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Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

Students Turn Climate Change Into Sound

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

Featured News

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.
May 01, 2025 Arts for All, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The Production Behind the Production

TDPS student helps set the scenes for shows at The Clarice.
April 30, 2025 History, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Three ARHU Professors Named 2025 Distinguished Scholar-Teachers

The faculty members have earned one of UMD’s highest honors for excellence in both scholarship and teaching.
April 11, 2025 Arts for All, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The Art of Making Merry

Go behind the scenes of the Maryland Opera Sudio’s production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor.”
April 10, 2025 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Jared R. Rawlings Named Director of UMD’s School of Music

An esteemed music educator and scholar, Rawlings brings a visionary approach to leadership, learning and equity.
February 07, 2025 Arts for All, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

A ‘Mind-Blowing’ Premiere, 130 Years Later

Clarice Presents and the School of Music, together with OperaCréole and Opera Lafayette, debut Edmond Dédé's "Morgiane," the oldest existing opera by a Black composer.
December 23, 2024 School of Music

Dominic Cossa, Emeritus Professor of Voice and Opera, Dies at 89

The renowned lyric baritone is remembered for his compassion and storytelling

December 11, 2024 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, English, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Fall 2024 ArtsAMP Student Grants Announced

Arts for All announces the recipients of the Fall 2024 ArtsAMP Student Grants.

Music In The News

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.
February 18, 2025

Maryland Opera Studio Reimagines Fairy Tale in its Operatic Show ‘The Fishwife’

The Maryland Opera Studio debuted its production of "The Fishwife" with nothing but a fishing rod, a bucket and the cast’s whistles mimicking the sounds of the ocean.
The Baltimore Sun January 31, 2025

After 138 Years, Black American Opera Composer Edmond Dédé‘s Masterpiece Makes its Debut

Read the article in the Baltimore Sun.

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Maryland Today

5 African American Works of Art Everyone Should Know

February 01, 2024 Arts for All, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, English, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

From Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry to renowned modern dance, faculty experts share their picks.

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

January 24, 2024 School of Music, Mighty Sound of Maryland Marching Band

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.
The Baltimore Sun

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Begins Partnership with University of Maryland in ‘New Era for the Arts’

December 01, 2023 Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Groundbreaking partnership featured in the Baltimore Sun.

A Tuneful Alternative to Beep-Beep-Beep

November 15, 2023 Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

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

David Neely Appointed to Solti Foundation Artistic and Awards Committee

November 10, 2023 School of Music

Neely will help identify young conductors to receive career assistance and support.
Maryland Today

‘We Build Beauty in the Midst of Sadness’

November 08, 2023 Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Concert features musicians on campus and overseas to connect, reflect amid war.
The Diamondback

UMD Concert Promotes Hope, Unity After Surge of Violence in Israel and Palestine

November 07, 2023 Arts for All, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

The Diamondback features "Music and Community In Response to War."

Brass Lovers Revel in Renowned Tuba Soloist's Performance at The Clarice

October 31, 2023 School of Music

Celebrated tubist Øystein Baadsvik brought unparalleled talent and wit to the stage of Gildenhorn Recital Hall

Wind (Instruments) of Change

October 27, 2023 School of Music

New Oboe Professor Emily Tsai Brings Accessible Approach to Classical Music

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

September 22, 2023 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Mellon Foundation-funded initiative prepares underrepresented arts and humanities faculty at three Maryland universities for leadership roles.