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School of Music, Piano, College of Arts and Humanities

Live from New York—and College Park

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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Maryland Today

Drums, Oral Histories Combine to Tell a Local Black Community’s Story

February 19, 2021 School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

‘Shadows of Lakeland’ explores challenges, triumphs through more than a century.

Thompson “Toby” Hanks, Retired Tuba Instructor, Dies at 79

February 15, 2021 School of Music

School of Music faculty remember tuba virtuoso.

Virtual Tour of the School of Music

January 29, 2021 School of Music

Visit School of Music spaces from the comfort of your home.

Blown Away

January 26, 2021 School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Performing arts at Maryland keep creating.

Spring 2021 Resources

January 25, 2021 School of Music

Important safe return information for music students.

Saxophone Major Spreads Cheer Through Creative Music Video

January 12, 2021 School of Music

Graduate student featured on hometown news station.

Pandemic Innovations String Together Music Students and Kids From College Park and Across the Globe

December 21, 2020 School of Music

SOM professors Irina Muresanu and Eric Kutz transform string pedagogy class through partnerships with Prince George’s County Public Schools and Musicians for the World.

Congratulations Winter 2020 Graduates!

December 20, 2020 School of Music

An online celebration featuring remarks from our director and a personal message to each graduate.

Blowing in a New Direction

December 08, 2020 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, School of Music

UMD Wind Orchestra’s improvisational project premieres tonight.

Gretchen Horlacher Appointed Associate Professor of Music Theory

October 22, 2020 School of Music

Accomplished theorist joins UMD faculty after serving as the head of the music theory department at Indiana University.