February 20, 2007 UMBC Presents Pianist Noel Lester in Concert Thursday, March 8, 2007 8 p.m. UMBC Fine Arts Recital Hall Featuring a Historical Survey of Ragtime Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file. The UMBC Department of Music’s PRIME Series presents pianist Noel Lester in concert on Thursday, March 8, 8 p.m., in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. Noel Lester has delighted audiences and critics alike for his performances throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and through his recordings and radio broadcasts. He appears regularly as a soloist, chamber pianist, and soloist with orchestra. Noel Lester made his European debut in 1991 at the Ernst Barlach Haus in Hamburg and he has since performed extensively throughout the U.K., Germany, France, Switzerland, Holland, and Poland. He has participated in international festivals at Maastricht and Belfast. In November of 2000, he made his Asian debut with recitals in Sendai and Tokyo. His radio recitals include NPR, the BBC, RTE Dublin, SDR Stuttgart, Radio France, on the nationally-syndicated show, A Note to You, produced by WGBH-Boston, over WQED Pittsburgh, WNYC, and many others. As a recording artist, he may be heard on the Centaur, Elan, Koch International, Museum of Modern Art, RWYA, and Sonora labels. The first half of the pianist’s program will feature classical works by Scarlatti, Haydn and Schubert; the second half will focus on the history of ragtime, from its precursors to works by modern masters: Sonata in F Minor, Longo 187 Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in C Major, Longo 3 Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in F Major, Hob. XVI/23 Joseph Haydn Three Impromptus: Franz Schubert B-flat Major, Op. 142, No. 3 E-flat Major, Op. 90, No. 2 A-flat Minor, Op. 90, No. 4 “The Riches of Rags” Precursors: “Old Folks at Home” Variations (1856) Stephen Foster Pasquinade (1863) Louis Moreau Gottschalk The King of Ragtime: Maple Leaf Rag (1899) Scott Joplin Solace (1909) The Next Wave: The Baltimore Todolo (1908) Eubie Blake Dill Pickles (1906) Charles L. Johnson Novelty Rags: Kitten on the Keys (1921) Zez Confrey Dizzy Fingers (1923) European Imitators: Ragtime (1920) Igor Stravinsky Ragtime (1921) Paul Hindemith Golliwog’s Cakewalk (1908) Claude Debussy Modern Masters: The Graceful Ghost Rag (1971) William Bolcom Spring Beauties (1997) Brian Dykstra Admission Admission is $7 general, $3 for senior citizens, free for all students, and free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or by calling MissionTix at 410-752-8950. Tickets will also be available at the door (cash or check only) immediately prior to the concert. Telephone Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts MissionTix: http://www.missiontix.com Online News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Administration Drive Garage. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Administration Drive Garage. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Administration Drive Garage. • Visitor parking is available in the Administration Drive Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Posted by tmoore February 15, 2007 UMBC Department of Visual Arts Presents Spring 2007 Visiting Artists Vincent Grenier, Filmmaker, March 8 Micki Spiller, Sculptor, April 4 Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file. The UMBC Department of Visual Arts presents its Fall 2006 series of Visiting Artist Lectures, featuring Vincent Grenier and Micki Spiller. Vincent Grenier Filmmaker March 8, 7 pm, Fine Arts Building Room 221 Vincent Grenier was born in Quebec City, Canada. He has made experimental films and videos since the early 1970s when he received an MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute. Grenier’s films have been shown in the United States, Canada and Europe at showcases such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Anthology Film Archives, the Pacific Film Archives, the Collective for Living Cinema and Cinéma Parallel in Montréal. His films and videos have earned him production grants from the Canada Council and elsewhere. His films and videos include: Tabula Rasa (2004), 2nd prize Media City Festival, Windsor, Canada, Views from the Avant Garde, New York Film Festival and Onion Film & Video Festival; Here (2002), Awarded Gold for best Experimental film, New York Film Expo; Color Study (2000), Rotterdam Film festival, London and Toronto Film Festivals, Lincoln Center, second prize at the Black Maria Film Festival; Material Incidents (2001), Rotterdam Film Festival & New York Video Festival; Feet (1994) 2nd prize at the 1995 Black Maria; Out in the Garden (1991), Best Documentary, 1992 Ann Arbor Film Festival, Best Experimental Documentary, 16th Atlanta Film/Video Festival, shown on WNET and London Film Festival; You (1990), Black Maria Festival; Time’s Wake (1987), prize winner, Black Maria Festival. Seven of Grenier’s films & videos were curated in the Whitney Museum of American Art 1970-2000 American Century Film program. Films by Grenier are in the collections of the Donnell Media Library in NYC, the National Film Archive, Ottawa, the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, and AGO, Toronto. Grenier is on the faculty in the Cinema Department at Binghamton University and lives in Ithaca, New York. Micki Spiller Sculptor April 4, 12 noon, Fine Arts Building Room 215 Micki Spiller is an artist whose work examines the curiosities of space. She will speak about a recent project, Lost and Found in the Stacks, exploring the imaginary spaces created in books. In this project, Spiller breaks down barriers between libraries and museums by creating works that can be checked out of the Brooklyn Public Library. From the outside, these works resemble books, however when opened they reveal an elaborate miniature architectural world inspired by particular books. For example, one project replicates period rooms from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as inspired by E.L. Konigsberg’s mystery From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Spiller has exhibited her work at such venues as the Islip Art Museum (East Islip, New York), Indiana University Gallery (Terre Haute, Indiana), Spaces (Cleveland, Ohio), Franklin Furnace Archives (New York City), and at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Spiller has participated in artist residency programs at the Smack Mellon Studios (Brooklyn, New York), The Evergreen House (Baltimore, Maryland), Henry Street Settlement (New York City), the AIM program at the Bronx Museum of Art (Bronx, New York), Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha, Nebraska), and at the World Views Studios in the World Trade Center (New York City). She has been the recipient of numerous grants such as the Pollock-Krasner Grant, Art Matters Grant, and New Jersey State Council on the Arts Grant. Spiller received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, and her MFA from Ohio State University in sculpture. Currently, she serves on the faculty at Parsons School of Design and The Pratt Institute. Admission All events are free and open to the public. Telephone Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts Online News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to Visitor Parking. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to Visitor Parking. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to Visitor Parking. • Visitor parking is available in the Administration Drive Garage and the Commons Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Posted by tmoore February 13, 2007 UMBC Department of Theatre presents the “IN 10” Theatre Festival and National Play Competition Five Short Plays Presented Each Evening, Including the Premiere of a New Work by Heather McDonald March 1-4, 2007 UMBC Theatre Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file. The UMBC Department of Theatre presents the IN 10 Theatre Festival and National Play Competition, March 1-4 at the UMBC Theatre. Each evening, theatergoers will enjoy five short plays, including the premiere of a new work by Baltimore area playwright Heather McDonald. Inaugurated in 2006, the annual IN 10 National Play Competition seeks to address the scarcity of strong roles for young women in contemporary American plays. By creating a national competition for 10-minute long plays that feature solid acting opportunities for young actresses, the UMBC Department of Theatre hopes to help commence a new era in contemporary American playwrighting. The national winner is awarded a $1,000 cash prize and performances at the Festival. Additionally, each year the IN 10 Festival and National Play Competition commissions a new work by a noted American playwright. The winner of the 2007 IN 10 Competition is EM Lewis, whose work, The Edge of Ross Island, will be staged along with the work of three other finalists: Ruth McKee's Otherwise Engaged, Ira Gamerman’s A Girl with a Black Eye, and Mark Young’s The Final Movement. The commissioned playwright for 2007 is Maryland resident Heather McDonald, whose play, The Two Marys, will receive its premiere during the Festival. Susan McCully, IN 10’s artistic director and member of the faculty of UMBC’s Department of Theatre, said, “A very concrete intent drives the IN 10 Festival. University theatre departments throughout the United States tend to have more women than men in their programs, but most of the stronger roles in contemporary theatre are for men. Young actresses need to work on plays in which their characters drive the action.” Lynn Watson, chair of UMBC’s Department of Theatre, added, “When we first did IN 10 last season, it was very gratifying to see the effect that producing those plays had on our young female cast. At rehearsal discussions and talk-backs with audiences, we could hear and see the actors' exhilaration at finally occupying the center of the dramatic action, rather than reflecting it or revolving around it, as is all too often the case. In our acting classes, young woman often search in vain to find contemporary scenes where issues that engage them are addressed with complexity and subtlety, if they’re addressed at all. So much of the time, young female characters are two-dimensional and ‘functionary’—the girlfriend, the daughter, the co-worker—serving to advance the story or provide a foil to respond to male concerns. Last year, the young women in IN 10 responded with tremendous pleasure and pride as they took on characters and issues written expressly for them. And we are seeing the same response this year in the cast of IN 10 2007.” About the Playwrights IN 10 Competition Winner: EM Lewis: The Edge of Ross Island EM Lewis’ work has been read and produced around the country. Her new full-length play, HEADS—a hostage drama set against the war in Iraq—was read at Pacific Resident Theatre, and will be included in New York University’s hotINK International Festival of New Plays in January 2007. Infinite Black Suitcase, a large ensemble piece set in rural Oregon, was developed and received a workshop production at Moving Arts in 2005. The play was named a semi-finalist for the O’Neill Playwrights Conference in 2006 and a finalist in the Hinton Battle Theatre Lab’s “Diverse Voices” playwriting contest. Lewis is a writer-in-residence at Moving Arts Theatre Company in Los Angeles and a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights. Outside the theatre world, Lewis is co-founder and editor of the online literary journal Sunspinner. She lives in Santa Monica, California and is originally from Oregon. IN 10 Competition Finalists: Ruth McKee: Otherwise Engaged Ruth McKee’s plays include The Nightshade Family, which was a finalist in the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Contest, Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, and was recently read at Playwrights Horizons; Security Check, presented at Six Figures Theatre Company’s Artists of Tomorrow Festival 2006; 500 Words, produced in the 2005 Baldwin New Play Festival at the University of California, San Diego; Cargo, produced in BNPF 2004; Mail Returned, produced at UCSD and in the Six Figures AOT Festival 2004; The Noise Room, developed at HB Playwrights Foundation; Development, produced at Access Theater and Chashama in New York. Originally from Canada by way of Bangladesh and Kenya, Ruth has a BFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU and an MFA in Playwriting from UCSD, San Diego. She currently lives in Los Angeles and teaches playwriting at UCSD and Idyllwild Arts Academy. Ira Gamerman: Girl with a Black Eye Ira Gamerman received his BA in theatre from Towson University. His plays have been performed in Maryland, California, Alaska, and at such prestigious venues as the Kennedy Center. In 2005, he participated in the Kennedy Center’s summer playwriting intensive, where he studied under such nationally/internationally known playwrights as Lee Blessing, Roberto Aguirre Sacassa, and Gary Garrison. Gamerman is the founder of The Playwrights Group of Baltimore, a group dedicated to developing new plays in Baltimore. His first full-length play, No One Told You..., received a Maryland State Arts Council grant for playwriting in 2005. His second full-length play, Split, won first place production and third place play at the 2006 Baltimore Playwrights Festival. Ira was voted “Best Playwright Of Baltimore” by Baltimore’s City Paper in 2006. As a songwriter/guitarist, Ira fronts local indie band, EVEN SO. Mark Young: The Final Movement Mark Young is a Chicago playwright and Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists, where many of his plays have been developed. He has twice been a finalist for the Heideman Award at the Actors Theatre of Louisville for his plays Night (2004) and Black And White (2002). In 2002, his play They All Fall Down was a finalist for the Arts & Letters Prize, selected by John Guare. They All Fall Down subsequently appeared at the Source Theatre in Washington D.C., along with his one-act play New Orleans, as part of the 2002 Washington Theatre Festival. Both They All Fall Down and New Orleans received the Source Theatre’s H.D. Lewis New Play Award, as an evening of one acts titled Young Love. He is a graduate of St. John’s College and received his M.A. from the University of Chicago. Commissioned Playwright: Heather McDonald: The Two Marys Heather McDonald was commissioned by Houston Grand Opera and composer Jake Heggie (Dead Man Walking) to write the libretto for an opera based on Graham Greene’s novel The End of the Affair. The opera, also titled The End of the Affair, had its world premiere at Houston Grand Opera in March 2004 directed by Broadway director Leonard Foglia and starring Australian soprano Cheryl Barker and New Zealand baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes. The opera received a second production at Madison Opera, and a third production will be in Seattle at Opera Pacifica fall 2005. Subsequent productions are planned for Pittsburgh, New York and Australia. Heather McDonald’s play An Almost Holy Picture was produced on Broadway starring Kevin Bacon and directed by Michael Mayer. It was nominated for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize. The play premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse starring David Morse and was named Best New Play of the Year by the Los Angeles Times. Ms. McDonald received the Kesselring Award for Best New American Play from the National Arts Club. The play has subsequently been produced at Center Stage in Baltimore, Round House Theatre in Washington, D.C., the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre and in numerous other theatres around the country. Holy Picture has been translated into Spanish and produced in Mexico and Spain. Her play When Grace Comes In received joint World Premieres at The La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre. The play was a finalist for The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and was developed at The Sundance Theatre Laboratory, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and The New Harmony Project. Ms. McDonald has continued to work on Grace and a new version received a workshop through FirstLook Productions in New York directed by Rebecca Taichman and starring Marcia Gay Harden. The production Ms. McDonald directed of her play Dream of a Common Language for Theatre of the First Amendment was nominated by The Washington Theatre Awards Society for eight Helen Hayes Awards and won four including Outstanding Resident Production. Dream premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and was produced Off-Broadway at The Judith Anderson Theatre. It has had many other productions. Ms. McDonald directed her play Available Light, a play with music, at Signature Theatre, which was supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The NEA support allowed for the commissioning and recording (at the NPR studios) of a full score by composer David Maddox. Available Light premiered at The Actors Theatre of Louisville in the Humana Festival. Other plays include Faulkner’s Bicycle, The Rivers and Ravines (commissioned and produced by Arena Stage), Available Light, and Rain and Darkness: Hitting for the Cycle. They have been produced at many theatres including Yale Repertory Theatre, The Actors Theatre of Louisville – Humana Festival of New Plays, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Center Stage, the McCarter Theatre, the La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Rivendell Theatre, the Magic Theatre, New Playwrights Theatre and Off Broadway in New York. Recent and new projects include a commission from Signature Theatre for a new play, tentatively titled The Suppressed-Desire Ball, directing Michele Lowe’s play The Smell of the Kill at Round House Theatre, The J. M. Barrie Project, a collaborative piece with the MFA Acting students at Case-Western Reserve University and The Cleveland Playhouse, and a commission to adapt Gerda Lerner’s memoir FIREWEED: A Political Biography for Madison Repertory Theatre. She has three times been awarded NEA Playwriting Fellowships and been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. She has been a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and won the First Prize Kesselring Award. She has been the recipient of a TCG Extended Collaboration Grant and a McKnight Fellow, and in 2005 an NEA/TCG Playwriting Residency Award. Her plays are published by the Dramatists Play Service, Samuel French, Inc., American Theatre Magazine, and in several collections. Ms. McDonald has had a long commitment to teaching and as associate professor and playwright-in-residence at George Mason University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts - Institute of the Arts for the past fourteen years. She has taught many other workshops around the country in various graduate playwriting programs and is on the faculty of the Kennedy Center Summer Playwriting Intensive. She received her MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts’ Dramatic Writing Program. Performances Thursday, March 1, 4 pm (preview) (free admission to UMBC campus community) Friday, March 2, 8 pm (opening night) Saturday, March 3, 8 pm (with talkback following performance) Sunday, March 4, 4 pm Note: Plays contain adult language and subject matter that may not be appropriate for children. Admission $10 general admission; $5 students and seniors; $3 for the preview. The performance on Thursday, March 1st is free for the UMBC campus community. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or by calling MissionTix at 410-752-8950. Telephone Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Theatre. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. • Visitor parking is available in the Commons Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Posted by tmoore February 12, 2007 UMBC Theatre Faculty in the News UMBC's Department of Theatre faculty and alumni recently received favorable reviews in the Baltimore Sun, Washington Post and the Washington City Paper. A production directed by Xerxes Mehta, professor of theatre, was reviewed in the Baltimore Sun and Washington Post. The double bill of one-act plays by Harold Pinter--The Collection and The Lover--also included set and costumes by Elena Zlotescu, associate professor of theatre, and Lynn Watson, chair and associate professor of theatre, was dialect consultant. The Pinter plays were produced by Rep Stage, the professional theatre company in residence at Howard County Community College. The new artistic director of Rep Stage is theatre alumnus Michael Stebbins. In addition, Assistant Professor of Theatre Colette Searls' direction of Vigils at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, DC was favorably reviewed in the Washington Post and Washington City Paper. Posted by elewis February 9, 2007 UMBC Department of Theatre Presents Lecture by Lee Breuer Prize-Winning Writer and Director Friday, March 9, 7 p.m., UMBC Theatre Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file. The UMBC Department of Theatre presents a lecture by writer and director Lee Breuer on Friday, March 9, 7 p.m., at the UMBC Theatre. Lee Breuer was founding artistic director of Mabou Mines theatre company in New York City, which he began in 1970 with colleagues Philip Glass, Ruth Maleczech, JoAnne Akalitis, David Warrilow, Frederick Neuman and Bill Raymond. He is a writer, director and lyricist who also works outside the company in film, on Broadway and on a variety of theatrical projects in Europe, Africa, Asia and North and South America. Breuer’s most recent work with Mabou Mines is the puppet opera Red Beads, created in collaboration with puppeteer Basil Twist and composer Ushio Torikai. Of the September 2005 New York City premiere, The New York Times said, “...theater as sorcery; it is a crossroads where artistic traditions meet to invent a marvelous common language. It is a fairy tale, a puppet play and a chamber opera...amazing work.” Breuer’s best known work is The Gospel at Colonus, a Pentecostal Gospel rendering of Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus created with composer Bob Telson and starring Morgan Freeman and Clarence Fountain and the Blind Boys of Alabama, which premiered at The Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival, and was performed on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater in 1988 for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. The Gospel at Colonus was televised on the PBS series Great Performances. The production received numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize nomination (1988), the Obie for Best Musical (1984), and an Emmy Television Award. In 1988 Lee Breuer was awarded the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, popularly referred to as the “Genius” grant. He has also been awarded playwriting grants and fellowships from CAPS, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the McKnight Foundation. In April and May 2007, Breuer will direct the Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.) production of Mabou Mines’ Peter & Wendy. Admission Admission is free, but seating is limited. Reservations are strongly recommended by calling 410-455-2476 or visiting www.umbc.edu/arts. Telephone Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Theatre. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. • Visitor parking is available in the Commons Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore February 2, 2007 UMBC Presents Edgeworks Dance Theater in Concert February 21, 2007 8 p.m., UMBC Theatre Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file. UMBC presents Edgeworks Dance Theater in performance on Wednesday, February 21st, at 8:00 p.m. in the UMBC Theatre. Edgeworks Dance Theater will present the Baltimore premiere of its new work, Project: Cold Case, the hard-hitting critically-acclaimed component of the company's Negro Dance Theater Project, reflective of a continuing exploration of Black masculinity and image, identity, and representation in contemporary America. Commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Center through its Local Dance Commissioning Project Program, Cold Case goes beyond the surface to resurrect the past and to present the now, challenging audiences to emerge from their own prejudices and fears and to fearlessly move into the future with a greater sense of understanding and compassion. Cold Case moves from what is considered to be on the edge of society to venture into extreme conditions in the hopes of achieving humility and tolerance. Cold Case moves from the edge to the center, reaching out. Edgeworks Dance Theater is an ensemble of American men, predominantly African-American men, that aims to break down stereotypes through dance utilizing a spectrum of performance, choreographic and teaching styles, reflecting the diversity of experiences and perspectives of both its members and guest artists. “Movement contrast and counterpoint are deployed with confidence and clarity. Simpler motion is rich and resonant...” --George Jackson, Dance View Times “The strongest evidence that dance can communicate what even the most heartfelt words cannot.” --Sarah Kaufman, The Washington Post Admission General admission: $15.00. Students and seniors: $7.00. Box Office: www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 Telephone Box Office: 410-752-8950 UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC Arts News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Photos on this release Copyright ©2007 Astrid Riecken. Directions • From I-95 take exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. Parking is available in The Commons Garage. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. Parking is available in The Commons Garage. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by tmoore January 17, 2007 UMBC Presents Spring 2007 Music Concert Season Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file. The UMBC Department of Music presents its spring 2007 season, featuring three series: TNT (Then, Now, Tomorrow: Music for the Adventurous Listener), PRIME (Resounding Traditions) and a Student Concert Series. Returning this year is the bi-annual Music of Japan Today Festival on March 30th, 31st and April 1st. TNT Series (Then, Now, Tomorrow: Music for the Adventurous Listener) Tuesday, February 6 Nota Bena Contemporary Ensemble and the Queens College/Aaron Copland School of Music Percussion Ensemble 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS The Nota Bene Contemporary Ensemble and the Queens College/Aaron Copland School of Music Percussion Ensemble, both under the direction of percussionist Michael Lipsey, will perform Igor Stravinsky's L'Histoire de soldat and John Cage's The City Wears a Slouch Hat (1942), with text by Kenneth Patchen. The Nota Bene Contemporary Ensemble is dedicated to the performance of twentieth-century music, including classics of the repertory, new music, and faculty and student works. Based at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queen’s College, the ensemble has performed at New York University’s Black Box Theater, the Open Ears Festival Marathon, worked with violinist Todd Reynolds and improvised with Sylvan Leroux of the Fula Flute Ensemble. Recent performances have featured works by Louis Andreissen and Frederic Rzewski. March 30, 31, and April 1 Music of Japan Today 2007 Festival and Symposium Complete schedule to be announced. Public information: 410-455-ARTS Western art music has existed for a relatively short time in Japan—it is only since the 1950s, countering Japan’s rush to adopt all that is “Western,” that some composers, led by Yuasa, Mayuzumi, Takemitsu and Ichiyanagi, began to move away from stylistic modeling of nineteenth-century European forms and twentieth-century dodecaphony towards a more individualistic approach. Concerned with reflecting philosophical and musical elements from their own culture, they began to discover and develop their “own music.” The music of these artists reflects a new global confluence of multiple cultures—a powerful cross-fertilization of aesthetics and musical characteristics from both East and West. The music is reflective of a variety of aspects of contemporary Japanese and Western societies, while at the same time deeply rooted in a traditional culture that has evolved over many years. In Music of Japan Today 2007, UMBC will host a three-day symposium of performances, lecture-recitals, panel discussions, and paper presentations on topics that concern Japanese music from the widest possible range of disciplines and expertise. Three guest composers of international stature will participate in the symposium: Hiroyuki Itoh, a winner of international composition prizes in Europe and Japan (including the prestigious Akutagawa Award), has been commissioned and performed by major ensembles including the New Japan Philharmonic, the Nieuw Ensemble, and the Arditti Quartet; Hiroyuki Yamamoto, whose works have been performed at Forum ’91 (Montreal), Gaudeamus Music Week ’94 (Holland), and ISCM World Music Days (2000 in Luxembourg and 2001 in Yokohama), has received prizes for his work, including the Japan Music Competition, Toru Takemitsu Composition Award, and Akutagawa Award; and Shirotomo Aizawa, winner of an Ataka Prize, and a composition prize from the National Theater in Japan. He has studied composition in Tokyo, Berlin, and Vienna, and conducting with Seiji Ozawa, among others. Performances during the symposium will include a broad range of works for different genres (solo instrument, chamber music, computer and electronic music, traditional instruments) by Itoh, Yamamoto, and Aizawa, as well as other Japanese composers. They will include premieres of new works by the guest composers. The performers for these concerts will include faculty and students of the UMBC Department of Music, and guest musicians from the Baltimore/Washington DC area and other international new music centers. This symposium is the sixth in a series of events since 1992 to address Japanese and other Asian musics, organized by Kazuko Tanosaki and E. Michael Richards. Sunday, April 22 Franklin Cox, cello 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950. Public information: 410-455-ARTS Cellist Franklin Cox has performed in numerous festivals and new music ensembles, including the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, the Group for Contemporary Music, and SONOR, as well as at the 1980 and 1982 Spoleto Festivals, the 1983 Banff Summer Chamber Music Festival, the Xenakis Festival and Darmstadt Revisited Festival at UCSD, and at the Darmstadt Festival since 1988, where he received a special citation for cello performance in 1990. He received a Bachelor of Music degree in composition from Indiana University, a Master of Arts degree in composition from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in composition at the University of California, San Diego. His program will include Time and Motion Study II by Brian Ferneyhough and the world premiere of Crutch by Aaron Cassidy. Dr. Cox has studied with Brian Ferneyhough, Roger Reynolds, Joji Yuasa, Steven Suber, Fred Fox, Harvey Sollberger, Fred Lerdahl, and Jack Beeson. He received an Alice M. Ditson Scholarship and Dissertation Fellowship at Columbia University, Regent's Fellowship and a Dissertation Research Fellowship for Outstanding Research at UCSD, a full scholarship to the 1990 June in Buffalo Festival, and full scholarships for the 1988 and 1992 Darmstadt Festivals. He was awarded a Stipendium Fellowship at the 1990 Darmstadt Festival, won 2nd prize in the Los Angeles Arts Commission competition in the spring of 1991, and was co-winner of the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis (highest award for composition) in the 1992 Darmstadt Festival. Thursday, May 3 New Haven Quartet 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS The New Haven Quartet is comprised of Ayano Kataoka (percussion), Steve Wilson (tenor), James Deitz (percussion), and Josh Quillen (percussion), all graduates of the Yale University School of Music in New Haven. They specialize in interpreting percussion classics by composers such as Toru Takemitsu and Stuart Saunders Smith (professor of music at UMBC) while commissioning new works from young composers such as Mark Dancigers. Their uniquely diverse backgrounds converge to create a group sound like no other. The quartet's program will include: • Raintree by Toru Takemitsu • And Sometimes the Ears/When the Body Betrays by Stuart Saunders Smith • Lion Lying Down by Mark Dancigers • …And Points North by Stuart Saunders Smith • Songs 1-9/Polka in Treblinka by Stuart Saunders Smith Monday, May 14 Allen and Patricia Strange 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950. Public information: 410-455-ARTS Violinist Patricia Strange will present a program of music by composers Allen Strange and Larry Austin, including Strange's Goddess, Heroes: The Boys (Ghost Tracks), Elemental Vamp, SideShow: Six Gothic Images from the Darkside, and Quinault Cathedral, and Austin's Redux. Allen Strange is one of the leading authorities on analogue electronic music; his Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls (1972) is now a classic text. He also wrote Programming and Meta-Programming the Electro-Organism (1974), the operations manual for the Buchla Music Easel and has documented the 200 Series synthesizers made by Buchla. He co-founded two performance groups, Biome (1967-72), in order to make use of the EMS Synthi, and, with Buchla in 1974, the Electronic Weasel Ensemble. He was president of the International Computer Music Association (1993-98) and has appeared as a guest artist-lecturer throughout the world. With his wife, Patricia, they have recently published The Contemporary Violin: Extended Performance Techniques. Strange composes for live electronic instrumental ensembles, for live and taped electronics with voices and acoustic instruments, and for the theatre; most of his works for acoustic instruments require extended performance techniques. He is particularly interested in linear tuning systems, spatial distribution of sound, the isolation of timbre as a musical parameter, and composing for groups of like instruments or voices (consorts). Elements of vaudeville, rock-and-roll, country-and-western music, and the guitar techniques of Les Paul are found in his works. His theatre pieces employ various media including film, video, and lighting effects. Strange lives on Bainbridge Island in the Puget Sound pursuing a full-time career composing and concertizing with his wife. Patricia Strange is an active performer of contemporary violin literature and has concertized throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico and Europe. With her husband, Allen Strange, she co-founded two live electronic music ensembles, BIOME and The Electric Weasel Ensemble. She received a Bachelor of Music degree from California State University Fullerton and a Masters of Arts degree from the University of California, San Diego. Ms. Strange has held positions in the San Diego Symphony, Opera San Jose, San Jose Cleveland Ballet Orchestra, Mid Summer Mozart Orchestra and was principal second violin with the San Jose Symphony. She has also taught violin and viola at San Jose State University. She and her husband, Allen Strange, have published a book entitled The Contemporary Violin; Extended Performance Techniques, available from Scarecrow Press. She currently lives on Bainbridge Island in the Puget Sound and remains active as a performer, teacher and director of the SoundScape Contemporary Chamber Players.   PRIME Series Resounding Traditions Sunday, January 28 Newberry’s Victorian Cornet Band 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $10 general admission, $5 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available at the door, cash or check only. Public information: 410-455-ARTS Newberry's Victorian Cornet Band, led by guest conductor and UMBC Director of Bands Jari Villanueva, presents a program entitled Music of the Gilded Age. The music of America's Gilded Age—the post-Civil War and post-Reconstruction years from 1865 to 1901—celebrated the country's unprecedented ecomonic, territorial, industrial and population expansions. The program will feature music by Suppé, Grafulla, Sousa, Pryor, Verdi and others, and will feature solo performances by cornetist Elisa Koehler and trombonist Jared Denhard. Sunday, February 11 Franklin Cox, cello, and Rachel Franklin, piano 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $10 general admission, $5 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950. Public information: 410-455-ARTS Cellist Franklin Cox and pianist Rachel Franklin join forces to present an afternoon of chamber music. Both artists are members of UMBC’s distinguished music faculty. The duo's program will feature both Brahms cello sonatas, No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38, and No. 2 in F major, Op. 99. Franklin Cox has performed in numerous festivals and new music ensembles, including the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, the Group for Contemporary Music, and SONOR, as well as at the 1980 and 1982 Spoleto Festivals, the 1983 Banff Summer Chamber Music Festival, the Xenakis Festival and Darmstadt Revisited Festival at UCSD, and at the Darmstadt Festival since 1988, where he received a special citation for cello performance in 1990. He received a Bachelor of Music degree in composition from Indiana University, a Master of Arts degree in composition from Columbia University, and a PhD. in composition at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Cox has studied with Brian Ferneyhough, Roger Reynolds, Joji Yuasa, Steven Suber, Fred Fox, Harvey Sollberger, Fred Lerdahl, and Jack Beeson. He received an Alice M. Ditson Scholarship and Dissertation Fellowship at Columbia University, Regent's Fellowship and a Dissertation Research Fellowship for Outstanding Research at UCSD, a full scholarship to the 1990 June in Buffalo Festival, and full scholarships for the 1988 and 1992 Darmstadt Festivals. He was awarded a Stipendium Fellowship at the 1990 Darmstadt Festival, won 2nd prize in the Los Angeles Arts Commission competition in the spring of 1991, and was co-winner of the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis (highest award for composition) in the 1992 Darmstadt Festival. As a Pro Musicis International Award winner, British pianist Rachel Franklin has given her solo debuts in Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, and Jordan Hall, Boston. The Boston Globe enthused about her “beautiful differentiations of color, touch and texture” and described a performance on her solo debut CD as “not inferior...to the recorded performances by Cortot and Rubinstein.” She has also given European Pro Musicis solo debuts in Paris and Rome. At the Wigmore Hall, London, where she has given several recitals, critics applauded her “stunning individuality,” “exquisite dynamic control,” and “amazing power and solidity of technique.” The Washington Post praised her “cool-headed bravura and panache.” In Dublin The Irish Times said: “Of the many qualities that distinguished Rachel Franklin's recital, it was perhaps the intelligence underpinning her creative interpretations that caused her to stand out from so many other young pianists...” She has been featured on NPR's Performance Today, with whom she has given frequent spoken broadcasts. Her recital broadcasts include BBC Radio 3, WQXR and WNYC in New York and WJHU in Baltimore, and Radio Telefis Eireann in Ireland. Thursday, March 8 Noel Lester, piano 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $10 general admission, $5 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950. Public information: 410-455-ARTS Pianist Noel Lester has delighted audiences and critics alike for his performances throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and through his recordings and radio broadcasts. He appears regularly as a soloist, chamber pianist, and soloist with orchestra. Noel Lester made his European debut in 1991 at the Ernst Barlach Haus in Hamburg and he has since performed extensively throughout the U.K., Germany, France, Switzerland, Holland, and Poland. He has participated in international festivals at Maastricht and Belfast. In November of 2000, he made his Asian debut with recitals in Sendai and Tokyo. His radio recitals include NPR, the BBC, RTE Dublin, SDR Stuttgart, Radio France, on the nationally-syndicated show, “A Note to You,” produced by WGBH-Boston, over WQED Pittsburgh, WNYC, and many others. As a recording artist, he may be heard on the Centaur, Elan, Koch International, Museum of Modern Art, RWYA, and Sonora labels. The program will feature works by Beethoven, Scarlatti, and Brahms, plus a historical survey of ragtime, from its roots to today. Sunday, March 11 UMBC Symphony Orchestra 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission. Public information: 410-455-ARTS The UMBC Symphony Orchestra performs under the direction of Wayne Cameron. The program will feature the winners of the High School Concerto Competition and the Department of Music Concerto Competition performing Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85; Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61; Édouard Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21; and Béla Bartók's Violin Rhapsody No. 1. Sunday, April 15 Tiemann-Belzer Duo 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $10 general admission, $5 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950. Public information: 410-455-ARTS Exploding on the scene with their debut CD Crypto, the Tiemann-Belzer Duo is an unusual jazz ensemble featuring percussionist Scott Tiemann and saxophonist Matt Belzer. By boiling down a more traditional instrumentation to only the melodic and rhythmic placeholders, the group creates a distinctive sound—a disciplined and creative approach to performance. Featuring new compositions by Belzer, who recently joined the UMBC music faculty, this group is a collaborative effort by musicians who have developed that heightened awareness of each other for which jazz musicians strive. Sunday, May 6 UMBC Symphony Orchestra 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission. Public information: 410-455-ARTS The UMBC Symphony Orchestra performs under the direction of Wayne Cameron. The program will feature Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World"), and pianist Rachel Franklin performing the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15. Monday, May 7 UMBC Chamber Players 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission. Public information: 410-455-ARTS The UMBC Chamber Players perform under the direction of E. Michael Richards. The program will feature music of Beethoven, Rorem, Prokofiev, Matsudaira, and others.   Student Recital Series March 2 & 3 The Vocal Arts Ensemble directed by David Smith. 7 pm both evenings, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. Thursday, April 26 The UMBC Jazz Ensemble (Big Band) directed by Jari Villanueva. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. Saturday, May 5 The Jubilee Singers directed by Janice Jackson. 7 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Donations accepted. 410-455-ARTS. Tuesday, May 8 The UMBC Percussion Ensemble directed by Tom Goldstein. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. Wednesday, May 9 The UMBC New Music Ensemble directed by Stuart Saunders Smith. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. Thursday, May 10 The UMBC Wind Ensemble directed by Jari Villanueva. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. Saturday, May 12 The UMBC Camerata directed by David Smith. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. Tuesday, May 15 Department of Music Honors Recital. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS.   Additional Information Telephone MissionTix box office: 410-752-8950 Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news MissionTix: http://www.missiontix.com/ Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. Parking is available after 3:30 p.m. on weekdays and all day during weekends in gated Lots 16/9A for a 50¢ fee, quarters only. From any campus entrance, circle around Hilltop Circle (the road the encircles the campus) to Hilltop Road. Take Hilltop Road toward the center of campus. The Fine Arts Building will now be directly in front of you. Proceed through the stop sign. The road will curve to the right. If Lot 16 is full, you may also pay to park in Lot 9A, which sits on the hill immediately above Lot 16—return to the stop sign and turn left toward Lot 9A, and then to the gate. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Posted by tmoore January 12, 2007 UMBC Presents the Phoenix Dance Company February 7, 8, 9 & 10, 2007 8 p.m., UMBC Theatre Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file. UMBC presents the acclaimed Phoenix Dance Company, the professional dance company in residence at UMBC, in concert on February 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2007 at 8 p.m. in the UMBC Theatre. Renowned for its revolutionary exploration of dance and technology, the Phoenix Dance Company features riveting choreography by Carol Hess and Doug Hamby (hailed as “bold and ambitious” by The Washington Post), and performances by the award-winning Sandra Lacy and other artists. The program will include: A hardcore/punk work by Carol Hess, In Fits and Starts/Scenes from a Personal Space, featuring the chaotic and thrashy music of Baltimore band Lilu Dallas. Square Breath by Doug Hamby, first premiered at Dance Place in Washington, D.C., by Doug Hamby Dance, and now set to a new score by Ferdinand Maisel. Dancers, moving through a wired space, help create the sound score to this strong, powerful and percussive creation. The extraordinary Sandra Lacy in two highly expressive solos, one of her own and one choreographed for her by Ting Yu-Chen. 22 Dean Street by Doug Hamby, a soulful response to the music of Charlie Hayden. …of no small use or advantage, a rich landscape of movement for seven women created through an choreographic process involving a radical interpretation of the graphic symbols of baroque dance scores, by Carol Hess. The premiere of Persona by Carol Hess, a new solo about personal identities, performed by Jenifer Dobbins with a tiny wireless surveillance camera. Admission General admission: $15.00. Students and seniors: $7.00. Box Office: www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 Telephone Box Office: 410-752-8950 UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC Arts News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Photos on this release Copyright ©2007 Enoch Chan. Directions • From I-95 take exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. Parking is available in The Commons Garage. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. Parking is available in The Commons Garage. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by tmoore January 8, 2007 Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery Presents Two Exhibitions: Photographs of the Athenian Acropolis: The Restoration Project and Celebrating Samuel Beckett at 100 January 29 - March 24, 2007 Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file. Opening on January 29th and continuing through March 24th, UMBC’s Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents two exhibitions: Photographs of the Athenian Acropolis: The Restoration Project and Celebrating Samuel Beckett at 100. Significantly damaged by air pollution, earthquakes, wars, erosion and the rusting of iron used in previous restorations, most of the Acropolis monuments have been partially or entirely disassembled and subsequently reconstructed in an effort to preserve their architectural integrity. The Acropolis exhibition, featuring the photography of Socratis Mavrommatis, details these ongoing restorations carried out by the Acropolis Restoration Service since 1975. It was the role of Mavrommatis, chief photographer of the project for more than 25 years, to capture on film the incomparable beauty of the monuments, and, at the same time, the difficulty of working on large pieces of marble of artistic and historical importance. Photographs of the Acropolis have usually been directed at an idealistic rendering and dramatization of the subject, romantically emphasizing the beauty of their abandoned state and damaged condition. The photographs of the restoration work carried out on the monuments, by contrast, show them as they are, as true to reality as possible. The exhibition images, photographically printed in black and white on large panels that also contain descriptive text, are chronologically arranged and depict four key areas of the restoration effort: the rationale for preservation, the preparation for intervention, the main restoration work in process, and images of the monuments themselves. The photographs include large panoramic shots of the buildings, sometimes encased in scaffolding; close-ups of architectural features such as columns, cornices and friezes; documentation of damage by pollution, explosions and other factors; and the disassembly and reconstruction of some of the monuments. Photographs of the Athenian Acropolis: The Restoration Project was produced by the Acropolis Restoration Service of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. The exhibition opened in Athens at the renowned Benaki Museum in 2002, and has traveled to Brussels, Paris, Rome and London. The North American tour is organized by the Thomas J. Walsh Gallery, Fairfield University. The presentation at UMBC is co-organized by Richard Mason, associate professor of Ancient Studies, and the Library Gallery. Public Program On February 14th from 4 to 5 pm, the Gallery will present Katherine A. Schwab, associate professor of art history at Fairfield University, who will speak on The Parthenon East Metopes: Technologies of the 21st Century and New Discoveries. This lecture will be held in the Gallery; admission is free. The Glory of Ruins Concurrently showing with Photographs from the Athenian Acropolis: The Restoration Project is The Glory of Ruins, on display in the nearby Library Rotunda and curated by a group of eight UMBC students taking part in an Ancient Studies/Honors College internship. This exhibition displays nineteenth and twentieth century photographs depicting classical Athens and Attica, all from the Special Collections of the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery. Celebrating Samuel Beckett at 100 The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery celebrates the centenary of Samuel Beckett, one of the leading writers and dramatists of the twentieth century, with the exhibition Celebrating Samuel Beckett at 100. The Irish-born author, whose stirring texts in French and English were recognized by the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969, is considered by some the best writer of English since Shakespeare and the greatest French playwright since Molière. Curated by Angela Moorjani in association with the Library Gallery, the show will present Beckett’s words and images as filtered through the imaginative work of a number of visual and stage artists. On view will be select photographs, etchings, artists’ books, and rare editions of Beckett’s works. Public Program for Celebrating Samuel Beckett at 100 On Thursday, February 8th, from 4:00 to 5:30 pm, a program will feature three of UMBC’s resident Beckett scholars—Xerxes Mehta, Angela Moorjani and Wendy Salkind—in readings, performances and discussions related to the works on display. The program will be held in the Library Gallery, free admission, with a reception to follow. Gallery Information The Albin O. Kuhn Gallery serves as one of the principal art galleries in the Baltimore region. Objects from the Special Collections Department, as well as art and artifacts from all over the world, are displayed in challenging and informative exhibitions for the University community and the public. Moreover, traveling exhibitions are occasionally presented, and the Gallery sends some exhibits on tour to other institutions nationwide. Admission to the Gallery and its programs is free. Acknowledgements Reflections from the Heart: Photographs by David Seymour is organized by the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County in collaboration with The Corcoran Gallery of Art and the George Eastman House. The exhibition is made possible by generous support from Ben Shneiderman. Additional support is provided by the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Baltimore County Commission on Arts & Sciences, the Friends of the Library & Gallery, the Libby Kuhn Endowment, the Judaic Studies Program at UMBC, and Epson USA Inc. The presentation of both exhibitions is supported by an arts program grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support for Photographs from the Athenian Acropolis: The Restoration Project comes from the Friends of the Library & Gallery and the Department of Ancient Studies. Additional support for Celebrating Samuel Beckett at 100 comes from UMBC’s Office of the President, Office of the Provost, the Departments of Modern Languages and Linguistics, Theatre, and English, and the Humanities Forum. The reception is sponsored by the Friends of the Library & Gallery and the Libby Kuhn Endowment. Hours Sunday 1 P.M. – 5 P.M. Monday 12 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Tuesday 12 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Wednesday 12 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Thursday 12 P.M. – 8 P.M. Friday 12 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Saturday 1 P.M. – 5 P.M. Telephone UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS General Gallery information: 410-455-2270 Web UMBC Arts & Culture Calendar: http://www.umbc.edu/arts Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery: http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/gallery/ UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Directions UMBC is located approximately 10 minutes from downtown Baltimore and 20 minutes from I-495. • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Walker Avenue Garage or Albin O. Kuhn Library. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Walker Avenue Garage or Albin O. Kuhn Library. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Walker Avenue Garage or Albin O. Kuhn Library. • Daytime metered visitor parking is available in the Walker Avenue Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. ### Posted by tmoore December 4, 2006 UMBC Department of Music Presents a New Work by Carlo Alessandro Landini December 12, 2006 UMBC Fine Arts Recital Hall Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu The UMBC Department of Music presents an Honors Recital, including the premiere of a new work by Carlo Alessandro Landini (pictured), performed by Ruckus, the professional contemporary music ensemble in residence at UMBC, on Tuesday, December 12th, at 8:00 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. Carlo Alessandro Landini, born in Milan, 1954, was unanimously awarded the Premier Prix of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in 1981. In the same year he received a Fulbright Award, which enabled him to teach at the University of California, San Diego from 1981 to 1983. Since then, he has lived in Italy and now holds the teaching chair in composition at the G. Nicolini Conservatory in Piacenza. He has won numerous competitions (Ennio Porrino, Valentino Bucchi, Città di Mestre, Franco Margola), and is the only composer ever awarded twice (2002 and 2004) the prestigious K. Serocki Prize in Warsaw, Poland. He is also a regular guest composer at the Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt. His new work, Coming to Life. Generation, Transition, Interlocking of Phases, was commissioned by Ruckus to commemmorate UMBC's 40th Anniversary. The composer has described the work in the following terms: In thermodynamics, phase transition (also called phase change) is the transformation of a thermodynamic system from one phase to another. The distinguishing characteristic of a phase transition is an abrupt sudden change in one or more physical properties, in particular the heat capacity, with a small change in a thermodynamic variable such as the temperature. Under the Ehrenfest classification, phase transitions are labeled by the lowest derivative of the free energy that is discontinuous at the transition. First-order phase transitions – such as in Landini’s piece – exhibit a discontinuity in the first derivative of the free energy with a thermodynamic variable. The various transitions to be found in Coming to Life are classified as first-order transitions because they involve a discontinuous change in density (which is the first derivative of the free energy with respect to a chemical or physical potential). The first-order phase transitions are those that involve a latent heat (the repression of drives, not unlike that imagined by Freud, involves the idea of a typical “latency of emotions” as the self-containment and transformation of whatever aesthetic form into very few number of basic, even trivial elements and gestures). During such a transition, a system either absorbs or releases a fixed (and typically large) amount of energy. Because energy cannot be instantaneously transferred between the system and its environment, first-order transitions are associated with “mixed-phase regimes” in which some parts of the system have completed the transition and others have not. This phenomenon is familiar to anyone who has boiled a pot of water: the water does not instantly turn into gas, but forms a turbulent mixture of water and water vapor bubbles. In Wagner’s operas and Mahler’s symphonies the transition may require a considerable, never experienced before, amount of time. Mixed-phase systems are difficult to study, because their dynamics are violent and hard to control. However, they can be emulated by the artist. The presence of symmetry-breaking (or non-breaking) is important to the behavior of phase transitions as it is to the behavior of an artwork. It was pointed out by Landau that, given any state of a system, one may unequivocally say whether or not it possesses a given symmetry. Therefore, it cannot be possible to analytically deform a state in one phase into a phase possessing a different symmetry. Landau’s law receives its poignant application in Landini’s Coming to Life, whereas it is impossible for the solid-liquid phase boundary to end in a critical point like the liquid-gas boundary. Typically, like in the realm of physical world, also in Landini’s piece the more symmetrical phase is on the high-temperature side (the “passionate” side of growing layers of sound and increasing dynamics) of a phase transition, and the less symmetrical phase on the low-temperature side (where the form dramatically falls into the realm of entropy and of disintegration). Admission Admission is free. Telephone Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts Online News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Administration Drive Garage. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Administration Drive Garage. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Administration Drive Garage. • Visitor parking is available in the Administration Drive Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore November 15, 2006 UMBC Department of Theatre Presents "The Faulkner Project: As I Lay Dying," Directed by Robert Allen November 29 - December 9, 2006 UMBC Theatre Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file. The UMBC Department of Theatre presents The Faulkner Project: As I Lay Dying, directed by Robert Allen at the UMBC Theatre from November 29 through December 9. What makes William Faulkner one of the truly visionary American writers of the 20th century? The Department of Theatre at UMBC takes on the world of Faulkner, focusing on his groundbreaking novel As I Lay Dying. More than a straightforward adaptation, The Faulkner Project seeks to unleash the haunted power of his provocative world and compelling characters. The novel As I Lay Dying follows the adventures of the Bundren family as they embark on an extraordinary quest to bury their mother Addie in the town of her birth—her dying wish. This effort subjects the clan to nothing less than fire and flood, as well as tragedy and comedy on a scale comparable to James Joyce’s Ulysses. Written as a series of inner monologues from the perspectives of the different personalities, Faulkner’s text unfolds a macabre story that offers a profound revelation of the human soul. An epic journey lightly disguised as a funeral procession, the work explores the secret nature of character, hope, love, and the struggle of the artist. Directed and conceived by Robert Allen, The Faulkner Project: As I Lay Dying was adapted by Justine Moore and features set design by Tamas Szalczer, costume and makeup design by Melanie Lester, light design by Terry Cobb, sound design by UMBC student Brian Rudell vocal and dialect coaching by Christopher Marino and dramaturgy by UMBC graduate Gedalya Chinn. UMBC Associate Professor Emeritus Larry Lasher provided expertise as a Faulkner scholar. Performances Wednesday, November 29, 8 pm (preview) Thursday, November 30, 8 pm (opening night) Friday, December 1, 8 pm Saturday, December 2, 8 pm Sunday, December 3, 4 pm Thursday, December 7, 4 pm (free for the UMBC campus community) Friday, December 8, 8 pm Saturday, December 9, 8 pm Admission $10 general admission; $5 students and seniors; $3 for the preview. The performance on Thursday, December 7th is free for the UMBC campus community. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or by calling MissionTix at 410-752-8950. Telephone Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Tickets: 410-752-8950 Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts Tickets: http://www.missiontix.com/ Online News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Theatre. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. • Visitor parking is available in the Commons Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore November 1, 2006 Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture Exhibition on MPT 11/1 The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture's "Raymond Loewy:Designs for a Consumer Culture" exhibition will be featured on MPT's "ArtWorks This Week" on Wednesday, November 1. Professor David Yager, the Center's executive director, gives a tour of the exhibit and a look into the mind of industrial designer Raymond Loewy. For more information, visit www.mpt.org/artworks/thisweek. For more information on the exhibition and upcoming arts events at UMBC, visit www.umbc.edu/arts. Posted by elewis September 27, 2006 UMBC Department of Visual Arts Presents Fall 2006 Visiting Artists James Duesing, Animation, October 11 SKIF++, Music & Videography, October 16 Billie Grace Lynn, October 26 Hasan Elahi, Video & Internet Art, November 9 Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file. The UMBC Department of Visual Arts presents its Fall 2006 series of Visiting Artist Lectures, featuring James Duesing, SKIF++, Billie Grace Lynn and Hasan Elahi. James Duesing Animation October 11, 7 pm, Lecture Hall VII (ITE Building) James Duesing is a computer animator and video artist. His work has been exhibited throughout the world in venues as diverse as the Sundance Film Festival, PBS, SIGGRAPH, the Berlin Video Festival, MTV, the Shanghai Animation Festival, Film Forum, the Seoul Animation Center and some of the finest rec rooms in the USA. His work is held in collections at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Goethe Memorial Museum, Tokyo; the UCLA Film Archive, Los Angeles; and The Israel Museum. His work has received much recognition, including grants from Creative Capital, the National Endowment for the Arts, an American Film Institute Fellowship, an Emmy Award, the Deutscher Videokunstpreis, and a CINE Golden Eagle. He has been Co-Director of the STUDIO of Creative Inquiry, a center for interdisciplinary collaboration in art and science projects. He currently is a professor in electronic and time based art at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Art. SKIF++ Music & Videography October 16, 12 noon, Fine Arts Studio A Jeff Carey (laptop SuperCollider) and Robert van Heumen (laptop LiSa) are the electronic backbone of the electroacoustic sextet OfficeR that brings structured improvisation in a very unique way. As SKIF they work with similar structures, ranging from sonic bursts to melodic melancholy, using joysticks and selfmade controllers to keep it all in line (most of the time). SKIF++ is the collaboration of SKIF and Bas van Koolwijk's (laptop Max/MSP/Jitter) processing of the SKIF-sound into video and back again to audio. Playing music in many contexts, as a computer musician, electro-acoustic composer and improviser, Jeff Carey's music ranges many aspects of computer music from non real-time acousmatic composition, electro-acoustic composition, to improvisation and performs in a number of units such as Office-R(6), USA/USB, the acclaimed feedback project 87 Central, and N-Collective related projects. Electronic musician Robert van Heumen is using STEIM's live sampling software LiSa with all kinds of controllers (some have called them sexy). He is active as a member of the electro-acoustic sextet OfficeR, part of the N Collective, and has shared the stage with Michel Waisvisz, Jeff Carey, Oguz Buyukberber, Anne LaBerge, Guy Harries, Daniel Schorno, Roddy Schrock and Nate Wooley. His soundworld is a mixture of environmental sounds, toys, voices, sounds from kitchen appliances, half of the time smashed beyond repair. He is the SampleMan of SKIF++. The video of Bas van Koolwijk can be seen as an aggressive attack on the illusion of video itself. Through a rigorous and formalistic approach, Van Koolwijk exposes the face of the machine which lives behind the often-placating veil of the televised image. Billie Grace Lynn Sculpture & Performance Art October 26, 7 pm, Fine Arts 215 Billie Grace Lynn is a sculptor whose work has been exhibited in group shows at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, SPACES Gallery in Cleveland, the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Atlanta, Georgia. She has had recent solo and two-person exhibitions at the Lowe Art Museum in Coral Gables, Florida, the Rochester Contemporary in Rochester, New York, and Deluxe Arts in Miami, Florida. Her work is represented in several private and corporate collections, including those of the Rene and Veronica DiRosa Foundation, the Gap/Banana Republic, and the UC San Francisco Health Care Center. She has received awards and grants from the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Art Matters, the NEA Artist Project Grant Program, and recently received a Florida Visual Artist Fellowship. Lynn teaches at the University of Miami. Originally from Alexandria, Louisiana, she studied at the Newcomb College of Tulane University (BA, Philosophy and Religious Studies) and the San Francisco Art Institute (MFA, Sculpture). Hasan Elahi Video & Internet Art November 9, 7 pm, Fine Arts 215 Hasan M. Elahi is an interdisciplinary artist with an emphasis on technology and media and their social implications. His research interests include issues of surveillance, simulated time, transport systems, and borders and frontiers. He has had numerous exhibitions nationally and internationally in venues such as PS122 and Exit Art in New York; the Kulturbahnhof in Kassel, Germany; the BBC Big Screen in Manchester, UK; and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia. He has also lectured at the American Association of Artificial Intelligence at Stanford University and the Tate Modern Gallery in London. His work has been supported with significant grants and numerous sponsorships from the Ford Foundation/Philip Morris, Creative Capital Foundation, DuPont Industries, the West Virginia Cultural Center and the Asociación Artetik Berrikuntzara in Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque Country/Spain among others. Currently, he is an assistant professor at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Admission All events are free and open to the public. Telephone Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts Online News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to Visitor Parking. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to Visitor Parking. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to Visitor Parking. • Visitor parking is available in the Administration Drive Garage and the Commons Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Posted by tmoore UMBC Department of Theatre presents Problem Child by George F. Walker, directed by Colette Searls October 17-22, 2006 UMBC Theatre Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file. The UMBC Department of Theatre presents Problem Child by George F. Walker, directed by Colette Searls at the UMBC Theatre from October 17 to 22. Denise and R.J. want their baby back. Holed up in a cheap motel, they impatiently await a social worker's verdict while fending off the antics of a drunken innkeeper. With a wink to Jerry Springer, this strangely twisted comedy exposes the human desperation behind class prejudice and questions the reach of social control. George F. Walker is one of Canada's most prolific playwrights, and also one of the most widely produced Canadian dramatists both in Canada and internationally. His screen credits include Due South, The Newsroom and This is Wonderland. In 1997, he published a cycle of six new plays, including Problem Child, all of which take place in the same suburban motel room. The production features set design by Daniel Ettinger, costume design by Celestine Ranney-Howes, light and sound design by Terry Cobb and movement coaching by Wendy Salkind. Performances Tuesday, October 17, 8 pm (preview) Wednesday, October 18, 8 pm (opening night) Thursday, October 19, 4 pm (free for the UMBC campus community) Friday, October 20, 5 pm (special performance for UMBC alumni) Saturday, October 21, 8 pm Sunday, October 22, 4 pm Admission $10 general admission; $5 students and seniors; $3 for the preview. The performance on Thursday, October 19th is free for the UMBC campus community. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or by calling MissionTix at 410-752-8950. Telephone Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Tickets: 410-752-8950 Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts Tickets: http://www.missiontix.com/ Online News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Theatre. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. • Visitor parking is available in the Commons Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore September 20, 2006 Center for Art and Visual Culture presents Raymond Loewy: Designs for a Consumer Culture September 21 – November 25, 2006 Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file. UMBC’s Center for Art and Visual Culture (CAVC) presents Raymond Loewy: Designs for a Consumer Culture, opening on Thursday, September 21st and continuing through November 25th. The exhibition surveys the creativity of Raymond Loewy, arguably the most prominent industrial designer of the twentieth century. Loewy (1893–1986) became involved in the emerging world of industrial design in the 1920s after a successful career in commercial illustration. His modern designs soon became ubiquitous in western culture, streamlining and modernizing silverware and fountain pens, supermarkets, department stores, lipsticks and locomotives. Loewy and his teams designed the color scheme and logo for Air Force One, the John F. Kennedy memorial stamp, the Greyhound Scenicruiser, the Avanti car and the interiors for NASA’s Skylab. He designed the well-known icons of Exxon, BP and Lucky Strike cigarettes. Raymond Loewy: Designs for a Consumer Culture showcases his work, placing it in the wider context of the shaping of a modern look for consumer culture. The exhibition brings his work to life through an array of original drawings, models, products, advertisements, photographs, and rare film footage of Loewy at work. The presentation draws heavily on Loewy’s personal archives, a treasure collection of images and information not previously available to researchers or the public. The exhibition is organized by the Hagley Museum and Library of Wilmington, Delaware, and toured by ExhibitsUSA. The exhibition is curated by Hagley Museum staff, including Glenn Porter, Director Emeritus, Lynn Catanese, Head of Manuscripts and Archives, and Jim Hinz, former Library Conservator. Events On Thursday, September 21st from 5 to 7 pm, the CAVC will host an opening reception for Raymond Loewy: Designs for a Consumer Culture. On Monday, October 16th at 6 pm, the CAVC will present a panel discussion, Designs for a Consumer Culture, moderated by Steve Ziger of Ziger/Snead, and featuring Antonio Alcala, creative director at Studio A; Abbott Miller of Pentagram; Tom Strong of Strong/Cohen Associates; and Tucker Viemeister of Studio Red at Rockwell Group. Admission to the panel discussion is free. University of Baltimore, Student Center, Multipurpose Room, 5th Floor. (21 West Mount Royal Avenue at the southeast corner of Maryland and Mount Royal Avenues. On street parking is available in addition to lot parking at 1401 N. Charles Street.) On Saturday, November 18th, 2006, from 10 am to 12 pm at UMBC’s Commons, six to ten area high schools will participate in a High School Design Fair Competition in which students will re-design everyday objects selected by their instructors. Each high school class will visit the Raymond Loewy exhibition to discuss Loewy's strategies and standards for design before beginning their individual projects. Students will be asked to keep in mind Loewy's design goals of simplicity, ease of maintenance and repair, grace and beauty, convenience of use, economy, durability, and expression of the function in form. Three judges will select first, second, and third place prizes as well as the best overall school. Judges include: Megan Hoolahan, Mens Designer, UnderArmor; David Yager, Executive Director, CAVC, and Director of the Center for Convergent Design; and a faculty member from UMBC’s Department of Visual Arts. About the Center for Art and Visual Culture The Center for Art and Visual Culture is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of contemporary art and visual culture, critical theory, art and cultural history, and the relationship between society and the arts. The CAVC serves as a forum for students, faculty, and the general public for the discussion of important aesthetic and social issues of the day. Disciplines represented include painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography, digital art, video, film, television, design, architecture, advertising, and installation and performance art. Since 1989, the CAVC has incorporated a number of public programs into its exhibition programming schedule to further impact the communities it serves. Symposia, lecture series, conferences, film series, visiting artist series, and residencies have all been fundamental in an effort to create an ongoing dialogue about contemporary art and culture. The Center has also initiated a number of projects with Baltimore and surrounding schools systems to integrate the contemporary artist and their concerns into the classroom. These projects take place on-site at both middle schools and high schools and are team taught by the instructors at these schools, professional artists, and students from the CAVC’s Internship Program. The Center produces one to two exhibition catalogues each year. Each document is fully illustrated and contains critical essays on the given subject by a variety of distinguished professionals in the field. Recent publications include Postmodernism: A Virtual Discussion and Paul Rand: Modernist Design. These books and catalogues are published and are distributed internationally through Distributed Art Publishers. Since 1992, the Center for Art and Visual Culture has actively pursued the organization of exhibitions that contain the aesthetic, theoretical, and educational potential to reach both a national and international audience. Over the years, the CAVC has traveled these exhibition projects to a broad spectrum of museums, professional non-profit galleries, and universities national and internationally. Recent traveling exhibitions include: • White: Whiteness and Race in Contemporary Art (2003) • Fred Wilson: Objects and Installations (2001) • Adrian Piper: A Retrospective (1999) • Bruno Monguzzi: A Designer’s Perspective (1998) • Minimal Politics (1997) • Kate Millet, Sculpture: The First 38 Years (1997) Beyond the scope of these traveling exhibitions, the Center for Art and Visual Culture also undertakes an exhibition schedule that includes a Faculty Biennial, and projects such as the Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership. As part of the educational mission of the CAVC, one graduate thesis exhibition and one undergraduate senior exhibition are scheduled on a yearly basis. This multi-faceted focus for presenting exhibitions, projects and scholarly research publications focused on contemporary art and cultural issues positions the Center for Art and Visual Culture in a unique position within the mid-Atlantic region. Acknowledgements Raymond Loewy: Designs for a Consumer Culture is made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The exhibition is organized by ExhibitsUSA, the purpose of which is to create access to an array of arts and humanities exhibitions, nurture the development and understanding of diverse art forms and cultures, and encourage the expanding depth and breadth of cultural life in local communities. ExhibitsUSA is generously supported by the Adair Margo Gallery Inc.; Altria Group Inc.; James H. Clement, Jr.; ConocoPhillips; the Cooper Foundation; Douglas County Bank/Ross and Marianna Beach; DST Systems Inc.; Edward Jones; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; the Helen Jones Foundation; the William T. Kemper Foundation, Commerce Bank, trustee; the Richard P. Kimmel and Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation Inc.; Land O' Lakes Inc.; Mrs. Tom Lea; the National Endowment for the Arts; the National Endowment for the Humanities; SBC Missouri; the Society of North American Goldsmiths; Sonic, America’s Drive-In; Sterling Vineyards; the Summerlee Foundation; the Courtney S. Turner Charitable Trust; Valmont Industries; the Woods Charitable Fund; and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. ExhibitsUSA is a national program of Mid-America Arts Alliance. Hours and Admission Sunday and Monday: Closed Tuesday through Saturday: 10 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. Admission is free. Telephone UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Center for Art and Visual Culture: 410-455-3188 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts Center for Art and Visual Culture: http://www.umbc.edu/cavc Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Directions UMBC is located approximately 10 minutes from downtown Baltimore and 20 minutes from I-495. • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • Daytime metered visitor parking is available in the Administration Drive Garage. • Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by tmoore August 31, 2006 UMBC Department of Music Presents Fall 2006 Concert Series The UMBC Department of Music presents its fall 2006 season, featuring woodwind master Roscoe Mitchell, oboist Jacqueline Leclair, the Rome Trio and other noted soloists and ensembles. Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu TNT Series (Then, Now, Tomorrow: Music for the Adventurous Listener)   Sunday, September 17 inHale, flutes, piccolos, alto flutes and bass flutes 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950. Public information: 410-455-ARTS The inHale duo presents an adventurous afternoon of flutes, piccolos, alto flutes, bass flutes, the human voice and performance art as they explore exciting new music. Flutists Kathleen Gallagher and Lisa Cella have between them premiered more than 200 works while building a new generation of repertoire. Their concert will include: Jane Rigler: Two Seaming Dominik Karski: Glimmer Sean Griffin: Pattycake Ross Edwards: Ecstatic Dances Toru Takemitsu: Masque John Fonville: Mong Songs Harvey Sollberger: Two Pieces for Two Flutes James Erber: Trattenimento da Camera Kathleen Gallagher is one of Australia's most renowned players of the contemporary flute. Her repertoire spans the gamut of the traditional through to the evocative and demanding world of the 21st Century. Ever the eclectic performer, she occasionally abandons her flute for vocal works by Cage, Berberian and Berio and embraces performance theatre through the likes of Globokar and Griffin. As a champion of contemporary music, Lisa Cella (assistant professor of music at UMBC) has performed throughout the United States and abroad. She is Artistic Director of San Diego New Music and a founding member of its resident ensemble NOISE. With NOISE she has performed across the country premiering works of young composers. She is also a member of C2, a flute and cello duo that will tour through the 2006 season.   Monday, October 16 SKIF++ 12 noon to 1 pm, Fine Arts Studio A Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS Jeff Carey (laptop SuperCollider) and Robert van Heumen (laptop LiSa) are the electronic backbone of the electroacoustic sextet OfficeR that brings structured improvisation in a very unique way. As SKIF they work with similar structures, ranging from sonic bursts to melodic melancholy, using joysticks and selfmade controllers to keep it all in line (most of the time). SKIF++ is the collaboration of SKIF and Bas van Koolwijk's (laptop Max/MSP/Jitter) processing of the SKIF-sound into video and back again to audio. Playing music in many contexts, as a computer musician, electro-acoustic composer and improviser, Jeff Carey's music ranges many aspects of computer music from non real-time acousmatic composition, electro-acoustic composition, to improvisation and performs in a number of units such as Office-R(6), USA/USB, the acclaimed feedback project 87 Central, and N-Collective related projects. Electronic musician Robert van Heumen is using STEIM's live sampling software LiSa with all kinds of controllers (some have called them sexy). He is active as a member of the electro-acoustic sextet OfficeR, part of the N Collective, and has shared the stage with Michel Waisvisz, Jeff Carey, Oguz Buyukberber, Anne LaBerge, Guy Harries, Daniel Schorno, Roddy Schrock and Nate Wooley. His soundworld is a mixture of environmental sounds, toys, voices, sounds from kitchen appliances, half of the time smashed beyond repair. He is the SampleMan of SKIF++. The video of Bas van Koolwijk can be seen as an aggressive attack on the illusion of video itself. Through a rigorous and formalistic approach, Van Koolwijk exposes the face of the machine which lives behind the often-placating veil of the televised image.   Friday, October 27 Airi Yoshioka, violin 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950. Public information: 410-455-ARTS Violinist Airi Yoshioka , joined by violist Maria Lambros and percussionist Sylvia Smith, presents a concert of music by Stuart Saunders Smith. Featured works include Minor for solo violin, 3 for 2 for violin and viola, Hearts for solo violin, and A River, Rose for violin and vibraphone. Airi Yoshioka has concertized throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Canada as a recitalist, soloist and chamber musician. Deeply committed to chamber music, she is the founding member of the Damocles Trio and Modigliani Quartet and has performed and recorded with the members of the Emerson, Brentano and Arditti Quartets. The Damocles Trio’s debut disc of complete Piano Trios and Piano Quartet of Joquín Turina has won a four-star rating from the BBC Music Magazine, Le Monde de la Musique and Diapason. Her orchestral credits include performances with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, American Sinfonietta and engagements as concertmaster and soloist with the Manhattan Virtuosi and concertmaster of one of the festival orchestras at the Aspen Music Festival. Stuart Saunders Smith’s compositions fall into four areas of creative research: 1) Inventing music of extreme rhythmic and melodic complexity, 2) Making musical mobiles where there is no fixed musical score but rather instrumental parts that freely interact, 3) Composing for spoken texts, 4) Creating trans-media systems for groups of performance artists (dancers, mimes, actors, etc.). Smith’s music is regularly performed throughout North America, Western Europe, and has had notable performances in Asia. His music is recorded on O.O. Discs, Capstone Records, and on European labels in Austria, France, and Germany. He has received the East/West Artist Award, the Maryland State Artists Fellowship, the Pittsburgh Film Forum Grant, the National Endowment for the Arts Composer's Fellowship, and the Atlantic Center for the Arts Master Artist Award. Smith's music is published by Sonic Art Editions. Articles on Stuart Saunders Smith's music have appeared in Percussive Notes Research Edition, Perspectives of New Music, Interface, and Ex Tempore. In 1997 The Music of Stuart of Saunders Smith, by John Welsh, was published by Excelsior Press, NYC, NY.   Friday, November 3 Alejandro Escuer, flute 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950. Public information: 410-455-ARTS Alejandro Escuer is a Mexican flute soloist, composer, professor and concert producer of a wide variety of Latin American and international music projects. In fewer than seven years on the professional scene, Escuer has emerged as a driving force in Mexican music, having directed and produced more than 100 concerts with more than 40 premieres from Japan, the United States, Canada, Portugal, Germany, France and elsewhere. He has received numerous awards, including from the Rockfeller Foundation (1995), the National Interpreters Competition, and the National Award for the Arts. Currently he is a visiting professor at Columbia University.   Saturday, November 11 Roscoe Mitchell, woodwinds 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950. Public information: 410-455-ARTS Roscoe Mitchell, internationally renowned musician, composer, and innovator, began his distinguished career in the spirited 1960s of Chicago, Illinois. His role in the resurrection of long neglected woodwind instruments of extreme register, his innovation as a solo woodwind performer, and his reassertion of the composer into what has traditionally been an improvisational form have placed him at the forefront of contemporary music for four decades. A leader in the field of avant-garde jazz and contemporary music, Mr. Mitchell is a founding member of the world renowned Art Ensemble of Chicago, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and the Trio Space. Mr. Mitchell has recorded 87 albums and has written more than 250 compositions. His compositions range from classical to contemporary, from wild and forceful free jazz to ornate chamber music. His instrumental expertise includes the saxophone family, from the sopranino to the bass saxophone; the recorder family, from sopranino to great bass recorder; flute, piccolo, clarinet, and the transverse flute. Also, for over 35 years, he has designed an elaborate percussion instrument called the Percussion Cage, consisting of instruments from America, China, Tibet, Africa, Australia, Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, and Turkey, as well as many found instruments.   Thursday, November 16 Jacqueline Leclair, oboe 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950. Public information: 410-455-ARTS The New York Times called this artist “astonishing” and praised her “electrifying agility.” Oboist Jacqueline Leclair, one of the foremost interpreters of new music, has presented solo and chamber music concerts throughout the United States and Europe. The New Yorker has praised Ms. Leclair as “lively” and “wonderful.” Her program will include: Six Metamorphoses for solo oboe by Benjamin Britten Niobe for oboe and electronics by Thea Musgrave The Island of Patymos for solo oboe by Judith Bingham Paysage avec Pyrame et Thisbe for solo English horn by Gilles Silvestrini Hawk for solo oboe by Stuart Saunders Smith Parking Violation for solo oboe with reverb by Marc Mellits Parable for solo English horn by Vincent Persichetti A member of Alarm Will Sound and Sequitur, Jacqueline Leclair frequently can be heard performing with New York City ensembles such as Sospeso, Ensemble 21 and Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Band. She is on the faculty at Montclair State University, Hofstra University and Mannes College. Ms. Leclair has recorded extensively, receiving critical acclaim in particular for her premiere recording of Roger Reynolds's Summer Island. Luciano Berio’s Sequenza VIIa Supplementary Edition by Jacqueline Leclair is published by Universal Edition Vienna, and her recording of the work is on Mode #161/4, Berio: The Complete Sequenzas and Works for Solo Instruments (2006).   Sunday, November 19 E. Michael Richards, clarinet 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950. Public information: 410-455-ARTS As a recitalist of new music, E. Michael Richards has premiered over 125 works throughout the United States, Japan, Australia, and Western Europe. Trained as a clarinetist at the New England Conservatory (B.Mus.) and Yale School of Music (M.Mus.), Richards earned a Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego. He received a 1990 U.S./Japan Creative Artist Fellowship (sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission, and Japanese Government Cultural Agency) as a solo recitalist for a six-month residency in Japan, an NEH Summer Fellowship to study traditional Japanese music, and a residency grant (Cassis, France) from the Camargo Foundation to complete a book, The Clarinet of the Twenty-First Century. For this performance, Richards will be joined by pianist Kazuko Tanosaki. Their program will include: David Macbride: Lament Akira Nishimura: Madoromi III David Kim-Boyle: Whisps for bass clarinet and computer Hiroyuki Itoh: premiere of a new work Luciano Berio: Sequenza IV for solo piano Richards has performed as concerto soloist with the Syracuse Symphony and Shinsei Japan Philharmonic (Tokyo), in chamber music performances with the Cassatt Quartet, Ying Quartet, SONOR, and the East-West Quartet, and in recital at eight international festivals and more than 20 universities, as well as at Lincoln Center, the Guggenheim Museum (New York), the American Academy in Rome, and the Tokyo American Center. He has also performed as a member of the Tanosaki-Richards Duo (with pianist Kazuko Tanosaki) since 1982. Richards has recorded on the NEUMA, Mode, CRI, Ninewinds, and Opus One labels. He has taught at Smith College; the University of California, San Diego; Bowdoin College; Hamilton College; and the Hochstein Music School in Rochester, New York; and completed short terms with Kazuko Tanosaki as visiting artists in residence at the University of Massachusetts, CNMAT (Center for New Music and Audio Technologies), at the University of California Berkeley, and San Jose State University.     PRIME Series Resounding Traditions   Sunday, September 24 Tom Lagana Trio 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950. Public information: 410-455-ARTS Throughout his 15 year career, Tom Lagana has played numerous jazz festivals including Long Island Guitar Festival, Oregon Ridge Park, The Mid-Atlantic Wine Festival, Federal Hill Festival, Kaufmann Music Series and The Annapolis Jazz Festival. Lagana has worked with such noteworthy musicians as Charlie Byrd, Craig Handy, Red Rodney, Bob Mintzer, and Marvin Stamm. Lagana recently shared the same bill with internationally renown jazz icon Herbie Hancock and The Dave Weckl Group. Lagana graduated from Boston’s Berklee College of Music in 1992 and began his career as a musician in the Walt Disney Jazz Band. He was chosen to perform for classical composer/guitarist Carlo Domeniconi at the Long Island Guitar Festival in April 2005 and joined the Music faculty at UMBC the same year. In early 2002, Tom Lagana released his first recording, Patuxent. After a sell out performance at the Ram’s Head Tavern National Showcase Mainstage, the CD began to climb the National Jazz Airplay charts, where it stayed for over nine consecutive weeks before peaking at 17th most-requested in the nation.   Thursday, October 12 The Rome Trio 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950. Public information: 410-455-ARTS The Rome Trio is the official faculty trio of the Benjamin C. Rome School of Music at The Catholic University of America, featuring violinist Jody Gatwood, pianist Marilyn Neeley and cellist Michael Mermagen. Jody Gatwood has received critical acclaim in the U.S. and Europe as soloist with many orchestras, including the Pittsburgh, Houston, and Phoenix symphony orchestras, and with such conductors as Andre Previn and Leonard Slatkin. He has performed on the Kennedy Center’s Fortas Chamber Music Series, at the Library of Congress, Phillips Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, and the National Gallery of Art. As concertmaster of the National Philharmonic (formerly the National Chamber Orchestra), Jody Gatwood has performed numerous solo works, including the world premiere of Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra by Andreas Makris. As guest artist with the Smithsonian Chamber Players, he has recorded for Sony Classical and Deutsche Harmonia Mundi in chamber works by Mendelssohn, Gade, Spohr, Dotzauer, Franchomme, and Servais. Starting in 1984 he performed in and helped to organize numerous “Concerts to End Hunger” to awaken public commitment to the eradication of hunger and malnutrition in the world. Marilyn Neeley, professor of piano and faculty adviser in chamber music and vocal accompanying at Catholic University was prize winner in the Van Cliburn, Leventritt, Michaels, and Geneva International Competitions, with solo appearances with over one hundred symphony orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, the Boston Symphony, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Her recording of the complete Beethoven violin and piano sonatas with Robert Gerle received an Emmy award. Cellist Michael Mermagen has enjoyed a versatile career as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher and has performed chamber music with such artists as Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, Lynn Harrell, Robert McDuffie, Susanne Mentzer, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and The Takács Quartet; collaborated with distinguished conductors, Comissiona, Conlon, Levine, Maazel, Marriner, McGegan, Roberston, Skrowaczewski, Zinman and has given numerous recitals and masterclasses across North America, Europe and Asia. Mr. Mermagen has participated in The Grand Canyon Music Festival, Prince Albert Music Festival in Kauai and the Bay Chamber Concerts. He has been heard on WQXR’s Concerts Plus, WNYC’s Around New York, and his performances are regularly broadcast on NPR’s Performance Today. Mr. Mermagen has collaborated with the San Francisco Ballet and was featured as the cello soloist for the New York premiere of two works by the renowned choreographer Mark Morris. He has also had the pleasure of performing live on A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor.   Sunday, October 15 UMBC Symphony Orchestra 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Admission is free. Public information: 410-455-ARTS The UMBC Symphony Orchestra performs under the direction of Wayne Cameron.   Saturday, October 28 Faculty Chamber Ensemble 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950. Public information: 410-455-ARTS The Faculty Chamber Ensemble features violinist Airi Yoshioka, flutist Lisa Cella, clarinetist E. Michael Richards, cellist Franklin Cox, pianist Rachel Franklin, guitarist Zane Forshee, and percussionist Tom Goldstein.   Monday, November 20 UMBC Chamber Players 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Admission is free. Public information: 410-455-ARTS The UMBC Chamber Players performs under the direction of E. Michael Richards.   Sunday, December 10 UMBC Symphony Orchestra 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Admission is free. Public information: 410-455-ARTS The UMBC Symphony Orchestra performs under the direction of Wayne Cameron.     Student Recital Series   Thursday, November 30 The UMBC Jazz Ensemble (Big Band) directed by Jari Villanueva. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. Saturday, December 2 The Jubilee Singers (followed in performance immediately by the UMBC Gospel Choir) under the direction of Janice Jackson. 7 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free (donations accepted). 410-455-ARTS. Thursday, December 7 The UMBC Wind Ensemble under the direction of Jari Villanueva. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. Friday, December 8 The Vocal Arts Ensemble under the direction of David Smith. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. Saturday, December 9 The Maryland Camerata under the direction of David Smith. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. Tuesday, December 12 The UMBC Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Tom Goldstein. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. Wednesday, December 13 Department of Music Honors Recital 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS.     Special Event Saturday and Sunday, October 28 and 29 Fifth Annual High School Chamber Music Festival and Concerto Competition The Department of Music presents the Fifth Annual High School Chamber Music Festival and Concerto Competition, in which 25 selected students from the mid-Atlantic region will gather at UMBC for a weekend of performances, coachings and new musical experiences. For information contact Dr. Lisa Cella at 410-455-1405.     Telephone Public information (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web Public information: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • Daytime metered visitor parking is available in the Administration Drive Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Posted by tmoore August 28, 2006 Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery Presents Reflections from the Heart: Photographs by David Seymour September 11 – December 10, 2006 Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file. Opening on September 11th and continuing through December 10th, UMBC’s Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents Reflections from the Heart: Photographs by David Seymour. Curated by Tom Beck and organized by the Library Gallery in partnership with the Corcoran Museum of Art and the George Eastman House, the project will provide the first real critical examination of imagery by the pioneering photojournalist David Seymour. This project will elevate the significance of work by Seymour, the least well-recognized master among the founders of Magnum Photos, and will better familiarize viewers with the symbolism and artistic roots of his imagery. A major publication on Seymour authored by Beck and published by Phaidon Press, Ltd. will accompany the show. The retrospective is organized chronologically and showcases many of the photojournalistic black and white images for which Seymour is best known. Also exhibited for the first time are fifteen of Seymour’s color images. Last seen in the 1950s as individual images in disparate magazines, a selection of Seymour’s original transparencies were digitized, made into inkjet prints to be shown together in Reflections from the Heart for the first time. No previous exhibition of Seymour's work included his color work. This is the first exhibition of Seymour’s work since the 1996 retrospective organized by the International Center of Photography, New York. When political and economic upheavals in 1930s Europe interrupted David Seymour’s science studies at the Université-Paris Sorbonne, he borrowed a camera and became a photojournalist. Over the next quarter-century, Seymour, who was also known as “Chim,” helped redefine photojournalism by inviting viewers to identify directly with the people he photographed. Ten years after he was killed in 1956 while covering the Suez Crisis in Egypt, Seymour was eulogized by his friend and colleague, photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson: “Chim picked up his camera the way a doctor takes his stethoscope out of his bag, applying his diagnosis to the condition of the heart. His own was vulnerable.” Seymour felt deeply the wounds that plagued the human spirit during the 1930s and 1940s. He sought to show in his photographs that hope could prevail in times of turmoil. Many of his best known images introduced the world to the suffering and resilience of children in the aftermath of war. His humanitarian style established traditions still common in contemporary media. Both as a documentary photographer and as a co-founder of the seminal picture agency Magnum Photos, Seymour’s career inspired subsequent generations of socially concerned photographers and helped change the way people experience distant lives and historic events. Public Program and Reception On Wednesday, September 27th at 4:00 pm, the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery will present three 30-minute presentations on the work of David Seymour, followed by a public reception: • Joshua Karlip, Baltimore Hebrew University, Between East and West, Hope and Despair: The Life and Times of David Seymour • Tom Beck, Chief Curator, UMBC, Humanism and Photography: the Imagery of David Seymour • Carole Naggar, poet and photographic historian, For Better and Worse: the Magnum Family About David Seymour Born in Warsaw, Poland, Dawid Szymin grew up surrounded by art, music and literature. After he moved to Paris in 1931, he soon became a photojournalist and adopted the professional moniker “CHIM,” a French phonetic abbreviation of his surname. He began a lifelong career as a photojournalist in 1934 for the left-leaning French magazine, Regards. At that time, Chim plunged into a world undergoing massive redefinition. Mass-appeal magazines proliferated photojournalism with the introduction of faster and cheaper production methods. The magazines also included more photographic illustrations than ever before in part due to the “picture story” concept and the use of the Leica camera. With this revolutionary, miniature camera, innovative photographers were able to capture the less formal, more spontaneous images that became popular during this era. At the start of World War II, Chim became a U.S. citizen and joined the United States Army as a photo-interpreter, taking the name David Robert Seymour to avoid Nazi reprisals against his family in occupied Poland. Seymour was very well educated, fluent in several languages and had deep affinities for different countries and their peoples. In covering many important subjects and historical moments, including the plight of the French working class, organization of the socialist Front Populaire, the Spanish Civil War, World War II, post-war life in Italy and Greece, early evolution of the state of Israel and the Suez Canal crisis, Seymour aimed to inform his audience so that they might better understand the potential of the world. His images were published in leading magazines, such as Life, Paris Match, This Week and Regards from 1933 to 1956, and were noted as rarely posed and achieved without affectation or manipulation. Seymour loved photographing people going about their lives, often under difficult circumstances such as war and its aftermath, and revealing their humanity. His photographs depicting the physically and spiritually maimed children of Europe attracted worldwide attention to the suffering of these forgotten victims of war. He is perhaps best remembered for his body of work referred to as Chim’s Children. UNESCO and UNICEF commissioned this body of work in 1948 dealing with the plight of children in post-war Europe. Many of these moving images were published in magazines around the world and earned Seymour a reputation as the quintessential empathetic photojournalist. In 1947, with Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and others, Chim became a founding member of Magnum Photos, Inc., the pioneering international photojournalist cooperative that continues to set standards in international photojournalism today. The company’s aim was editorial independence: to be first in concept, quality and timing, and to place their stories all over the world through their own offices. Gallery Information The Albin O. Kuhn Gallery serves as one of the principal art galleries in the Baltimore region. Objects from the Special Collections Department, as well as art and artifacts from all over the world, are displayed in challenging and informative exhibitions for the University community and the public. Moreover, traveling exhibitions are occasionally presented, and the Gallery sends some exhibits on tour to other institutions nationwide. Admission to the Gallery and its programs is free. Acknowledgements Reflections from the Heart: Photographs by David Seymour is organized by the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County in collaboration with The Corcoran Gallery of Art and the George Eastman House. The exhibition is made possible by generous support from Ben Shneiderman. Additional support is provided by the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Baltimore County Commission on Arts & Sciences, the Friends of the Library & Gallery, the Libby Kuhn Endowment, the Judaic Studies Program at UMBC, and Epson USA Inc. Hours Sunday 1 P.M. – 5 P.M. Monday 12 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Tuesday 12 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Wednesday 12 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Thursday 12 P.M. – 8 P.M. Friday 12 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Saturday 1 P.M. – 5 P.M. Telephone UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS General Gallery information: 410-455-2270 Web UMBC Arts & Culture Calendar: http://www.umbc.edu/arts Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery: http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/gallery/ UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Directions UMBC is located approximately 10 minutes from downtown Baltimore and 20 minutes from I-495. • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Walker Avenue Garage or Albin O. Kuhn Library. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Walker Avenue Garage or Albin O. Kuhn Library. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Walker Avenue Garage or Albin O. Kuhn Library. • Daytime metered visitor parking is available in the Walker Avenue Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. ### Posted by tmoore August 24, 2006 UMBC Presents Searls Puppetry's "OM": A groovy variety show of dancing puppetry September 8-9, 2006, 8 p.m. UMBC Theatre Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file. On September 8th and 9th at the UMBC Theatre, Searls Puppetry presents the first showing of OM, a fusion of dance and found object puppetry that will forever change the way people look at their trash. A new collaboration between director Colette Searls and choreographer Doug Hamby, OM is a funky variety show where characters spring from garbage bags, plastic wrap, and recycled paper to unleash their inner groove in vignettes of whimsy. The project, which is suitable for audiences of all ages, is supported in part by a grant from the Jim Henson Foundation. “…delightful and exuberant…the puppeteers give their refuse a broad range of emotions with the tiniest flick of a wrist.” —Elizabeth Lawler, The Village Voice, on Searls Puppetry’s Basura! About the Artists Searls Puppetry specializes in a type of object theatre that brings everyday, disposable materials to life on stage. Director Colette Searls works with a wide range of theatrical material and plays, with a special interest puppetry for adult audiences. She has contributed to a number of productions with puppetry nationally, most recently as puppetographer for the world premiere of The Velvet Sky at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., director/creator of Basura! at the New York International Fringe Festival, puppet master for PCPA Theatrefest’s Fiddler on the Roof, and director for Lunatique Fantastique’s Fixed Boundary, (“Best of the San Francisco Fringe” 2003). She is assistant professor of Theatre at UMBC, where she has created three original puppet plays: Victor Frankenstein, BURIED (National Finalist, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, 2004) and Fanto, A Mysterious Vaudeville. She serves on the board of directors for the Union Internationale de la Marionnette- USA chapter (UNIMA-USA). Doug Hamby is the artistic director of Doug Hamby Dance, a company that specializes in works created in collaboration with dancers, composers, visual and other creative artists. Hamby’s work has been presented in New York City at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Riverside Dance Festival, New York International Fringe Festival and in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. His work has also been seen at International Fringe Festivals in Edinburgh, Scotland and Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as in Anchorage Alaska by the Alaska Dance Theatre. In New York City, he performed in dance companies directed by Martha Graham, May O’Donnell, Rachel Lampert, Elizabeth Keen, Pearl Lang and Norman Walker. He has received choreography awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Maryland State Arts Council, New York State Council for the Arts, Arts Council of Montgomery County, Maryland and the Baltimore Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Arts and Culture. He is an associate professor in Dance at UMBC. He has a MFA from Temple University an has appeared on national television as a giant slice of American Cheese. Admission $8 general, $5 for students and seniors. Tickets will be available at the door beginning at 7 pm, cash or check only. Telephone Public information (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web Public information: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. • Daytime metered visitor parking is available in the Commons Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore April 10, 2006 UMBC Department of Theatre presents "For a Better World" by Roland Schimmelpfennig, directed by Robert Allen April 26 - May 6, 2006 UMBC Theatre Media contact: Tom Moore Director of Arts & Culture tmoore@umbc.edu 410-455-3370 Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file (287 k). The UMBC Department of Theatre presents For a Better World by Roland Schimmelpfennig, translated by Jan Caspers and directed by Robert Allen. The production features set and costume design by Elena Zlotescu, light design by Terry Cobb, and sound design by Brian Rudell. For a Better World (Für Eine Bessere Welt) explores the skewed reality experienced by soldiers—young men and women in uniform—doomed to remain in a state of constant warfare. The military conflict encompasses all modern warfare, the time frame for final victory is never, and the possibility of finding meaning in life outside of combat unthinkable. Beautiful and terrifying, For a Better World redefines what it means to survive a war. Roland Schimmelpfennig has been described as the hottest new playwright of his generation in Germany. His plays have been produced at the Royal Court in London, as well as throughout the rest of Europe and in Canada. This production is a North American premiere. Performances Wednesday, April 26, 8 pm (preview) Thursday, April 27, 8 pm (opening night) Friday, April 28, 8 pm Sunday, April 30, 4 pm Thursday, May 4, 4 pm (free for the UMBC students, faculty and staff) Friday, May 5, 8 pm Saturday, May 6, 8 pm Admission General admission: $10.00 Students and seniors: $5.00 Preview: $3.00 Box Office: www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 Telephone Box Office: 410-752-8950 UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. (Photos: Rich Riggins.) Directions From I-95 take exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. Parking is available in The Commons Garage. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. Parking is available in The Commons Garage. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by tmoore March 31, 2006 UMBC Presents Pianist Marilyn Nonken in Concert Thursday, April 13, 2006, 8 p.m. Fine Arts Recital Hall Media contact: Tom Moore tmoore@umbc.edu (410) 455-3370 Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file. The UMBC Department of Music’s Contemporary Concert Series presents pianist Marilyn Nonken, whose program will include Milton Babbitt’s Three Compositions for Piano, Allegro Penseroso, Partitions and Post-Partitions; Jason Eckardt’s Echoes’ White Veil; and Salvatore Martirano’s Cocktail Music. Marilyn Nonken has emerged as one of the most gifted young performers of modern piano music, having been described as “splendid” (New York Times), “superb” (Boston Globe), and “fearless” (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel). She has commissioned several major works, including Milton Babbitt’s Allegro Penseroso, Mario Davidovsky’s Quartetto No. 3, Michael Finnissy’s North American Spirituals, Tristan Murail’s Les Travaux et les Jours, and most recently, a major new work from Pascal Dusapin. Her diverse discography features works by composers as varied as Alvin Lucier, David Rakowski, and Charles Wuorinen; a CD of pieces written for her is available from New World Records, and her recording of Morton Feldman’s Triadic Memories on Mode and Murail’s piano music on Metier were recently released. Also in her repertoire are works by Barraqué, Cage, Dallapiccola, Dillon, Harvey, Ligeti, Sciarrino, Seeger, and Stockhausen. In the past, she has toured with the complete piano works of Arnold Schoenberg and Pierre Boulez. Admission Admission is free. Telephone Public information (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web Public information: http://www.umbc.edu/arts Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery Presents Two Exhibitions by John Pfahl: Luminous River and Extreme Horticulture April 2 – May 26, 2006 Media contact: Tom Moore tmoore@umbc.edu 410-455-3370 Note: You may view or download this release as a pdf file. Opening on April 2nd and continuing through May 26th, UMBC’s Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents two exhibitions of work by John Pfahl, a preeminent landscape photographer whose work concentrates on merging idealized landscape images with visual traces of human existence. On April 18th at 4:30 pm, the artist will give a public lecture in the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery. A reception will follow. Luminous River: Photographs of the Susquehanna pays homage to the Susquehanna River, a waterway that has played a historic role in American transportation. Pfahl has systematically followed and photographed the river from its origins in Otsego Lake to its mouth in the Chesapeake Bay, documenting its picturesque qualities. The images reference early American landscape art and capture a similar stillness, clarity and sensitivity to light and timelessness. Extreme Horticulture includes photographs taken over several years in private and public gardens around the United States. Subjects range from the sublimely beautiful Birch Allee at Stan Hywet Gardens in Akron, Ohio, to the ridiculous Fifty-foot Inchworm, an azalea topiary at Cypress Gardens, Florida. The series continues the artist’s interest in nature and humankind’s effects on nature. Artist’s Statement on the Luminous River Series “I became captivated with the Susquehanna years ago while driving from my home in Buffalo to Washington, D.C. The highway follows the river for about fifty miles between Shamokin Dam and Harrisburg—fifty miles of constantly changing river views. Cutting through five mountain ridges, spotted with wooded islands large and small, and featuring wide glassy surfaces interspersed with riffles and rapids, the Susquehanna appeared to be a condensed catalog of classic river landscapes. The light on that first occasion, and on many subsequent visits, was transcendent. The river seemed to soften the air through which it flowed, conjuring up tones of 19th century American landscape painting. “While the Susquehanna was, indeed, occasionally visited and painted by such Hudson River School artists as Jasper Cropsey and Thomas Doughty, it did not receive a fraction of attention paid to the Hudson itself. Not easily navigable because of rocks and rapids, and not in close proximity to major cities, it clearly proved more of a challenge for artists to explore and paint. It was, arguably, more "picturesque" than the Hudson. In fact, the Susquehanna closely resembled (and still resembles) the fabled River Wye in Wales, where William Gilpin, in the late 18th century, developed the landscape paradigms that so greatly influenced masses of English watercolorists. Nevertheless, the 448-mile long Susquehanna and its 240-mile long West Branch languished largely ignored by the heavy-hitters of 19th century landscape painting. “So here I come, in the early part of the 21st century, with my large view camera and sturdy tripod, to try and rectify the imbalance. My project references early American landscape art, particularly that of painters in the Luminist mode. The timelessness, stillness, clarity, and especially, the sensitivity to light in the paintings of John Frederick Kensett, Fitz Hugh Lane, and Martin Johnson Heade have been a particular source of inspiration. Two early photographers also proved relevant: William H. Rau, with his photographs of Susquehanna and other river scenes taken while he was working for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and Seneca Ray Stoddard, Luminist photographer of Lake George and the Adirondacks. Of course, my greatest inspiration was the Susquehanna itself, which I followed systematically from its origin in Otsego Lake to its mouth in the Chesapeake Bay, enticed, always, by what lay waiting around the next bend.” About John Pfahl John Pfahl was born on February 17, 1939, in New York, New York, and raised in New Jersey. He received a BFA from Syracuse University in the School of Art and his MA from Syracuse University in the School of Communications. He has appeared in over 100 group and solo exhibitions, and his work is represented in at least forty-five public and corporate collections, including the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Gallery Information The Albin O. Kuhn Gallery serves as one of the principal art galleries in the Baltimore region. Objects from the Special Collections Department, as well as art and artifacts from all over the world, are displayed in challenging and informative exhibitions for the University community and the public. Moreover, traveling exhibitions are occasionally presented, and the Gallery also sends some of its exhibits on tour to other institutions nationwide. Admission to the Gallery and its programs is free. Acknowledgements Luminous River and Extreme Horticulture are organized by Nina Freudenheim, Inc., in Buffalo, New York. Their presentation at UMBC have been supported in part from an arts program grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts. Hours of Operation (please note the Gallery is now open on Sundays) Sunday 1 P.M. – 5 P.M. Monday 12 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Tuesday 12 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Wednesday 12 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Thursday 12 P.M. – 8 P.M. Friday 12 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. Saturday 1 P.M. – 5 P.M. Telephone UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS General Gallery information: 410-455-2270 Web UMBC Arts & Culture Calendar: http://www.umbc.edu/arts Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery: http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/gallery/ Directions UMBC is located approximately 10 minutes from downtown Baltimore and 20 minutes from I-495. • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Walker Avenue Garage or Albin O. Kuhn Library. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Walker Avenue Garage or Albin O. Kuhn Library. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Walker Avenue Garage or Albin O. Kuhn Library. • Daytime metered visitor parking is available in the Walker Avenue Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore March 17, 2006 UMBC Presents Art and the Creative Process: Lectures by Michael J. Gelb and Anne Bogart April 6 & 7, 2006 Media contact: Tom Moore tmoore@umbc.edu 410-455-3370 The UMBC Department of Theatre and UMBC’s Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship present Innovators in Art and the Creative Process, featuring lectures by Michael J. Gelb and Anne Bogart. Mr. Gelb will speak on Thursday, April 6th at 7 pm in the UMBC Recital Hall; Ms. Bogart will speak on Friday, April 7th at 8 pm in the UMBC Theatre. Michael J. Gelb Michael J. Gelb is internationally recognized as a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated learning, and innovative leadership. He leads seminars for organizations such as BP, Nike, Merck, IBM, Microsoft, DuPont, and KPMG, and brings more than 25 years of experience as a professional speaker, seminar leader and organizational consultant to his diverse, international clientele. He has led executive education programs at George Mason University and the Wharton School, and was recently awarded a Batten Fellowship at the University of Virginia's Darden Business School. Michael J. Gelb's publications include Body Learning: an Introduction to the Alexander Technique and Present Yourself! Captivate Your Audience with Great Presentation Skills. His best selling audio programs include Mind Mapping: How to Liberate Your Natural Genius, Putting Your Creative Genius to Work, and Power Speaking. A retired professional juggler who once performed with the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, Gelb created the Juggling Metaphor Method. He authored More Balls Than Hands: Juggling Your Way to Success by Learning to Love Your Mistakes, which was featured in USA Today. He also originated the concept of synvergent thinking, expressed in his Random House release, Thinking for a Change: Discovering the Power to Create, Communicate, and Lead. The New York Times, The Washington Post and Training Magazine have all featured Gelb's work. He has also appeared on Good Morning America, CNN's Business Unusual and on many radio programs including live interviews with NPR and the BBC World Service. A fourth degree black belt in the Japanese martial art of Aikido, Gelb is co-author with International Grandmaster Raymond Keene, of Samurai Chess: Mastering Strategic Thinking Through the Martial Art of the Mind. A passionate student of the Renaissance and the nature of genius, Gelb ignited the current fascination with all things Da Vinci with his How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day, which has been translated into 24 languages and has appeared on The Washington Post, Amazon.com, and The New York Times best-seller lists. Gelb's book, Discover Your Genius: How to Think Like History's Ten Most Revolutionary Minds, was featured in USA Today. Gelb's latest book, Da Vinci Decoded, taps into the seven Da Vincian principles outlined in How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci to show readers how to cultivate spiritual potential. Anne Bogart Anne Bogart has taught at the University of California San Diego, New York University, Williams College, Bennington College, University of Alaska, Playwrights Horizons, Trinity Rep Conservatory, the School for Movement Research, and American Repertory Theater Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University. She is an associate professor at Columbia University where she runs the Graduate Directing Program. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (2000-01), two Obie Awards, the New York Dance and Performance (Bessie) Award (1984), the Villager Award (1980), and a National Endowment for the Arts Artistic Associate Grant (1986-87). Bogart was the president of Theatre Communications Group from 1991 to 1993 and has served on the National Endowment for the Arts Overview Committee, the Opera Musical Theatre panel, and the Fulbright Committee. She was the featured speaker at the Toga Theatre Festival in Japan, 1988, and participated in the Cultural Olympiad (Atlanta) in 1996. She was the designated Modern Master at the Modern Masters Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and is a recipient of the Kellogg Award from Bard College (2001) and the ATHE Achievement in Professional Theater Award (1999). Bogart is artistic director the Saratoga International Theatre Institute (SITI), which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in 1992. Recent Works with SITI include La Dispute; Score; bobrauschenbergamerica; Room; War of the Worlds; Cabin Pressure; The Radio Play; Alice's Adventures; Culture of Desire; Bob; Going, Going, Gone; Small Lives/Big Dreams; The Medium; Noel Coward's Hay Fever and Private Lives; August Strindberg's Miss Julie; and Charles Mee's Orestes. Other recent productions include Nicholas and Alexandra (Los Angeles Opera), Marina A Captive Spirit (American Opera Projects), and Lilith and Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Opera). Admission Admission is free. Telephone Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Tickets: 410-455-2917 Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Recital Hall or Theatre. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Recital Hall or Theatre. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Recital Hall or Theatre. • Visitor parking is available in the Commons Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by tmoore February 22, 2006 UMBC Presents Gertrude Stein’s Ida; a novel March 15 & 16, 2006 8 pm UMBC Theatre Media contact: Tom Moore Director of Arts & Culture tmoore@umbc.edu 410-455-3370 Note: You may download this release as a pdf file (133k). On March 15th and 16th at 8 pm in the UMBC Theatre, Gertrude Stein’s Ida; a novel, will be read, narrated and performed by Wendy Salkind, with a sound score composed by Linda Dusman. This performance of the early section of the novel presents two characters: Ida, and the narrator of Ida’s story. Through dream-like imagery and wit, these characters merge in the telling of Ida’s creation of her dual identity and her struggle with her private and public self. The performance will last approximately 45 minutes and will be followed by an audience talk-back with composer and performer. Wendy Salkind is an actor whose performances of Play and Not I at international festivals established her reputation as a performer of the works of Samuel Beckett. As Associate Artist of the Maryland Stage Company she performed major roles in plays by Shakespeare, Chekov, Genet and Pinter, among others. She previously performed Façade with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and she directed Stein’s play Listen to Me. More recently she performed in two awarding-winning independent films, Cleave and Holy Water. Associate Professor Salkind chairs the Department of Theatre at UMBC, where she teaches acting and the Alexander Technique. Composer and sound artist Linda Dusman’s works have been performed and installed throughout the United States, and in Europe, Asia, and South America. She is the recipient of grants and awards from the Swiss Women’s Music Forum, the American Composers Forum, the International Electroacoustic Music Festival of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the Ucross Foundation, and most recently received an Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council in the visual Arts: Media category. Her music is available on the Neuma, Capstone, and Maximalist Music labels. Professor Dusman chairs the Department of Music at UMBC and teaches music theory and composition. Admission Admission is free. Telephone UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Directions From I-95 take exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. Parking is available in The Commons Garage. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. Parking is available in The Commons Garage. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by tmoore UMBC Presents Cellist Franklin Cox in Concert Saturday, March 12, 2006 3 pm UMBC Fine Arts Recital Hall Media contact: Tom Moore Director of Arts & Culture tmoore@umbc.edu 410-455-3370 Note: You may download this release as a pdf file (213k). The Department of Music’s Faculty Recital Series presents cellist Franklin Cox, who will present a concert featuring contemporary music for the cello. His program will feature J. S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009, performed in extended just intonation, a new work by Aaron Cassidy, a new work by David Kim-Boyle and other compositions. Dr. Franklin Cox received B.M. degrees in cello and composition from Indiana University, as well as composition degrees from Columbia University (M.A.), and the University of California, San Diego (Ph.D.), where he also served as adjunct faculty member from 1993 to 1995. He studied cello with Gary Hoffman, Janos Starker, and Peter Wiley, and composition with Steven Suber, Fred Lerdahl, Brian Ferneyhough, and Harvey Sollberger. Dr. Cox has received numerous fellowships, prizes, and commissions from leading institutions and festivals of new music, including fellowships from the Schloss Solitude and the Sacher Stiftung, the Kranichsteiner Prize for both composition and cello performance from the Darmstadt Festival (also serving on the Komponistforum in 1994), and commissions from the 1998 Berliner Biennale and 2001 Hannover Biennale. He has performed with many leading new music groups, including SONOR, the Group for Contemporary Music, Exposé, Surplus, Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, and Ensemble Köln. Since 1993, he has presented a solo recital entitled The New Cello, focused on original new works for the cello, more than 90 times throughout Europe and North America. In 2002, he joined the faculty of UMBC as assistant professor of music. He is co-editor of the international book series, New Music and Aesthetics in the 21st Century. His works are published by Rugginenti Editions and Smith Publications, and his works can be heard on Rusty Classica, Neuma Records, Solitude Edition, and 11 West Records. Admission Admission is $7 general, $3 for senior citizens, free for all students, and free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix or by calling MissionTix at 410-752-8950. Tickets will also be available at the door (cash or check only) immediately prior to the concert. Telephone UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS MissionTix: 410-752-8950 Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Images for Media High resolution images for media is available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Directions From I-95 take exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to UMBC. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Parking is available after 3:30 p.m. on weekdays and all day during weekends in gated Lots 16/9A for a $.50 fee, quarters only. To get to these parking lots, circle around Hilltop Circle (either direction) until you reach Hilltop Road. Take Hilltop Road toward the center of campus. (The Fine Arts Building will now be directly in front of you.) Proceed through the stop sign. The road will curve to the right. You will need to deposit 50¢ (two quarters) to open the gate. If Lot 16 is full, you can also pay to park in Lot 9A, which sits on the hill immediately above Lot 16—just go back to the stop sign and turn left toward Lot 9A, and then to the gate. If both these Lots are full (which would be unusual in the evening), then park in the Commons Garage, Walker Avenue Garage or Lot 10. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by tmoore UMBC Presents Pianist Rachel Franklin and Mezzo Soprano Patricia Green in Concert Saturday, March 11, 2006 8 pm UMBC Fine Arts Recital Hall Media contact: Tom Moore Director of Arts & Culture tmoore@umbc.edu 410-455-3370 Note: You may download this release as a pdf file (120k). The Department of Music’s Faculty Recital Series presents soprano Patricia Green and pianist Rachel Franklin in concert. Their program, Lieder and Life Connections, features the songs of Robert Schumann and his circle and commemorates the 150th anniversary of Schumann’s death. The two performers renew a long-standing collaboration to explore an exquisite selection of songs by Robert Schumann, his wife and muse Clara, and his close friends Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn and Mendelssohn's gifted sister Fanny Hensel. The music and texts used by these five composers are thoughtfully juxtaposed to reveal hidden subtleties of their complex relationships with each other, and provide insights into the social and historical currents that shaped their work. Mezzo soprano Patricia Green has gained acclaim for her expressive voice, noted for its three-octave ease in diverse repertoire. Her international career includes performances with L’Orchestre de Radio-France, the Dutch Radio Philharmonic, the National Symphony, the Northern Israel Philharmonic, the Theater Chamber Players, Washington Bach Consort, Vancouver New Music, Onafhankelijk Collective, Bethlehem Bach Society, and New Music Concerts (Toronto). Her performances with conductors Pierre Boulez, Leonard Slatkin, Reinbert de Leeuw, Peter Eötvös, Pascal Rophé and Sir David Willcocks have been broadcast internationally on both television and radio. As a performer of new music, she is sought out by international composers. She has recordings on Newport Classics, Albany Records, and Live Unity Productions. Ms. Green received the Artist Diploma from the Peabody Conservatory, winning the George Castelle Prize. She teaches at the University of Western Ontario. As a Pro Musicis International Award winner, British pianist Rachel Franklin gave her solo debuts in Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, and Jordan Hall, Boston. The Boston Globe enthused about her “beautiful differentiations of color, touch and texture” and described a performance on her solo debut CD as “not inferior...to the recorded performances by Cortot and Rubinstein.” She has also given European Pro Musicis solo debuts in Paris and Rome. She is on the faculty of the Department of Music at UMBC. Admission Admission is $7 general, $3 for senior citizens, free for all students, and free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix or by calling MissionTix at 410-752-8950. Tickets will also be available at the door (cash or check only) immediately prior to the concert. Telephone UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS MissionTix: 410-752-8950 Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Images for Media High resolution images for media is available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Directions From I-95 take exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to UMBC. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Parking is available after 3:30 p.m. on weekdays and all day during weekends in gated Lots 16/9A for a $.50 fee, quarters only. To get to these parking lots, circle around Hilltop Circle (either direction) until you reach Hilltop Road. Take Hilltop Road toward the center of campus. (The Fine Arts Building will now be directly in front of you.) Proceed through the stop sign. The road will curve to the right. You will need to deposit 50¢ (two quarters) to open the gate. If Lot 16 is full, you can also pay to park in Lot 9A, which sits on the hill immediately above Lot 16—just go back to the stop sign and turn left toward Lot 9A, and then to the gate. If both these Lots are full (which would be unusual in the evening), then park in the Commons Garage, Walker Avenue Garage or Lot 10. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by tmoore UMBC Presents Trombonist Abbie Conant in Concert with Composer William Osborne Saturday, March 4, 2006 8 pm UMBC Fine Arts Recital Hall Media contact: Tom Moore Director of Arts & Culture tmoore@umbc.edu 410-455-3370 Note: You may download this release as a pdf file (329k). The Department of Music’s Contemporary Concert Series presents Abbie Conant and William Osborne on Saturday, March 4th at 8 pm in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. Conant and Osborne’s performance features their composition Cybeline, a music theater work for performance-artist, glove controller, trombone, video, and quadraphonic surround sound. Schubert Lieder, the Egyptian Goddess Maat, Native American poetry, dismemberment, trombone playing, a cyborg talkshow host, a talking hand, sacred cartoons, a vengeful opera singer, a martyred math geek, Hildegard von Bingen, fighter jets, commercials for synthetic flesh, cyborgian attack dogs, and personality-enhancement chips, Psalms, a country western song, Mother Nature, and a tribute to Joni Mitchell...all integrated into a 45 minute surround sound mini opera with computer-generated accompaniment, video and live electronics. And yes, this is classical music about a cyborg trying to prove she is human by being a talk show host. The concert will also include Music for the End of Time by William Osborne for trombone and quadraphonic tape, an apocalyptic work in six movements based on the Book of Revelation. The electronic music of the surround sound creates a sonic environment in which the trombone is the central figure. It explores all aspects of the trombone, ranging from expressions of "divine wrath," to wild rhythmic unisons with the Four Horsemen, to the gentlest, meditative lyricism. Admission Admission is free. Telephone UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Images for Media High resolution images for media is available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Directions From I-95 take exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to UMBC. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Parking is available after 3:30 p.m. on weekdays and all day during weekends in gated Lots 16/9A for a $.50 fee, quarters only. To get to these parking lots, circle around Hilltop Circle (either direction) until you reach Hilltop Road. Take Hilltop Road toward the center of campus. (The Fine Arts Building will now be directly in front of you.) Proceed through the stop sign. The road will curve to the right. You will need to deposit 50¢ (two quarters) to open the gate. If Lot 16 is full, you can also pay to park in Lot 9A, which sits on the hill immediately above Lot 16—just go back to the stop sign and turn left toward Lot 9A, and then to the gate. If both these Lots are full (which would be unusual in the evening), then park in the Commons Garage, Walker Avenue Garage or Lot 10. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by tmoore UMBC Presents Keyboardist Lafayette Gilchrist in Concert with Saxophonist John Dierker Thursday, March 2, 2006 8 pm UMBC Fine Arts Recital Hall Media contact: Tom Moore Director of Arts & Culture tmoore@umbc.edu 410-455-3370 Note: You may download this release as a pdf file (311k). The Department of Music’s Faculty Recital Series presents keyboardist Lafayette Gilchrist joined by tenor saxophonist John Dierker on Thursday, March 2nd in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. Lafayette Gilchrist has been playing his own unique brand of jazz-inspired music for more than ten years now and has been an active performer in and around the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area. Born and raised in Washington D.C., this young self-taught musician has released under his own label two hotly regarded CDs, The Art is Life and Asphalt Revolt and now haunts the clubs of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. Recently, Gilchrist has been working with Grammy-award-winning saxophonist/composer/band leader David Murray as a featured performer in his current octet. David Murray, who has graced the covers of both Jazz Times and Down Beat magazines for years, has long been on the cutting edge of creative music and with over 200 albums to his credit, David Murray is bringing Lafayette Gilchrist into a whole new and wider world of creative playing and writing. Gilchrist just made his national recording debut on Hyena Records with his CD The Music According to Lafayette Gilchrist. Admission Admission is $7 general, $3 for senior citizens, free for all students, and free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix or by calling MissionTix at 410-752-8950. Tickets will also be available at the door (cash or check only) immediately prior to the concert. Telephone UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Images for Media High resolution images for media is available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Directions From I-95 take exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to UMBC. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Parking is available after 3:30 p.m. on weekdays and all day during weekends in gated Lots 16/9A for a $.50 fee, quarters only. To get to these parking lots, circle around Hilltop Circle (either direction) until you reach Hilltop Road. Take Hilltop Road toward the center of campus. (The Fine Arts Building will now be directly in front of you.) Proceed through the stop sign. The road will curve to the right. You will need to deposit 50¢ (two quarters) to open the gate. If Lot 16 is full, you can also pay to park in Lot 9A, which sits on the hill immediately above Lot 16—just go back to the stop sign and turn left toward Lot 9A, and then to the gate. If both these Lots are full (which would be unusual in the evening), then park in the Commons Garage, Walker Avenue Garage or Lot 10. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by tmoore UMBC Presents Pianist Joel Sachs in Concert March 1, 2006 8 pm UMBC Fine Arts Recital Hall Media contact: Tom Moore Director of Arts & Culture tmoore@umbc.edu 410-455-3370 Note: You may download this release as a pdf file (212k). The Department of Music’s Contemporary Concert Series presents pianist Joel Sachs, who has conducted at major European and American festivals, has been music director for experimental operas, and performs extensively as a pianist. At Juilliard he conducts the New Juilliard Ensemble, a chamber orchestra for new music, and directs the annual “Focus!” festival. For ten years he also was Artistic Director of the MoMA Summergarden. Appearances include orchestral concerts throughout Europe and Latin America, and residencies in Brazil, Germany, Israel, Poland, and Russia. Sach’s CD of intercultural music of the Americas with Mexico’s La Camerata de las Americas was released on Dorian. He is heard with CONTINUUM on Nonesuch, CRI, TNC, and Musical Heritage Society, among others. He received Columbia University’s Alice M. Ditson Conductor’s Award for service to American music. A Harvard graduate, he received the Ph.D. at Columbia and is writing a biography of Henry Cowell. His performance will feature music of John Cage, including music for piano, toy piano and prepared piano: Dream (1948), Suite for Toy Piano (1948), In a Landscape (1948), Sonatas and Interludes (1946-48). 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. For more information, call 410-455-MUSC. Admission Admission is free. Telephone UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Images for Media A high resolution imagea for media is available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. (Photo: Nan Melville.) Directions From I-95 take exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to UMBC. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Parking is available after 3:30 p.m. on weekdays and all day during weekends in gated Lots 16/9A for a $.50 fee, quarters only. To get to these parking lots, circle around Hilltop Circle (either direction) until you reach Hilltop Road. Take Hilltop Road toward the center of campus. (The Fine Arts Building will now be directly in front of you.) Proceed through the stop sign. The road will curve to the right. You will need to deposit 50¢ (two quarters) to open the gate. If Lot 16 is full, you can also pay to park in Lot 9A, which sits on the hill immediately above Lot 16—just go back to the stop sign and turn left toward Lot 9A, and then to the gate. If both these Lots are full (which would be unusual in the evening), then park in the Commons Garage, Walker Avenue Garage or Lot 10. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by tmoore UMBC Theatre presents Victor Frankenstein Colette Searls directs new puppetry adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic March 8 - 12, 2006 UMBC Theatre Media contact: Tom Moore Director of Arts & Culture tmoore@umbc.edu 410-455-3370 Note: You may download this release as a pdf file (1.8 Mb). The UMBC Department of Theatre presents Victor Frankenstein, a new puppetry adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel conceived and directed by Colette Searls, with new music by Anna Rubin. The production features set design by Peter Wood, costume design by Celestine Ranney-Howes, light design by Terry Cobb, sound design by Erica Yeager and dramaturgy by Susan McCully. A young scholar makes an astonishing discovery: how to create a new human being out of other people’s dead bodies. Paper sculpture, floating masks, and eerie medical tools bring life to the inanimate in this ghastly tale of human transgression. This production is not recommended for young children. Performances Wednesday, March 8, 8 pm (preview) Thursday, March 9, 4 pm (opening—free for the UMBC campus community (students, faculty, staff)) Friday, March 10, 8 pm Saturday, March 11, 8 pm Sunday, March 12, 4 pm Admission General admission: $10.00 Students and seniors: $5.00 Preview: $3.00 Box Office: www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 Telephone Box Office: 410-752-8950 UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. (Photos: Rich Riggins.) Directions From I-95 take exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. Parking is available in The Commons Garage. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. Parking is available in The Commons Garage. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by tmoore January 27, 2006 UMBC presents Keigwin + Company February 15, 2006, 8 p.m. UMBC Theatre Media contact: Tom Moore Director of Arts & Culture tmoore@umbc.edu 410-455-3370 Note: You may download this release as a pdf file (1.8 Mb). UMBC presents Keigwin + Company in concert on February 15, 2006 at 8 p.m. in the UMBC Theatre. Keigwin + Company lives to create provocative, witty and engaging dances. Utilizing a collaborative process, K+C combines physicality with theatricality, samples a variety of mediums, and, ultimately, fuses art with entertainment. Keigwin + Company was established in 2003 with its premiere performance at the New York City’s Joyce Soho and has performed in such venues as Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, Thalia Theater at Symphony Space, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, Martha@Mother, Galapagos Art Space, and in the clubs Avalon and Marquee. Nationally, Keigwin + Company has been presented by the American Dance Festival, the Bates Dance Festival, Summerdance Santa Barbara, Jacob’s Pillow Inside/out, the Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, and DRA’s Fire Island Dance Festival. Recent commissions include the American Dance Festival, Hofstra University, Moving Arts Projects, California Institute of the Arts, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, Zenon Dance Company, and Bates College. "The kinetic delight of Keigwin's high-powered dancing is infectious, and he doesn't shy away from the 'e' word: entertainment." —Gus Solomons, Dance Magazine This event is sponsored by the Department of Dance and the InterArts Program. Admission General admission: $15.00. Students and seniors: $7.00. Box Office: www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 Telephone Box Office: 410-752-8950 UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. (Photos: Tom Caravaglia.) Directions From I-95 take exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. Parking is available in The Commons Garage. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. Parking is available in The Commons Garage. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by tmoore January 20, 2006 UMBC presents the Phoenix Dance Company February 8, 9, 10 & 11, 2006, 8 p.m. UMBC Theatre Media contact: Tom Moore Director of Arts & Culture tmoore@umbc.edu 410-455-3370 Note: You may download this release as a pdf file (6.5 Mb). UMBC presents the Phoenix Dance Company in concert on February 8, 9, 10 and 11, 2006 at 8 p.m. in the UMBC Theatre. Renowned for its exploration of dance and technology, the Phoenix Dance Company features choreography by Carol Hess and Doug Hamby, and performances by Sandra Lacy and other artists. The program will include: A new hardcore/punk work by Carol Hess featuring the chaotic and thrashy music by Baltimore band Lilu Dallas. Award-winning soloist Sandra Lacy in the highly expressive and provocative Underview by Lisa Race and Dissolve by Jeanine Durning. Floating Above, a sumptuous and thrilling duet with striking imagery and intricate partnering. The mysterious, jarring and dramatic Nacht by Doug Hamby, in which three women explore the confines of a surreal nightmare. A new work by Doug Hamby that explores the hot zone of connection between dancers to the music of Charlie Haden. Admission General admission: $15.00. Students and seniors: $7.00. Box Office: www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 Telephone Box Office: 410-752-8950 UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Directions From I-95 take exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. Parking is available in The Commons Garage. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the UMBC Theatre. Parking is available in The Commons Garage. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by tmoore December 15, 2005 Center for Art and Visual Culture presents "What Sound Does a Color Make?" February 2 - March 18, 2006 Media contact: Tom Moore tmoore@umbc.edu 410-455-3370 Note: You may download this release as a pdf file (1.2 Mb). Scott Arford Static Room, 2003 Two-channel video installation with sound (excerpt above) Dimensions variable Courtesy the artist Static Room is an abstract audiovisual composition of manipulated static that spatially surrounds the viewer both sonically and visually. The audio track was generated directly by the flickering, strobing image itself—the image and the sound having been created from the same signal, the same set of data. In the words of the artist, “Experiencing it is learning how to see with your ears wide open.” Opening on February 2nd and continuing though March 16th, UMBC’s Center for Art and Visual Culture (CAVC) presents What Sound Does a Color Make?, a traveling exhibition organized and circulated by Independent Curators International (iCI) that explores the fusion of vision and sound in electronic media. What Sound Does a Color Make? connects the recent boom of digital audiovisual art to its pre-digital roots, presenting ten contemporary works by an internationally diverse group of artists. The exhibition will include a selection of single-channel videos from the 1970s and feature several sensuous new media environments that fascinate both technophiles and general audiences alike, heightening awareness of human perception and cognition. For some people, a stimulus to one of the five senses evokes the sensation of another sense, as when hearing a sound produces the visualization of a color. For contemporary audiovisual artists, the possibilities inspired by this phenomenon, known as synesthesia, have expanded with the advent of recent digital technologies that translate all electronic media, whether sounds or moving images, into the zeros and ones of computer bits. United by similar and overlapping premises, the works in the exhibition are widely divergent in their results. They range from large-scale immersive installations with moving forms that morph to corresponding tonal compositions, to discrete DVD stations inviting viewers to access electronic music pieces in different combinations with videos. One of the recent works, Self-Portrait of Paul (DeMarinis) by Jim Campbell, is a portrait of a colleague who uses sound in his own art. In Campbell’s work, an LED grid is activated by playing a recording of that man’s voice, and the gridded lights resemble pixels that gradually build up an image of the man, with his voice’s high tones representing white and the low tones representing black. Another contemporary work is an interactive installation by D-Fuse, a London-based collective of artists and musicians, which layers different music soundtracks onto dynamic video clips, creating a distinctive audiovisual experience. The earlier works from the 1970s, by such pioneers of video art as Nam June Paik, Steina Vasulka, and Gary Hill, place the current interest in synesthetic media art in a broader historical context, offering a unique perspective on this phenomenon. The exhibition will encourage a high degree of individual engagement and self-reflection, as well as further thought about the ways that visual and aural stimuli are electronically, digitally and perceptually connected. What Sound Does a Color Make? is a traveling exhibition organized and circulated by Independent Curators International (iCI), New York and curated by Kathleen Forde. The exhibition and tour are made possible, in part, by grants from The David Bermant Foundation: Color, Light, Motion; The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; and Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e.V., Stuttgart; and by an in-kind donation from Philips Electronics North America. Events On Thursday, February 2nd from 5 to 7 pm, the CAVC will host an opening reception for What Sound Does a Color Make?. On Thursday, February 2nd at 5 pm, Kathleen Forde, curator of the exhibition, will lead a gallery tour. Forde is curator at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. She also curates and writes on a freelance basis, most recently for the Rotterdam Film Festival, VideoZone Tel Aviv, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Duesseldorf and Cologne Kunstverein, and the Transmediale Festival in Berlin, Germany. On Thursday, March 16th at 7 pm, the CAVC hosts a lecture by sound a media artist Stephen Vitiello, location to be announced. In his work, Vitiello is particularly interested in the physical aspect of sound and its potential to define the form and atmosphere of a spatial environment. Recent solo exhibitions include The Project, New York; Galerie Almine Rech, Paris; The Project, Los Angeles. Group exhibitions include the 2002 Whitney Biennial; Ce qui arrive at the Cartier Foundation, Paris, curated by Paul Virilio, Yanomami: Spirit of the Forest, also at the Cartier Foundation. Previous exhibitions include Greater New York at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center presented in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, and a solo exhibition at the Texas Gallery, Houston. In 1999, Stephen Vitiello was awarded a six month WorldViews residency on the 91st floor of the World Trade Center. The residency resulted in a site-specific sound installation which has been broadcast and exhibited internationally. Participating Artists Scott Arford Jim Campbell D-Fuse Granular-Synthesis (Kurt Hentschläger & Ulf Langheinrich) Gary Hill Thom Kubli Nam June Paik and Jud Yalkut Robin Rimbaud (a.k.a. Scanner) in collaboration with D-Fuse Fred Szymanski Atau Tanaka Steina and Woody Vasulka Stephen Vitiello About the Center for Art and Visual Culture The Center for Art and Visual Culture is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of contemporary art and visual culture, critical theory, art and cultural history, and the relationship between society and the arts. The CAVC serves as a forum for students, faculty, and the general public for the discussion of important aesthetic and social issues of the day. Disciplines represented include painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography, digital art, video, film, television, design, architecture, advertising, and installation and performance art. Since 1989, the CAVC has incorporated a number of public programs into its exhibition programming schedule to further impact the communities it serves. Symposia, lecture series, conferences, film series, visiting artist series, and residencies have all been fundamental in an effort to create an ongoing dialogue about contemporary art and culture. The Center has also initiated a number of projects with Baltimore and surrounding schools systems to integrate the contemporary artist and their concerns into the classroom. These projects take place on-site at both middle schools and high schools and are team taught by the instructors at these schools, professional artists, and students from the CAVC’s Internship Program. The Center produces one to two exhibition catalogues each year. Each document is fully illustrated and contains critical essays on the given subject by a variety of distinguished professionals in the field. Recent publications include Postmodernism: A Virtual Discussion and Paul Rand: Modernist Design. These books and catalogues are published and are distributed internationally through Distributed Art Publishers. Since 1992, the Center for Art and Visual Culture has actively pursued the organization of exhibitions that contain the aesthetic, theoretical, and educational potential to reach both a national and international audience. Over the years, the CAVC has traveled these exhibition projects to a broad spectrum of museums, professional non-profit galleries, and universities national and internationally. Recent traveling exhibitions include: • Blur of the Otherworldly (2005) • White: Whiteness and Race in Contemporary Art (2003) • Fred Wilson: Objects and Installations (2001) • Adrian Piper: A Retrospective (1999) • Bruno Monguzzi: A Designer’s Perspective (1998) • Minimal Politics (1997) • Kate Millet, Sculpture: The First 38 Years (1997) Beyond the scope of these traveling exhibitions, the Center for Art and Visual Culture also undertakes an exhibition schedule that includes a Faculty Biennial, and projects such as the Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership. As part of the educational mission of the CAVC, one graduate thesis exhibition and one undergraduate senior exhibition are scheduled on a yearly basis. This multi-faceted focus for presenting exhibitions, projects and scholarly research publications focused on contemporary art and cultural issues positions the Center for Art and Visual Culture in a unique position within the mid-Atlantic region. Hours and Admission Tuesday through Saturday 10 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Admission is free. Telephone UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Center for Art and Visual Culture: 410-455-3188 Media inquiries: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts What Sound Does a Color Make? website: http://www.ici-exhibitions.org/Exhibitions/WhatSoundDoesColor/WhatSound.htm Center for Art and Visual Culture: http://www.umbc.edu/cavc Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • Daytime metered visitor parking is available in the Administration Drive Garage. • Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Images in this release: D-Fuse, D-Tonate, 2003 Nam June Paik and Jud Yalkut, Beatles Electroniques, 1966-69, courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York Atau Tanaka, Bondage, 2004 Robin Rimbaud (a.k.a Scanner) in collaboration with D-Fuse, Light Turned Down, 2001 Granular-Synthesis, Lux, 2003 Posted by tmoore Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents "Extraordinary Bodies: Photographs from the Mütter Museum" January 30 - March 12, 2006 Media contact: Tom Moore Director of Arts & Culture tmoore@umbc.edu 410-455-3370 Note: You may download this release as a pdf file (1.2 Mb). UMBC’s Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents Extraordinary Bodies: Photographs from the Mütter Museum, on display from January 30 through March 12, 2006. Photographers and medicine are no strangers. The visual representation of anatomy and pathology as viewed by the camera dates back to the advent of the daguerreotype, and early pathology was used by doctors and scientists to create anatomical atlases as well as document disease and trauma. Photographs also allowed physicians to keep exact visual records of cases long after patients died. The historical bond between photographers and medicine carries forward to the present day with Extraordinary Bodies: Photographs from the Mütter Museum, the culmination of more than a decade of work that includes contemporary photography by Shelby Lee Adams, Max Aguilera-Hellweg, Gwen Akin & Allan Ludwig, Candace diCarlo, Dale Gunnoe, Steven Katzman, Mark Kessell, Scott Lindgren, Olivia Parker, Rosamond Purcell, Richard Ross, Ariel Ruiz i Altaba, Harvey Stein, Arne Svenson, William Wegman and Joel-Peter Witkin. For some of these photographers, the medical manipulation of the body—an act that amounts to the isolation of the part from the whole—becomes a visual metaphor for the human condition. Others experiment with the juxtaposition of real or artificial body parts and the public and private spaces of the Museum itself. Extraordinary Bodies: Photographs from the Mütter Museum presents these works by current photographers alongside powerful images from the Mütter Museum’s renowned historical photography collection. The images in the exhibition extend the boundaries of traditional photographic subject matter, finding beauty not in conventional forms, but in internal marvels and in the enigma of those whose bodies—deformed, broken, and disfigured—have suffered physical abnormality, trauma or destructive disease. The Mütter Museum, one of the last medical museums from the nineteenth century, comprises a sublime anatomical and pathological collection that originated with Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter, a professor of surgery who collected unique specimens and models for teaching purposes. Under the care of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, to which Dr. Mütter offered his collection in 1856, the Mütter Museum has grown and survived where most others did not; today a new audience has emerged to appreciate its collections. Extraordinary Bodies: Photographs from the Mütter Museum offers a rare opportunity for people who have not experienced the medical student’s rite of passage and initiation into the singular mysteries of the profession to encounter powerful, inspiring, and enthralling images of nature’s challenges to human life. The publication Mütter Museum (Blast Books, 2002) by Gretchen Worden, the late director of the Mütter Museum, accompanies the exhibition and will be available for sale. On Tuesday, February 21 at 4:30 pm, the Library Gallery will host a lecture by Mark Alice Durant, professor of photography in the Department of Visual Arts at UMBC, who will discuss the photographers in the show, as well as other photographers whose work illustrates the continued fascination of the contemporary artist with the aesthetics of the human form. A reception will follow the lecture. Gallery Information The Albin O. Kuhn Gallery serves as one of the principal art galleries in the Baltimore region. Objects from the Special Collections Department, as well as art and artifacts from all over the world, are displayed in challenging and informative exhibitions for the University community and the public. Moreover, traveling exhibitions are occasionally presented, and the Gallery also sends some of its exhibits on tour to other institutions nationwide. Admission to the Gallery is free. Acknowledgements Extraordinary Bodies: Photographs from the Mütter Museum is curated by independent curator Laura Lindgren and is organized by Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions (CATE), Los Angeles. Its presentation at UMBC has been supported in part from an arts program grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Friends of the Library & Gallery. The reception for Extraordinary Bodies is sponsored by the Friends of the Library & Gallery and the Libby Kuhn Endowment. Hours of Operation (please note the Gallery is now open on Sundays) Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm Monday 12 pm - 4:30 pm Tuesday 12 pm - 4:30 pm Wednesday 12 pm - 4:30 pm Thursday 12 pm - 8 pm Friday 12 pm - 4:30 pm Saturday 1 pm - 5 pm Telephone General Gallery information: 410-455-2270 UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery: http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/gallery/ Directions UMBC is located approximately 10 minutes from downtown Baltimore and 20 minutes from I-495. • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Albin O. Kuhn Library. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Albin O. Kuhn Library. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Albin O. Kuhn Library. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in the Walker Avenue Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Images in this release: Joel-Peter Witkin, Harvest, 1984, silver gelatin print Rosamond Purcell, Human Head Prepared by Batson, 2000, Iris print Olivia Parker, Heart, 1994, Nash digital print William Wegman, Kyphosified, 2000, c-print ### Posted by tmoore November 18, 2005 UMBC Department of Theatre presents The Love of Don Perlimplín for Belisa in the Garden by Federico García Lorca December 1-10, 2005 UMBC Theatre Contact: Tom Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu From December 1st through 10th, the UMBC Department of Theatre presents The Love of Don Perlimplín for Belisa in the Garden by Federico García Lorca, translated by Caridad Svich, directed by Xerxes Mehta with set and costume design by Elena Zlotescu and lighting design by Terry Cobb. A delicious little tragic farce by Spain’s greatest modern playwright, Don Perlimplín rings sly and shocking changes on that comic staple—the rich old man with the sexy young wife. A small masterpiece from Lorca’s surrealist period, when he was collaborating with his friends Buñuel and Dalí, this fantastical parody of the classical Spanish “honor” tragedy plays lighthearted games with color, shape, language, the human form, and “reality” in general. The production includes songs and music. Formally, Perlimplín is a play about an art form reinventing itself, just as, thematically, it is a play about the birth of an artist. Suffering shakes Don Perlimplin out of his fear of chaos into the power of his imagination. Reborn into life, love and eros, ironically through death, the Don, and his creator, in redoubled irony, find their place in the great traditional theme of Spanish literature and art—the truth of desire and the reality of imagined worlds. "My first plays were unpresentable....In these impossible plays lie my real intentions. But to demonstrate a personality and gain the right to respect, I've written other things." —Federico García Lorca, 1936 Showtimes Thursday, December 1st, 8 pm (preview) Friday, December 2nd, 8 pm (opening night) Saturday, December 3rd, 8 pm Sunday, December 4th, 4 pm Thursday, December 8th, 4 pm Friday, December 9th, 8 pm Saturday, December 10th, 8 pm Admission $10 general admission; $5 students and seniors; $3 for the preview. The performance on Thursday, December 8th is free for the UMBC campus community. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or by calling MissionTix at 410-752-8950. Telephone Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Tickets: 410-752-8950 Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts Tickets: http://www.missiontix.com/ Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Theatre. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. • Visitor parking is available in the Commons Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res or by email or postal mail. Posted by tmoore October 11, 2005 UMBC's Center for Art and Visual Culture presents Blur of the Otherworldly: Contemporary Art, Technology, and the Paranormal October 20 - December 17, 2005 Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu From October 20 through December 17, 2005, UMBC’s Center for Art and Visual Culture (CAVC) presents Blur of the Otherworldly: Contemporary Art, Technology, and the Paranormal, organized at the CAVC by Mark Alice Durant and Jane D. Marsching. This major traveling exhibition features twenty-eight contemporary artists whose work employs modern communication technologies (photography, film, video, computers, radio, internet, and digital media) to explore culturally inbred questions/ superstitions concerning parallel worlds to our own. From the infamous Cottingham fairy photographs through Victorian spiritualist images to recent grainy images of Sasquatch and sky-borne saucers, photographs have attempted to provide the material of proof of the otherworldly. The earliest photographic images rendered a detailed impression of the subjects materiality, and, through the process of doubling and repeating, seemed to destabilize reality by producing the ghost image, a dematerialization of the three-dimensional world. In response to this strange new technology, some Victorian minds associated photography with the occult, believing the human eye did not see at all, that human perception was blind to the spirit world. Occultists conjectured that the air was charged with floating images and disembodied spirits, and they set out to prove their claims by documenting episodes of visitations. Photography was the perfect tool conscripted in this effort. Today, the amount of attention devoted to paranormal phenomena—UFOs, demonic possession, psychics, ghosts—in the media indicates that photography’s early fascinations have not disappeared. Millennial angst, bewildering leaps of science, wildly improbable technological inventions, and ever-decreasing wilderness as human sprawl grows exponentially, make other worlds once again appear possible, even probable, and definitely alluring. Our escalating desire to prove the existence of another dimension (no matter which one) is linked to photography, with its history of providing us with our proofs. Seduced by the invisible in the face of the mediums relentless and dull dependence upon the physical, photography as a tool of fact (in science), fantasy (in spirit photography), and invention (in the hands of artists) is exploring new frontiers once again. Included in the exhibition are works by Mark Amerika, Zoe Beloff, Diane Bertolo, Jeremy Blake, Corrine May Botz, Susan Collins, Gregory Crewdson, Paul DeMarinis, Spencer Finch, Ken Goldberg, Susan Hiller, Marko Maetamm, Miya Masaoka, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Maria Miranda and Norie Neumark, Mariko Mori, Paul Pfeiffer, Fred Ressler, John Roach, Ted Serios, Leslie Sharpe, Chrysanne Stathacos, Thomson & Craighead, and Suzanne Treister. Blur of the Otherworldly: Contemporary Art, Technology, and the Paranormal will be accompanied by a 200 page fully illustrated catalogue with essays on the significance of paranormal and the supernatural in contemporary culture by Lynne Tillman, associate professor and writer-in-residence at the University at Albany, and Marina Warner, novelist and former scholar at the Getty Center for History of Art and Humanities. Mark Alice Durant and Jane D. Marsching, co-curators of the exhibition, will contribute extensive essays on the interplay between science, art, and the occult as it relates to the artworks in the exhibition. The publication will contain over eighty illustrations in color and black and white as well as a checklist for the exhibition, illustrated timeline, and a bibliography. Published by the Center for Art and Visual Culture, as the ninth title of its Issues in Cultural Theory series, Blur of the Otherworldly: Contemporary Art, Technology, and the Paranormal will be distributed internationally by Distributed Art Publishers (DAP), in New York. Three QuickTime clips about the exhibition are available: John Roach discusses Transmissions from Beyond Miya Masaoka discusses Piece for Plants Co-curator Mark Alice Durant discusses the exhibition Events An Opening Reception will be held on Thursday, October 20th at 5 pm. On October 28th, the exhibition hosts the Paranormal Party. Costumes are optional but encouraged. This event is sponsored by the CAVC, the UMBC Alumni Association, the UMBC Student Events Board and the UMBC Student Government Association. 7 to 10 pm. Admission is free. On November 3rd, the Center for Art and Visual Culture presents a Panel Discussion in conjunction with the exhibition. The panel will be moderated by Mark Alice Durant, curator and professor of Visual Arts at UMBC; and Jane D. Marsching, curator and assistant professor, Studio Foundation and Studio for Interrelated Media, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston. Panelists will include Lynne Tillman, novelist, critic, essayist and professor/writer in residence at the University at Albany; artist Diane Bertolo, and Jeffrey Sconce, associate professor in the Screen Cultures Program, Northwestern University. This panel will be a conversation among a small group of scholars, artists and writers whose works have involved the subject of the paranormal. From gods and ghosts to telepathy and Electronic Voice Phenomena, issues such as the otherworldly as metaphor; technology and the shape of imagination; and art as a site for exploration of belief and superstition will be discussed. 6–7:30 pm at UMBC’s Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery. Admission is free. About the Center for Art and Visual Culture The Center for Art and Visual Culture is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of contemporary art and visual culture, critical theory, art and cultural history, and the relationship between society and the arts. The CAVC serves as a forum for students, faculty, and the general public for the discussion of important aesthetic and social issues of the day. Disciplines represented include painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography, digital art, video, film, television, design, architecture, advertising, and installation and performance art. Since 1989, the CAVC has incorporated a number of public programs into its exhibition programming schedule to further impact the communities it serves. Symposia, lecture series, conferences, film series, visiting artist series, and residencies have all been fundamental in an effort to create an ongoing dialogue about contemporary art and culture. The Center has also initiated a number of projects with Baltimore and surrounding schools systems to integrate the contemporary artist and their concerns into the classroom. These projects take place on-site at both middle schools and high schools and are team taught by the instructors at these schools, professional artists, and students from the CAVC’s Internship Program. The Center produces one to two exhibition catalogues each year. Each document is fully illustrated and contains critical essays on the given subject by a variety of distinguished professionals in the field. Recent publications include Postmodernism: A Virtual Discussion and Paul Rand: Modernist Design. These books and catalogues are published and are distributed internationally through Distributed Art Publishers in New York. Since 1992, the Center for Art and Visual Culture has actively pursued the organization of exhibitions that contain the aesthetic, theoretical, and educational potential to reach both a national and international audience. Over the years, the CAVC has traveled these exhibition projects to a broad spectrum of museums, professional non-profit galleries, and universities national and internationally. Recent traveling exhibitions include: • White: Whiteness and Race in Contemporary Art (2003) • Fred Wilson: Objects and Installations (2001) • Adrian Piper: A Retrospective (1999) • Bruno Monguzzi: A Designer’s Perspective (1998) • Minimal Politics (1997) • Kate Millet, Sculpture: The First 38 Years (1997) • Layers: Contemporary Collage from St. Petersburg, Russia (1995/96) • Notes In Time: Leon Golub and Nancy Spero (1995) Beyond the scope of these traveling exhibitions, the Center for Art and Visual Culture also undertakes an exhibition schedule that includes a Faculty Biennial, and projects such as the Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership. As part of the educational mission of the CAVC, one graduate thesis exhibition and one undergraduate senior exhibition are scheduled on a yearly basis. This multi-faceted focus for presenting exhibitions, projects and scholarly research publications focused on contemporary art and cultural issues positions the Center for Art and Visual Culture in a unique position within the mid-Atlantic region. Hours of Operation Sunday: closed Monday: closed Tuesday: 10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Wednesday: 10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Thursday: 10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Friday: 10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Telephone UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Center for Art and Visual Culture: 410-455-3188 Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Center for Art and Visual Culture: http://www.umbc.edu/cavc Blur of the Otherworldly website: http://www.bluroftheotherworldly.com/ Distributed Art Publishers: http://www.artbook.com/ Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media (including all shown here) are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Images in this release: Susan Hiller: Wild Talents Zoe Beloff: The Ideoplastic Materializations of Eva C Fred Ressler: Shadow Photo Chrysanne Stathacos: The Aura Project Jennifer and Kevin McCoy: Frame Grab from Horror Chase Posted by tmoore August 31, 2005 UMBC Presents Cellist Madeleine Shapiro in Concert Thursday, September 15, 2005, 8 p.m. Fine Arts Recital Hall Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu On September 15th at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall, the Department of Music’s Contemporary Concert Series presents cellist Madeleine Shapiro, whose program, Voices, is a multi-media recital of works for solo cello interwoven with taped statements by the composers. The program will feature both acoustic and electronic works by an international roster of composers, highlighting the lyrical Song of Songs by Karen Tanaka (Japan), which is recorded on Shapiro’s latest CD. She will also play works by Salvatore Sciarrino (Italy), Alberto Ginastera (Argentina), Americans John Cage and Orlando Jacinto Garcia, plus two rip-roaring works for cello and electronics by younger Americans Anthony Cornicello and Craig Walsh. Madeleine Shapiro’s concerts have included numerous premiere performances of recent works for cello, and cello and electronics, many of which were written specially for her by a wide variety of American, European and Asian composers. She is a recipient of two Performance Incentive Awards from the American Composers Forum to assist in the premieres of new works. Recent appearances include a concert of works for cello and electronics at the avant-garde Logos Foundation in Ghent, Belgium and two tours of Italy with performances and masterclasses at the American Academy and the Nuovi Spazi Musicali festival in Rome; the Orsini Castle in Avezzano, and the conservatories of Parma and Castelfranco Veneto. Madeleine Shapiro performs regularly at colleges and performing arts series in the East and Midwest United States. She appeared twice in recital at the Instituto Brazil-Estados Unidos in Rio De Janiero, Brazil and participated in the 3rd and 5th International Cello Encounters, also in Rio de Janiero. She is presently an adjunct professor at the Mannes College of Music, New York City, where she directs the Contemporary Music Ensemble and teaches classes in the performance practice of twentieth century music. As co-director of the New Music Consort, she held the Chair of Johnson Distinguished Visiting Professor at Middlebury College, Vermont. Admission Admission is free. Telephone Public information (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web Public information: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore UMBC Presents the "two" Percussion Ensemble in Concert Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu On September 15th at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall, the UMBC Department of Music’s Contemporary Concerts Series presents the “two” percussion group, a duo committed to the advancement of new music through performance, education, and experimentation. two was founded in 1998 by Chris Leonard and Dale Speicher, both founding members of the seminal percussion group trio algetic. The music of two invites listeners to investigate the boundaries of complexity and sonority by exploring the world outside of driving repetitive rhythms and, instead, diving into a world of polytonality and polyrhythmic structures. two actively commissions new music for percussion from forward thinking composers throughout the world. Their program will include All that is Left and Polka in Treblinka by Stuart Saunders Smith, Pairs by Christian Wolff, bicoastal by Roger Zahab, Rhythm Strip by Askell Masson, Verhälthis (ähneln..) by Franklin Cox, and a new work by Tom Baker. Admission Admission is free. Telephone Public information (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web Public information: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore August 29, 2005 UMBC Department of Dance presents Naturally Modern: Bodily Expeditions and Other Traveling Secrets Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu On September 31 and October 1 at 8 p.m., the UMBC Department of Dance presents Naturally Modern: Bodily Expeditions and Other Traveling Secrets, an evening of solo, duo and trio modern dance works performed by Sandra Lacy with Mary Williford-Shade, James Hansen and Jennifer Keller. The program, which will be presented in the UMBC Dance Lab (Fine Arts Building 317) will include: • The Baltimore premiere of Ophelia’s Reclamation choreographed by James Hansen and performed by Hansen, Lacy and Williford-Shade, featuring complex partnering sequences and organic movement phrases, creating a sense of organic ease and harmony within relationships. • A new work by Ray Eliot Schwartz, performed by Lacy and Williford-Shade. • Henrietta and Alexandra, choreographed by José Bustamante. • Lo and Behold by Michael Foley, performed by Williford-Shade. • Underview by Lisa Race, performed by Lacy. A member of the UMBC dance faculty, Sandra Lacy holds a B.A. in Psychology and is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Dancing in London. She has performed with the Maryland Ballet, Impetus Dance Company, Path Dance Company and Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane and Company. She also teaches at the Baltimore School for the Arts. She is a recipient of five Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards in solo dance performance. Mary Williford-Shade has been hailed by The Washington Post as “the dancing equivalent of Edvard Munch’s The Scream.” She made her initial mark on the dance scene as a dancer with Mark Taylor & Friends and has also performed with Mark Dendy, Maryland Dance Theater, Dance Alloy of Pittsburgh and with Sandra Lacy. Williford-Shade received her MFA from Ohio State University, is a certified Laban Movement Analyst, and is a nine year member of the dance faculty at Texas Woman's University. Her other teaching credits include Cleveland State University, University of Quebec, Connecticut College, George Washington University, Towson State University, The Klutz Schule in Hamburg, Germany, the American Dance Festival, and the Bates Dance Festival. James Hansen is the founder and artistic director and choreographer for Assemblage Dance Company. He studied at SUNY Purchase, and performed with the Eglevsky Ballet in New York City. He appeared as a featured soloist with Alfonzo Cata of France’s Ballet du Nord. After retiring from ballet, he performed with several downtown New York choreographers, including Sean Curran and Rachel Thorne Germond. Ray Eliot Schwartz is a movement artist and bodyworker who has spent the last 20 years developing a unique synthesis of somatic movement studies and the performing arts. He has co-founded three contemporary dance projects in the Southeastern United States: The Zen Monkey Project, Steve’s House Dance Collection, and THEM. He has been on the faculty of both the American College Dance Festival and the Bates Dance Festival. Admission General admission: $12.00. Students and seniors: $6.00. Box Office: www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 Location Dance Lab (Fine Arts Building Studio 317) Telephone Box Office: 410-752-8950 UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. The Dance Lab is Studio 317 (third floor). • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. The Dance Lab is Studio 317 (third floor). • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. The Dance Lab is Studio 317 (third floor). • Metered visitor parking is available in The Commons Garage and the Administration Drive Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by tmoore August 27, 2005 UMBC Department of Music Presents Fall 2005 Concerts The UMBC Department of Music presents its fall 2005 season, featuring an array of contemporary classical music concerts by renowned artists, including four all-percussion events (the “two” percussion group, Michael Lipsey of the Talujon Percussion Quartet, the Proper Glue Duo) , the percussion/voice ensemble “canto battuto” and the percussion/piano artistry of the Hoffmann/Goldstein Duo. Also in the lineup is the Federal City Brass Band, always a family favorite. Contact: Thomas Moore Director of Arts & Culture 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu Professional Artist Series September 15 two, percussion ensemble 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS The “two” percussion group, a duo committed to the advancement of new music through performance, education, and experimentation, was founded in 1998 by Chris Leonard and Dale Speicher, both founding members of the seminal percussion group trio algetic. The music of two invites listeners to investigate the boundaries of complexity and sonority by exploring the world outside of driving repetitive rhythms and, instead, diving into a world of polytonality and polyrhythmic structures. two actively commissions new music for percussion from forward thinking composers throughout the world. Their program will include All that is Left and Polka in Treblinka by Stuart Saunders Smith, Pairs by Christian Wolff, bicoastal by Roger Zahab, Rhythm Strip by Askell Masson, Verhälthis (ähneln..) by Franklin Cox, and a new work by Tom Baker. September 28 Madeleine Shapiro, cello 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS Cellist Madeleine Shapiro presents Voices, is a multi-media recital of works for solo cello interwoven with taped statements by the composers. The program will feature both acoustic and electronic works by an international roster of composers, highlighting the lyrical Song of Songs by Karen Tanaka (Japan), which is recorded on Shapiro’s latest CD. She will also play works by Salvatore Sciarrino (Italy), Alberto Ginastera (Argentina), Americans John Cage and Orlando Jacinto Garcia, plus two rip-roaring works for cello and electronics by younger Americans Anthony Cornicello and Craig Walsh. Madeleine Shapiro’s concerts have included numerous premiere performances of recent works for cello, and cello and electronics, many of which were written specially for her by a wide variety of American, European and Asian composers. She is a recipient of two Performance Incentive Awards from the American Composers Forum to assist in the premieres of new works. Recent appearances include a concert of works for cello and electronics at the avant-garde Logos Foundation in Ghent, Belgium and two tours of Italy with performances and masterclasses at the American Academy and the Nuovi Spazi Musicali festival in Rome; the Orsini Castle in Avezzano, and the conservatories of Parma and Castelfranco Veneto. Madeleine Shapiro performs regularly at colleges and performing arts series in the East and Midwest United States. She appeared twice in recital at the Instituto Brazil-Estados Unidos in Rio De Janiero, Brazil and participated in the 3rd and 5th International Cello Encounters, also in Rio de Janiero. She is presently an adjunct professor at the Mannes College of Music, New York City, where she directs the Contemporary Music Ensemble and teaches classes in the performance practice of twentieth century music. As co-director of the New Music Consort, she held the Chair of Johnson Distinguished Visiting Professor at Middlebury College, Vermont. October 6 Michael Lipsey, percussion 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS Percussionist Michael Lipsey's program will include Dominic Donato’s Either/Or, David Cossin’s Nixkin, Arthur Krieger’s Joining Hands, Eric Moe’s Teeth of the Sea, John Cage’s cComposed Improvisation (for one sided drum with or without jangles), and other works. Michael Lipsey has performed with such prestigious ensembles as the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, Music From China, S.E.M. Ensemble, Ensemble Sospeso, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Tan Dun, Newband and is a founding member of the Talujon Percussion Quartet. Michael Lipsey has recorded for Sony Classical with the BBC Symphony, CRI Records, Albany Records, Mode Records and Nonesuch Records. He has performed at festivals around the world including the Library of Congress Music Series, LaJolla Chamber Music Society, Berlin American Festival, Mexico City Percussion Festival, Taipei Percussion Festival, Taipei Red Lantern Festival, Okada Festival in Osaka and Tokyo, Moscow, Bang on a Can Marathon, Chautauqua Institute, Sonic Boom Festival and the Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival. He has presented master classes at the Juilliard School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Purchase Conservatory of Music, CSU Sacramento, UC Davis, Oregon University at Eugene and the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida. He holds a B.M. from Queens College and an M.M. from Manhattan School of Music. Michael Lipsey directs the Percussion and Contemporary Ensembles at Queens College. Mr. Lipsey is very interested in creating new works for hand drums and is working on a project to commission and premiere works in this medium. October 9 SONOS 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 and at the door immediately prior to the concert (cash or check only). Public information: 410-455-ARTS. Directed by pianist Rachel Franklin, the unique classical and jazz ensemble SONOS returns to UMBC to present works that blur the edges between classical chamber works and jazz improvisation. Franklin will be joined by international artists David Stambler, saxophone, and Amy Beth Horman, violin. Their program will include Contrasts by Béla Bartók, music by Beethoven, plus contemporary jazz, and classics by George Gershwin. As a Pro Musicis International Award winner, British pianist Rachel Franklin gave her solo debuts in Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, and Jordan Hall, Boston. The Boston Globe enthused about her “beautiful differentiations of color, touch and texture” and described a performance on her solo debut CD as “not inferior...to the recorded performances by Cortot and Rubinstein.” She has also given European Pro Musicis solo debuts in Paris and Rome. She is on the faculty of the Department of Music at UMBC. October 13 The Proper Glue Duo 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS The Proper Glue Duo, an exciting and virtuosic percussion ensemble will perform Integrity by Mark Applebaum, Rrrrrr... by Mauricio Kagel, The Three Strange Angels by Peter Garland, All That Is Left by Stuart Saunders Smith, Piano Phase by Steve Reich, and Credo in US by John Cage. Dedicated to the performance of contemporary repertoire, the Proper Glue Duo has performed alone and in collaboration with other chamber groups in Boston, Buffalo, Ithaca, Toronto, and Rochester, New York. Their percussion roots have also led to the exploration of other musical traditions from around the world, and they continue to present performances and clinics on the Shona mbira. Individually, duo members Melanie and Steve Sehman have performed for composers such as Harrison Birtwistle, Charles Wuorinen, Brian Bevelander, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Steven Mackey, and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, appeared with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and recorded on the Summit and Equilibrium labels. For this concert the duo will be joined by pianist David Plylar. October 21 William Powell, clarinet 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS Clarinetist William Powell has commissioned many new works for clarinet and has premiered over 200 compositions. He has performed at major concert venues throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, including Avery Fischer Concert Hall, Merkin and Carnegie Recital Halls, and Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium at the United Nations in New York; the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; at the North American New Music Festival as soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic; and at the International Congresses on Women in Music in Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Bremen. He has performed with the Aspen Festival and Chamber Orchestra, the contemporary music ensemble Sonor, the Sierra Wind Quintet, the Naumburg Award-winning Aulos Wind Quintet and, as principal clarinetist with the San Diego chamber Orchestra, the Las Vegas Symphony, and the Reno Philharmonic. Powell has served on the faculties of UC and CSU, San Diego; CSU, Long Beach; and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has recorded for Cambria, CRI, Electra/Asylum and Nonesuch. William Powell received an Artist’s Diploma from the Juilliard School and the M.F.A. from CalArts. In 1993/94 he lived in India on a Senior Research Grant from the J. William Fulbright Commission. Under the auspices of Brhaddhvani Research and Training Centre for Musics of the World, he presented concerts of American music throughout India, collaborated in cross-cultural performances with clarinetists A.K.C. Natarajan and Narasinhalu Wadavatti, and recorded for All India Radio with Indian pianist Handel Manuel. October 28 canto battuto 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS The duo canto battuto features the artistry of percussionists Eva Nievergelt and Christoph Brunner, who have been working together in various projects since 1995. The program will include Märchenerzählung by Rico Gubler, the world premiere of a new work by Erik Oña, Ryoanji by John Cage, und durch. figuren. unter ruhe/punkten by Annette Schmucki and two works by Gary Berger: doppelte wendung and the world premiere of a new piece. canto battuto has collaborated in concerts with Gruppe für Neue Musik Baden and with the Collegium Novum Zurich (Circles by Luciano Berio and Aria by Beat Furrer), presented two music theatre productions with the pianist Regula Stibi and the director Regina Heer (in 1996 and 1999) as well as a musical collage using texts from Swiss author Robert Walser with the ensemble girafe bleue (1999/2000). In 1999 they founded the duo canto battuto in order to work together more constantly and to create their own repertoire for voice and percussion. In the past five years they commissioned more than a dozen duo works and have given concerts on various tours in Switzerland, Germany, France and the UK. More recently they also started working on previously existing repertoire (works by John Cage, Maurice Ohana and others). October 29 Faculty Chamber Ensemble 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 and at the door immediately prior to the concert (cash or check only). Public information: 410-455-ARTS. The Department of Music presents the Faculty Chamber Ensemble, featuring violinist Airi Yoshioka, flutist Lisa Cella, clarinetist E. Michael Richards, cellist Franklin Cox, pianist Rachel Franklin, guitarist Troy King and percussionist Tom Goldstein. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. For more information, call 410-455-MUSC. November 2 Mari Kimura, violin 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free Admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS Violinist and composer Mari Kimura picks up the tradition of the virtuoso performer/composer and carries it straight into the future. The New York Times raved her solo performance as “Chilling...gripping...charming...Ms. Kimura is a virtuoso playing at the edge.” Branching out from a mastery of traditional violin repertoire, Ms. Kimura embraces the worlds of extended violin technique and interactive computer music, making them her own. She pushes the boundaries of the instrument, playing both her own works and those that numerous composers have written especially for her. Ms. Kimura has premiered pieces by such composers as Toshi Ichiyanagi, Jean-Claude Risset, and Tania León. Ms. Kimura is widely admired for her revolutionary extended technique “Subharmonics,” and for the solo performances of diverse programs. She has developed an international performing career that has taken her to festivals throughout the world, performing her own works in more than 18 countries. Recent appearances include those at the Spring in Budapest festival, the Musiana Festival in Denmark, Festival Internacional Cervantino in Mexico, International Bartók Festival in Hungary, Other Minds festival in San Francisco, International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA) in Helsinki and Rotterdam, and International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) in San José, Thessaloniki, Banff and Göteborg, Sweden. Ms. Kimura was a featured soloist at ISCM World Music Days 2002 in Hong Kong, performing with Hong Kong Sinfonietta. In her native Japan, Ms. Kimura was awarded 1995 Kenzo Nakajima Music Prize, a prestigious honor in recognition of her creative activities in the country. She has given the Japanese premiere of major contemporary violin concertos including works by John Adams and Anders Hillborg, as a soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, and continues to perform as a soloist with major orchestras. The renowned Japanese composer Toshi Ichiyanagi has described her as “a violinist on a grand scale... her activity gives us bright hopes for the future in the field.” As a composer, her recent commissions include Violin Concerto for violin and interactive computer system with orchestra (Teatro Juarez in Guanajuato, Mexico, 1999), Kivika for dance (Joyce SOHO in New York, 2000), Arboleda for viola and electronics (Merkin Hall in New York, 2001), and Descarga Interactive (ICMC Commission Award) which was premiered in Göteborg, Sweden in 2002. Her latest work, GuitarBotana is a piece with GuitarBot (LEMUR), commissioned by Harvestworks. Ms. Kimura's works have been supported by grants including Meet the Composer, Jerome Foundation, and the New York State Council on the Arts. November 12 The Hoffmann/Goldstein Duo 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 and at the door immediately prior to the concert (cash or check only). Public information: 410-455-ARTS. The Hoffmann/Goldstein Duo, featuring the artistry of pianist Paul Hoffmann and percussionist Tom Goldstein, presents a program that will include five world premieres, including a new work by Linda Dusman; Jazz motetus VI (Cricket Play) by Riccardo Piacentini; You're Not a Composer by Tom Goldstein; Pure emersioni d’onda by Gianvincenzo Cresta; and assemblage, montage…icon, image by Jerry N. Tabor. The program will also include Struck Sound by Robert Morris, Still to J.S.B. by Anneliese Weibel, Islands That Never Were by James Romig, Swing Fantasy by Patrick Hardish, and an improvisation. Over the past dozen years, the Hoffmann/Goldstein Duo has appeared in dozens of concerts and new music festivals in the U.S. and in Europe, and recently released their first CD on Capstone Records, Crossfade. As a New York City freelance percussionist for over twenty years, Tom Goldstein performed extensively with groups such as the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the Brooklyn Philharmonic, as well as chamber groups, Broadway shows and in nightclubs. Especially active in contemporary music, he has premiered dozens of solo and chamber works, many of which were written expressly for him. From 1980-1990 he served as Artistic Director of the new-music group GAGEEGO. He has toured with Steve Reich, played with Pauline Oliveros, and the ensemble Continuum. Mr. Goldstein composed and performed percussion soundtracks for NBC World Series and U.S. Tennis Open documentaries. Mr. Goldstein has published articles in Perspectives of New Music and Percussive Notes. He has recorded on Neuma, Vanguard, Polydor, Opus 1, OO Discs, CD Tech, Capstone and CRI. He is an associate professor of music at UMBC. Paul Hoffmann, pianist and conductor, made his debut at the Vienna Konzerthaus in 1973 while on a Fulbright grant, and has since concertized extensively in the U.S. and abroad. Hoffmann has recorded solo piano and chamber music for Capstone, Orion, CRI, Northeastern, Composers Guild of New Jersey, Contemporary Record Society, OO Discs, Spectrum, and Vienna Modern Masters labels and has made numerous radio broadcasts in the U.S. as well as for Voice of America, Radio Cologne, Radio Frankfurt, and Radio France. He is currently working on recordings for Capstone and NUEMA Records. Most recently he has performed at new music festivals in Italy (“Spaziomusica” in Cagliari and “Musiche in Mostra” in Turin), National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan, Goucher College in Baltimore, Merkin Hall in New York City and The 8th International Symposium on Electronic Art at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. He has served on the jury of many piano competitions including the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, and was the first U.S. judge to be invited to the prestigious Concours International de Musique Contemporaine pour Piano in 1983 and 1986. Mr. Hoffmann has degrees from Eastman School of Music, and did further study at the Peabody Conservatory. He attended both the Salzburg “Mozarteum” and the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna. His principal teachers have been Leon Fleisher, Cecile Genhart, Dieter Weber, Kurt Neumuller, and Brooks Smith. Mr. Hoffmann is currently Professor of Music at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, where he teaches piano, chamber music and directs the contemporary music ensemble, HELIX!, which he founded in 1990. November 13 E. Michael Richards 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 and at the door immediately prior to the concert (cash or check only). Public information: 410-455-ARTS. The Department of Music’s Faculty Recital Series presents clarinetist E. Michael Richards with David Kim-Boyle (computer) and Kazuko Tanosaki (piano). The program will include Dialogue l’ombre double by Pierre Boulez, Music for Clarinet and ISPW by Cort Lippe, a new work for bass clarinet and computer by William Kleinsasser, and a new work for bass clarinet and piano by Stephen Blumberg. As a recitalist of new music, E. Michael Richards has premiered over 125 works throughout the United States, Japan, Australia, and Western Europe. Trained as a clarinetist at the New England Conservatory (B.Mus.) and Yale School of Music (M.Mus.), Richards earned a Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego. He received a 1990 U.S./Japan Creative Artist Fellowship (sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission, and Japanese Government Cultural Agency) as a solo recitalist for a six-month residency in Japan, an NEH Summer Fellowship to study traditional Japanese music, and a residency grant (Cassis, France) from the Camargo Foundation to complete a book, The Clarinet of the Twenty-First Century. Richards has performed as concerto soloist with the Syracuse Symphony and Shinsei Japan Philharmonic (Tokyo), in chamber music performances with the Cassatt Quartet, Ying Quartet, SONOR, and the East-West Quartet, and in recital at eight international festivals and more than 20 universities, as well as at Lincoln Center, the Guggenheim Museum (New York), the American Academy in Rome, and the Tokyo American Center. He has also performed as a member of the Tanosaki-Richards Duo (with pianist Kazuko Tanosaki) since 1982. Richards has recorded on the NEUMA, Mode, CRI, Ninewinds, and Opus One labels. He has taught at Smith College; the University of California, San Diego; Bowdoin College; Hamilton College; and the Hochstein Music School in Rochester, New York; and completed short terms with Kazuko Tanosaki as visiting artists in residence at the University of Massachusetts, CNMAT (Center for New Music and Audio Technologies), at the University of California Berkeley, and San Jose State University.(Photo: Richard Anderson.) November 20 The Federal City Brass Band 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 and at the door immediately prior to the concert (cash or check only). Public information: 410-455-ARTS. The Department of Music’s Faculty Recital Series presents the Federal City Brass Band under the direction of Jari Villanueva. The Federal City Brass Band presents music of the 26th North Carolina Regiment Band, one of the most renowned brass bands of the Civil War era. Based in Salem, North Carolina, the band was made up of Moravian musicians who enlisted in 1862 and served until the last week of the war. Their music, from the only known existing set of Confederate band books, has enriched the repertoire of bands since it was re-discovered in the late 1950s. Selections will include Moravian hymns, music heard in prewar America and music from the wartime band books including the 26th Regiment Quickstep, Maryland My Maryland, Cheer Boys Cheer, Tu Che a Dio, Canary Bird Waltz, Trovatore Quickstep and Lorena. The Federal City Brass Band wears reproduction uniforms for the re-created 26th North Carolina Regiment Band meticulously based on the only known photograph of the band during the War, taken in July, 1862, using contemporary descriptions of the band and museum examples of original Confederate uniforms as additional references. Special Event October 29–30 4th Annual High School Chamber Music Festival and Concerto Competition Information: 410-455-3064 The Department of Music presents the 4th Annual High School Chamber Music Festival and Concerto Competition, in which twenty-five selected students from the mid-Atlantic region will gather at UMBC for a weekend of performances, coachings, and new musical experiences. Selected students in flute, clarinet, cello, piano, percussion, voice, violin, and classical guitar will rehearse intensively with their assigned chamber group coached by members of the UMBC faculty on Saturday the 29th and Sunday morning the 30th, in preparation for a Sunday afternoon concert. This concert will be professionally recorded, and a CD will be mailed to participating students. In addition, students will attend a chamber music performance by UMBC faculty, a variety of master classes (on their major instrument), and a class in a related musical area (including composition, early music, gamelan and others). Meals and lodging will be provided on campus, with current UMBC music students serving as hosts. Student Recital Series October 16 UMBC Symphony Orchestra The Department of Music presents the UMBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Wayne Cameron. 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. November 19 UMBC Chamber Players The Department of Music presents the UMBC Chamber Players directed by E. Michael Richards. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. November 21 UMBC Jazz Ensemble (Big Band) The Department of Music presents the UMBC Jazz Ensemble (Big Band) directed by Jari Villanueva. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. December 1 UMBC Wind Ensemble The Department of Music presents the UMBC Wind Ensemble directed by Jari Villanueva. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. December 2 Vocal Arts Ensemble The Department of Music presents the Vocal Arts Ensemble under the direction of David Smith. 7 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. December 3 Jubilee Singers The Department of Music presents the Jubilee Singers followed by the UMBC Gospel Choir, both directed by Janice Jackson. 7 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. December 4 Collegium Musicum The Department of Music presents the Collegium Musicum directed by 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. 4 pm, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 9120 Frederick Road, Ellicott City. Admission is free. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. December 8 UMBC Percussion Ensemble The Department of Music presents the UMBC Percussion Ensemble directed by Tom Goldstein. The ensemble is adventurous in its programming, with a repertoire that includes graphic-notation pieces, improvisational works, and theater, as well as works by important early percussion composers, such as Alan Hovhaness, John Cage and Carlos Chavez. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. December 10 Maryland Camerata The Department of Music presents the Maryland Camerata directed by David Smith. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. December 11 UMBC Symphony Orchestra The Department of Music presents the UMBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Wayne Cameron. The program will include the Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77, performed by Airi Yoshioka. 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. December 12 UMBC Guitar Ensemble and Soloists The Department of Music presents the UMBC Guitar Ensemble and Soloists directed by Troy King. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. December 13 Department of Music Honors Recital The Department of Music presents an Honors Recital. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. Additional Information Telephone MissionTix box office: 410-752-8950 Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/news MissionTix: http://www.missiontix.com/  Directions • From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. • From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. Parking is available after 3:30 p.m. on weekdays and all day during weekends in gated Lots 16/9A for a 50¢ fee, quarters only. From any campus entrance, circle around Hilltop Circle (the road the encircles the campus) to Hilltop Road. Take Hilltop Road toward the center of campus. The Fine Arts Building will now be directly in front of you. Proceed through the stop sign. The road will curve to the right. If Lot 16 is full, you can also pay to park in Lot 9A, which sits on the hill immediately above Lot 16—return to the stop sign and turn left toward Lot 9A, and then to the gate. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore May 1, 2005 My Place Live Media Event Showcases Unique Collaboration of Urban Youth, College Students, Public Institutions and Artists Contact: Tom Moore 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu On Thursday, May 12th, students from UMBC's Imaging Research Center (IRC) will present a collaboration with middle school children working with Wide Angle Community Media. Their collaboration, entitled My Place, offers participants and viewers an innovative media experience. Throughout spring 2005, UMBC IRC graduate and undergraduate media arts students worked with Cherry Hill Middle School youth who are involved with the Baltimore Speaks Out! partnership. Together they shot video footage in and about Cherry Hill that expresses personal artistic or community significance and explores questions such as: How do we describe a place? What makes Cherry Hill a place? What is your favorite place? Does it have a name? Experimenting with software to manipulate video, sound, written narratives, and drawings, students from Cherry Hill and UMBC worked together to create the content that will be used for the live performance, adding new layers of meaning in the process. One of the project facilitators, Steve Bradley, associate professor of Visual Arts at UMBC, adds that the event is also "a celebration of personal teamwork and accomplishment. Cherry Hill youth have learned valuable technical skills in documenting impressions of their community and they have generously shared their exuberance and insight." Audiences can gather at Enoch Pratt Free Library in Cherry Hill from 5 to 6 pm to see My Place as a live performance. Admission is free. The library is hosting the event as part of their Baltimore Speaks Out! partnership with Wide Angle. Because of limited audience space, the event will be streamed live on the Internet and archived at http://art-radio.net/CH-IRC/. About the Imaging Research Center UMBC's Imaging Research Center (IRC) is dedicated to investigating new technologies and their use for interpreting and presenting content. Since its inception in 1987, artists and researchers across disciplines have collaborated in the IRC's creative environment to develop new strategies and techniques in digital media. State-of-the-art facilities enable research in 3D visualization, immersive technologies, interactivity, installation, animation, high definition video, and sound. In conjunction with UMBC's Department of Visual Arts, the IRC has developed successful academic programs that incorporate undergraduate and graduate students into professional research activities. These students receive valuable experience with contemporary digital art technologies while working as partners with researchers, artists, scholars, and industry specialists to create large-scale, high profile works. About Wide Angle Community Media Wide Angle Community Media provides youth and communities with media education and leadership opportunities so they may represent themselves and tell their own stories. Wide Angle's workshops, collaborations, and public events fulfill our mission to make media make a difference in the Baltimore region. Wide Angle trains 100 youth and community members yearly in media literacy and production, and community-based distribution. Wide Angle also supports the broader youth media field through the administration of the Youth Media Advocacy Coalition (YMAC), which provides media education training, travel, and networking opportunities to youth educators. About Baltimore Speaks Out! Baltimore Speaks Out! is a youth media education program, training youth ages 12 to 14 in media literacy, video production, teambuilding, and presentation skills. Developed as a partnership between Wide Angle Community Media and the Enoch Pratt Free Library, this program has served youth in Baltimore City for more than three years. Telephone UMBC Artsline (24-hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web Public information: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC arts news releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Link to live stream: http://art-radio.net/CH-IRC/ Images for Media High resolution images are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore | Comments (0) April 22, 2005 UMBC Students Partner with the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and Erickson Retirement Communities to Create New Modern Dance Contact: Tom Moore 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu On April 29 and May 1, UMBC students will partner with the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and the Charlestown campus of Erickson Retirement Communities to present Written in Stone, Danced on the Body, a modern dance performance event. The sort of dance experience that only Liz Lerman Dance Exchange would conceive and dare, Written in Stone, Danced on the Body melds three cultures into one dance dialogue: seven older women dancers from Kyoto, Japan; residents of Charlestown Retirement Community; and performing arts students from UMBC. The dance, designed to be as thought provoking as it is entertaining, has been choreographed by the Dance Exchange's Margot Greenlee and Martha Wittman and will include recorded narrative/music and a photographic display documenting the performance's process. The performance will be filmed by UMBC's New Media Studio. Written in Stone, Danced on the Body is the culmination of a semester-long collaboration between UMBC, the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and Charlestown. During the spring 2005 semesters, participating UMBC students participated in a special course, Dance in Community, in which they learned about community arts movement, aspects of gerontology, and specific techniques pioneered by the Dance Exchange for bringing movement and dance into the lives of people of all ages. The performances on April 29 will be at 2 pm and 7 pm will be held in the Auditorium of the Charlestown Retirement Community. Admission is free. The performance on May 1st will be at 3 pm, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. Admission is free. Telephone UMBC Artsline (24-hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Liz Lerman Dance Exchange: http://www.danceexchange.org/ Images for Media High resolution images are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore | Comments (0) April 5, 2005 UMBC Presents Pianist Marc Ponthus in Concert Contact: Tom Moore 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu The UMBC Department of Music's Contemporary Concert Series presents pianist Marc Ponthus in a performance of the Second and Third Piano Sonatas by Pierre Boulez on Thursday, April 21st at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. The only pianist to have performed the complete solo piano work of Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen, Ponthus's solo performances with the BBC in London have been broadcast on numerous occasions. His recording of the complete solo piano works of Xenakis was recently released on Neuma records. Born in Lyon, France, Mr. Ponthus studied with Claudio Arrau and has lectured and given master classes at New England Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory, the Juilliard School and Columbia University. He is the director of the Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance at the Mannes College of Music. The New York Times wrote, "Mr. Ponthus's virtuosity is hair-raising, like beams of electricity shooting from a Frankenstein machine…a kind of priest channeling spirits in an arcane rite, hurling himself at the keyboard…until the whole instrument shook." The Washington Post's Joseph McLellan said, "Ponthus has a technique and a musical sensitivity that simply brush technical obstacles aside." Admission Admission is free. Telephone Public information: UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC Arts News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media is available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore | Comments (0) March 31, 2005 UMBC Theatre presents Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Contact: Tom Moore 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu The UMBC Department of Theatre presents Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, directed by Colette Searls and Lynn Watson, in which the bard aims his savage wit at chivalry and romance. A gender-bending ensemble exposes the true nature of patriarchy and sexual power-play in this favorite of Shakespeare's comedies. The production features set and costume design by Elena Zlotescu, light and sound design by Terry Cobb, original music composed and performed by John Yurick, dramaturgy by Susan McCully, choreography by Doug Hamby, and movement coaching by Wendy Salkind. Much Ado is Shakespeare's wickedly funny treatise on the fickle, fantastical, often-fierce nature of love. In the old Sicilian town of Messina, four lovers engage in fierce battles of wit and delicious practical jokes. But beneath the games of disguise and foolery lie darker forces of mistrust and fear. While Beatrice and Benedick wrangle turning wordplay to foreplay, Claudio and Hero must overcome treachery and deceit to make their love-match. In a world where appearances can't be trusted, truth finally conquers and Cupid's war is won—but not without leaving its scars on this scathing comedy. Showtimes Thursday, April 14, 8 pm (preview) Friday, April 15, 8 pm (opening night) Saturday, April 16, 8 pm Sunday, April 17, 4 pm Thursday, April 21, 4 pm (free performance) Friday, April 22, 8 pm Saturday, April 23, 8 pm Thursday, April 28, 8 pm Friday, April 29, 8 pm Sunday, May 1, 4 pm (The Theatre will be dark on April 30.) Admission $10 general admission $5 students $3 for the preview The performance on Thursday, April 21st is free for the UMBC campus community. Ticket proceeds benefit the Department of Theatre Scholarship Fund. Tickets are available online through MissionTix or by calling MissionTix at 410-752-8950. Any remaining tickets will be available at the door (cash or check only). Telephone MissionTix: 410-752-8950 Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Department of Theatre website: http://www.umbc.edu/theatre Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Theatre. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore | Comments (0) March 28, 2005 UMBC Presents Ruckus in Concert Contact: Tom Moore 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu The UMBC Department of Music's Faculty Recital Series presents Ruckus, the professional contemporary music ensemble in residence at UMBC on Tuesday, April 12th, at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. The program will include Elliott Carter's Triple Duo, Hymne by Anneliese Wiebel, Sleep, in the Shape of My Body by Mark Osborn, Bones by Stuart Saunders Smith, Magnificat 3: Lament by Linda Dusman and so, between and e,nm by Thomas DeLio. The ensemble features flutist Lisa Cella, cellist Franklin Cox, percussionist Tom Goldstein, clarinetist E. Michael Richards, violinist Airi Yoshioka, pianist Thomas Moore and conductor Brian Stone. Founded in 2000 to promote the performance of contemporary chamber music, Ruckus has performed at the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and at universities throughout the East Coast. Ruckus will present the same program on April 3rd at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and on April 17th at Stanford University, where the ensemble will be in residence for a week. Admission Admission to the concert is $7 general, $3 for senior citizens, free for all students, and free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available online through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or by calling 410-752-8950. Any remaining tickets will be available at the door (cash or check only). Telephone Public information: UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC Arts News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media A high resolution image for media is available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. (Photo credit: Richard Anderson.) ### Posted by tmoore | Comments (0) UMBC Presents the Callithumpian Consort in Concert Contact: Tom Moore 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu The UMBC Department of Music's Contemporary Concert Series presents the Callithumpian Consort, based at New England Conservatory and directed by Stephen Drury, on Thursday, April 14th, at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. The ensemble's program will feature Miss Donnithorne's Maggot, a music-theatre work by Peter Maxwell Davies, and Stanley Kubrick's Mountain Home by Paul Elwood. The Callithumpian Consort was created in the belief that new music should be an exciting adventure shared by performers and listeners alike, and that brand new masterpieces of our day are beautiful, sensuous, challenging, delightful, provocative, and a unique joy. The Consort is flexible in size and makeup, in some cases performing as a full chamber orchestra. Its members pursue parallel solo and orchestral careers as well. Each musician is a soloist, enabling the group to tackle unusual repertoire in non-standard ensembles, or to take part in experimental projects. The Consort's repertoire encompasses a huge stylistic spectrum, from the classics of the last 100 years to works of the avant-garde and experimental jazz and rock. Active commissioning and recording of new works is crucial to the ensemble's mission, and the group has worked with composers John Cage, Lee Hyla, John Zorn, Michael Finnissy, Franco Donatoni, Lukas Foss, Christian Wolff and many others. Its recordings are available on Tzadik and Mode records. Admission Admission is free. Telephone Public information: UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC Arts News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media is available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore | Comments (0) March 24, 2005 Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery Presents On Assignment: Photographs by Arthur Leipzig Contact: Tom Moore 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu UMBC’s Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents On Assignment: Photographs by Arthur Leipzig, on display from April 11 through May 31, 2005. Arthur Leipzig, perhaps best known for his photo essays depicting life in New York in the 1940s, has spent a lifetime capturing the human condition through his photographs. On Assignment will be the first major presentation to highlight the broad range of Leipzig’s astute photographic vision. Included are 70 photographs representing his most significant bodies of work either taken on assignment for major publications or for his own “self-assignments”: children, New York, rural labor, winter fishing in the Atlantic, Pablo Casals, South Sudan, Mexico, pediatric hospitals, and Jewish Life. The show is organized by the Library Gallery and curated by Tom Beck and Cynthia Wayne, in collaboration with the photographer. Throughout his career, Arthur Leipzig has viewed photography as an exciting way to both connect with the world and to separate from it. He has remarked: “I have been able to observe the world and myself. Photography has helped me to learn much about both.” At eighty-six, Leipzig’s lifetime of learning is clearly visible in his photographs, a broad selection of which has been gathered into this exhibition. Leipzig, who was born in 1918 and came of age in the Depression, left school at the age of seventeen and took on an assortment of jobs, including truck driver, salesman, office manager, and assembly line worker. While working at a wholesale glass plant, he seriously injured and lost the use of his right hand for fourteen months, an event that propelled Leipzig into photography, beginning with studies at the Photo League and with Sid Grossman. In 1942, Leipzig launched his career as photography assignment editor and staff photographer for PM, a newspaper that, like the Photo League, was people-oriented and “dared to tell the truth.” By 1947, Leipzig also had studied with Paul Strand, the eminent artist-photographer, and left PM to become a freelance photojournalist, a pursuit he continued even after 1963 when he began a 25-year teaching career at C.W. Post College, Long Island University. In recent years, exhibitions and books of Leipzig’s imagery have appeared with increasing frequency. Not only did Leipzig photograph specifically for diverse publications such as Fortune, Look, Parade, and Natural History, but also for “self-assignments,” those that he gave to himself either with or without immediate expectations of publication. In either case, Leipzig’s primary subject always has been people who are famous primarily by virtue of having been photographed in the act of being human. His fascination with people is so pervasive that individuals almost invariably become icons of humanity in general with all beauties and imperfections clearly delineated. Undoubtedly, his diverse experiences with many different kinds of people have taught him well that humanity is an exquisite source of inspiration for images. His photographs are almost entirely visceral responses to a chaotic world to which he has sought to provide order and structure. In 2004, Leipzig was awarded the prestigious Lucie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art Photography. The spirit behind the annual Lucie award is to salute the achievements of the world’s finest photographers, discover new and emerging talent, and promote the appreciation of photography. Gordon Parks, the 2004 Lucie Awards Lifetime Achievement recipient observed, “[Leipzig’s photography] opens up our feelings to so many things, immeasurable things that have given license to his unbridled eye. His curiosity appears inexhaustible and keeps sprouting.” After its presentation at UMBC, the exhibition will travel to the Columbus Museum of Art, where it will be on view December 17, 2005 – March 11, 2006. A book by the same title is being published by Bulfinch Press. Gallery Information The Albin O. Kuhn Gallery serves as one of the principal art galleries in the Baltimore region. Items from the Special Collections Department, as well as art and artifacts from all over the world, are displayed in challenging and informative exhibitions for the University community and the public. Moreover, traveling exhibitions are occasionally presented, and the Gallery also sends some of its exhibits throughout the state and nation. Admission to the Gallery is free. Acknowledgements Funding for On Assignment has been provided in part from an arts program grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Friends of the Library & Gallery. Hours of Operation Sunday: Closed Monday: 12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday: 12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Wednesday: 12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Thursday: 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. Friday: 12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Saturday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Telephone General Gallery information: 410-455-2270 UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts Gallery website: http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/gallery/ UMBC Arts News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. The images in this release and others are available at 300 dpi on high resolution image website. Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Albin O. Kuhn Library. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Albin O. Kuhn Library. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Albin O. Kuhn Library. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in the Walker Avenue Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by tmoore | Comments (0) UMBC Department of Music Presents Guitarist Troy King in Concert Contact: Tom Moore 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu The UMBC Department of Music presents guitarist Troy King in concert on Sunday, April 3rd at 3 pm in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. His program will feature works by Augustin Barrios, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Manuel Ponce, Jorge Morel, and Radames Gnattali. With a reputation as an inspired, technically refined performer, Troy King is recognized as a guitarist who brings an intense, passionate commitment to his art, and who is able to emotionally connect with audiences. He holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music as a scholarship student of John Holmquist, and a Master’s Degree from the University of Denver, where he was the teaching assistant to Ricardo Iznaola. Additional instruction includes private study in England with composer/ guitarist Gilbert Biberian, and a long list of masterclasses with many of today’s most notable guitarists. King has performed concerts across the United States and Europe. He has been heard on the BBC and National Public Radio. His varied programs include beloved guitar masterworks as well as important and exciting contemporary offerings, such as Ricardo Iznaola’s Three Little Tales, which he premiered in 1997. Notable festival appearances have included guest artist recitals at the Charlton Kings International Guitar Festival (England), the Portland Guitar Festival (Oregon), and at the Summer Guitar Workshop (New Mexico). After giving what Soundboard Magazine described as “a fiery performance,” King won First Prize at the Portland Guitar Festival International Guitar Competition. Other accomplishments include winning First Prize at the Lamont Chamber Music Competition and being selected as a Finalist in the Manuel Ponce International Guitar Competition in Mexico City. Admission Admission to the concert is $7 general, $3 for senior citizens, free for all students, and free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available online through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or by calling 410-752-8950. Any remaining tickets will be available at the door (cash or check only). Admission to the masterclass is free. Telephone Public information: UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC Arts News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media A high resolution image for media is available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore | Comments (0) February 22, 2005 UMBC's Center for Art and Visual Culture presents the Tour de Clay Contact: Tom Moore 410-455-3370 tmoore@umbc.edu UMBC's Center for Art and Visual Culture presents three exhibitions as part of the Baltimore area-wide Tour de Clay, held in conjunction with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts 2005 Conference. The exhibitions open on March 10th and continue through April 2nd. An opening reception for all three exhibitions will be held on Wednesday, March 16 from 5 to 7 pm at the Center for Art and Visual Culture. The largest of the exhibitions -- and the largest Tour de Clay exhibition in Baltimore -- is the NCECA 2005 Clay National Exhibition, a nationally juried exhibition of emerging and established artists, including Tara Wilson, Stan Welsh, Wendy Walgate, John Utgaard, Virginia Trammell, Matthew Towers, Billie Jean Theide, Leigh Taylor Mickelson, Katherine Taylor, Chris Staley and 72 others. This exhibition will be presented in the Center for Art and Visual Culture's main exhibition space in the Fine Arts Building. Series of Echoes: Anderson Ranch, featuring work by past and present Anderson Ranch resident artists, is curated by Jill Oberman and organized by the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado. Series of Echoes showcases the diversity and individual strengths of the artists in residence, and highlights the emerging and established artists who have left a legacy at the Anderson Ranch while contributing to the field of contemporary ceramics. Artists featured in the exhibition include Doug Casebeer, Brad Miller, Christa Assad, Ruth Borgenicht, Sam Chung, Michael Connelly, Julia Galloway, Sam Harvey, Giselle Hicks, Sinisa Kukec, Jae Won Lee, Alleghany Meadows, Jill Oberman, Rich Parsons, Pelusa Rosenthal, Bradley Walters and Michael Wisner. Series of Echoes will be presented in the Gallery on Upper Main at The Commons. Contemporary Codex: Ceramics and the Book is a traveling invitational exhibition exploring the written word, curated by Holly Hanessian and Janet Williams and organized by the University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University. Participating artists include Lenny Goldberg, Holly Henessian, Barbara Hashimoto, Kimiyo Michima, Nancy Selvin, Richard Shaw, Forrest Snyder and Janet Williams. Ceramics and books share a common history: The earliest book forms, imbued with power and intimacy, were cuneiforms, small terra cotta tablets with orderly symbols easily tucked into a side sleeve and carried around. The book objects or installations in this exhibition stretch the boundaries of both ceramics and the book form, interpreting the book with integrity and a variety of aesthetic viewpoints. Contemporary Codex will be on display on the Second Floor of The Commons in Room 2B24. A full-color catalog with essays from both curators will be available for purchase at the CAVC for $10. About the Center for Art and Visual Culture The Center for Art and Visual Culture is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of contemporary art and visual culture, critical theory, art and cultural history, and the relationship between society and the arts. The CAVC serves as a forum for students, faculty, and the general public for the discussion of important aesthetic and social issues of the day. Disciplines represented include painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography, digital art, video, film, television, design, architecture, advertising, and installation and performance art. Since 1989, the CAVC has incorporated a number of public programs into its exhibition programming schedule to further impact the communities it serves. Symposia, lecture series, conferences, film series, visiting artist series, and residencies have all been fundamental in an effort to create an ongoing dialogue about contemporary art and culture. The Center has also initiated a number of projects with Baltimore and surrounding schools systems to integrate the contemporary artist and their concerns into the classroom. These projects take place on-site at both middle schools and high schools and are team taught by the instructors at these schools, professional artists, and students from the CAVC's Internship Program. Currently the Center produces one to two exhibition catalogues each year. Each document is fully illustrated and contains critical essays on the given subject by a variety of distinguished professionals in the field. Recent publications include Postmodernism: A Virtual Discussion and Paul Rand: Modernist Design. These catalogues are published yearly and are distributed internationally through Distributed Art Publishers in New York. Since 1992, the Center for Art and Visual Culture has actively pursued the organization of exhibitions that contain the aesthetic, theoretical, and educational potential to reach both a national and international audience. Over the years, the CAVC has traveled these exhibition projects to a broad spectrum of museums, professional non-profit galleries, and universities national and internationally. These traveling exhibitions include: White: Whiteness and Race in Contemporary Art (2003) Fred Wilson: Objects and Installations (2001) Adrian Piper: A Retrospective (1999) Bruno Monguzzi: A Designer's Perspective (1998) Minimal Politics (1997) Kate Millet, Sculpture: The First 38 Years (1997) Layers: Contemporary Collage from St. Petersburg, Russia (1995/96) Notes In Time: Leon Golub and Nancy Spero (1995) Ciphers of Identity (1994) Beyond the scope of these traveling exhibitions, the Center for Art and Visual Culture also undertakes an exhibition schedule that includes a Faculty Biennial, and projects such as the Joseph Beuys Tree Partnership. As part of the educational mission of the CAVC, one graduate thesis exhibition and one undergraduate senior exhibition are scheduled on a yearly basis. This multi-faceted focus for presenting exhibitions, projects and scholarly research publications focused on contemporary art and cultural issues positions the Center for Art and Visual Culture in a unique position within the mid-Atlantic region. Upcoming Exhibitions at the Center for Art and Visual Culture April 14 – May 7 The IMDA Thesis Exhibition, an exhibition by graduates of UMBC's MFA program in Imaging and Digital Arts, an interdisciplinary program integrating computer art, video, filmmaking, photography, art theory and criticism. An opening reception will be held on April 14 from 5 to 7 pm. May 18 – June 18 The Senior Exit Exhibition. This exhibition reflects the interdisciplinary orientation and the technological focus of the Department of Visual Arts and provides the opportunity for undergraduate seniors to exhibit within a professional setting prior to exiting the University. An opening reception will be held on May 18 from 5 to 7 pm. Hours of Operation Sunday: Closed Monday: Closed Tuesday: 10 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. Wednesday: 10 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. Thursday: 10 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. Friday: 10 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. Saturday: 10 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. Admission Admission to the CAVC and all events is free. Telephone CAVC offices: 410-455-3188 UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web CAVC website: http://www.umbc.edu/cavc UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by tmoore | Comments (0) February 13, 2005 UMBC Presents Guitarist Stephen Marchionda in Concert The UMBC Department of Music presents a masterclass and concert by renowned guitarist Stephen Marchionda on Saturday, February 26. The masterclass will be held at 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall, with the concert to follow at 7:30 pm in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. His program will include the regional premiere of the Tango from Sophie's Choice by Nicholas Maw, as well as Maw's monumental work for solo guitar, Music of Memory, and works by John Dowland and Joaquin Rodrigo. The UMBC Department of Music presents a masterclass and concert by renowned guitarist Stephen Marchionda on Saturday, February 26. The masterclass will be held at 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall, with the concert to follow at 7:30 pm in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. His program will include the regional premiere of the Tango from Sophie's Choice by Nicholas Maw, as well as Maw's monumental work for solo guitar, Music of Memory, and works by John Dowland and Joaqu�n Rodrigo. Stephen Marchionda has emerged as a unique presence on the international concert scene. His performances are characterized by flair, technical facility and musical individuality. The American Record Guide says, “...he turns in vibrant performances...energetic and vital, with a great sense of momentum and flow...cohesive and highly charged.” He has recently been featured in New York City at Weill Recital Hall/Carnegie Hall (the Aranjuez Series), where Soundboard magazine wrote that “imbued with depth and passion, Marchionda played engagingly and with a sense of drama...deftly played.” He has appeared at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Aspen Music Festival, the Cleveland and San Diego Museums of Art, the Cleveland Institute, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and numerous universities. A strong advocate of contemporary music, Mr. Marchionda is top prize winner at several international competitions, including the Guitar Foundation of America's International Solo, the Segovia International, and the Manuel de Falla. A graduate of Yale University's School of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music, he was affiliated with the Royal Academy of Music in London in 1991, where he received classes with the celebrated guitarist Julian Bream, who called him a “strong, spirited performer.” Admission Admission to the concert is $7 general, $3 for senior citizens, free for all students, and free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available online through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or by calling 410-752-8950. Any remaining tickets will be available at the door (cash or check only). Admission to the masterclass is free. Telephone Public information: UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC Arts News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media A high resolution image for media is available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by dwinds1 UMBC Presents the Damocles Trio in Concert The UMBC Department of Music’s Faculty Recital Series presents the Damocles Trio in concert on Thursday, March 3 at 8 pm in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. The Trio’s program will features performances of the Brahms Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87; Joaquín Turina’s Trio No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 76; and Ravel’s Trio in A Minor. The UMBC Department of Music’s Faculty Recital Series presents the Damocles Trio in concert on Thursday, March 3 at 8 pm in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. The Trio’s program will features performances of the Brahms Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87; Joaquín Turina’s Trio No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 76; and Ravel’s Trio in A Minor. The Damocles Trio has performed throughout the United States, appearing numerous times at Alice Tully Hall in New York City, and completed highly successful tours of Switzerland in 1999 and 2001. Commenting on a performance in Interlaken, the Oberländisches Tagblatt wrote, “The members of this international trio were perfectly attuned to each other and interpreted the magnificent work with great expressiveness” and a critic from the Zürichsee Zeitung enthused, “The three artists did justice to the great work of Beethoven with perfect harmony, courtly elegance...subtle coloration, and great virtuosity.” The ensemble was founded in 1996 by pianist Adam Kent, violinist Airi Yoshioka, and cellist Sibylle Johner, all accomplished soloists in their own right. Mr. Kent won top prizes in the American Pianists Association Fellowship, Simone Belsky Music, Thomas Richner Foundation, Juilliard Concerto, and Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin competitions and is also a recipient of the Arthur Rubinstein Prize and the Harold Bauer Award. Ms. Yoshioka was a winner of The Juilliard School’s concerto competition, concertmaster and soloist with the Manhattan Virtuosi, concertmaster at the Aspen Music Festival, and concertmaster and soloist with The New Juilliard Ensemble. She is now on the faculty of UMBC. Ms. Johner was a winner of both the Drake and Zurich Conservatory soloist competitions and received the Dienemann, Ernst Göhner, and Eubie Blake Scholarship awards. The three musicians met in the doctoral program at The Juilliard School, where they were awarded a Maxwell and Muriel Gluck Fellowship for the 1998/99 academic year and coached with Felix Galimir, Jerome Lowenthal, and Stephen Clapp. The only piano trio to advance to the finals of the 2002 International Concert Artists Guild Competition, the Damocles Trio has been featured frequently on Robert Sherman’s Young Artists Showcase on WQXR radio. Admission Admission to the concert is $7 general, $3 for senior citizens, free for all students, and free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available online through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or by calling 410-752-8950. Any remaining tickets will be available at the door (cash or check only). Admission to the masterclass is free. Telephone Public information: UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC Arts News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media A high resolution image for media is available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. (Photo credit: Michael Dames.) ### Posted by dwinds1 February 1, 2005 UMBC Presents the 'two' Percussion Duo in Concert The UMBC Department of Music's Contemporary Concert Series presents the two percussion group on Thursday, February 24th, 2005. Their program will include All that is Left and Polka in Treblinka by Stuart Saunders Smith, Pairs by Christian Wolff, bicoastal by Roger Zahab, Duo for Marimba and Vibraphone by Gitta Steiner, Verh'lthis ('hneln..) by Franklin Cox, and a new work by Tom Baker. The UMBC Department of Music's Contemporary Concert Series presents the two percussion group, a duo committed to the advancement of new music through performance, education, and experimentation. two was founded in 1998 by Chris Leonard and Dale Speicher, both founding members of the seminal percussion group trio algetic. The music of two invites listeners to investigate the boundaries of complexity and sonority by exploring the world outside of driving repetitive rhythms and, instead, diving into a world of polytonality and polyrhythmic structures. two actively commissions new music for percussion from forward thinking composers throughout the world. Their program will include All that is Left and Polka in Treblinka by Stuart Saunders Smith, Pairs by Christian Wolff, bicoastal by Roger Zahab, Duo for Marimba and Vibraphone by Gitta Steiner, Verh�lthis (�hneln..) by Franklin Cox, and a new work by Tom Baker Admission Admission is free. Telephone Public information: UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC Arts News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media A high resolution image for media is available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. (Photo credit: Richard Anderson.) ### Posted by OIT UMBC Presents Cellist Franklin Cox in Concert The UMBC Department of Music’s Faculty Recital Series presents cellist Franklin Cox in concert on Sunday, February 20th at 3 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. His program will include J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor (BWV 1011), the Maryland premiere of a work by Elliott Carter, works by Volker Schmidt and Ignacio Baca-Lobera, and a new work of his own. The UMBC Department of Music’s Faculty Recital Series presents cellist Franklin Cox in concert on Sunday, February 20th at 3 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. His program will include J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor (BWV 1011), the Maryland premiere of a work by Elliott Carter, works by Volker Schmidt and Ignacio Baca-Lobera, and a new work of his own. Franklin Cox has performed in numerous festivals and new music ensembles, including the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, the Group for Contemporary Music, and SONOR, as well as at the 1980 and 1982 Spoleto Festivals, the 1983 Banff Summer Chamber Music Festival, the Xenakis Festival and Darmstadt Revisited Festival at UCSD, and at the Darmstadt Festival since 1988, where he received a special citation for cello performance in 1990. He received a Bachelor of Music degree in composition from Indiana University, a Master of Arts degree in composition from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in composition at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Cox studied with Brian Ferneyhough, Roger Reynolds, Joji Yuasa, Steven Suber, Fred Fox, Harvey Sollberger, Fred Lerdahl, and Jack Beeson. He received an Alice M. Ditson Scholarship and Dissertation Fellowship at Columbia University, Regent’s Fellowship and a Dissertation Research Fellowship for Outstanding Research at UCSD, a full scholarship to the 1990 June in Buffalo Festival, and full scholarships for the 1988 and 1992 Darmstadt Festivals. He was awarded a Stipendium Fellowship at the 1990 Darmstadt Festival, won 2nd prize in the Los Angeles Arts Commission competition in the spring of 1991, and was co-winner of the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis (highest award for composition) in the 1992 Darmstadt Festival. Admission Admission is $7 general, $3 for senior citizens, free for all students, and free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available online through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or by calling 410-752-8950. Any remaining tickets will be available at the door (cash or check only). Telephone Public information: UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC Arts News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media A high resolution image for media is available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. (Photo credit: Richard Anderson.) ### Posted by OIT January 11, 2005 UMBC Department of Music Presents Spring 2005 Concerts and Events The UMBC Department of Music presents its spring 2005 season, featuring an array of contemporary classical music concerts by renowned artists, including classical guitarist Stephen Marchionda, Ruckus (the contemporary music ensemble in residence at UMBC), the Callithumpian Consort (featuring a performance of Miss Donnithorne�s Maggot by Peter Maxwell Davies), the Damocles Trio and other performers. The UMBC Department of Music presents its spring 2005 season, featuring an array of contemporary classical music concerts by renowned artists, including classical guitarist Stephen Marchionda, Ruckus (the contemporary music ensemble in residence at UMBC), the Callithumpian Consort (featuring a performance of Miss Donnithorne�s Maggot by Peter Maxwell Davies), the Damocles Trio and other performers. Professional Artist Series February 9 Duo Ego 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS Duo Ego, featuring the unusual ensemble of singer Monica Danielsson and percussionist Per Sj�gren, has, in fewer than four years, established itself as one of the leading contemporary music ensembles in Scandinavia. A number of composers have written for the duo, which will present the world premiere of a new work by Magnus Lindborg at Stockholm New Music in February 2005. Their program will include Forever and Sunsmell by John Cage, Tranquil by P�r Lindgren, Aspects of Humanity by Fredrik �sterling, A day goes by by Karin Rehnqvist, La fra�cheur de la derni�re v�pr�e by Viktor Varela, and Breath by Stuart Saunders Smith. (Photo: Uristin Lidell.) February 20 Franklin Cox, cello 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 and at the door immediately prior to the concert. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. Cellist Franklin Cox�s program will include J.S. Bach�s Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat (BWV 1010), works by Wolfram Schurig, Ignacio Baca-Lobera, Nicola Sani and a new work by Franklin Cox. Franklin Cox has performed in numerous festivals and new music ensembles, including the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, the Group for Contemporary Music, and SONOR, as well as at the 1980 and 1982 Spoleto Festivals, the 1983 Banff Summer Chamber Music Festival, the Xenakis Festival and Darmstadt Revisited Festival at UCSD, and at the Darmstadt Festival since 1988, where he received a special citation for cello performance in 1990. He received a Bachelor of Music degree in composition from Indiana University, a Master of Arts degree in composition from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in composition at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Cox studied with Brian Ferneyhough, Roger Reynolds, Joji Yuasa, Steven Suber, Fred Fox, Harvey Sollberger, Fred Lerdahl, and Jack Beeson. He received an Alice M. Ditson Scholarship and Dissertation Fellowship at Columbia University, Regent�s Fellowship and a Dissertation Research Fellowship for Outstanding Research at UCSD, a full scholarship to the 1990 June in Buffalo Festival, and full scholarships for the 1988 and 1992 Darmstadt Festivals. He was awarded a Stipendium Fellowship at the 1990 Darmstadt Festival, won 2nd prize in the Los Angeles Arts Commission competition in the spring of 1991, and was co-winner of the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis (highest award for composition) in the 1992 Darmstadt Festival. (Photo: Richard Anderson.) February 24 two percussion ensemble 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS The �two� percussion group, a duo committed to the advancement of new music through performance, education, and experimentation, was founded in 1998 by Chris Leonard and Dale Speicher, both founding members of the seminal percussion group trio algetic. The music of two invites listeners to investigate the boundaries of complexity and sonority by exploring the world outside of driving repetitive rhythms and, instead, diving into a world of polytonality and polyrhythmic structures. two actively commissions new music for percussion from forward thinking composers throughout the world. Their program will include All that is Left and Polka in Treblinka by Stuart Saunders Smith, Pairs by Christian Wolff, bicoastal by Roger Zahab, Duo for Marimba and Vibraphone by Gitta Steiner, Verh�lthis (�hneln..) by Franklin Cox, and a new work by Tom Baker. February 26 Stephen Marchionda, guitar 7:30 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 and at the door immediately prior to the concert. (A 3 pm masterclass, Fine Arts Recital Hall, is free.) Public information: 410-455-ARTS. Renowned guitarist Stephen Marchionda renowned guitarist Stephen Marchionda. His program will include the regional premiere of the Tango from Sophie�s Choice by Nicholas Maw, as well as Maw�s monumental work for solo guitar, Music of Memory, and works by John Dowland and Joaqu�n Rodrigo. Stephen Marchionda has emerged as a unique presence on the international concert scene. His performances are characterized by flair, technical facility and musical individuality. The American Record Guide says, �...he turns in vibrant performances...energetic and vital, with a great sense of momentum and flow...cohesive and highly charged.� He has recently been featured in New York City at Weill Recital Hall/Carnegie Hall (the Aranjuez Series), where Soundboard magazine wrote that �imbued with depth and passion, Marchionda played engagingly and with a sense of drama...deftly played.� He has appeared at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Aspen Music Festival, the Cleveland and San Diego Museums of Art, the Cleveland Institute, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and numerous universities. A strong advocate of contemporary music, Mr. Marchionda is top prize winner at several international competitions, including the Guitar Foundation of America�s International Solo, the Segovia International, and the Manuel de Falla. A graduate of Yale University�s School of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music, he was affiliated with the Royal Academy of Music in London in 1991, where he received classes with the celebrated guitarist Julian Bream, who called him a �strong, spirited performer.� March 3 The Damocles Trio 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 and at the door immediately prior to the concert. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. The energetic Damocles Trio will perform the Brahms Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87; Joaqu�n Turina�s Trio No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 76; and Ravel�s Trio in A Minor. The Damocles Trio has performed throughout the United States, appearing numerous times at Alice Tully Hall in New York City, and completed highly successful tours of Switzerland in 1999 and 2001. Commenting on a performance in Interlaken, the Oberl�ndisches Tagblatt wrote, �The members of this international trio were perfectly attuned to each other and interpreted the magnificent work with great expressiveness� and a critic from the Z�richsee Zeitung enthused, �The three artists did justice to the great work of Beethoven with perfect harmony, courtly elegance...subtle coloration, and great virtuosity.� The ensemble was founded in 1996 by pianist Adam Kent, violinist Airi Yoshioka, and cellist Sibylle Johner, all accomplished soloists in their own right. Mr. Kent won top prizes in the American Pianists Association Fellowship, Simone Belsky Music, Thomas Richner Foundation, Juilliard Concerto, and Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin competitions and is also a recipient of the Arthur Rubinstein Prize and the Harold Bauer Award. Ms. Yoshioka was a winner of The Juilliard School�s concerto competition, concertmaster and soloist with the Manhattan Virtuosi, concertmaster at the Aspen Music Festival, and concertmaster and soloist with The New Juilliard Ensemble. She is now on the faculty of UMBC. Ms. Johner was a winner of both the Drake and Zurich Conservatory soloist competitions and received the Dienemann, Ernst G�hner, and Eubie Blake Scholarship awards. The three musicians met in the doctoral program at The Juilliard School, where they were awarded a Maxwell and Muriel Gluck Fellowship for the 1998/99 academic year and coached with Felix Galimir, Jerome Lowenthal, and Stephen Clapp. The only piano trio to advance to the finals of the 2002 International Concert Artists Guild Competition, the Damocles Trio has been featured frequently on Robert Sherman�s Young Artists Showcase on WQXR radio. (Photo: Michael Dames.) April 3 Troy King, guitar 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 and at the door immediately prior to the concert. Public information: 410-455-ARTS Guitarist Troy King presents a program of works by Augustin Barrios, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Manuel Ponce, Jorge Morel, and Radames Gnattali. With a reputation as an inspired, technically refined performer, Troy King is recognized as a guitarist who brings an intense, passionate commitment to his art, and who is able to emotionally connect with audiences. He holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music as a scholarship student of John Holmquist, and a Master�s Degree from the University of Denver, where he was the teaching assistant to Ricardo Iznaola. Additional instruction includes private study in England with composer/guitarist Gilbert Biberian, and a long list of masterclasses with many of today�s most notable guitarists. King has performed concerts across the United States and Europe. He has been heard on the BBC and National Public Radio. His varied programs include beloved guitar masterworks as well as important and exciting contemporary offerings, such as Ricardo Iznaola�s Three Little Tales, which he premiered in 1997. Notable festival appearances have included guest artist recitals at the Charlton Kings International Guitar Festival (England), the Portland Guitar Festival (Oregon), and at the Summer Guitar Workshop (New Mexico). After giving what Soundboard Magazine described as �a fiery performance,� King won First Prize at the Portland Guitar Festival International Guitar Competition. Other accomplishments include winning First Prize at the Lamont Chamber Music Competition and being selected as a Finalist in the Manuel Ponce International Guitar Competition in Mexico City. (Photo credit: Tanya Gerodette.) April 12 Ruckus, the professional contemporary music ensemble in residence at UMBC 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 and at the door immediately prior to the concert. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. Ruckus, the professional contemporary music ensemble in residence at UMBC, will perform Elliott Carter�s Triple Duo, James Erber�s The Ray and its Shadow, a new work by Anneliese Wiebel, a work by Mark Osborn, and so, between and e,nm by Thomas DeLio. The ensemble features flutist Lisa Cella, cellist Franklin Cox, percussionist Tom Goldstein, clarinetist E. Michael Richards, pianist Kazuko Tanosaki and violinist Airi Yoshioka. Founded in 2000 to promote the performance of contemporary chamber music, Ruckus has performed at the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and at universities throughout the East Coast. (Photo: Richard Anderson.) April 14 The Callithumpian Consort 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS The Callithumpian Consort hails from New England Conservatory and is directed by noted pianist Stephen Drury. The ensemble�s program will feature Miss Donnithorne�s Maggot, a music-theatre work by Peter Maxwell Davies. The Callithumpian Consort was created in the belief that new music should be an exciting adventure shared by performers and listeners alike, and that brand new masterpieces of our day are beautiful, sensuous, challenging, delightful, provocative, and a unique joy. The Consort is flexible in size and makeup, in some cases performing as a full chamber orchestra. Its members pursue parallel solo and orchestral careers as well. Each musician is a soloist, enabling the group to tackle unusual repertoire in non-standard ensembles, or to take part in experimental projects. The Consort�s repertoire encompasses a huge stylistic spectrum, from the classics of the last 100 years to works of the avant-garde and experimental jazz and rock. Active commissioning and recording of new works is crucial to the ensemble�s mission, and the group has worked with composers John Cage, Lee Hyla, John Zorn, Michael Finnissy, Franco Donatoni, Lukas Foss, Christian Wolff and many others. Its recordings are available on Tzadik and Mode records. April 21 Marc Ponthus, piano 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS Pianist Marc Ponthus presents a performance of the Second and Third Piano Sonatas by Pierre Boulez. The only pianist to have performed the complete solo piano work of Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen, Ponthus�s solo performances with the BBC in London have been broadcast on numerous occasions. The New York Times wrote, �Mr. Ponthus�s virtuosity is hair-raising, like beams of electricity shooting from a Frankenstein machine...a kind of priest channeling spirits in an arcane rite, hurling himself at the keyboard...until the whole instrument shook.� The Washington Post�s Joseph McLellan said, �Ponthus has a technique and a musical sensitivity that simply brush technical obstacles aside.� Special Event February 16 Studio 508, the Department of Music�s recording studio and black box performance space, celebrates its re-opening with updated equipment and renovations. The public is invited to an Open House event with surround sound experiences�ranging from the music of Roger Reynolds to The Beatles�and a reception. 5 pm, Studio 508, Fine Arts Building. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. Student Recital Series March 6 The UMBC Symphony Orchestra, directed by Wayne Cameron, will feature the winners of the High School Concerto Competition and the Department of Music Concerto Competition in a program that will include Mozart�s Symphony No. 29. 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. April 2 The Vocal Arts Ensemble under the direction of David Smith, presenting an Opera Gala that will feature a wonderful evening of scenes from Carmen, La Boh�me, Cos� Fan Tutti, The Marriage of Figaro, Elixir of Love, A Hand of Bridge, and The Gondoliers. 7 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. April 28 The UMBC Jazz Ensemble directed by Jari Villanueva. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 1 The UMBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Wayne Cameron. The program will feature the London Suite by Eric Coates; the Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto with guest oboist Lori Guess; and a Gloria for choir and orchestra by Antonio Vivaldi. 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 5 The UMBC Wind Ensemble directed by Jari Villanueva. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 6 The UMBC Jazz Combo directed by Rick Hannah. 4 pm, the Commons Cabaret. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 7 The Jubilee Singers directed by Janice Jackson. 7 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 8 The Collegium Musicum directed by Joseph Morin, 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. 4 pm, St. John�s Episcopal Church, 9120 Frederick Road, Ellicott City. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 9 The UMBC Chamber Players directed by E. Michael Richards. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 10 The UMBC Percussion Ensemble directed by Tom Goldstein. 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. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 14 The Maryland Camerata directed by David Smith. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 16 The UMBC Classical Guitar Ensemble directed by Troy King. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 17 Department of Music Honors Recital. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. Additional Information Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Telephone Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Department of Music website: http://www.umbc.edu/music Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. Evening parking is available in Lot 16, adjacent to the Fine Arts Building, for 50�. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by OIT UMBC Presents the Phoenix Dance Company The UMBC Department of Dance presents the Phoenix Dance Company, the professional dance company in residence at UMBC, in its annual concerts from Wednesday, February 9 through Saturday, February 12 at 8 p.m. in the UMBC Theatre. Renowned for its exploration of dance and technology, the Phoenix Dance Company features choreography by co-artistic directors Carol Hess and Doug Hamby, and performances by Sandra Lacy and other artists. The UMBC Department of Dance presents the Phoenix Dance Company, the professional dance company in residence at UMBC, in its annual concerts from Wednesday, February 9 through Saturday, February 12 at 8 p.m. in the UMBC Theatre. Tickets are $15 general admission and $7 for students and seniors, available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950. Renowned for its exploration of dance and technology, the Phoenix Dance Company features choreography by co-artistic directors Carol Hess and Doug Hamby, and performances by Sandra Lacy and other artists. The venerable company, founded in 1983, has played in venues such as the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore Theatre Project, Ohio State University, Judson Church, Goucher College, McDaniel College, Salisbury University and Temple University. The program will include: Common Axis III, a multimedia work for eight dancers, featuring video by Timothy Nohe and sound performed live by Joe Reinsel; Two premieres by Doug Hamby and Carol Hess; Henrietta and Alexandra by Mexican choreographer Jose Bustamante, an emotionally charged, dramatic and very physical piece performed by Sandra Lacy and guest artist Mary Williford-Shade; Shooting Gallery by Carol Hess, performed by Mandi and Evan Davidson; A Memory (Baltimore premiere) by Doug Hamby, performed by Emily Gibbs; Three Miniatures by Tonya Lockyer, performed by Sandra Lacy; Dancers Cristal Cooper, Evan Davidson, Mandi Davidson, Jenifer Dobbins, Lisa Fecteau, Emily Gibbs, Christina Kennedy, Sandra Lacy, Lindsay Phebus, Alicia Ritgert, Chip Scuderi and Mary Williford-Shade Admission General admission: $15.00 Students and seniors: $7.00 Box Office: http://www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 Telephone UMBC Artsline (24-hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Images for Media High resolution images are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Theatre. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. Theatre Parking is available in The Commons Garage. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by dwinds1 UMBC Presents the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange UMBC presents the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange in concert on Friday, February 4, 2005 at 8 p.m. in the UMBC Theatre. The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange's performance at UMBC offers a sneak peek into a dance company whose moves, grooves and imagery are created from a multitude of voices spanning six decades. UMBC presents the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange in concert on Friday, February 4, 2005 at 8 p.m. in the UMBC Theatre. Tickets are $17 general admission and $7 for students and seniors, available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950. The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange's performance at UMBC will feature an evening of joyous and provocative dance—plus an opportunity to see sections of a new work being developed by Martha Wittman. The program will include: • Imprints on a Landscape: a multi-media work including movement, text and visual imagery, Imprints involves the full professional company of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. Through extensive research, and drawing on her family’s background in the coal mining culture of northeastern Pennsylvania, veteran choreographer and Dance Exchange favorite Martha Wittman creates and directs Imprints, which includes the oral histories of elders or still-living family members who recall the mining-industry days. The New York Times described Wittman as “one of those rare and daring performers who seems simply to embody truth.” • Dances at a Cocktail Party: in a spirit more impressionistic than biographical, Dances at a Cocktail Party is Liz Lerman’s work based on the music and spirit of Leonard Bernstein: his connection to composing and teaching, his insistence on the coexistence of both “high” and “low” art and, in his personal life, the zeal to live on a large spectrum. • In Praise of Animals and Their People: a work that celebrates the bond between humans and animals, Jennifer Dunning of The New York Times described Animals as “a wonder.” Founded in 1976, the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange presents a unique brand of dance/theater, breaking boundaries between stage and audience, theater and community, movement and language, tradition and the unexplored. Through explosive dancing, personal stories and intelligent humor, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange stretches the expressive range of contemporary dance. Liz Lerman (Founding Artistic Director) has choreographed works that have been seen throughout the United States and abroad. Combining dance with realistic imagery, her works are defined by the spoken word, drawing from literature, personal experience, philosophy, and political and social commentary. Over the past 26 years she has received recognition for her work with Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and as a solo artist. In 2002, she received a MacArthur �Genius Grant� fellowship for her visionary work. She has received an American Choreographer Award, the American Jewish Congress �Golda� award, the first annual Pola Nirenska Award, the Mayor's Art Award, and was named Washingtonian Magazine's Washingtonian of the Year in 1988. Liz Lerman's work has been commissioned by Lincoln Center, American Dance Festival, Dancing in the Street, BalletMet, and The Kennedy Center. Her choreographic work has received support from AT&T, Meet The Composer, American Festival Project, National Endowment for the Arts, National Performance Network Creation Fund, and the National Foundation for Jewish Culture. An open rehearsal will be held at 2:30 pm on Thursday, February 3rd in the Theatre. Admission to the open rehearsal is free. Admission General admission: $17.00 Students and seniors: $7.00 Box Office: http://www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 Telephone UMBC Artsline (24-hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Liz Lerman Dance Exchange: http://www.danceexchange.org/ Images for Media High resolution images (those shown here and others) are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Theatre. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. Theatre Parking is available in The Commons Garage. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by dwinds1 UMBC Department of Music Presents Spring 2005 Concerts and Events The UMBC Department of Music presents its spring 2005 season, featuring an array of contemporary classical music concerts by renowned artists, including classical guitarist Stephen Marchionda, Ruckus (the contemporary music ensemble in residence at UMBC), the Callithumpian Consort (featuring a performance of Miss Donnithorne's Maggot by Peter Maxwell Davies), the Damocles Trio and other performers. The UMBC Department of Music presents its spring 2005 season, featuring an array of contemporary classical music concerts by renowned artists, including classical guitarist Stephen Marchionda, Ruckus (the contemporary music ensemble in residence at UMBC), the Callithumpian Consort (featuring a performance of Miss Donnithorne's Maggot by Peter Maxwell Davies), the Damocles Trio and other performers. Professional Artist Series February 9 Duo Ego 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS Duo Ego, featuring the unusual ensemble of singer Monica Danielsson and percussionist Per Sj�gren, has, in fewer than four years, established itself as one of the leading contemporary music ensembles in Scandinavia. A number of composers have written for the duo, which will present the world premiere of a new work by Magnus Lindborg at Stockholm New Music in February 2005. Their program will include Forever and Sunsmell by John Cage, Tranquil by P�r Lindgren, Aspects of Humanity by Fredrik �sterling, A day goes by by Karin Rehnqvist, La fra�cheur de la derni�re v�pr�e by Viktor Varela, and Breath by Stuart Saunders Smith. (Photo: Uristin Lidell.) February 20 Franklin Cox, cello 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 and at the door immediately prior to the concert. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. Cellist Franklin Cox's program will include J.S. Bach's Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat (BWV 1010), works by Wolfram Schurig, Ignacio Baca-Lobera, Nicola Sani and a new work by Franklin Cox. Franklin Cox has performed in numerous festivals and new music ensembles, including the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, the Group for Contemporary Music, and SONOR, as well as at the 1980 and 1982 Spoleto Festivals, the 1983 Banff Summer Chamber Music Festival, the Xenakis Festival and Darmstadt Revisited Festival at UCSD, and at the Darmstadt Festival since 1988, where he received a special citation for cello performance in 1990. He received a Bachelor of Music degree in composition from Indiana University, a Master of Arts degree in composition from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in composition at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Cox studied with Brian Ferneyhough, Roger Reynolds, Joji Yuasa, Steven Suber, Fred Fox, Harvey Sollberger, Fred Lerdahl, and Jack Beeson. He received an Alice M. Ditson Scholarship and Dissertation Fellowship at Columbia University, Regent's Fellowship and a Dissertation Research Fellowship for Outstanding Research at UCSD, a full scholarship to the 1990 June in Buffalo Festival, and full scholarships for the 1988 and 1992 Darmstadt Festivals. He was awarded a Stipendium Fellowship at the 1990 Darmstadt Festival, won 2nd prize in the Los Angeles Arts Commission competition in the spring of 1991, and was co-winner of the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis (highest award for composition) in the 1992 Darmstadt Festival. (Photo: Richard Anderson.) February 24 two percussion ensemble 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS The �two� percussion group, a duo committed to the advancement of new music through performance, education, and experimentation, was founded in 1998 by Chris Leonard and Dale Speicher, both founding members of the seminal percussion group trio algetic. The music of two invites listeners to investigate the boundaries of complexity and sonority by exploring the world outside of driving repetitive rhythms and, instead, diving into a world of polytonality and polyrhythmic structures. two actively commissions new music for percussion from forward thinking composers throughout the world. Their program will include All that is Left and Polka in Treblinka by Stuart Saunders Smith, Pairs by Christian Wolff, bicoastal by Roger Zahab, Duo for Marimba and Vibraphone by Gitta Steiner, Verh�lthis (�hneln..) by Franklin Cox, and a new work by Tom Baker. February 26 Stephen Marchionda, guitar 7:30 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 and at the door immediately prior to the concert. (A 3 pm masterclass, Fine Arts Recital Hall, is free.) Public information: 410-455-ARTS. Renowned guitarist Stephen Marchionda renowned guitarist Stephen Marchionda. His program will include the regional premiere of the Tango from Sophie's Choice by Nicholas Maw, as well as Maw's monumental work for solo guitar, Music of Memory, and works by John Dowland and Joaqu�n Rodrigo. Stephen Marchionda has emerged as a unique presence on the international concert scene. His performances are characterized by flair, technical facility and musical individuality. The American Record Guide says, �...he turns in vibrant performances...energetic and vital, with a great sense of momentum and flow...cohesive and highly charged.� He has recently been featured in New York City at Weill Recital Hall/Carnegie Hall (the Aranjuez Series), where Soundboard magazine wrote that �imbued with depth and passion, Marchionda played engagingly and with a sense of drama...deftly played.� He has appeared at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Aspen Music Festival, the Cleveland and San Diego Museums of Art, the Cleveland Institute, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and numerous universities. A strong advocate of contemporary music, Mr. Marchionda is top prize winner at several international competitions, including the Guitar Foundation of America's International Solo, the Segovia International, and the Manuel de Falla. A graduate of Yale University's School of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music, he was affiliated with the Royal Academy of Music in London in 1991, where he received classes with the celebrated guitarist Julian Bream, who called him a �strong, spirited performer.� March 3 The Damocles Trio 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 and at the door immediately prior to the concert. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. The energetic Damocles Trio will perform the Brahms Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87; Joaqu�n Turina's Trio No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 76; and Ravel's Trio in A Minor. The Damocles Trio has performed throughout the United States, appearing numerous times at Alice Tully Hall in New York City, and completed highly successful tours of Switzerland in 1999 and 2001. Commenting on a performance in Interlaken, the Oberl�ndisches Tagblatt wrote, �The members of this international trio were perfectly attuned to each other and interpreted the magnificent work with great expressiveness� and a critic from the Z�richsee Zeitung enthused, �The three artists did justice to the great work of Beethoven with perfect harmony, courtly elegance...subtle coloration, and great virtuosity.� The ensemble was founded in 1996 by pianist Adam Kent, violinist Airi Yoshioka, and cellist Sibylle Johner, all accomplished soloists in their own right. Mr. Kent won top prizes in the American Pianists Association Fellowship, Simone Belsky Music, Thomas Richner Foundation, Juilliard Concerto, and Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin competitions and is also a recipient of the Arthur Rubinstein Prize and the Harold Bauer Award. Ms. Yoshioka was a winner of The Juilliard School's concerto competition, concertmaster and soloist with the Manhattan Virtuosi, concertmaster at the Aspen Music Festival, and concertmaster and soloist with The New Juilliard Ensemble. She is now on the faculty of UMBC. Ms. Johner was a winner of both the Drake and Zurich Conservatory soloist competitions and received the Dienemann, Ernst G�hner, and Eubie Blake Scholarship awards. The three musicians met in the doctoral program at The Juilliard School, where they were awarded a Maxwell and Muriel Gluck Fellowship for the 1998/99 academic year and coached with Felix Galimir, Jerome Lowenthal, and Stephen Clapp. The only piano trio to advance to the finals of the 2002 International Concert Artists Guild Competition, the Damocles Trio has been featured frequently on Robert Sherman's Young Artists Showcase on WQXR radio. (Photo: Michael Dames.) April 3 Troy King, guitar 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 and at the door immediately prior to the concert. Public information: 410-455-ARTS Guitarist Troy King presents a program of works by Augustin Barrios, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Manuel Ponce, Jorge Morel, and Radames Gnattali. With a reputation as an inspired, technically refined performer, Troy King is recognized as a guitarist who brings an intense, passionate commitment to his art, and who is able to emotionally connect with audiences. He holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music as a scholarship student of John Holmquist, and a Master's Degree from the University of Denver, where he was the teaching assistant to Ricardo Iznaola. Additional instruction includes private study in England with composer/guitarist Gilbert Biberian, and a long list of masterclasses with many of today's most notable guitarists. King has performed concerts across the United States and Europe. He has been heard on the BBC and National Public Radio. His varied programs include beloved guitar masterworks as well as important and exciting contemporary offerings, such as Ricardo Iznaola's Three Little Tales, which he premiered in 1997. Notable festival appearances have included guest artist recitals at the Charlton Kings International Guitar Festival (England), the Portland Guitar Festival (Oregon), and at the Summer Guitar Workshop (New Mexico). After giving what Soundboard Magazine described as �a fiery performance,� King won First Prize at the Portland Guitar Festival International Guitar Competition. Other accomplishments include winning First Prize at the Lamont Chamber Music Competition and being selected as a Finalist in the Manuel Ponce International Guitar Competition in Mexico City. (Photo credit: Tanya Gerodette.) April 12 Ruckus, the professional contemporary music ensemble in residence at UMBC 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall $7 general admission, $3 seniors, free for students, free with a UMBC ID. Tickets are available through MissionTix at www.missiontix.com or 410-752-8950 and at the door immediately prior to the concert. Public information: 410-455-ARTS. Ruckus, the professional contemporary music ensemble in residence at UMBC, will perform Elliott Carter's Triple Duo, James Erber's The Ray and its Shadow, a new work by Anneliese Wiebel, a work by Mark Osborn, and so, between and e,nm by Thomas DeLio. The ensemble features flutist Lisa Cella, cellist Franklin Cox, percussionist Tom Goldstein, clarinetist E. Michael Richards, pianist Kazuko Tanosaki and violinist Airi Yoshioka. Founded in 2000 to promote the performance of contemporary chamber music, Ruckus has performed at the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and at universities throughout the East Coast. (Photo: Richard Anderson.) April 14 The Callithumpian Consort 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS The Callithumpian Consort hails from New England Conservatory and is directed by noted pianist Stephen Drury. The ensemble's program will feature Miss Donnithorne's Maggot, a music-theatre work by Peter Maxwell Davies. The Callithumpian Consort was created in the belief that new music should be an exciting adventure shared by performers and listeners alike, and that brand new masterpieces of our day are beautiful, sensuous, challenging, delightful, provocative, and a unique joy. The Consort is flexible in size and makeup, in some cases performing as a full chamber orchestra. Its members pursue parallel solo and orchestral careers as well. Each musician is a soloist, enabling the group to tackle unusual repertoire in non-standard ensembles, or to take part in experimental projects. The Consort's repertoire encompasses a huge stylistic spectrum, from the classics of the last 100 years to works of the avant-garde and experimental jazz and rock. Active commissioning and recording of new works is crucial to the ensemble's mission, and the group has worked with composers John Cage, Lee Hyla, John Zorn, Michael Finnissy, Franco Donatoni, Lukas Foss, Christian Wolff and many others. Its recordings are available on Tzadik and Mode records. April 21 Marc Ponthus, piano 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall Free admission Public information: 410-455-ARTS Pianist Marc Ponthus presents a performance of the Second and Third Piano Sonatas by Pierre Boulez. The only pianist to have performed the complete solo piano work of Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen, Ponthus's solo performances with the BBC in London have been broadcast on numerous occasions. The New York Times wrote, �Mr. Ponthus's virtuosity is hair-raising, like beams of electricity shooting from a Frankenstein machine...a kind of priest channeling spirits in an arcane rite, hurling himself at the keyboard...until the whole instrument shook.� The Washington Post's Joseph McLellan said, �Ponthus has a technique and a musical sensitivity that simply brush technical obstacles aside.� Special Event February 16 Studio 508, the Department of Music's recording studio and black box performance space, celebrates its re-opening with updated equipment and renovations. The public is invited to an Open House event with surround sound experiences�ranging from the music of Roger Reynolds to The Beatles�and a reception. 5 pm, Studio 508, Fine Arts Building. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. Student Recital Series March 6 The UMBC Symphony Orchestra, directed by Wayne Cameron, will feature the winners of the High School Concerto Competition and the Department of Music Concerto Competition in a program that will include Mozart's Symphony No. 29. 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. April 2 The Vocal Arts Ensemble under the direction of David Smith, presenting an Opera Gala that will feature a wonderful evening of scenes from Carmen, La Boh�me, Cos� Fan Tutti, The Marriage of Figaro, Elixir of Love, A Hand of Bridge, and The Gondoliers. 7 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. April 28 The UMBC Jazz Ensemble directed by Jari Villanueva. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 1 The UMBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Wayne Cameron. The program will feature the London Suite by Eric Coates; the Richard Strauss Oboe Concerto with guest oboist Lori Guess; and a Gloria for choir and orchestra by Antonio Vivaldi. 3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 5 The UMBC Wind Ensemble directed by Jari Villanueva. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 6 The UMBC Jazz Combo directed by Rick Hannah. 4 pm, the Commons Cabaret. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 7 The Jubilee Singers directed by Janice Jackson. 7 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 8 The Collegium Musicum directed by Joseph Morin, 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. 4 pm, St. John's Episcopal Church, 9120 Frederick Road, Ellicott City. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 9 The UMBC Chamber Players directed by E. Michael Richards. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 10 The UMBC Percussion Ensemble directed by Tom Goldstein. 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. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 14 The Maryland Camerata directed by David Smith. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 16 The UMBC Classical Guitar Ensemble directed by Troy King. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. May 17 Department of Music Honors Recital. 8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. 410-455-ARTS. Additional Information Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. Telephone Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Department of Music website: http://www.umbc.edu/music Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. Evening parking is available in Lot 16, adjacent to the Fine Arts Building, for 50�. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by dwinds1 January 7, 2005 UMBC's Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents Suburban Journals: The Sketchbooks, Drawings and Prints of Charles Ritchie. This exhibition presents recent work by Maryland artist Charles Ritchie. The sketchbooks, drawings, and prints trace Ritchie's creations from journal conceptions as watercolor and pen and ink, through independent sheets in various drawing media, to a range of possibilities as prints. The works span a twenty-year period and reveal the artist’s increasing sophistication in representation. The exhibition will be open from January 31 through March 26, 2005. UMBC’s Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents Suburban Journals: The Sketchbooks, Drawings and Prints of Charles Ritchie, on display from January 31 through March 26, 2005. On Thursday, February 3 at 4:30 pm, the Gallery will host an artist’s lecture, Private Astronomies, by Charles Ritchie, followed by a reception. About the Artist Since 1978, contemporary Maryland artist Charles Ritchie (American, born 1954) has filled intimate journals with written notations and watercolor studies exploring subjects drawn primarily from his suburban home. Dating from 1983 to the present, the sketchbooks, drawings, and prints in the exhibition trace Ritchie’s creations from journal conceptions as watercolor and pen and ink studies, through independent sheets in various drawing media, to a range of possibilities as prints. Over fifty works are arranged into three thematic sections: still lifes, landscapes, and self-portraits. In a recent review in the magazine Art on Paper, writer and critic Faye Hirsch observed, “Ritchie’s very ordinary suburban house and yard are becoming, in the hands of this artist, a subject as loaded with expressive potential as the most sublime landscape.” Suburban Journals highlights the process by which the artist translates moments of inspiration into abstracted accumulations of events and experiences from everyday life. For example, the earliest image in the exhibition is a journal study for Rocking Chair in black watercolor from 1983. This was the basis for a drawing of the same year done in watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink. When Rocking Chair was translated into a mezzotint print thirteen years later, the artist eliminated almost all detail to accentuate spare, luminous elements isolated against an inky background. Working primarily in black and white, Ritchie places emphasis on dark and light contrasts. Shadows engulf his compositions, obscuring details and evoking a sense of subtle drama. The artist states, “The pictures begin with the scene but aim to move deeper. Over years of scrutiny, my subjects have accrued greater meaning and mystery for me.” In each of the small-scale works, Ritchie invites the viewer to participate in an intimate scene from his environment, and in this exhibition to understand the process from which it results. Charles Ritchie received his B.F.A. from the University of Georgia, Athens, in 1977, and his M.F.A. from Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh in 1980. His awards include the Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council in 2004, 2002, and 1998, the MacDowell Colony Fellowship in 1999, and the Individual Artist Fellowship from the Arts Council of Montgomery County, Maryland. Ritchie’s artwork has been featured in numerous exhibitions, and his work is in many public collections including the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums; and the University of Richmond Museums. Gallery Information The Albin O. Kuhn Gallery serves as one of the principal art galleries in the Baltimore region. Items from the Special Collections Department, as well as art and artifacts from all over the world, are displayed in challenging and informative exhibitions for the University community and the public. Moreover, traveling exhibitions are occasionally presented, and the Gallery also sends some of its exhibits throughout the state and nation. Admission to the Gallery is free. Acknowledgements Organized and circulated by the University of Richmond Museums, the exhibition was curated by Richard Waller, Executive Director, University Museums, in collaboration with the artist. It is made possible in part with the generous support of the University’s Cultural Affairs Committee and funds from the Louis S. Booth Arts Fund. Published by the University of Richmond Museums, an illustrated exhibition catalogue with essays by Marjorie Cohn, Peter Turchi, and the artist is available. The presentation of Suburban Journals at UMBC is made possible by the Baltimore County Commission on Arts & Sciences, the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Friends of the Library & Gallery. Funding support for the artist, and for additional work to the exhibition, has been provided by the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Maryland, the Franz and Virginia Bader Fund and the Maryland State Arts Council. Hours of Operation Sunday: Closed Monday: 12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday: 12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Wednesday: 12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Thursday: 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. Friday: 12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Saturday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Telephone General Gallery information: 410-455-2270 UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts Gallery website: http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/gallery/ UMBC Arts News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. The images in this release and others are available at 300 dpi on high resolution image website. Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Albin O. Kuhn Library. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Albin O. Kuhn Library. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Albin O. Kuhn Library. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in the Walker Avenue Garage. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ ### Posted by dwinds1 November 22, 2004 UMBC Theatre presents Fanshen by David Hare The UMBC Department of Theatre presents Fanshen by David Hare, directed by Xerxes Mehta, from December 2 through 12 at the UMBC Theatre. A fascinating play from one of England’s greatest playwrights, David Hare’s Fanshen throws a brilliant light on the critical years in the late 1940s that gave birth to modern China by focusing on one village’s struggle to survive war, want, oppression and corruption. The UMBC Department of Theatre presents Fanshen by David Hare, directed by Xerxes Mehta, from December 2 through 12 at the UMBC Theatre. A fascinating play from one of England’s greatest playwrights, David Hare’s Fanshen is, in his own words, “a play for Europe, for the West. Besides trying to explain as deftly as possible the aim and operation of land reform in China, to show how it changed souls as well as bodies, the play is much concerned with political leadership, with the relationship in any society between leadership and led.” Brutal, tender, violent, reasoned, and all-absorbing, Fanshen throws a brilliant light on the critical years in the late 1940s that gave birth to modern China by focusing on one village’s struggle to survive war, want, oppression and corruption, until it finally learns how to take control of its own destiny. The production features dramaturgy by Susan McCully, set and costume design by Holly Highfill, light and sound design by Terry Cobb and vocal direction by Lynn Watson. Please note that this production is for mature audiences and contains violence, nudity and explicit language. Showtimes Thursday, December 2, 8 pm (preview) Friday, December 3, 8 pm Saturday, December 4, 8 pm Thursday, December 9, 4 pm (free for the UMBC campus community) Friday, December 10, 8 pm Saturday, December 11, 8 pm Sunday, December 12, 4 pm Admission $10 general admission $5 students $3 for the preview The performance on Thursday, December 9th is free for the UMBC campus community. Ticket proceeds benefit the Department of Theatre Scholarship Fund. Theatre Box Office: 410-455-2476 Telephone Theatre Box Office: 410-455-2476 Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Department of Theatre website: http://www.umbc.edu/theatre Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Theatre. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online:http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by dwinds1 October 26, 2004 Test Headline test summary This is the content. This is the content. This is the content. This is the content. This is the content. This is the content. This is the content. This is the content. This is the content. This is the content. This is the content. Posted by dwinds1 October 25, 2004 UMBC Presents Flutist Lisa Cella in Concert The UMBC Department of Music's Faculty Recital Series presents flutist Lisa Cella in concert on Sunday, November 14th at 3:00 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. Tickets are $7 general admission, $3 for senior citizens, free for students and free with a UMBC ID. Lisa Cella's program will include NoaNoa by Kaija Saariaho, Quodlibets II by Donald Martino, Sgothan by James Dillon and Nocturno by Mario Lavista. The UMBC Department of Music’s Faculty Recital Series presents flutist Lisa Cella in concert on Sunday, November 14th at 3:00 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. Tickets are $7 general admission, $3 for senior citizens, free for students and free with a UMBC ID. Lisa Cella’s program will include NoaNoa by Kaija Saariaho, Quodlibets II by Donald Martino, Sgothan by James Dillon and Nocturno by Mario Lavista. Artistic Director of San Diego New Music, Ms. Cella received a DMA in contemporary flute performance at the University of California, San Diego while studying with John Fonville. She has performed with SONOR, the faculty ensemble of UCSD, SIRIUS, and in various concert series and festivals in the San Diego area. She is a founding member of NOISE, the resident ensemble of San Diego New Music and runs the music series Noise at the Library at the Athenaeum Library in San Diego, California. She received her Applied Bachelors in Music with a dual concentration in Psychology from Syracuse University under the tutelage of John Oberbrunner. Upon graduation, she received the Civic Morning Musicals award for excellence in performance. She then received a Master of Music degree and a Graduate Performance Diploma from Peabody Conservatory, where she studied with Robert Willoughby. While in Baltimore, she was the winner of the 1992 Washington Flute Fair Young Artist Competition and founded the flute and guitar duo, Adesso!, which was a finalist in the Baltimore Chamber Competition. A dedicated performer of contemporary music, Cella was a member of the Baltimore based contemporary ensemble Polaris in 1993. She attended the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in 1993 and was a fellowship member of the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble at the Aspen Music Festival for two summers. She is the founding member of the ensemble Sounding, a contemporary quartet (flute, clarinet, piano, percussion) that had its origins in the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble. With Sounding, she has performed at universities such as Bowling Green, Cornell, SUNY Buffalo, Oberlin, and Syracuse. Currently, she is a lecturer in music at UMBC and a founding member of the faculty contemporary music ensemble, Ruckus. Admission Admission is $7 general, $3 for senior citizens, free for all students, and free with a UMBC ID. Telephone UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS General Department of Music Information: 410-455-MUSC Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC Arts News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art UMBC Department of Music: http://www.umbc.edu/music/ Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media A high resolution image for media is available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. (Photo credit: Richard Anderson.) ### Posted by dwinds1 October 15, 2004 UMBC Presents the SONOS Duo in Concert On Sunday, November 7th at 3 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall, the UMBC Department of Music's Faculty Recital Series presents duo SONOS, featuring the artistry of pianists Rachel Franklin and Corey McVicar. SONOS performances showcase international classical and jazz artists combining their talents to blur the edges between classical chamber works and jazz improvisation, including improvised jazz solos as both commentary and contrast. Witty conversation complements superb performances, as SONOS explores the fascinating links between genres: jazz as chamber music, classical music with jazz, and why they work wonderfully together. On Sunday, November 7th at 3 p.m. in the Fine Arts Recital Hall, the UMBC Department of Music's Faculty Recital Series presents duo SONOS, featuring the artistry of pianists Rachel Franklin and Corey McVicar. Their program will include Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues by Frederic Rzewski; Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Op. 56b by Johannes Brahms; the Rondo in C major, Op. 73 by Frederick Chopin; the Variations on a Theme of Paganini by Witold Lutoslawski; and other works, including improvised jazz solos as both commentary and contrast. SONOS performances showcase international classical and jazz artists combining their talents to blur the edges between classical chamber works and jazz improvisation. Witty conversation contrasts superb performances, as SONOS explores the fascinating links between genres: jazz as chamber music, classical music with jazz, and why they work wonderfully together. As a Pro Musicis International Award winner, British pianist Rachel Franklin has given her solo debuts in Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, and Jordan Hall, Boston. The Boston Globe enthused about her �beautiful differentiations of color, touch and texture� and described a performance on her solo debut CD as �not inferior�to the recorded performances by Cortot and Rubinstein.� She has also given European Pro Musicis solo debuts in Paris and Rome. An accomplished jazz pianist, Rachel Franklin has performed with many jazz ensembles and has broadcast solo jazz on BBC Radio 3. Much in demand as a teacher and speaker, she is a member of the faculties at UMBC and the Peabody Conservatory. Corey McVicar is a member of the Peabody Conservatory faculty. He received musical degrees from Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the Peabody Conservatory of Music, and completed post graduate piano studies in Germany and France, working with Ann Schein, Leon Fleisher, Yvonne Lefebure and Murray Perahia. A winner of numerous competition prizes and awards including the Frinna Awerbuch International Piano Competition, he has been featured in concerts and broadcasts in Australia, Thailand, Singapore, France and at various cities and venues in the United States including Carnegie Recital Hall. This event is sponsored in part by Jordan Kitts Music. Admission Admission is $7 general, $3 for senior citizens, free for all students, and free with a UMBC ID. Telephone UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC Arts News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art UMBC Department of Music: http://www.umbc.edu/music/ Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Fine Arts Building. Daytime metered visitor parking is available in Lot 10, near the Administration Building. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media A high resolution image for media is available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. (Photo credit: Richard Anderson.) ### Posted by dwinds1 October 5, 2004 UMBC Theatre presents Action by Sam Shepard The UMBC Department of Theatre presents Action, a rarely performed play by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and film actor Sam Shepard, directed by Colette Searls. The production runs from October 19th through 24 at the UMBC Theatre. The UMBC Department of Theatre presents Action, a rarely performed play by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and film actor Sam Shepard, directed by Colette Searls. The play runs from October 19th through 24th at the UMBC Theatre. Action takes the audience right into the living room of a post-apocalyptic holiday. Liza, Lupe, Jeep and Shooter are trapped in a cold, isolated cabin after a mysterious �crisis.� Time has passed since the days of mass-media and indoor plumbing and they are struggling to pull off a holiday meal. Limited food, an uncertain future and overwhelming boredom begin to take their toll with disturbing and absurd results. In this hilarious marriage between the realistic and bizarre, Shepard offers a stirring look at the unplugged American mind. Sam Shepard has written 45 plays, 11 of which have won Obie Awards, and has appeared as an actor in 16 films. In 1979 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Buried Child, and in 1984 he earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in The Right Stuff. His screenplay for Paris, Texas won the Golden Palm Award at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, and he wrote and directed the film Far North in 1988. Other plays by Sam Shepard include Simpatico, Curse of the Starving Class, True West, Fool for Love and A Lie of the Mind. In 1986 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 1992 he received the Gold Medal for Drama from the Academy. In 1994 he was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. The production features set and costume design by Elena Zlotescu and lighting and sound design by Terry Cobb. Showtimes Tuesday, October 19 at 8 pm (preview) Wednesday, October 20 at 8 pm Thursday, October 21 at 4 pm Friday, October 22 at 8 pm Saturday, October 23 at 8 pm Sunday, October 24 at 4 pm Admission $10 general admission $5 students $3 for the preview Ticket proceeds benefit the Department of Theatre Scholarship Fund. Theatre Box Office: 410-455-2476 Telephone Theatre Box Office: 410-455-2476 Public information: (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts UMBC News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Department of Theatre website: http://www.umbc.edu/theatre Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. From I-695, take Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue) and continue one-half mile to the entrance of UMBC at the roundabout intersection of Wilkens Avenue and Hilltop Road. Turn left and follow signs to the Theatre. From Washington and points south, proceed north on I-95 to Exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Theatre. Visitor parking regulations are enforced on all University calendar days. Hilltop Circle and all campus roadways require a parking permit unless otherwise marked. Online campus map: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/ Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online:http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. ### Posted by dwinds1 August 9, 2004 UMBC's Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents A Thousand Hounds: A Walk with the Dogs Through the History of Photography UMBC's Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents A Thousand Hounds: A Walk with the Dogs Through the History of Photography, on display from September 20 through December 11, 2004. The exhibition was organized by the Cygnet Foundation and curated by Ray Merritt and Miles Barth. The exhibition celebrates the endearing and enduring partnership between human and dog in more than 150 photographs and one photographic sculpture, which date from 1840 to the current day and have been created by both masters of the medium and lesser-known practitioners. UMBC’s Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents A Thousand Hounds: A Walk with the Dogs Through the History of Photography, on display from September 20 through December 11, 2004. The exhibition was organized by the Cygnet Foundation and curated by Ray Merritt and Miles Barth. Photography has offered a means of documentation and expression for more than 160 years. Focusing on a seemingly obscure subject, curators Raymond Merritt and Miles Barth have unearthed a delightful and varied array of images in which the dog’s presence serves as a central trope in the history of the medium. A Thousand Hounds: A Walk with the Dogs Through the History of Photography is based in part on the Cygnet Foundation’s popular and critically acclaimed book of the same title, which, when it was released by Taschen in 2000, was announced as “a completely original history of photography told through images of canines.” The exhibition celebrates the endearing and enduring partnership between human and dog in more than 150 photographs and one photographic sculpture, which date from 1840 to the current day and have been created by both masters of the medium and lesser-known practitioners. Among the noted artists included from the nineteenth century are Gustav Le Gray, W.A. Mooers and Henry Fox Talbot, and from the twentieth century, Bill Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, André Kertész, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Man Ray, Robert Mapplethorpe, Paul Strand, and Weegee. Also prominently featured are works by contemporary artists, including William Wegman, Elliott Erwitt, and Keith Carter, all renowned for their images of dogs, as well as by Larry Clark, Robert Frank, Ralph Gibson, Sally Mann, Vik Muniz, and Sandy Skoglund. The exhibition is serious and scholarly in its considered presentation of the dog’s place in momentous historical and cultural events of the past century and a half, ranging from polar expeditions to the Great Depression to the World Wars. It is also light-hearted and engaging in its celebration of photographers’ longstanding artistic interest in the canine as model, muse, and metaphor. A Thousand Hounds: A Walk with the Dogs Through the History of Photography includes depictions of dogs with children, with women, with old men, with celebrities, and with members of their own species. Presented in two parts, its historical organization illuminates technological innovations, as well as cultural, sociological and aesthetic developments related to the medium, while contemporary work is organized thematically, with individual sections devoted to the notions of pathos, whimsy, elegance, companionship, and inspiration. The earliest images in the exhibition introduce the viewer to the first popular application of the new medium. When photography burst onto the scene in the mid-nineteenth century, the lengthy sittings required for daguerreotypes and paper negatives made pets unlikely sitters for the portraits that were immediately commissioned by the upper and middle classes. The daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards presented here exemplify attempts by anonymous photographers to memorialize all variety of man’s best friend. Moving into the twentieth century, the exhibition covers major movements in the history of photography, pictorialism and modernism. Bill Brandt’s photograph from 1945 captures a dog as a glowing silhouette in the harsh glare of car’s headlights. A section devoted to the subject of war demonstrates how dogs have accompanied soldiers on the front from the earliest photographic depictions of battle. Photographs by Gustav Le Gray and the Mathew Brady Studio document the presence of dogs during the Crimean War and the American Civil War. Numerous other photographs show how these valued companions have transported equipment and supplies, carried messages, searched for the wounded, and galvanized troop morale and civilian support in every war since. From the 1950s into the 1970s, photographers such as Mario Giacomelli, Robert Doisneau, Diane Arbus and Robert Frank developed a personal vision that has become synonymous with a unique photographic voice. The images presented in this exhibition reveal how each of these voices has been compelled to capture the antics of the dog. Elliott Erwitt’s humorous depictions of dogs remind us of their capacity to become companions that never cease to amuse. In the 1980s and 1990s, photographers James Balog, Keith Carter, Michal Rover and Peter Hujar created individualistic portraits of dogs as pets or rare breeds with distinct emotions and personalities, none more memorable than William Wegman’s Weimaraners. By comparison, the inclusion of dogs in real-life or constructed narratives by Tina Barney, Nic Nicosia and Sandy Skoglund reveals the enigmatic qualities that our canine friend bring to our lives, while Robert Mapplethorpe and Scavullo remind us of the inherent elegance of the simplest of poses. Gallery Information The Albin O. Kuhn Gallery serves as one of the principal art galleries in the Baltimore region. Items from the Special Collections Department, as well as art and artifacts from all over the world, are displayed in challenging and informative exhibitions for the University community and the public. Moreover, traveling exhibitions are occasionally presented, and the Gallery also sends some of its exhibits throughout the state and nation. Admission to the Gallery is free. Acknowledgements A Thousand Hounds: A Walk with the Dogs Through the History of Photography is organized by The Cygnet Foundation. The local presentation of the exhibition is generously funded by the Maryland State Arts Council and the Friends of the Library & Gallery. Hours of Operation Sunday: Closed Monday: 12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday: 12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Wednesday: 12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Thursday: 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. Friday: 12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Saturday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Telephone General Gallery information: 410-455-2270 UMBC Artsline (24 hour recorded message): 410-455-ARTS Media inquiries only: 410-455-3370 Web UMBC Arts website: http://www.umbc.edu/arts Gallery website: http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/gallery/ UMBC Arts News Releases: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/oci/index.phtml?r=Art Images for Media High resolution images for media are available online: http://www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/hi-res/ or by email or postal mail. The images in this release and others are available at 300 dpi on high resolution image website. Directions From Baltimore and points north, proceed south on I-95 to exit 47B. Take Route 166 toward Catonsville and then follow signs to the Albin O. Kuhn Library.