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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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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.

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 Research And Scholarship Summer Award Recipients

May 15, 2014 History, American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, College of Arts and Humanities, English, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music

ARHU faculty members receive prestigious Research and Scholarship Summer Award.

2014-2015 Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship Recipients

May 15, 2014 Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

Arhu Graduate Students Receive Prestigious Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship
The Diamondback

University Of Maryland Team Wins Ethics Bowl Intercollegiate Competition

November 05, 2013 Philosophy, School of Music

Two UMD teams placed first and second in the competition that took place in Baltimore on Nov. 2.

Arhu Faculty Earn Promotion And Tenure

July 17, 2013 American Studies, Art, 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

Congratulations to faculty members in ARHU who have been awarded promotion and/or tenure.