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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.

Featured News

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.
May 25, 2023 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, School of Music

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and School of Music Announce Groundbreaking Partnership

The collaboration marks a significant investment in the community, students and the future of orchestral music.

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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UMD Hosts Music for All’s First Annual Mid-Atlantic Concert Band Festival

March 17, 2023 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities

Students from Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina gather for a day of music and community building, hosted by the School of Music and Arts for All.

UMD Jazz Bands Perform in the Spring Big Band Showcase

March 03, 2023 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities

UMD's Jazz program presents back-to-back nights of exciting performances
The Informer

University of Maryland Audience Learns Dionne Warwick Will Always Be Relevant

February 24, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

Read about ARHU's Dean's Lecture Series featuring Dionne Warwick in The Infomer.
Maryland Today

AI Melds With Musical Tradition in Violin Teaching Platform

February 23, 2023 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities

Computer vision and audio can analyze playing when instructors are scarce.
Maryland Today

‘I’m Transmitting Kindness’

February 22, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Music

Before visiting UMD today, pop legend Dionne Warwick talks about Twitter fame, new documentary and latest music.

ARHU Faculty Awarded Grand Challenges Grants

February 16, 2023 College of Arts and Humanities, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Linguistics, American Studies, Communication, Philosophy, School of Music, English, History, National Foreign Language Center

The grants fund $30 million to UMD faculty focused on groundbreaking, impactful research that will shape the future of our community, state, nation and world.

‘Opera for All’

February 16, 2023 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities

Maryland Opera Studio to Perform Contemporary Works in Weekend Dedicated to Female Composers

Live From New York, It's a Terp!

February 10, 2023 School of Music, College of Arts and Humanities

Director of Choral Activities Jason Max Ferdinand and the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers Perform With Coldplay on 'SNL'
Rolling Stone

Director of Choral Activities Jason Max Ferdinand and the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers on SNL

February 06, 2023 School of Music

SNL: Coldplay performs a soaring, choir-backed version of ‘Fix You.’
Maryland Today

UMD Announces Independent Scholarship, Research and Creativity Award Recipients

January 27, 2023 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, English, School of Music, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Program supports faculty projects with grants.