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Arts for All Announces Spring 2026 ArtsAMP Grants

Learn more about the 17 arts-based, interdisciplinary projects developed by faculty, students and student organizations.

Featured News

April 30, 2026 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

Three-time Grammy Award-Winning Artist Johnaye Kendrick Joins UMD as Director of Jazz Studies

The acclaimed vocalist said she will expand programming and deepen interdisciplinary collaboration across the University of Maryland.
April 21, 2026 Art, Arts for All, English, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music

Sadat Winners 'Celebrate Our Differences and Strengthen Community'

Student arts competition focused this year on democracy, civic responsibility.
March 30, 2026 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music

From Page to Stage: Ukrainian Opera Rediscovered with Help of UMD Professor Presented at The Clarice

The program explored “Harkusha” and the evolution of Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko’s vocal music in conversation with influential works.
March 27, 2026 Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

UMD to Host 10th International Conference on Music and Minimalism

The conference provides attendees with an abundance of scholarly and performance attendance opportunities to dive into minimalism in music.
March 03, 2026 Arts for All, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, School of Music

UMD Professor’s Poem Becomes Play-Opera About Women in Prison

Inspired by real accounts, “For Women Serving Time” opens March 20 at Dupont Underground.
February 04, 2026 School of Music

Maryland Opera Studio Wins National Scenes Competition Award

Second-year students from the program were awarded for a performance from Daniel Catán’s “Florencia en el Amazonas.”
December 19, 2025 Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Students Turn Climate Change Into Sound

Clarice Assad’s Arts for All residency culminates in a student-created album.

September 23, 2025 School of Music

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.

Music In The News

June 17, 2026

6 Times the Father’s Day Celebrations for a UMD Dad

Meet This Music Professor’s Half-Dozen Kids, All Terps
June 16, 2026

Meet Yasmine Tajeddin, the Programmer of the Opera

The senior computer science and music double major never performed publicly before coming to UMD. Now, she’s eyeing a career as a professional opera singer.
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.

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The Diamondback

Umd Offers Weekly Shuttle Bus To The Philips Collection

October 06, 2016 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

The Thursday shuttle is part of a strategic partnership with the art museum.

Fall 2016 Arhu Leadership Announcements

September 13, 2016

Congratulations to the new leaders in the College of Arts and Humanities.

2016-17 Capaa And Rasa Award Recipients

May 24, 2016 Art, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The College of Arts and Humanities extends its congratulations to outstanding faculty for RASA and CAPPA awards.

2015-2016 New Faculty Appointments

August 27, 2015 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

ARHU welcomes new faculty cohort to UMD.

Sixteen Arhu Students Win Summer 2015 Bright Futures Scholarships

June 05, 2015 American Studies, Art, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Congratulations to the sixteen ARHU students who won the Summer 2015 Bright Futures Scholarships!

Arhu Faculty Earn Promotions And Tenure 2015

May 13, 2015 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Seventeen faculty members from the College of Arts and Humanities were awarded tenured positions and promotions to full professor.
The Diamondback

Her Canvas

March 31, 2015 Art, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Eight UMD women discuss their passion for the arts while navigating around gender bias in their field.