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Sunday, November 22

UMBC Symphony Orchestra

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of E. Michael Richards. The program will feature Aaron Copland's Dance Episodes from Rodeo, Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings (conducted by UMBC alumna Elizabeth Shin) and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64.

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. For more information call 410-455-MUSC.

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Wednesday, December 2

UMBC Collegium

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

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. For more information call 410-455-MUSC.

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Thursday, December 3

UMBC Wind Ensemble

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

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

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. For more information call 410-455-MUSC.

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Friday, December 4

UMBC Camerata

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Camerata under the direction of Stephen Caracciolo, featuring Mozart's Missa Brevis in C, K. 220 (the "Sparrow Mass"), performed with an instrumental chamber ensemble. The program also features concert carols for Christmas. UMBC Camerata is a select chamber choir of 35-45 singers that performs great choral literature in a variety of styles, from Renaissance motets to avant-garde contemporary works.

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. For more information call 410-455-MUSC.

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Wednesday, December 9

UMBC New Music Ensemble

The Department of Music presents the UMBC New Music Ensemble under the direction of Stuart Smith. The New Music Ensemble explores and performs Western chamber music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. For more information call 410-455-MUSC.

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Thursday, December 10

UMBC Percussion Ensemble

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

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. For more information call 410-455-MUSC.

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Saturday, December 12

UMBC Vocal Arts Ensemble

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Vocal Arts Ensemble under the direction of Cantor Thom King. The Vocal Arts Ensemble is a group of 8-15 advanced vocalists who study and perform opera scenes.

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. For more information call 410-455-MUSC.

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Sunday, December 13

UMBC Jazz Ensemble (Big Band)

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

3 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. For more information call 410-455-MUSC.

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Saturday, December 13

Jubilee Singers

The Department of Music presents the Jubilee Singers under the direction of Janice Jackson.

3 pm, Charlestown Retirement Community. Donations accepted. For more information call 410-455-MUSC.

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Sunday, December 13

UMBC Chamber Players

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Chamber Players under the direction of Airi Yoshioka. The ensemble investigates the instrumental chamber works of the Western Art Music, ranging from the Baroque, Classical, Romatic to contemporary repertoire.

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. For more information call 410-455-MUSC.

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Monday, December 14

Department of Music Honors Recital

The Department of Music presents an Honors Recital.

8 pm, Fine Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free. For more information call 410-455-MUSC.