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Low-Cost Lessons Raise Musical Bar for Local Teens

Terrapin Community Music School matches grad students with youths to expand access.

Featured News

April 11, 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.

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.
June 02, 2023 School of Music

Flute Professor Sarah Frisof and Sound Impact Give Hope to Incarcerated Teens Through Music

Frisof is a member of Sound Impact, a collective of musicians dedicated to serving communities and igniting positive change in the US and abroad.

Music In The News

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.
November 15, 2023

A Tuneful Alternative to Beep-Beep-Beep

UMD Professor and student bring sing-alongs to children in hospital

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The Diamondback

Mighty Sound of Maryland and Maryland Steelpan Collective Unite for Oct. 1 Halftime Show

September 28, 2022 School of Music

The Diamondback previews the upcoming halftime show.

Digital Skills ‘Break Through’ Across Disciplines

August 24, 2022 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Communication, Art, School of Music

92 students in 24 majors participate in tech program’s Summer Guild.

ARHU Faculty Awarded Funding to ‘Reimagine Learning’

August 12, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, English, Communication, Art History and Archaeology, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, History

The grants are from UMD’s Teaching and Learning Transformation Center.

The 2022–23 Season at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is Now on Sale!

July 19, 2022 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Experience stunning works by students, faculty and touring artists this year.

Fall 2022 Leadership Appointments

June 30, 2022 English, National Foreign Language Center, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, History, University of Maryland Art Gallery, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, Art, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity

Dean Bonnie Thornton Dill announces new leadership appointments.
The Diamondback

Edward Maclary to Retire After Two Decades of Shaping Choral Activities at UMD

May 10, 2022 School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College of Arts and Humanities

"Maclary’s career at the university is as old as the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center — he was appointed to the faculty in the same year as the arts center’s completion."

Creating Change: Nina Yoshida Nelsen

May 09, 2022 School of Music

A moderated discussion focusing on multi-cultural accessibility and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
The Diamondback

UMD’s Japanese Koto Ensemble Celebrates 50th Anniversary

May 04, 2022 School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College of Arts and Humanities

The students, dressed in colorful kimonos, were accompanied by singers, a flute player, a Japanese flute player and members of the Washington Toho Koto Society.
The Diamondback

UMD Music School’s "Classically Dope" Concert Will Blend Hip-Hop and Classical

May 02, 2022 School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College of Arts and Humanities

Konshens the MC returns for "Classically Dope: Take 2"
The Diamondback

UMD Students Perform Original Compositions for New Music at Maryland

April 28, 2022 School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College of Arts and Humanities

UMD faculty and student works featured in the program, ranging from solo to ensemble works.