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Futaba Niekawa Joins UMD as Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano

The internationally renowned pianist will lead SOM’s highly regarded graduate collaborative piano program.

May 16, 2025 Maryland Opera Studio, School of Music

J. Bradley Baker Named Director of the Maryland Opera Studio

An in-demand opera conductor, pianist and coach, Baker hopes to establish new partnerships across campus and in the local community.

May 01, 2025 Arts for All, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The Production Behind the Production

TDPS student helps set the scenes for shows at The Clarice.

April 30, 2025 History, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Three ARHU Professors Named 2025 Distinguished Scholar-Teachers

The faculty members have earned one of UMD’s highest honors for excellence in both scholarship and teaching.

April 11, 2025 Arts for All, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The Art of Making Merry

Go behind the scenes of the Maryland Opera Sudio’s production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor.”

April 10, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Jared R. Rawlings Named Director of UMD’s School of Music

An esteemed music educator and scholar, Rawlings brings a visionary approach to leadership, learning and equity.

February 07, 2025 Arts for All, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

A ‘Mind-Blowing’ Premiere, 130 Years Later

Clarice Presents and the School of Music, together with OperaCréole and Opera Lafayette, debut Edmond Dédé's "Morgiane," the oldest existing opera by a Black composer.

December 23, 2024 School of Music

Dominic Cossa, Emeritus Professor of Voice and Opera, Dies at 89

The renowned lyric baritone is remembered for his compassion and storytelling

December 11, 2024 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, English, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Fall 2024 ArtsAMP Student Grants Announced

Arts for All announces the recipients of the Fall 2024 ArtsAMP Student Grants.

October 31, 2024 School of Music

New UMD Woodwind-Making Course Combines Music, Engineering Skills

Professor of Clarinet Robert Dilutis partners with A. James Clark School of Engineering's Ted Baker for a course where students use technology to create instruments.

The New Yorker February 24, 2025

An 1887 Opera by a Black Composer Finally Surfaces

Edmond Dédé’s “Morgiane” shows how diversity initiatives can promote works of real cultural value.

February 18, 2025

Maryland Opera Studio Reimagines Fairy Tale in its Operatic Show ‘The Fishwife’

The Maryland Opera Studio debuted its production of "The Fishwife" with nothing but a fishing rod, a bucket and the cast’s whistles mimicking the sounds of the ocean.

The Baltimore Sun January 31, 2025