Curb (Vanessa Owen).Also on the program: And Frolic (Charli Brisseyand Felix Cruz) and Robert J. Priore’s Goingnowhere, getting somewhere featuring a group of13 dancers. Join us for a Talk Back after bothshows.

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UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance StudiesShaREd GRaduaTE daNcE coNcERTPaul D. Jackson, directorThursday, February 21, 2013 . 8PMFriday, February 22, 2013 . 8PMDance Theatre

is concert features provocative choreographyby first- and second-year Master of Fine Artsstudents in Dance, focusing on new works indevelopment. As the first opportunity for themto put material onstage and see what develops,it often contains the seeds of movement ideasthat will be featured in their MFA esisprograms — an unguarded exploration of theirtalents and interests.

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UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance StudiesdEad maN’S cEll PhoNEKJ Sanchez, directorFriday, March 1, 2013 . 8PMSaturday, March 2, 2013 . 8PMSunday, March 3, 2013 . 2PMWednesday, March 6, 2013 . 7:30PMThursday, March 7, 2013 . 7:30PMFriday, March 8, 2013 . 8PMSaturday, March 9, 2013 . 2PM & 8PMKay Theatre

Sarah Ruhl’s 2008 play finds comedy in themost unlikely of circumstances: a romancebetween a young woman and a dead mancarried out via his still-active cell phone. MousyJean becomes irate when her solitary lunch isinterrupted by the insistent ringing of a nearbydiner’s cell phone and in an uncharacteristic fitof boldness, she approaches him only to findthat his ringing phone is the only spark of lifehe has left. When the phone continues to ring,she flips it open and answers it. us begins heroddly intimate relationship with the man,unfolding solely through the people who knewhim. In the New York Times review of the play’spremiere, Charles Isherwood noted that theplaywright “blends the mundane and themetaphysical, the blunt and the obscure, thepatently bizarre and the bizarrely moving” to extraordinary effect.

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Top, left to right: TDPS Shared MFA esis Concert, Apple Falling, photo by Graham Brown; TDPS Shared MFA esis Concert, Triumph of Disruption: A Movement to Subvert, photo by Kwame Opare

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance StudiesShaREd mfa ThESIS coNcERTApple Falling Graham Brown, choreographer

Triumph of Disruption: A Movement to SubvertKwame Opare, choreographer

Thursday, March 14, 2013 . 8PMFriday, March 15, 2013 . 8PMDance Theatre

In Graham Brown’s Apple Falling, the lives of seven individualsintersect as they each interact with their familial histories,musing over the stories and characters that have, over thegenerations, helped shape who they are and who they willbecome. Can we control how far the apple falls from the tree?

Kwame Opare uses pop iconic imagery and popular music inTriumph of Disruption: A Movement to Subvert, a funky, hipand engagingly fantastical journey through time and space.e choreographer entertains the concept of disruption as amethod to alleviate the problems facing a particular group ofyoung people — an artful attempt to show, through dance,iconic pop imagery and music, an epidemic of failure inAmerica’s methods of educating its youth.

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UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance StudiesmaRylaNd daNcE ENSEmBlESpringing from FantasyAdriane Fang, directorThursday, April 18, 2013 . 8PMFriday, April 19, 2013 . 8PMSaturday, April 20, 2013 . 8PMSunday, April 21, 2013 . 3PMDance Theatre

is lively, diverse concert provides a preview of the emergingtalent of the next generation of dance artists. e programincludes original dances created and/or performed byundergraduate students majoring in Dance as they begin tofind their choreographic voice and vision, plus new worksdeveloped throughout the year by guest choreographers.

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amERIcaN RooTS Benjamin Pasternack, pianoTuesday, February 26, 2013 . 8PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

American pianist Benjamin Pasternack presents piano musicinspired by African Americans and Native Americans,including two rarities by Arthur Farwell, who as leader of the“Indianists” movement deserves to be known as the AmericanBartok. e program includes Dvořák’s Humoresques in F and G-flat and an excerpt from his American Suite; Busoni’sIndian Diary No. 2; Farwell’s Pawnee Horses and Navajo WarDance No. 2; and Bernstein/Pasternack’s On the Town Dances.FREE

lEfT BaNk quaRTETDvorák in Search of America David Salness, producerEvelyn Elsing, celloKatherine Murdock, violaRita Sloan, pianoWednesday, February 27, 2013 . 8PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

Produced by UMD faculty artist David Salness in associationwith PostClassical Ensemble, this concert includes readingsfrom Longfellow’s e Song of Hiawatha and Dvořák’s personalletters from Iowa. Together, these documents illustrate howDvořák’s Sonatina incorporates a portrait of Hiawatha’s wifeMinnehaha and how his American String Quartet is an elegiacevocation of the Iowa prairie. Joseph Horowitz will providecommentary. Dvořák works include Humoresque in G-flatmajor, arranged for violin and piano; Sonatina for Violin andPiano; selections from Biblical Songs and Gypsy Songs; andAmerican String Quartet. e program also includes thespiritual “A City Called Heaven,” arranged by Hall Johnson,and John Carter’s Prelude and Rondo (“Peter Go Ring DemBells”) with Carmen Balthrop, mezzo-soprano.

Joseph horowitz, Patrick Warfield, angel Gil-ordóñez andthe performers will participate in a post-concert discussion.

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PoSTclaSSIcal ENSEmBlEDvořák and AmericaAngel Gil-Ordóñez, conductorJoseph Horowitz, artistic directorKevin Deas, narrator/baritoneFriday, March 1, 2013 . 8PMDekelboum Concert Hall

As the culmination of our exploration, this concert includes avisual presentation for Dvořák’s American Suite and the worldpremiere of Hiawatha Melodrama, a creation of JosephHorowitz and Dvořák scholar Michael Beckerman, whichcombines text by Longfellow with excerpts from the New World Symphony and other Dvořák works. Join theartists for a pre-performance discussion and commentaryby Benjamin Pasternack at 7Pm in Gildenhorn Recital hall.

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Postclassical Ensemble, now in its ninth season, is an

experimental musical laboratory testing the limits of orchestral

programming. Their concerts regularly incorporate popular

music, folk music, vernacular music and more, combining the

music itself with insights into the people and the times that

produced it. artistic director Joseph horowitz has done

extensive research into dvořák and his body of work, resulting

in a book, an educational project about america in dvořák’s

time and this set of programs.

PostClassical Ensemble most recently appeared at the Center in The Gershwin Project (2010-2011).


PoSTclaSSIcal ENSEmBlE ExPloRES dvořák’S “amERIcaN accENT”Dvořák’s American years (1892-1895) constitute one of the most astounding chapters in the history of Western music. It was during his brief American sojourn that Dvořák composed his best-known symphonic and chamber works — the New World Symphony and the American String Quartet — as well as such undeservedly neglected music as his AmericanSuite, a vivid postcard of American sights and sounds.

All of this music — fixating on plantation song, Native American chant and the vast American prairie — was influential andcontroversial, holding up a mirror to the American experience, asking and answering the perennial questions:“What is America?” and “Who is an American?”

All three concerts in this unique series will incorporate commentary and discussion by way of exploring Dvořák’s “American accent.” — Joseph Horowitz, Artistic Director, PostClassical Ensemble

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BIll T. JoNES/aRNIE zaNE daNcE comPaNySITI comPaNyA RiteFriday, February 8, 2013 . 8PMSaturday, February 9, 2013 . 8PM Kay Theatre

Choreographer Bill T. Jones and SITI Company’s AnneBogart have always loved each other’s work, but they hadnever collaborated until this year, when they brought theirformidable creative forces together to create this new piece. In A Rite, these groundbreaking artists have deconstructed theoriginal score of Stravinsky’s e Rite of Spring to create aprovocative meditation on the power of singular new works ofart to alter the way we think. Join the artists for a Talk Backafter the february 8 performance.

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SITI Company most recently appeared at the Center in Café Variations (September 2012). This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment forthe Arts.

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance StudiesIN TImE of RoSESAshley Smith, directorFriday, April 26, 2013 . 8PMSunday, April 28, 2013 . 2PM & 7:30PMWednesday, May 1, 2013 . 7:30PMThursday, May 2, 2013 . 7:30PMFriday, May 3, 2013 . 8PMSaturday, May 4, 2013 . 2PM & 8PMKogod Theatre

In Time of Roses is a sexy, fast-paced, political thriller, based onthe true story of Margaret of Anjou, a woman forced to leadan army to save her family. Most of the play’s text was takendirectly from William Shakespeare’s Henry VI trilogy and fromhis sonnets. Playwright Ashley Smith, who also directs theperformance, says, “My goal is to distill the story of Margaretof Anjou in chronological sequence, focusing on the lovetriangle between her, King Henry VI and the Earl of Suffolk. I find that this story thread, which I’ve pulled fromShakespeare’s much larger Wars of the Roses tapestry, makesfor a great play all by itself.”

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When I was a school kid in Providence, RhodeIsland, I was brought in on a yellow bus oneday to the Trinity United Methodist Church,where the Trinity Repertory Company wasperforming Macbeth, directed by Adrian Hall.

I was 15 years old and that day turned me intoa director.

I didn’t understand a word of what was beingspoken; I had never heard Shakespeare before.And I didn’t understand what was happening— there were witches coming out of theceilings, the actors were performing all aroundus — and yet I knew what I was going to dofor the rest of my life. Be a director.

There were regional theaters all around thecountry then, built by really great artists whohad an appetite for theater and who didexciting work. That was true for a long timebut now the artists who created those theatersare gone and the theaters, for the most part,due to economics and fear, have become timid.

I run the graduate directing program atColumbia University and as I look around thecountry, I see art centers in communities and atuniversities as the most innovative and excitingplaces for my graduate directors to do work. The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is agood example of that. When I want to do ashow with my company, I’ll go to people at theCenter who are open to new ideas and who will help us find a way to bring those ideas to the stage.

Performing arts centers are very open-minded,adventurous, risk-taking organizations led byreal entrepreneurial, art-loving men andwomen who make things happen. And youfind in them not only adventurous directorsand exciting artists, but also audiences who aremore diverse and more adventurous, whocome with an appetite for the art. And that’swhere I see life right now.

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UMD School of MusicmaRylaNd oPERa STudIoNEW WoRkS REadING SERIESRomeo and JulietLee Hoiby, composerMark Shulgasser, librettoMichael Rossi, conductorFriday, February 15, 2013 . 7:30PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

In this continuing series of new music for opera,first-year students of the Maryland Opera Studiogive a reading of Lee Hoiby’s last opera, Romeo andJuliet. Hoiby’s music is known for its lyricism andsimplicity and has been recognized by awards andgrants from the Guggenheim Foundation, theNational Institute of Arts and Letters, the FordFoundation, the Fulbright Commission and theNational Endowment for the Arts.FREE

eighth blackbirdShifted During FlightTim Munro, flutesMichael J. Maccaferri, clarinetsYvonne Lam, violin & violaNicholas Photinos, celloMatthew Duvall, percussionLisa Kaplan, pianoFriday, March 8, 2013 . 8PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

e Chicago-based sextet eighth blackbirdcombines the finesse of a string quartet with theenergy of a rock band and the boldness of astorefront theatre company. In their concert at theCenter, this audacious band of musicians willperform Steve Reich’s Pulitzer Prize-winning DoubleSextet, with students from the UMD School ofMusic forming a second sextet.

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eighth blackbird most recently appeared at the Center with Rinde Eckert and Steve Mackey in Slide (2009-2010).WAMU 88.5 is the official media sponsor of this performance.

This tour of eighth blackbird is made possible by a grant from Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the NationalEndowment for the Arts.

UMD School of Musicumd WINd oRchESTRa e Poetry of Joseph SchwantnerMichael Votta, conductorSunday, March 10, 2013 . 3PMDekelboum Concert Hall

Known for his dramatic and unique style, JosephSchwantner is one of the most prominent Americancomposers today. Each movement of his trilogy wasconceived as an independent piece through threecommissions across 29 years. Schwantner says,“While each work is self-contained, I alwaysenvisioned the possibility that they could becombined to form a larger and more expansivethree-movement formal design.” UMWO fulfillsthe composer’s vision in honor of his 70th birthday,performing the premiere of all three works together,as part of a whole.

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UMD School of Music NEW muSIc aT maRylaNdWednesday, April 17, 2013 . 8PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

New works, as well as breathing new life intomusic, give young instrumentalists and singers theopportunity to learn from living composers,collaborate with them and gain insight into thecompositional process. is concert featuresoriginal works by UMD student composers,including solo, chamber and electroacousticperformances.FREE


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oRPhEuS chamBER oRchESTRaWITh GaBRIEl kahaNESaturday, April 20, 2013 . 8PMDekelboum Concert Hall

American composer and singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane,Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s first composer-in-residence,combines his classical music training with modern folk-popinfluences. Often compared to Suan Stevens and RufusWainwright, Kahane has collaborated with both of theseartists. He will perform with Orpheus in a program thatincludes his new song cycle, Hugo Wolf ’s Italian Serenade andArnold Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night.

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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra served as artists-in-residence with theUMD School of Music in 2011-2012 and performed several times duringthe season.This performance is made possible in part by support from The MARPAT Foundation.

kRoNoS quaRTETStudent Composition ReadingThursday, April 25, 2013 . 8PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

Kronos Quartet’s ongoing residency at the Center includesworking closely with composition students in the UMDSchool of Music. Each season Kronos works with selectedyoung student composers in creating new works, refining thepieces for maximum musical impact and presenting initialreadings of the works in a public event. is year, second-yearDMA Composition students Alexandra (“Lexi”) Bryant,Jonathan Graybill and Joel Pierson traveled to San Franciscoto work with Kronos on their compositions, shaping andrefining their work for Kronos’s public performance at theCenter. FREE

This residency with Kronos Quartet is made possible by a grant from Mid AtlanticArts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Thisproject is also supported in part by an Art Works award from the NationalEndowment for the Arts.

UMD School of Musicumd WINd oRchESTRamEmBERS of oRPhEuS chamBER oRchESTRa… of a rare and special type …Michael Votta, conductorSunday, May 5, 2013 . 5PMDekelboum Concert Hall

Two sound worlds collide in a program that pairs Mozart’sSerenade in B-flat (“Gran Partita”) K. 361 and Varese’sOctandre, Intégrales, Deserts, Hyperprism and Density 21.5.During Orpheus’s 2011-2012 residency in the UMD Schoolof Music, Orpheus members engaged in coaching sessions,rehearsals and masterclasses, providing students theopportunity to experience the Orpheus conductor-lessensemble performance process. Orpheus members will jointhe student performers in bringing these very different worksbefore the audience.

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This performance is made possible in part by support from The MARPAT Foundation.

UMD School of Musicumd PERcuSSIoN ENSEmBlEXenakisLee Hinkle, directorMonday, May 6, 2013 . 8PMDekelboum Concert Hall

Usually positioned at the back of the orchestra, the percussionsection moves center stage to reveal the colorful, melodicpotential of their instruments in this striking concert ofcontemporary music by Greek composer, architect-engineerand music theorist, Iannis Xenakis. FREE


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Maryland Opera Studio’s production of La Bohème photo by Cory Weaver

One performance that moved me? How to begin? Music,theatre and dance have always played a major role in my life.When I was growing up, I sang, danced, acted in plays andplayed a variety of musical instruments, often choosing thoseactivities over completing my math homework. In spite of thedire predictions of my math teacher, I’ve been fortunate to havea happy life working in the performing arts as a music teacher,scholar and performing arts librarian.

As head of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, I have the privilege of leading a group of talented, creative and energetic librarians and curators who are committed toproviding the best possible library resources and services to ourdiverse clientele — faculty, students and patrons of theperforming arts in the state of Maryland. We reside within theClarice Smith Performing Arts Center and are an integral partof the lives of our young artist/students. We also have theopportunity to attend a wide variety of performances in thisbeautiful facility.

So, which performance moved me? The last one I attended. Or perhaps the next one…..


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lauRIE aNdERSoN aNd kRoNoS quaRTETFriday, February 1, 2013 . 8PMSaturday, February 2, 2013 . 8PM Kay Theatre

In addition to her groundbreaking solo work, Laurie Anderson has undertakencollaborative projects with artists of all kinds, including William S. Burroughs, LouReed, Marisa Monte and Colin Stetson. Kronos Quartet, musical mavericks who shatterconventional wisdom about string quartets, has partnered with Eiko & Koma, PhilipGlass, Alim Qasimov, Astor Piazzolla and many more. For the first time, these artistsjoin their distinct personalities and musical styles in a new work composed by LaurieAnderson and commissioned by the Clarice Smith Center. Kronos joins Anderson inthis world-premiere performance. Join the artists for a Talk Back following thefebruary 1 performance.

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Laurie Anderson most recently appeared at the Center in her solo work Delusion (2010-2011). Kronos Quartet has performed and served as resident artists at the Center since the 2007-2008season.This tour of Kronos Quartet is made possible by a grant from Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from theNational Endowment for the Arts. This project is also supported in part by an Art Works award from the NationalEndowment for the Arts.

This work is commissioned by Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center; Adelaide Festival, Australia; The BarbicanCentre, London; The Office of Arts and Cultural Programming, Montclair State University, NJ; Perth InternationalArts Festival, Australia; Stanford Live, Stanford University; and the University of Texas Performing Arts Center,Austin.

Wu maN, Solo PIPaThursday, March 28, 2013 . 8PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

Recognized as the world’s premier pipa virtuoso and as a leading ambassador of Chinesemusic, Chinese-born musician Wu Man creates and fosters projects that give thisancient instrument a new role in today’s musical world. She has introduced the pipa —the traditional, four-stringed Chinese lute — to new audiences around the world andhas commissioned and premiered more than a hundred new works. rough projectsshe has instigated, the pipa has found a place in new solo and quartet works, concertos,opera, chamber, electronic and jazz music, as well as in theatre productions, film, danceand collaborations with visual artists. Her adventurous musical spirit has also made hera respected expert on the history and preservation of Chinese musical traditions,reflected in her recorded and live performances and multi-cultural collaborations.

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Wu Man most recently appeared at the Center in A Chinese Home with Kronos Quartet (2009-2010).

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Creative Dialoguea coNvERSaTIoN aBouT WomEN aNd RESISTaNcENora Chipaumire, choreographer and dancerSheri Parks, UMD Professor of American StudiesSarah Browning, DC Poets Against the War and Split This RockSheema Kalbasi, poet and human rights advocateKojo Nnamdi, moderatorMonday, April 1, 2013 . 7:30PMDance Theatre

Nora Chipaumire’s Miriam is a deeply personal dance-theatreperformance that looks closely at the tensions women facebetween public expectations and private desires; betweenselflessness and ambition; and between the perfection andsacrifice of the feminine ideal. Join Chipaumire along withSheri Parks, UMD American Studies professor; SheemaKalbasi, an Iranian writer who has lived most of her life inexile from her home country; and Sarah Browning, director ofDC Poets Against the War and Split is Rock. ey willdiscuss these and other complexities experienced by womenwho choose and/or are destined to lead a life of protest andresistance.FREE

NoRa chIPaumIREMiriamEric Ting, directorOmar Sosa, composerOlivier Clausse, lighting designOkwui Okpokwasili, performerThursday, April 4, 2013 . 8PMFriday, April 5, 2013 . 8PMSaturday, April 6, 2013 . 8PMKogod Theatre

With Miriam, the renowned choreographer and dancer Nora Chipaumire creates her first character-driven work — adeeply personal dance-theatre performance that looks closelyat the tensions women face between public expectations andprivate desires; between selflessness and ambition; andbetween the perfection and sacrifice of the feminine ideal. einspiration for Miriam springs from the cultural and politicalmilieu of Chipaumire’s southern African girlhood, herself-exile to the U.S. and her self-discovery as an artist. But Miriam also reverberates with other literary and legendaryinfluences: the writings of Joseph Conrad and ChenjeraiHove; the life of South African singer and activist MiriamMakeba; and the Christian iconography of Mary. e stagedwork features an interplay of light and shadow that infers thepresence of others, real and imagined, within a suggestiveenvironment that calls to mind the site of a crime, amysterious land or a sacred place of ritual and retreat. Join theartists for a Talk Back following the april 5 performance.

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Nora Chipaumire most recently appeared at the Center in lions will roar,swans will fly, angels will wrestle heaven, rains will break: gukurahundi(2010-2011).This tour of Nora Chipaumire is made possible by a grant from Mid Atlantic ArtsFoundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The presentation of Miriam is also made possible by the New England Foundationfor the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris DukeCharitable Foundation and additional funding from The Andrew W. MellonFoundation.

Nora Chipaumire photo by Olivier Clausse


Creative DialoguecoNSIdERING ThE humaN coNdITIoN: oN BEhalf of NaTuREMeredith Monk, composer, singer, director, choreographer and filmmakerSuheil Bushrui, George and Lisa Zakhem Kahlil Gibran Chair for Values and PeaceAlexander Ochs, Worldwatch InstituteSacoby Wilson, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental HealthKojo Nnamdi, moderatorMonday, April 29, 2013 . 7:30PMDance Theatre

For her newest work, On Behalf of Nature, Meredith Monk offers a poetic meditation on theenvironment, inspired in part by the Buddhist notion of conjoining heaven and earth throughhuman beings. Responding to the precarious state of our global ecology, Monk creates a space atthe threshold where human, natural and spiritual elements are woven into a delicate whole,illuminating the interconnection and interdependency of us all. Join this cross-disciplinary panelof artists and activists to discuss how science, art and spirituality can influence the way we areliving on the planet.FREE

mEREdITh moNkOn Behalf of NatureSaturday, May 4, 2013 . 8PMKay Theatre

Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, director/choreographer and creator of new opera, musictheatre works, films and installations. A pioneer in what is now called “extended vocal technique”and “interdisciplinary performance,” Monk creates works at the intersection of music andmovement, image and object, light and sound in an effort to discover and weave together newmodes of perception. On Behalf of Nature, a new music theatre work inspired by the writings ofPulitzer Prize-winning poet, essayist and environmental activist Gary Snyder, will portray thehuman realm as just one layer in a multitude of realms within the natural world. is poeticmeditation on the environment will focus on what the global community is in danger of losing, to challenge all who experience it to be more conscious of preserving and advocating on behalf ofour shared natural world. Join the artists for a Talk Back following the performance.

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Wu Man photo by Steven Kahn

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claSSIcal, STRaIGhT uPThe rich traditions of classical music, fully expressed in concert.

UMD Symphony Orchestra photo by Alison Harbaugh

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UMD School of Musicumd REPERToIRE oRchESTRae ree E’s John Devlin and Jason Ethridge, music directorsMichael Votta, guest conductorTuesday, February 26, 2013 . 8PMDekelboum Concert Hall

e UMD Repertoire Orchestra performs Brahms’s FourthSymphony in E Minor; Evening Prayer and Pantomime fromHumperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel; and Beethoven’s EgmontOverture.FREE

UMD School of MusicmaRylaNd oPERa STudIoumd SymPhoNy oRchESTRaere’s a good reason that the Maryland Opera Studio haswon a devoted following among our patrons. See what thesetalented second-year MM Voice students have in store for youas they perform two great operatic works.

IdomeneoWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composerGiambattista Varesco, librettoPat Diamond, directorJoseph Gascho, conductorAllan Laino, chorus masterFriday, April 12, 2013 . 7:30PMSunday, April 14, 2013 . 3PM Thursday, April 18, 2013 . 7:30PM Saturday, April 20, 2013 . 7:30PMKay Theatre

Revenge, jealousy, love, betrayal and forgiveness — it’s thevery stuff of opera. Mozart’s brilliance weaves them into astunning musical and dramatic event. Buffeted by the gods,survivors of the Trojan War move from the agony of lovingyour enemy to the joy of finding your love. Idomeneopremiered in Munich on January 29, 1781, conducted by the25-year-old composer himself.

La BohèmeGiacomo Puccini, composerGiuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, librettoGiovanni Reggioli, conductorAndrea Dorf McGray, directorAllan Laino, chorus masterSaturday, April 13, 2013 . 7:30PM Wednesday, April 17, 2013 . 7:30PM Friday, April 19, 2013 . 7:30PMSunday, April 21, 2013 . 3PMKay Theatre

Before RENT, there was La Bohème, perhaps the world’s mostbeloved opera. In the tempestuous demimonde of Parisianartists, poets and philosophers, Mimi and Rodolfo pursuetheir ill-fated love. La Bohème was a huge hit when Puccinipremiered it in 1896 and its popularity has not waned.

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UMD School of MusicRoBERT dIluTIS, claRINETMayron Tsong, pianoSunday, April 14, 2013 . 3PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

Robert DiLutis, one of the School of Music’s newest facultymembers, makes his solo debut at the Clarice Smith Centerwith a program featuring works by Brahms, Schumann andmore. DiLutis has performed as a featured soloist withensembles such as the San Antonio Symphony, LaredoSymphony, Baton Rouge Symphony and the RochesterPhilharmonic Orchestra. He recently toured with the NewYork Philharmonic on its historic trip to Pyongyang, NorthKorea. FREE

UMD School of Music chamBER muSIc ShoWcaSEPart I: Monday, April 15, 2013 . 5:30PMPart II: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 . 7PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

Small chamber groups of students perform repertoire forstrings, woodwinds, brass and piano. e culmination ofrehearsal and coaching during the fall semester, this concert is an integral part of coursework for UMD School of Musicstudents and a glimpse into the training they receive forperforming in major ensembles.FREE

The most moving experience I’ve ever hadactually didn’t happen on stage.

The story starts when I was eight years old. My father had a radio and television shop inthe basement of our home where he wouldjust tinker around with things, lots ofmachines that had lights, knobs and dials.One Saturday, I heard the sounds of someonesinging in the operatic classical style, comingfrom a radio in his shop. And it drew me likea magnet to the top of the steps. I called out,“Dad, who is that? What is that?” He said,“Well, that’s opera and that singer is LeontynePrice.” I was mesmerized. I was supposed tobe cleaning the house and I rememberdistinctly that I went back upstairs, turned onthe vacuum cleaner and started trying toimitate the sounds I had heard. I think whathappened in that instant was that I wasawakened to the idea that singing — singingin that style — was something I could do.

Years later, Leontyne Price would come toWashington DC to do live recitals. I went toevery one, and every time I went backstage

and got her autograph. After a while shestarted to recognize me and I just consideredthat we were friends from that point.

But what I’m getting to is this: I was in San Francisco, where I had been hired byMaestro Kurt Adler to sing on stage withMarilyn Horne in Tancredo. In that sameseason Leontyne Price was singing in La Forzadel Destino there. I was coming out of a stagerehearsal, walking down a hallway in the oldWar Memorial Opera House, and at the otherend of the hallway I saw Leontyne Price,walking toward me. I looked at her and shelooked at me and she said, “I just came fromyour rehearsal. You were stunning.” And weembraced. There was no one in the hall. I was standing there with the voice thatinspired me to sing. Every time I think aboutit I just well up, because I don’t think peopleget to meet their idols very often let alone hearfrom them their response to their work. That,to me, was one of the most moving momentsever in my life.

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UMD School of Music umd mEN’S choRuS aNdumd WomEN’S choRuSAround the World in 80 MinutesKenneth Elpus, conductor, UMD Women’s Chorus Joseph Shortall, conductor, UMD Men’s ChorusFriday, April 19, 2013 . 8PMDekelboum Concert Hall

e UMD Women’s Chorus and UMD Men’s Chorustraverse the world through song. is rousing concert featuresmusic from Asia, Africa, Europe, South America and NorthAmerica, all transcribed or arranged for choirs by some of theart form’s most celebrated composers.FREE

UMD School of Musicumd REPERToIRE oRchESTRaFrench First and FortunaJohn Devlin and Jason Ethridge, music directorsAndrew McLaughlin, baritoneWednesday, April 24, 2013 . 8PMDekelboum Concert Hall

e UMD Repertoire Orchestra gives the world premiere ofLa Saulaie: Poeme pour baryton et orchestra, a piece by ClaudeDebussy that was recently discovered and completed byFrench music scholar Dr. Robert Orledge. Orff’s mammothCarmina Burana will follow.FREE

UMD School of MusicmaRylaNd oPERa STudIoOpera al FrescoThursday, April 25, 2013 . 12:30PMGrand Pavilion

A casual preview of the Maryland Opera Studio’s Scene StudyPerformances in the Clarice Smith Center’s expansive GrandPavilion. FREE

UMD School of Music: Music in MindGRaduaTE fElloWShIP chamBER ENSEmBlESFrench ImpressionsSunday, April 28, 2013 . 3PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

e School of Music’s premier chamber ensembles, AeolusString Quartet and SIREN Woodwind Quintet, have swiftlygained renown for their artistry. ey share the stage for anafternoon of shimmering French repertoire, including Ravel’sString Quartet and Poulenc’s Sextuor featuring faculty artistBradford Gowen at the piano. Proceeds from music in mindconcerts benefit the School of music’s undergraduatescholarship fund.

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UMD School of MusicmaRylaNd oPERa STudIoOpera Scene Study PerformancesThursday, May 2, 2013 . 7:30PMFriday, May 3, 2013 . 7:30PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

After a year of taking apart their craft and sculpting it fromthe ground up, the final class project for our first-year studentspairs them in operatic scenes from a wide variety of repertoryand featuring all aspects of their training. Accompanied onlyby piano and minimal props, these performances give ouryoung artists a chance to shine in the purest of forms.FREE

UMD School of Musicumd coNcERT choIRumd SymPhoNy oRchESTRaFirebirdEdward Maclary, conductor, UMD Concert ChoirJames Ross, conductor, UMD Symphony Orchestrawith members of the UMD Graduate Conducting ProgramFriday, May 3, 2013 . 8PMDekelboum Concert Hall

e UMD Concert Choir and the UMD SymphonyOrchestra perform a concert of music anchored by Verdi andStravinsky, including Te Deum (Verdi) and e Firebird Suite(1945) (Stravinsky). Also included in the program will beIves’s ree Places in New England and General Booth EntersHeaven, as well as John Adams’s Son of Chamber Symphony.

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afRIcaN hEaRTAfrican American culture and history take center stage.

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In 2007 I took 33 singers to Italy for theAmalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival. One ofour four performances was in a town calledMaiori. There are two towns next to eachother, Maiori and Minori — Major andMinor.

The priest of the cathedral where we wereperforming had somehow forgotten about theconcert and had gone out of town. He was theonly person in town with the keys so at theeleventh hour the concert ended up beingcanceled. We were all dressed up with nowhereto perform. I said to my singers, “You know what? Change your clothes, put onsomething comfortable. Let’s just go down tothe boardwalk.” So we marched down to theboardwalk overlooking the Mediterranean Seaand just started singing and within about tenminutes it seemed like every townsperson fromboth Maiori and Minori had gathered aroundus — hundreds and hundreds of people.

It ended up probably being one of our biggestconcerts, an outdoor concert, very impromptu.

Performance for me is grounded in connectingwith my faith and in communicating thesacred in meaningful ways, so at the end ofmost concerts we like to come together for aprayer of thanksgiving for the experience. Andso we gathered that day in Italy for prayer in acircle and sometime in the middle of theprayer we realized that the townspeople hadcircled themselves around us and were prayingin Italian as we were praying in English. Wefelt a sense of understanding that supersededthe language barrier. By the end of the prayerwe were in tears, the people were in tears; weembraced and it was just the most amazingexperience of intercultural and spiritualexchange.

The power of music, the power of the spirit —it’s in all of us when we tap into it.

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Pre-performance DiscussionBRaNfoRd maRSalISdavId c. dRISkEllFriday, February 15, 2013 . 6:30PMDekelboum Concert Hall

Two artists with abiding connections to African American visual art will discuss the influence of jazzon the artists who create this work. David C. Driskell has taken a leading role in bringing AfricanAmerican art into the mainstream of American society through his own artwork and writing. Since1977, as a professor of art at the University of Maryland, he has focused attention on black artists asthey fight for survival and search for identity in the United States. Saxophonist Branford Marsalishas a particular interest in the works of renowned artist Romare Bearden and in 2003 produced ajazz album paying tribute to him. Marsalis continues to pursue that interest here, in a performancein conjunction and collaboration with the opening of the David C. Driskell Center’s exhibition,Convergence: e Intersection of Visual and Performance Art in Jazz.FREE

aN EvENING WITh BRaNfoRd maRSalISFriday, February 15, 2013 . 8PMDekelboum Concert Hall

Branford Marsalis and his quartet will perform an evening of music in conjunction with the openingof a new exhibit at the David C. Driskell Center, highlighting African American artists inspired byjazz. A man of numerous musical interests — including jazz, blues, funk and modern classical works— Marsalis first gained acclaim through his work with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and his brotherWynton’s quintet before forming his own ensemble. e three-time Grammy winner continues toexpand his skills as an instrumentalist and composer. As head of Marsalis Music, the label hefounded in 2002, he produces both his own projects and those of the jazz world’s most promisingnew and established artists.

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Funded in part by a generous gift from Barbara and Charles Reiher.

Additional sponsoring partnership with the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City.

Branford Marsalis most recently appeared at the Center in the 2005-2006 season.

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Jazz WITh a TWISTUnique partnerships lead to intriguing musical adventures.

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UMD School of Music SPRING BIG BaNd ShoWcaSEChris Vadala, music director, Jazz Studies Program Directorumd Jazz laB BaNd, uNIvERSITy Jazz BaNdTuesday, March 12, 2013 . 7:30PMumd Jazz ENSEmBlE, umd alumNI Jazz BaNdWednesday, March 13, 2013 . 7:30PMDekelboum Concert Hall

Join Chris Vadala and UMD jazz ensembles for a livelyconcert that features jazz standards and premieres of pieces byUMD alumni and current jazz students.FREE

UMD School of Music umd chamBER JazzPart I: Wednesday, April 10, 2013. 7:30PMPart II: Thursday, April 11, 2013. 7:30PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

Swing with UMD jazz combos as they play beloved standardsand new tunes arranged by UMD jazz students.

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NINETy mIlESStefon Harris, vibraphoneNicholas Payton, trumpetDavid Sánchez, saxophoneFriday, April 26, 2013 . 8PM Kay Theatre

e distance between the coastal United States andCuba is a short 90 miles but politics and historyhave sometimes made the distance seeminsurmountable. e Ninety Miles Project broughtleading Cuban and American jazz musicianstogether in Cuba over the span of a week to recordmusic that both highlights and synthesizes theirdifferent cultures. e program at the Centerfeatures three American-based artists — vibistStefon Harris, trumpeter Nicholas Payton andsaxophonist David Sánchez — who, along withthree additional players, will perform the distinctlyunique collection of songs inspired by thisCuban-American collaboration.

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This tour engagement of Stefon Harris is funded through the Mid Atlantic Tours Program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation withsupport from the National Endowment for the Arts and the MarylandState Arts Council.

UMD School of Music umd Jazz ENSEmBlEumd Jazz laB BaNduNIvERSITy Jazz BaNdBig Band FinaleChris Vadala, music director, Jazz Studies Program DirectorWednesday, May 1, 2013 . 5:30PMTheatre Courtyard (Rain Location: Dekelboum Concert Hall)

Featuring all three UMD Jazz Ensembles, the Big Band Finale drives you along with infectiousenergy and flair. FREE

BRad mEhldau, PIaNochRIS ThIlE, maNdolINFriday, April 12, 2013 . 8PMDekelboum Concert Hall

Pianist Brad Mehldau is first and foremost an improviser who cherishes the surprise and wonder that canoccur from a spontaneous musical idea expressed directly, in real time. But he also has a deep fascination forthe formal architecture of music. Chris ile is best known as the mandolinist and a singer for theprogressive alt-bluegrass trio Nickel Creek, and for his work with Punch Brothers, but he has alsocollaborated with artists like Béla Fleck, Mark O’Connor, Aoife O’Donovan, Edgar Meyer and Yo-Yo Ma.Together, these two artists take music in unexpected directions. John Fordham of e Guardian (UK)remarked of one of their recent performances, “… their musicality and sympathy for each other’s emergingideas made [this concert] an unexpected tour de force.”

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This performance is made possible, in part, by the Patricia C. Solomon Fund for Piano.

maSTERS RE-ImaGINEdContemporary performances provide new perspectives

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NEW yoRk fESTIval of SoNGJacques Brel and Charles Trenet RevisitedThursday, February 21, 2013 . 8PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

New York Festival of Song is renowned for its intimate, original ensemble song programs consisting almostexclusively of rarely heard songs of all kinds. is program celebrates two of the 20th century’s greatestballadeers, the Belgian-born Jacques Brel and Frenchman Charles Trenet. Brel’s literate, thoughtful andtheatrical songs generated a large, devoted following, initially in France and later throughout the world.Trenet, whose best-known song is “La mer,” wrote nearly a thousand songs in his lifetime and, in an era inwhich it was exceptional for a singer to write his or her own material, he declined to record any but his ownsongs. e program will include some of the most famous pieces by these two artists: Brel’s “Ne me quittepas” and “Madeleine” and Trenet’s “Que reste-t-il de nos amours” and “La mer,” along with many of theirlesser-known treasures.

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The New York Festival of Song most recently appeared at the Center in Manning the Canon (2011-2012).

UMD School of Music: Music in Mindumd SymPhoNy oRchESTRaLes IlluminationsJames Ross, conductorDoug Fitch, designer/directorTim McLoraine, projectionsGran Wilson, tenor Saturday, March 9, 2013 . 8PMDekelboum Concert Hall

UMSO performs Britten’s Les Illuminations, withlighting and stage design by Doug Fitch. Renownedfor his multimedia spectacles in symphonic andopera productions — including work with the New York Philharmonic, Santa Fe Opera andTanglewood — Fitch previously collaborated withUMSO conductor James Ross on UMSO’s 2008presentation of Petrushka. e Britten also featuresnew School of Music voice faculty, tenor GranWilson. Mahler’s towering Symphony No. 7 fillsthe second half.Proceeds from music in mind concerts benefit theSchool of music’s undergraduate scholarship fund.

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WINdScaPE quINTETTara Helen O’Connor, fluteRandall Ellis, oboeAlan R. Kay, clarinetFrank Morelli, bassoonDavid Jolley, hornThursday, April 4, 2013 . 8PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

An ever-evolving group of musical individualists,Windscape is an “unquintet” whose innovativeprograms and presentations take listeners on amusical and historical world tour. ey willperform Bach/Kay Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor;Ginastera/Kay Danzas argentinas; andDvořák/Jolley Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 51. e UMD School of Music graduate wind quintetSIREN will join Windscape in performing ÉmileBernard’s Divertissement for Double WindQuintet.

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At four years old, I began taking private lessons from a violinistin the Houston Ballet Orchestra. At four, a child is in awe ofalmost everything, so of course, to me this woman was noordinary violinist. She was, and definitely still is, a world-classmusician who studied at Juilliard and traveled the worldperforming but made Houston her home. I thought, “That’swhere I’m from, Houston!” The connection was nearlyinstantaneous.

A couple years later, she invited me to sit in the pit with her forone of the Ballet’s performances of The Nutcracker. The wholeexperience completely blew my mind.

To watch this magical and fantastical story come to life on stagewhile experiencing the magic between all of the artists involvedinspired me so much to see how everyone was an integral partof the production. I saw how the musicians were speaking withthe dancers through their music and how the dancers werespeaking with the audience through choreographed movementand how the production team helped facilitate the show. Those moments impressed upon me that making music likethis is something special, something that is not only moving forpatrons but also for those who are part of the production.It was at that moment that I knew it was something I had to bea part of one day.


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oPENING dooRSPrograms with universal appeal.

UMD Gamelan Saraswati photo by Ian Saunders


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2012-2013 WORLDWISE Arts & Humanities Dean’s Lecture Series chImamaNda adIchIETuesday, February 19, 2013 . 5:30PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

MacArthur Foundation Fellowship recipient andaward-winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie willjoin us for a powerful talk and conversation. In all her workAdichie, who was named by e New Yorker as one of the 20most important fiction writers under 40 years old, speaks tothe cross-generational significance of storytelling and itsenduring impact on the cultural history of our lives. Her newest novel, Americanah, will be published by Knopf inMay 2013. FREE, BUT TICKETED. CALL 301.405.ARTS (2787) FOR TICKETS.Tickets do not guarantee admission. We are issuing more tickets thanavailable seats. Arrive early to claim your seat.

This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Literary and Comparative Studiesand The Institute for International Programs.

UMD School of Musicumd WINd ENSEmBlEuNITEd STaTES aIR foRcE BaNdWe’re Bringing in the “Air” Force(s)!L. Richmond Sparks, conductor, UMD Wind EnsembleColonel Larry H. Lang, conductor, U.S. Air Force BandMonday, March 4, 2013 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

e U.S. Air Force Band honors those who have served,inspires American citizens to heightened patriotism andservice, and positively impacts the global community onbehalf of the U.S. Air Force and the United States of America.

On this night everyone in attendance will be inspired asColonel Larry H. Lang, commander and conductor of e United States Air Force Band, shares the stage with theUniversity of Maryland Wind Ensemble. Both bands willattempt to inspire through the works of Paul Creston,Gordon Jacob, Percy Grainger and John Philip Sousa; but thereal inspiration begins as Colonel Lang invites our youngmusicians to sit beside the professionals to perform a robustand spectacular finale to the program.FREE

UMD School of MusiccEllo maSTERclaSS WITh RalPh kIRShBaumSaturday, March 9, 2013 . 1PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

Members of the UMD cello studio refine their repertoire in a masterclass with internationally renowned cellist Ralph Kirshbaum.

Considered to be in “… the highest echelon of today’s cellists”by the Los Angeles Times, Kirshbaum has appeared with manyof the world’s leading orchestras, including the Dallas,Pittsburgh, Boston and Chicago symphony orchestras; the San Francisco and Houston symphonies; the ClevelandOrchestra; and Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has alsoappeared with the BBC and London symphony orchestras;the London, Royal Stockholm, Helsinki and Israelphilharmonic orchestras; the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich; and the Orchestre de Paris. He is also a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. FREE

This masterclass is funded by the Barbara K. Steppel Memorial FacultyFellowship in Cello.

International Piano Archives at Maryland REflEcTIoNS fRom ThE kEyBoaRdSunday, March 10, 2013 . 2PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

Donald Manildi, Curator of the International Piano Archivesat Maryland, explores the world of pianos and piano music ina program to be announced.FREE, BUT TICKETED. CALL 301.405.ARTS (2787) FOR TICKETS.

2013 PRINcE GEoRGE’S couNTy aNNual SPEllING BEEFriday, March 15, 2013 . 7PMDekelboum Concert Hall

e county’s best middle school spellers vie for top honors and the opportunity to advance to the national bee.FREE

Presented in collaboration with The Gazette & The Star.

UMD School of MusicuNIvERSITy BaNd aNd commuNITy BaNdSpring ConcertEli Osterloh, conductor, University BandJohn Wakefield, conductor, Community BandWednesday, April 3, 2013 . 8PMDekelboum Concert Hall

e University Band and Community Band share an eveningof traditional and contemporary wind band music.Conducted by Director of Bands Emeritus, Professor John Wakefield, and UMD Assistant Director of Bands, Eli R. Osterloh, this concert will be an exciting evening forthe whole family! Children and adults who are thinking ofstarting to play an instrument are sure to be inspired. FREE


2012-2013 WORLDWISE Arts & Humanities Dean’s Lecture Series caThy davIdSoNThursday, April 18, 2013 . 5:30PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

Dr. Davidson, the author of Now You See It: How the BrainScience of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, andLearn, will explore how the modern digital age will globallyshape future innovations in learning. Named a “Top TenScience Book” of the year by Publisher’s Weekly, Now You See Ithas helped spark a spirited conversation about how theprinciples of the Internet will shape our schools andworkplaces going forward. In 2011, President Obamaappointed Davidson to a six-year term on the NationalCouncil on the Humanities. FREE, BUT TICKETED. CALL 301.405.ARTS (2787) FOR TICKETS.Tickets do not guarantee admission. We are issuing more tickets thanavailable seats. Arrive early to claim your seat.

This event is co-sponsored by the ADVANCE Program.

UMD School of Musicumd koREaN PERcuSSIoN ENSEmBlESebastian Wang, directorFriday, April 26, 2013 . 7:30PMDekelboum Concert Hall

Experience the sights, sounds and rhythms of Koreanpercussion — Samulnori!

Samulnori is an ensemble of four percussion instruments: anhourglass drum, a barrel drum, a small gong and a large gong.is exhilarating contemporary form of Korean music will beperformed by the UMD Korean Percussion Ensemble. In addition, director Sebastian Wang will be accompanied bytrained professionals and will perform some of the greatrepertoire of Samulnori. FREE

maRylaNd daySaturday, April 27, 2013 . 10AM-4PM

is community open house has something for the entirefamily with more than 40 different events throughout theCenter — on stage, in the studios and behind the scenes.FREE

UMD School of Musicumd JaPaNESE koTo ENSEmBlE aNdWaShINGToN Toho koTo SocIETySpringtime in JapanKyoko Okamoto, directorSunday, April 28, 2013 . 2PMDekelboum Concert Hall

Experience a journey of spring music depicting the younggrowing season of springtime in Japan with cherry blossomsblooming and birds chirping to welcome the warmth ofspring. e music expresses the quiet beauty and rusticsimplicity of the 13-string, six-foot-long koto, accompaniedon some occasions by the shakuhachi (end-blown bambooflute) and shamisen (three-string, banjo-like instrument).

In the first part, it is as if you are admiring the cherryblossoms on a calm spring day. In the second part, there aremusical representations of the flute and drum in a Japanesefestival celebrating spring.FREE

UMD School of Musicumd WINd ENSEmBlEuNIvERSITy BaNdcommuNITy BaNdAnnual Pops ConcertL. Richmond Sparks, music directorSaturday, May 4, 2013 . 8PM Dekelboum Concert Hall

For 37 years and running, the Annual Pops Concert has beena big hit with audiences. We guarantee you will walk outhumming more than one tune from this lighter fare of greatclassic music.

$25/$20 subscribers

UMD School of MusichoNoRS chamBER muSIc REcITalSunday, May 5, 2013 . 3PMGildenhorn Recital Hall

is concert showcases exceptional ensembles of the UMD School of Music’s chamber music program, selected byfaculty.FREE

UMD School of Musicumd GamElaN SaRaSWaTINyoman Suadin, directorWednesday, May 8, 2013 . 8PMKay Theatre

An evening of Balinese music is performed by UMD Gamelan Saraswati on a colorful array of gamelaninstruments including bronze gongs, xylophones and otherpercussive instruments. Dance accompanies the music withexpressive and coordinated gestures, nuances and rhythmicdynamics.FREE

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Clockwise, from top left: UMD Gamelan Saraswati photo by Ian Saunders;

Maryland Day photos by Kelly Pollins, John Consoli and Lizzet Alvarez

claricesmithcenter.umd.edu | 301.405.aRTS (2787)

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Sometime in my sophomore year at Kenyon College, 1967-68, the James Cotton Blues Band came to campus. Kenyon inthose days was a men’s school and it was a dance weekend sothere were women there but it was still mostly guys and I didn’thave a date. So I was unhappily unencumbered. I’ve alwaysbeen good at getting near the stage at rock and pop musicconcerts, and I actually got up on the stage for that one.

I can still tell you some 45 years later who the personnel werethat night: James Cotton, of course — harmonica and vocals. Bob Anderson was the bassist and Francis Clay was thedrummer. Luther Tucker played guitar, and the pianist was aman named Alberto Gianquinto, who went on to become a biginspiration to Carlos Santana and the band Santana. I spent theconcert kind of laid out on my back underneath AlbertoGianquinto’s piano, and it was a good piano, maybe a Steinway,and I was right underneath it, listening to what you could dowith the blues. I was hearing and feeling how the blues is justendless in its possibilities — harmonic and melodic andrhythmic — and watching James Cotton’s feet doing a two-stepto every number.

I’m lying on the floor underneath the piano with the music allaround me and looking over at James Cotton dancing that littletwo-step … and it was just really transforming. I had beenfamiliar with the blues, and could tell you what it wasmusically, but in that moment, I knew the blues. Understoodthe blues. I knew that this was a life-changer.


Murray HorwitzPlayWRIGhT, dIREcToR, lyRIcIST

Now celebrating its 26th season, the National orchestral Institute

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Alberto Ginastera: Variaciones concertantesRichard Wagner: Siegfried IdyllIgor Stravinsky: Suite from Pulcinella

In this concert, the musicians lead each other,performing challenging chamber orchestrarepertoire without a conductor.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor (“Tragic”)

Asher Fisch leads the National FestivalOrchestra as both conductor and soloist inMozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major,K. 453. He conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 in A Minor, “Tragic” on the second halfof the program.

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Photo by Chris Gonz

SuNday, JuNE 23, 2013 . 3Pm & 5Pm

NaTIoNal fESTIval oRchESTRa

Peter and the Wolf

In this family-friendly performance, membersof the National Orchestral Institute playProkofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and give theirown imaginative musical interpretations ofbeloved children’s books.

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Arnold Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra, op. 16

John Adams: Harmonielehre

Known for his dynamic interpretations ofmodern music, Alan Pierson leads theNational Festival Orchestra in John Adams’sgroundbreaking work, Harmonielehre.

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Richard Strauss: Don Juan, op. 20Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Allegro moderato from Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 35*

Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, op. 40 (“A Hero’s Life”)

is program features the winner of theNational Orchestral Institute’s first-everconcerto competition performing the firstmovement of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.

* The soloist for the Tchaikovsky concerto will be selected fromamong the NOI participants

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Photo by Amanda Stevenson


SuPPoRT ThEExTRaoRdINaRy

The performing arts have extraordinary power.

They give us new ways of seeing ourselves. They inspire us to connect with others.

They change us — and through us, the world.

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center has set the standard

for university performing arts centers by integrating a vibrant visiting artist program

with resident academic programs and community engagement, thus

deepening the artistic and educational experience for everyone.

Your contribution ensures that the Center has the resources to provide opportunities

for learning, exploration and growth and to foster innovation at the highest level.

These opportunities reflect the excellence that our community has come to expect.

We invite you to embark upon this extraordinary journey with us!


SuPPoRT ThE ExTRaoRdINaRy

youR coNTRIBuTIoNSchaNGE lIvES

audIENcE ENGaGEmENT

NoRa chIPaumIREMiriam

African-born choreographer and dancer Nora Chipaumire willpresent her new work Miriam and will engage in a year-long

residency involving the Prince George’s African AmericanMuseum & Cultural Center, the Maryland Women’s HeritageCenter and the new National Museum of Women’s History.

vISITING aRTISTS PRoGRam

mEREdITh moNkMeredith Monk will be in residence this spring, serving as aCreative Dialogue panelist and presenting a masterclass in

advance of her May 4 performance, On Behalf of Nature. Studentsfrom select classes in the School of Music and the School of

eatre, Dance, and Performance Studies will attend the Creative Dialogue as a group, and others from both schools will

jointly participate in a cross-disciplinary masterclass titled Dancing Voice, Singing Body.

commISSIoNS aNd PREmIERES

lauRIE aNdERSoNaNd kRoNoS quaRTET

ese boundary-breaking artists return in the 2012-2013 seasonto collaborate on the world-premiere performance of an original

piece by Anderson, commissioned by the Center. In the last ten years, the Center has commissioned more than

40 new works and debuted many of them with thecreative input of both students and faculty.

ScholaRShIPS

coNNoR voSSUndergraduate in Dance

School of eatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

“Scholarships have allowed me to supplement the strong training I am receiving at Maryland with workshops,intensives, study-abroad opportunities and professional projects.

Recognition from the UMD School of eatre, Dance, andPerformance Studies validates the work I am doing and

encourages me to take even larger risks with my artistry.”

all GIfTS, REGaRdlESS of SIzE, havE ThE PoWER To makE a dIffERENcE.call 301.405.5550 To makE youR GIfT Today.

Gifts in support of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center are managed bythe University of Maryland College Park Foundation, Inc., an affiliated 501(c)(3) organization authorized by the Board of Regents.

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The Center’s presentation of A MidsummerNight’s Dream this season brings backmemories of my first date with Romana. We go back to 1954 for that one. I was ayoung man in the army, stationed at Walter Reed, and I read whereby the Old VicCompany and the Saddlers Wells Ballet hadput together a joint performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at theMetropolitan Opera House in New York.Being in the military, I ran right down to theUSO and got a pair of tickets, which I foundout later were scarcer than hen’s teeth.

I wasn’t going out with anybody at the time, I just had a pair of tickets, so I called a friendof mine up in New York (where I’m from) andsaid, “Look I’ve got two tickets to thisperformance, do me a favor — get me a specialdate.” (I was trolling with my tickets.)

My friend found somebody who wanted to go and she told me, “You’ll like her. Herparents go to the Museum of Modern Art.” A pedigree!

And that’s how I met Romana. She later toldme that she would have gone with anybody tosee that performance; she didn’t care if he was agreen Martian. But we hit it off and, with onething leading to another, here we are. We weremarried in ‘56 and have been going to theaterand dance and music ever since. We feel that,over the years, we’ve seen just about everybodythat’s been around.

So A Midsummer Night’s Dream brought memy wife and the life we live together. I’d do itagain. I think she would, too.

Dr. Howard Kaplan and Romana Laks KaplandoNoRS



WE aRE GRaTEful To ThESEINSTITuTIoNal SPoNSoRS

foR ThEIR GENERouSINvESTmENT IN ouR SEaSoN

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is supported by a grant from the MARYLAND

STATE ARTS COUNCIL, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural communitywhere the arts thrive. Funding for the Maryland State Arts Council is also provided by theNATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, a federal agency.

This season is supported in part by an award from the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.



ThE fouNdERS SocIETyGiven the opportunity, most of us would like to leave a legacy to organizations we valued in ourlifetime. Planned giving is a constructive way to consider gifts that exceed outright gifts of cash orappreciated securities.

The Founders Society at the University of Maryland honors all benefactors, living and deceased,whose gifts through bequests, trusts or other planned gifts — such as charitable gift annuities,charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, life insurance, etc. — help to ensure the excellenceof the University and its programs.

For the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, a planned gift gives us the opportunity to partner withdonors who wish to ensure that future audiences have transformational performing arts experiences atMaryland. Every donor can make an impact through a planned gift!

foR moRE INfoRmaTIoN, PlEaSE coNTacT EdWaRd lEWIS aT 301.405.8178.

Meriam RosenVirginia Freeman

When I was a young college student at theRhode Island School of Design, there was alecture by John Cage. I didn’t know who hewas and I had no idea what to expect. I justremember him sitting at a table at the bottom of this great auditorium, which was completelyfilled with people, and he told us that becausewe were students who might become makersourselves someday, he wanted to explainsomething he was going to do.

He was going to read a 45-minute poem,something he called a renga. I learned that daythat a renga is a Japanese poem, like a haiku,that would normally be produced by a groupof poets. But Cage informed us that althoughthis was generally a collaborative effort hechose to make a renga on his own. He createdseven renga poems and proceeded to cut themup line by line, making a bag of first lines, abag of second lines, a bag of third lines and soon. He picked from each bag in order,randomly finding lines, and put them togetherto make a single poem.

Because this poem was randomly constructed,most of it did not make sense. As we listened

we each heard a phrase or two that hadindividual significance but had no largercontext to give it meaning. As Cage read thisconstruct for what felt like a very long time, I was zoning in and out, sometimes frustrated,sometimes bored. But every once in a while, a phrase made sense and stimulated my ownthoughts. One phrase I still remember todaywas “two Davids walking.” I heard that phrase as words with meaningwhile the rest of the poem I no longer heard aswords. I heard it as sounds. Cage had created amachine that separated the sounds of thewords of my mother tongue from theirmeaning, as if it was a foreign language.

This was a revelation. The work framed aparticular aspect of the world that I did notnotice before. When I think back upon thegoals of my own work, it’s often to try toreframe something that already exists so thatan idea I’m aware of — or that I may not evenbe aware of — becomes visible to myself andothers. For this reason this experience hasstayed with me and remains an incredibly,incredibly powerful memory.

Ronit EisenbachaSSocIaTE PRofESSoR of aRchITEcTuRE, umd School of aRchITEcTuRE, PlaNNING aNd PRESERvaTIoN



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2012-2013 SToRyTEllERS Photography by Alison Harbaugh and Mike Ciesielski

Scott AuCoinBm caNdIdaTE IN comPoSITIoN aNd BmE IN muSIc EducaTIoN

umd School of muSIc

Carmen BalthropSoPRaNo

umd PRofESSoR of voIcE umd School of muSIc

Anne BogartaRTISTIc dIREcToR

SITI comPaNy

Faedra CarpenterdRamaTuRG

umd aSSISTaNT PRofESSoR, School of ThEaTRE, daNcE, aNd PERfoRmaNcE STudIES

Hasan ElahimEdIa aRTIST

umd PRofESSoR of dIGITal mEdIa

Kenneth ElpusaSSISTaNT PRofESSoR of muSIc EducaTIoN

umd School of muSIc

Ana Patricia Farfánmfa IN daNcE, umd School of ThEaTRE,

daNcE, aNd PERfoRmaNcE STudIESfulBRIGhT ScholaR

Robert GarnerdoNoR

Murray HorwitzPlayWRIGhT, dIREcToR, lyRIcIST

Helen HuangcoSTumE aNd SET dESIGNER

umd PRofESSoR, School of ThEaTRE, daNcE,aNd PERfoRmaNcE STudIES

Dr. Howard Kaplan

Romana Laks KaplandoNoRS

John Laymanumd PRofESSoR EmERITuS,

PhySIcS aNd ScIENcE EducaTIoN

Laree Ashley Lentzmfa coSTumE dESIGN 2012

umd School of ThEaTRE, daNcE, aNd PERfoRmaNcE STudIES

Liz LermanchoREoGRaPhER

Sharon MansurdaNcE aRTIST

umd aSSISTaNT PRofESSoR, School of ThEaTRE,daNcE, aNd PERfoRmaNcE STudIES

Connie MayerhEad, mIchEllE SmITh PERfoRmING aRTS lIBRaRy

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Throughout the year, people have shared memories of performing artsexperiences that transformed their lives.

find all of our stories online:claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/storytellers

David DickeyBm IN oBoE PERfoRmaNcE

aNd Ba IN vocal PERfoRmaNcEumd School of muSIc

Bill Dorlandumd PRofESSoR of PhySIcShoNoRS collEGE dIREcToR

David C. DriskellaRTIST aNd aRT hISToRIaN

umd PRofESSoR EmERITuS, dEPaRTmENT of aRT

Ronit Eisenbachumd aSSocIaTE PRofESSoR of aRchITEcTuRE

School of aRchITEcTuRE, PlaNNING aNd PRESERvaTIoN

Angel Gil-OrdóñezmuSIc dIREcToR, PoSTclaSSIcal ENSEmBlE

Cary GillettPRoducTIoN maNaGER

umd School of ThEaTRE, daNcE, aNd PERfoRmaNcE STudIES

Chelsey Greendma IN PERfoRmaNcE – vIola

umd School of muSIc

Gerchel E. HolbertmaRkET audIToR

Sheri Parksumd PRofESSoR of amERIcaN STudIES

Victor VargasNETWoRk aRchITEcT

Debby VargasaSSISTaNT dIREcToR of INSTITuTIoNal GIvING,

claRIcE SmITh PERfoRmING aRTS cENTER

Ruth WatkinsThEaTRE maJoR, umd School of

ThEaTRE, daNcE, aNd PERfoRmaNcE STudIESmaRkETING maJoR,

umd RoBERT h. SmITh School of BuSINESS

Nolan Williams, Jr.muSIcoloGIST, ThEoloGIaN, SoNGWRITER,

PRoducERcEo, NEWoRkS PRoducTIoNS


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• Sign language interpretation (3 weeks’ notice, please)

• Wheelchair accessible seating and parking

For additional services, check our website, emailaccess.claricesmith.umd.edu or call our ticket office:301.405.ARTS (2787).

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vISITING ThE cENTERdIREcTIoNSWe are located on the University of Maryland campus at the intersection of Stadium Drive andUniversity Boulevard. Visit our website for detailed driving and public transportation directions.

uSING a GPS?Campus buildings do not have street addresses, but most Global Positioning Systems can locatethe Clarice Smith Center with the following data:

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WINTER/SPRING 2013JaNuaRy30Th aNNual choREoGRaPhERS’ShoWcaSE page 10Saturday, January 26, 2013 . 3PM & 8PM

fEBRuaRylauRIE aNdERSoN aNd kRoNoS quaRTET page 25Friday, February 1, 2013 . 8PMSaturday, February 2, 2013 . 8PM

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studiesmfa IN PERfoRmaNcE page 6Festival of New WorksFriday, February 1 — Saturday, February 16, 2013

BIll T. JoNES/aRNIE zaNE daNcE comPaNySITI comPaNy page 15A RiteFriday, February 8, 2013 . 8PMSaturday, February 9, 2013 . 8PM

UMD School of MusicmaRylaNd oPERa STudIo page 19NEW WoRkS REadING SERIESRomeo and JulietFriday, February 15, 2013 . 7:30PM

PRE-PERfoRmaNcE dIScuSSIoN page 38Branford MarsalisDavid C. DriskellFriday, February 15, 2013 . 6:30PM

aN EvENING WITh BRaNfoRd maRSalIS page 38Friday, February 15, 2013 . 8PM

ARHU Dean’s LecturechImamaNda adIchIE page 47Tuesday, February 19, 2013 . 5:30PM

NEW yoRk fESTIval of SoNG page 43Jacques Brel and Charles Trenet RevisitedThursday, February 21, 2013 . 8PM

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance StudiesShaREd GRaduaTE daNcE coNcERT page 10Thursday, February 21, 2013 . 8PMFriday, February 22, 2013 . 8PM

American Roots page 14Tuesday, February 26, 2013 . 8PM

UMD School of Musicumd REPERToIRE oRchESTRa page 31e ree E’sTuesday, February 26, 2013 . 8PM

lEfT BaNk quaRTETDvořák in Search of America page 14Wednesday, February 27, 2013 . 8PM

maRchPoSTclaSSIcal ENSEmBlE page 14Dvořák and AmericaFriday, March 1, 2013 . 8PM

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance StudiesdEad maN’S cEll PhoNE page 10Friday, March 1 — Saturday, March 9, 2013

UMD School of Musicumd WINd ENSEmBlE page 47uNITEd STaTES aIR foRcE BaNdWe’re Bringing in the “Air” Force(s)!Monday, March 4, 2013 . 8PM

eighth blackbird page 19Shifted During Flight Friday, March 8, 2013 . 8PM

UMD School of MusiccEllo maSTERclaSSWITh RalPh kIRShBaum page 47Saturday, March 9, 2013 . 1PM

UMD School of Music: Music in Mindumd SymPhoNy oRchESTRa page 43Les IlluminationsSaturday, March 9, 2013 . 8PM

International Piano Archives at MarylandREflEcTIoNS fRom ThE kEyBoaRdpage 47Sunday, March 10, 2012 . 2PM

UMD School of Musicumd WINd oRchESTRa page 19e Poetry of Joseph SchwantnerSunday, March 10, 2013 . 3PM

UMD School of MusicSPRING BIG BaNd ShoWcaSE page 40Tuesday, March 12, 2013 . 7:30PMWednesday, March 13, 2013 . 7:30PM

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance StudiesShaREd mfa ThESIS coNcERT page 12Apple Falling Graham Brown, choreographer

Triumph of Disruption: A Movement to Subvert Kwame Opare, choreographerThursday, March 14, 2013 . 8PMFriday, March 15, 2013 . 8PM

2013 PRINcE GEoRGE’S couNTyaNNual SPEllING page 47Friday, March 15, 2013 . 7PM

Wu maN, Solo PIPa page 25Thursday, March 28, 2013 . 8PM

aPRIlCreative Dialogue page 27A Conversation about Women and ResistanceMonday, April 1, 2013 . 7:30PM

UMD School of MusicuNIvERSITy BaNd aNdcommuNITy BaNd page 47Spring ConcertWednesday, April 3, 2013 . 8PM

WINdScaPE quINTET page 43Thursday, April 4, 2013 . 8PM

NoRa chIPaumIRE page 27MiriamThursday, April 4, 2013 . 8PMFriday, April 5, 2013 . 8PMSaturday, April 6, 2013 . 8PM

UMD School of Musicumd chamBER Jazz page 40Part I: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 . 7:30PMPart II: Thursday, April 11, 2013 . 7:30PM

BRad mEhldau, PIaNochRIS ThIlE, maNdolIN page 41Friday, April 12, 2013 . 8PM

UMD School of MusicmaRylaNd oPERa STudIoumd SymPhoNy oRchESTRa page 31IdomeneoFriday, April 12, 2013 . 7:30PMSunday, April 14, 2013 . 3PM Thursday, April 18, 2013 . 7:30PM Saturday, April 20, 2013 . 7:30PM

La BohèmeSaturday, April 13, 2013 . 7:30PM Wednesday, April 17, 2013 . 7:30PM Friday, April 19, 2013 . 7:30PM Sunday, April 21, 2013 . 3PM

UMD School of MusicRoBERT dIluTIS, claRINET page 31Sunday, April 14, 2013 . 3PM

UMD School of MusicchamBER muSIc ShoWcaSE page 31Part I: Monday, April 15, 2013 . 5:30PMPart II: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 . 7PM

UMD School of MusicNEW muSIc aT maRylaNd page 19Wednesday, April 17, 2013 . 8PM

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance StudiesmaRylaNd daNcE ENSEmBlE page 12Springing from FantasyThursday, April 18, 2013 . 8PMFriday, April 19, 2013 . 8PMSaturday, April 20, 2013 . 8PMSunday, April 21, 2013 . 3PM

ARHU Dean’s LecturecaThy davIdSoN page 48Thursday, April 18, 2013 . 5:30PM


UMD School of Musicumd mEN’S choRuS aNd umd WomEN’S choRuS page 34Around the World in 80 MinutesFriday, April 19, 2013 . 8PM

oRPhEuS chamBER oRchESTRaWITh GaBRIEl kahaNE page 20Saturday, April 20, 2013 . 8PM

UMD School of Musicumd REPERToIRE oRchESTRa page 34French First and FortunaWednesday, April 24, 2013 . 8PM

UMD School of MusicmaRylaNd oPERa STudIo page 34Opera al FrescoThursday, April 25, 2013 . 12:30PM

kRoNoS quaRTET page 20Student Composition ReadingThursday, April 25, 2013 . 8PM

UMD School of Musicumd koREaN PERcuSSIoNENSEmBlE page 48Friday, April 26, 2013 . 7:30PM

NINETy mIlES page 41Friday, April 26, 2013 . 8PM

UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance StudiesIN TImE of RoSES page 15Friday, April 26 — Saturday, May 4, 2013

maRylaNd day page 48Saturday, April 27, 2013 . 10AM–4PM

UMD School of Musicumd JaPaNESE koTo ENSEmBlEWaShINGToN Toho koToSocIETy page 48Springtime in JapanSunday, April 28, 2013 . 2PM

UMD School of Music: Music in MindGRaduaTE fElloWShIP chamBER ENSEmBlES page 34French ImpressionsSunday, April 28, 2013 . 3PM

Creative Dialogue page 28Considering the Human Condition: On Behalf of NatureMonday, April 29, 2013 . 7:30PM

mayUMD School of Musicumd Jazz ENSEmBlE page 41umd Jazz laB BaNduNIvERSITy Jazz BaNdBig Band FinaleWednesday, May 1, 2013 . 5:30PM

UMD School of MusicmaRylaNd oPERa STudIo page 34Opera Scene Study PerformancesThursday, May 2, 2013 . 7:30PMFriday, May 3, 2013 . 7:30PM

UMD School of Musicumd coNcERT choIRumd SymPhoNy oRchESTRa page 34FirebirdFriday, May 3, 2013 . 8PM

mEREdITh moNk page 288On Behalf of NatureSaturday, May 4, 2013 . 8PM

UMD School of Musicumd WINd ENSEmBlEuNIvERSITy BaNdcommuNITy BaNd page 48Annual Pops ConcertSaturday, May 4, 2013 . 8PM

UMD School of Musicumd WINd oRchESTRamEmBERS of

oRPhEuS chamBER oRchESTRapage 20… of a rare and special type …Sunday, May 5, 2013 . 5PM

UMD School of MusichoNoRS chamBER muSIc REcITal page 48Sunday, May 5, 2013 . 3PM

UMD School of Musicumd PERcuSSIoN ENSEmBlE page 20XenakisMonday, May 6, 2013 . 8PM

UMD School of Musicumd GamElaN SaRaSWaTI page 48Wednesday, May 8, 2013 . 8PM

JuNENaTIoNal fESTIval chamBER oRchESTRa page 53Saturday, June 8, 2013 . 8PM

mIlaNov coNducTS STRauSS page 53Saturday, June 15, 2013 . 8PM

fISch coNducTS mahlER page 53Saturday, June 22, 2013 . 8PM

NaTIoNal fESTIval oRchESTRa page 53Peter and the WolfSunday, June 23, 2013 . 3PM & 5PM

PIERSoN coNducTS adamS page 53Saturday, June 29, 2013 . 8PM

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Season Guide 2012-2013 (Spring Edition): Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center