The Department of Music presents a program entitled The Expressive Jewish Tradition Through Music and Words, including:

* Osvaldo Golijov Doina (2001)
* Felix Mendelssohn - Sonata for Cello and Piano in D major, op. 58 (1843)
* Michael Alec Rose - Burlesques for Piano Quartet (2010, world premiere)
* Gerald Cohen - Yedid Nefesh (Beloved of my Soul) (2007)
* Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein III - selections from South Pacific (1949)
with poetry readings by special guests actors Ava Lenet and Stan Weiman

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. To order tickets in advance using a credit card, order online through MissionTix or call 410-752-8950. Tickets will also be available at the door, cash or check only.

The Department of Music presents the Duende Quartet. Bassist Josh Schwartzman, percussionists Mark Merella and Sam "Seguito" Turner and Harry Appelman on piano/keyboards, has been chosen twice by Jazz at Lincoln Center to tour internationally under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State's American Music Abroad program. The Duende Quartet plays Latin Jazz with a nod to the Blue Note sound of the '60s. In a unique small group setting (with piano, bass and two hand percussionists) the group captures the vibe of the jazz combo while using the rhythms of a Cuban conjunto. Duende's music strikes an inviting balance between the spontaneity of jazz improvisation and the infectious rhythms of the Caribbean.

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets will be available in early fall 2011.

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Camerata under the direction of Stephen Caracciolo.

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free.

The program will feature the following works:

In the Italian Language
Amor Vittorioso - Giovanni Gastoldi
Lasciatemi morire - Claudio Monteverdi
Vita de la mia vita - William Hawley
Va Pensiero - Giuseppe Verdi

Carols of the Season
Wassail Song - Ralph Vaughn Williams
Some Children See Him - Alfred Burt
Carol of the Bells - Mykola Leontovich
Sans Day Carol - Stephen Caracciolo
People Look East - Stephen Caracciolo

Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
Camerata performs a lengthy suite of movements from Carl Orff's youthful and exuberant cantata, Carmina Burana. The performance will feature the two-piano/percussion version of the work with the UMBC Percussion Ensemble, Tom Goldstein conductor, supplying the heart pounding, thrilling power to this audience favorite.

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of E. Michael Richards.

The program will feature:

• Sibelius's Symphony No. 5
• Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
• a concerto for double bass by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

7:30 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free.

Have you ever looked at a work of art and wondered “What would that sound like?” Or, while listening to music, think “What would that look like?”

UMBC’s student composers and members of the New Music Ensemble are debuting a new concert series that explores the visual and aural results of creative inspiration. Join us for a concert of new compositions inspired by works in the current exhibit Image Transfer: Pictures in a Remix Culture at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture. Each 1-2 minute piece, performed by faculty and members of the New Music Ensemble, will take place in front of the photo that inspired it. Interspersed will be electro-acoustic works by students and faculty from the project 60 in 60. Please come and experience this exciting and unique performance but be prepared – each piece will be over in a blink of the eye.