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School of Music, Piano, College of Arts and Humanities

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Guests at UMD see high-tech piano play music students’ performance 200+ miles away

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April 29, 2024 School of Music, Brass

Trombonist Myles Blakemore to Join UMD School of Music

Blakemore, a trombonist in the U.S. Navy Band, will lead the trombone studio at UMD.

April 15, 2024 School of Music

Low-Cost Lessons Raise Musical Bar for Local Teens

Terrapin Community Music School matches grad students with youths to expand access.
February 06, 2024 School of Music, Jazz Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Acting Director of Jazz Studies Mark Williams Featured on Count Basie Orchestra’s 2024 Grammy Award-Winning Album

The orchestra, which includes WIlliams as one of its resident trombonists, won Best Large Jazz Ensemble for “Basie Swings The Blues.”
November 15, 2023 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities

A Tuneful Alternative to Beep-Beep-Beep

UMD Professor and student bring sing-alongs to children in hospital
October 27, 2023 School of Music

Wind (Instruments) of Change

New Oboe Professor Emily Tsai Brings Accessible Approach to Classical Music
September 22, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, History, Douglass Center

Breaking the M.O.L.D. Launches Second Cohort for Leaders of Color and Women in Higher Ed

The Mellon Foundation-funded initiative prepares underrepresented arts and humanities faculty at three Maryland universities for leadership roles.
September 05, 2023 School of Music, Jazz Studies

Celebrated Trombonist Mark “Notesmith” Williams joins UMD School of Music as Acting Director of Jazz Studies

Williams brings his unique flare as a musician, producer and educator to the school beginning this fall.
August 01, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

Craig Kier Appointed Director of Arts for All

School of Music associate professor champions the power of the arts to connect everyone together.
June 06, 2023 School of Music, Voice & Opera, Maryland Opera Studio

Acclaimed Soprano Teri Bickham D.M.A. ‘19 Returns to School of Music as Assistant Professor of Voice

Bickham hopes to use the lessons taught to her by her mentor, the late Carmen Balthrop, to shape her students’ futures.

Music In The News

April 29, 2024

Live from New York—and College Park

Guests at UMD see high-tech piano play music students’ performance 200+ miles away
March 01, 2024

UMD Debuts an Opera on the Legacy of Mexican President Santa Anna

The Maryland Opera Studio premieres a new work tackling the contentious historical figure Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna.
January 24, 2024

Admission to the University of Maryland Comes with a Trumpet’s Blare

The Mighty Sound of Maryland helped welcome members of UMD's Class of 2028 as a part of the University's Now a Terp tour.

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Meet the New Collington Artists-in-Residence

November 06, 2019 School of Music

School of Music graduate students strengthen intergenerational partnership through music.
Maryland Today

Twirling Talent

November 01, 2019 School of Music

MSOM's feature twirler holds world champion titles.

Broadway World

The International Florence Price Festival Will Celebrate Composer Florence Price

October 31, 2019 School of Music

Florence Price Festival

New Fellowship Woodwind Quintet Announced

October 07, 2019 School of Music

Meet Oculus [Five], the University of Maryland School of Music's new Fellowship Woodwind Quintet.

Stepping Onto The Podium

October 04, 2019 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

David Neely makes his debut as the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra’s music director this weekend.

2019-20 New Faculty Appointments

August 29, 2019 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, Communication, History, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes the new faculty cohort to the University of Maryland.

Maryland Today

Trumpeting the Start of the Semester

August 21, 2019 School of Music

Mighty Sound of Maryland Marching Band Steps Up During Early Week
Maryland Today

Four Strings Around the [Virtual] World

July 09, 2019 School of Music

Immersive digital settings form backdrop for violin professor's performances.

2019–20 Season at The Clarice Announced

July 02, 2019 School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Performances explore themes around gender, diversity and politics.

Music Lecturer Honored with Provost’s Teaching Award

June 03, 2019 School of Music

Martha Randall recognized for excellence in the classroom with university-wide teaching award.