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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 Washington Examiner

Ravi Coltrane Charts Own Jazz Path

March 06, 2019 School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Son of John and Alice Coltrane will always honor family legacy.
Maryland Today

Celebration Honors Scholarship, Research Excellence

March 04, 2019 Communication, School of Music

Inaugural campus event recognizes high-impact achievements.

Going for Grammy Gold

February 08, 2019 School of Music

School of Music students featured on National Orchestral Institute's recording that could take home a Grammy this weekend.
Maryland Today

And the Nominees Are

February 08, 2019 American Studies, School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Two UMD-affiliated albums up for Grammys.

A Modern Take on an Ancient Immigration Tale

February 04, 2019 School of Music

Terp’s new opera explores struggles of refugees.

Percussionist With a Full Plate

February 04, 2019 School of Music

School of Music Faculty Member bangs the drum for Korean comfort food at new College Park eatery

Chris Vadala, Jazz Legend, Scholar and Educator Dies at Age 70

January 23, 2019 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities

One of the country’s foremost saxophonists shared his love for jazz at University of Maryland’s School of Music for 25 years.

Expanding the Curriculum

January 08, 2019 School of Music

UMD School of Music alumna receives Music Education Innovator Award for Ethiopian Song Project.

School of Music 18/19 Season of Events and Performances

December 03, 2018 School of Music

Explore upcoming events and performances presented by the UMD School of Music.
Maryland Today

Tuned in to an Audience’s Unique Needs

November 13, 2018 School of Music, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

UMD’s first sensory-friendly concert gives children with autism a gateway to the arts.