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Monday, May 7, 2012
Washington Post: U-Md. Symphony Orchestra gets out of its chairs, giving music a visual life
"Freed from the black-clad anonymity of the orchestral status quo, allowed to assert their own identities, the musicians took responsibility for one of the most remarkable collaborations I've seen...this concert was about training young artists, and the experience of taking part and learning that new approaches can indeed revive the old can only be a good thing for the musicians, and audiences, of our future."
Friday, April 20, 2012
Dominick Argento: A career filled with high notes - Anne Midgette, Washington Post
"I'm more interested in character than I am in story," Argento says. "To me, that's the real marvel of music in opera or a song cycle. You can deal with a character.- Saturday, March 31, 2012
DMV Classical Review: Daniel Bernard Roumain with the University of Maryland Wind Orchestra and the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra
" 'The Order of an Empty Place' draws on many wellsprings of inspiration...Yet its musical materials are relatively simple, mostly melodic and rhythmic patterns established at the beginning of a passage and gradually elaborated, like flowers unfolding." - Friday, March 30, 2012
Washington Jewish Week reviews DBR and UMWO's "The Order of an Empty Place"
"A Seder for the Concert Hall" 
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Review: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra is a 2011-2012 Artist-in-Residence at the School of Music. School of Music director Robert Gibson notes that Orpheus players coach students in chamber music, a crucial step to becoming a well-rounded orchestral player.- Wednesday, February 8, 2012
"Art of Argento" & Morton Subotnick residency highlighted in Washington Post Spring Classical Preview
Classical music critic Anne Midgette touts "The Art of Argento" as Washington's "most surprising" classical event, and composer Morton Subotnick's artistic residency as one of the "most contemporary events, period." 
Monday, December 12, 2011
Spectacle and Serenity: The University of Maryland Wind Orchestra, 12/8/11
Thoughts on UMWO's "Love and Death" from DMV Classical blogger Andrew Malone.
Monday, December 5, 2011
5 stars for UMSO's "Orpheus Sings"
"To hear these students and professionals play together, without a conductor, was very moving. I was very impressed with the cohesion and unity of the orchestra..."
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
MD Theatre Guide praises UMD Choirs' Nov. 20 performance, "The Romantic Ideal"
Sunday, November 20, 2011
MD Theatre Guide gives Maryland Opera Studio fall productions a 5-star review
Saturday, June 13, 2009
NOI Festival in the News
Our 22nd annual National Orchestral Institute has concluded! Find out what you missed via coverage of this year's festival...
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Thumbs Up for Spring Operas
Critics and audiences have weighed in with enthusiastic reviews for Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and Handel's Xerxes, performed in repertory April 17-26, 2009.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
NY Times Applauds NYC Hopper Opera Debut
Conceived and world-premiered at the UM School of Music, Later the Same Evening receives its NYC debut and earns a glowing review from the New York Times.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Midsummer in November
The School of Music presented its first opera of 2008-2009, Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream performed by the Maryland Opera Studio on Nov 20-24. Read the review>>
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Gould Debut for Music in Mind
The UM School of Music's signature concert series Music in Mind debuted on October 26 with "Channeling Glenn Gould." Read the Washington Post review.
Monday, June 30, 2008
NOI '08 in the News
Read previews and reviews of the 21st National Orchestral Institute (May 30 - June 29), an annual summer program of the University of Maryland School of Music.- Sunday, June 1, 2008
You're The Critic at CSPAC
Read audience reviews of recent performances at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Then post your own thoughts and comments! 
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Voice Alums Shine in Duo Recital
Soprano Cristina Nassif (BM '99) and tenor Benjamin Warschawski (MM '97) earn praise from the Washington Post for a sold-out performance at the Austrian Embassy.- Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Best of 2007: NOI
The School of Music's National Orchestral Institute receives a year-end nod from the Washington Post on the "Best of 2007" list for classical music. 
Friday, December 21, 2007
UM Concert Choir Shines in 'Messiah'
The UM Concert Choir earned kudos from the Washington Post for its December 20 performance of Handel's Messiah with the National Symphony Orchestra.- Monday, December 10, 2007
'Hoppera' Dazzles Audiences & Critics
Read reviews and media coverage of Later the Same Evening: an opera inspired by five paintings of Edward Hopper. 
Friday, November 16, 2007
Post Praise for Hill and Heineman
Faculty artists Sue Heineman (bassoon) and Mark Hill (oboe) earn kudos for their November 14 double reed recital with pianist Audrey Andrist at the Clarice Smith Center.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Loup & Rodriguez Unveil Die Winterreise
Faculty artists François Loup and Santiago Rodriguez present Schubert's Die Winterreise, Oct. 19 & 21, as part of the Scholarship Benefit Series. Read the Washington Post review.- Monday, July 2, 2007
NOI Finale is 'Perfect'
The UM School of Music's National Orchestral Institute capped its 20th anniversary with an "amazing closing concert" (Washington Post) on June 30. Read the full review here. 
Thursday, May 10, 2007
UMSO & Wagner Society Stage a Triumphant Siegfried
The UM Symphony Orchestra teamed with the DC Wagner Society for an outstanding May 10 performance of Act III of the opera Siegfried. Read the press release preview, and the rave Washington Post review.- Friday, April 13, 2007
Student Conductors & Ensembles, an Aural Treat
A reviewer for the Washington Post applauds student conductors and instrumentalists of the UM Symphonic Wind Ensemble, with members of the UMSO. - Monday, December 4, 2006
UMSO Finds Success in Fall Finale
The UM Symphony Orchestra and director James Ross earn another positive review in the Washington Post, for their final performance of 2006. Special mentions were given to pianist Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez and percussionists Lee Hinkle and Kirk Georgia. 
Monday, November 20, 2006
Minimalist Approach Maximizes Don Giovanni
The Washington Post applauds the Maryland Opera Studio's stripped-down production of Don Giovanni, in a review that specifically praises the impressive cast of student singers.- Saturday, November 4, 2006
UMSO Collaboration Earns Praise
Audiences and critics applaud performances of "Man/Chair Dances" by Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and UM Symphony Orchestra. - Monday, June 19, 2006
NOI in Concert: Student Group with Notes Worth Copying
Tim Page, chief music critic of the Washington Post, calls second performance of the School of Music's 2006 National Orchestral Institute "one of the great events of the season." - Monday, June 12, 2006
NOI in Concert: Opening Performance a Success
The UM School of Music's 19th annual National Orchestral Institute presents the first of its three summer concerts, and the Washington Post offers a glowing review. 
Monday, May 29, 2006
Cristina Nassif Earns Washington Post Praise
Alumna recognized for her "electric" performance in the Washington Opera production of Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito."
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