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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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2015-16 Capaa And Rasa Award Recipients

March 03, 2015 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, English, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU extends congrats to 19 faculty awardees.

2015-16 Capaa And Rasa Award Recipients

March 03, 2015 Art, American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, English, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU extends congrats to 19 faculty awardees.

2014-2015 New Faculty Appointments

September 03, 2014 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes new faculty cohort to UMD.

ARHU Faculty Earn Promotions And Tenure

August 29, 2014 College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Fourteen faculty members from the College of Arts and Humanities awarded tenured positions and promotions to full professor.

Eleven Arhu Students Win Bright Futures Scholarship

May 22, 2014 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, School of Music

Congratulations to the eleven ARHU students who won the Bright Futures Scholarship!

2014-2015 Graduate Student And Faculty Fellowships And Awards

May 15, 2014 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French, German Studies, Second Language Acquisition, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

ARHU graduate students and faculty members receive fellowships and awards.

2014-2015 Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship Recipients

May 15, 2014 Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, English, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Second Language Acquisition, School of Music

ARHU graduate students receive prestigious Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship.

2014-2015 Creative And Performing Arts Award Recipients

May 15, 2014 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, English, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

ARHU graduate faculty members receive prestigious Creative and Performing Arts Award.

2014-2015 Graduate Student And Faculty Fellowships And Awards

May 15, 2014 Art, American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French, German Studies, Second Language Acquisition, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

ARHU graduate students and faculty members receive fellowships and awards.