Featuring UMBC music students chosen from those who performed on the Open Recitals.

8pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Chamber Players, under the direction of Airi Yoshioka, Gita Ladd, Maria Lambros and Christian Tremblay. The ensemble investigates the instrumental chamber works of the Western Art Music, ranging from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic to contemporary repertoire.

This concert will feature works by Rossini, Turina, Prokofiev, Moszkowski, Erb and Schumann.

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

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Jazz in Concert .

Featuring two small groups under the direction of Tom Lagana and Matt Belzer along with The UMBC Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Matt Belzer, playing the music of Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Andrew Hill, and Carla Bley.

3pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free.

the Department of Music presents the Vocal Arts Ensemble, under the direction of Cantor Thom King featuring a cornucopia of arias, songs and ensembles (and even a Barbershop Quartet!) from Mozart to Gilbert & Sullivan to Bernstein.

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

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Tom Goldstein. The UMBC Percussion Ensemble is a dedicated performing group of advanced percussion students. The ensemble is adventurous in its programming, with a repertoire that includes graphic-notation pieces, improvisational works, and theatre, as well as works by important early percussion composers, such as Alan Hovhaness, John Cage, and Carlos Chavez. The Ensemble has established a tradition of performing works by UMBC's faculty and student composers, who sometimes include members of the ensemble.

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

Featuring UMBC music students.

12noon, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free.

The Department of Music presents the UMBC New Music Ensemble under the direction of Stuart Saunders Smith.

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

Featuring UMBC music students.

12noon, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Gospel Choir under the direction of Janice Jackson.

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Donations accepted.

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Camerata under the direction of Stephen Caracciolo, featuring the Missa Brevis in C, KV220 ("Sparrow Mass") by W.A. Mozart. The work will be performed with a chamber instrumental ensemble. The remainder of the program will feature concert carols for the holiday.

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

Featuring UMBC Music students.

12noon, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free.

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Wind Ensemble under the direction of Richard Spece. The Ensemble is comprised of exceptional woodwind, brass and percussion performers who enjoy the challenge of performing excellent concert literature. The program will feature:

• Incantation and Dance by John Barnes Chance
• Symphony for Band by Vincent Persichetti
• Vesuvius by Frank Tichelli
• October by Eric Whitacre
• Awayday by Adam Gorb

8pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Donations Accepted.

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Collegium under the direction of Joseph Morin. The Collegium Musicum is a performance ensemble dedicated to exploring and performing vocal and instrumental music from European Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods, sampling musical repertoires created between 800 and 1750. Performers are given the opportunity to sing in a variety of conventional and extended vocal styles, and to play recorder, krummhorn, racket, cornetto, shawm, sackbut, viol da gamba, vielle, harp, organetto, lute, and other historical instruments from the UMBC Department of Music's collection of instruments.

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

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

Copland - Dance Episodes from "Rodeo"

Barber - Adagio for Strings , with Elizabeth Shin, conductor

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64

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

Robert Dick's contributions to the development of the flute and its music are profound. He is known worldwide as the flute's visionary, the leading voice in the instrument's new music. Soloist, composer, teacher, author and inventor, Dick has performed his music worldwide.

As a composer, he has received prestigious awards and fellowships, including the Guggenheim Fellowship and a Koussevitsky Foundation of the Library of Congress commission. He writes chamber music as well as his renowned solo works, his newest pieces being Startling Stories for woodwind quintet and Gravity's Ghost for piccolo solo.

His program at UMBC will feature several of his own compositions, including Flames Must Not Encircle Sides (1980), Afterlight (1973), Piece in Gamelan Style (1978), Lookout (1989), Fish Are Jumping (1999), Air is the Heaviest Metal (2008), Eye in the Sky, for open hole alto flute (1992) and Sliding Life Blues, for flute with Glissando Headjoint®, (2001).

Presented by the UMBC Department of Music’s TNT series.

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID.

The Department of Music presents the Circa 1800 Chamber Winds, featuring:

Giuseppe Maria Cambini, Concertante Quintet No. 3 in F Major

Joseph Fiala, Duo Concertante for Oboe and Bassoon

Andre Eller, Quartet in F Major, Op. 6, No. 1 for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon

Francois Devienne, Trio No. III Op. 61 for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon

Anton Reicha, Quintet, Op. 88 No. 2 in Eb Major

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets will be available online in fall 2009. Tickets will also be available at the door (cash or check only).

Featuring UMBC Music students.

1pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free.

Bad Boy of American Music: George Antheil (1900-1959), the 50th Anniversary Concert
Mark Fewer, violin, and John Novacek, piano

Join us for "Bad Boy" of American Music: George Antheil (1900-1959), the 50th Anniversary Concert, featuring Antheil's Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 & 4 for violin and piano. Canadian violinist Mark Fewer (former concertmaster, Vancouver Symphony; string chair, McGill University), and American pianist John Novacek (2004 Grammy Award nominee) join forces in this tribute.

Presented by the UMBC Department of Music’s TNT series.

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets will be available online in fall 2009. Tickets will also be available at the door (cash or check only).

Presented by the UMBC Department of Music’s TNT series.

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Ticket will be available online in fall 2009. Tickets will also be available at the door (cash or check only).

The Department of Music presents 3 x 3, New Music from the United States and Greece, featuring Ruckus, the new music ensemble in residence at UMBC, premiering works composed by members of Spiza, a contemporary music collective from Athens, Greece.

Presented by the Department of Music's TNT Series.

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

Featuring UMBC Music students. 1pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission if free.

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Matthew Belzer.

3pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free.

Join us for an afternoon of chamber music, as UMBC Department of Music faculty clarinetist Richard Spece and pianist Nancy Beith are joined by cellist Gita Ladd and clarinetist E. Michael Richards. The program will feature:

Darius Milhaud's Sonatine for clarinet and piano
Robert Muczynski's Time Pieces for clarinet and piano
Scott McAllister's BlingBling, for clarinet and piano
Ludwig van Beethoven's ---Trio for Piano, clarinet, and cello, Op. 11
Amilcare Ponchielli's ---Il Convegno for two clarinets and piano

Presented by the UMBC Department of Music’s Prime series.

3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets will be available online in fall 2009. Tickets will also be available at the door (cash or check only).

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Jazz Ensemble (Big Band) under the direction of Matthew Belzer.

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

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Camerata under the direction of guest conductor Leo Wanenchak.

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

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Tom Goldstein.

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

The Department of Music presents the UMBC New Music Ensemble under the direction of Stuart Saunders Smith.

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

The Department of Music presents the Vocal Arts Ensemble under the direction of Thom King.

3pm in the Fine Arts Recital Hall

Admission is free. For more information call 410-455-MUSC.

The Department of Music presents the Jubilee Singers (followed immediately by the UMBC Gospel Choir) under the direction of Janice Jackson.

7pm in the Fine Arts Recital Hall.

Donations accepted. For more information call 410-455-MUSC.

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Wind Ensemble under the direction of Jari Villanueva.

8pm in the Fine Arts Recital Hall

Admission is free. For more information call 410-455-MUSC.

The UMBC Symphony will present a concert of works by Dvorak, Ives, and Verdi on April 26 at 8 PM in the Fine Arts Recital Hall.

Elizabeth Shin, a winner of the 2009 UMBC Concerto Competition,will be the featured soloist.
Elizabeth began her cello studies at the age of 10. She worked with Bai-Chi Chen at the Peabody Preparatory where she was principal cellist of the Sinfonietta Orchestra. Elizabeth attended All State Orchestra for 6 years and was selected to participate in the prestigious All Eastern Orchestra in 2003. She has participated in numerous summer festivals including Aria International Music Institute in Canada and the Indiana University String Academy, where she was the winner of the concerto competition. Currently, Elizabeth is principal cellist of the UMBC Symphony Orchestra and is a recipient of the 2009 Achievement Award in Music. She is currently studying cello with Professor Gita Ladd at UMBC. Elizabeth is in her last semester at UMBC as a Music Education major and is currently student teaching in Howard County.