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RESCHEDULED! UMBC Livewire Music Event, now Sun. 10/24

"Arboretum" to be performed in the "rock garden"

EVENT UPDATE Due to weather the Livewire event at the Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park was cut short on Saturday. It is now rescheduled for Sunday, 10/24 at 4 pm. UMBC's Joseph Beuys Tree...

Posted: October 23, 2021, 9:06 PM

Death, Love and Terror in Music of Schubert

Thursday, September 7, 8pm, Linehan Concert Hall

Death, Love, and Terror in Music of Schubert Thursday, September 7, 8 p.m. Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall British cellist, bass-baritone, and actor, Matthew Sharp sings Schubert's Der...

Posted: September 4, 2017, 10:40 AM

The Music of the Supremes During the Vietnam War

Podcast #4 from Dr. Johnson's Music and Wartime Class

Podcast by Jonathan Cogdell This podcast discusses the role of African-Americans in the Vietnam War and connects the unpopularity of the war itself with war-related, yet still somewhat...

Posted: April 22, 2017, 5:40 PM

Protest Music in the Black Lives Matter Movement

Podcast #3 from Dr. Johnson's Music and Wartime Class

Podcast by Kamikazi Gahima and Dakota Jones This podcast looks at the importance of music to the Black Lives Matter Movement, examining how works by Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce, and Macklemore...

Posted: February 28, 2017, 4:02 PM

Spanish-American War: Musical Propaganda and Soldier Song

Podcast #2 from Dr. Johnson's Music and Wartime Class

Podcast by Lydia Clemens and Howard Ablat. Music was crucial during the brief Spanish-American War as a means of wartime propaganda and promotion, and of soldier recruitment. It also helped...

Posted: February 15, 2017, 8:45 AM

Military Cadence Calls

Podcast #1 from Dr. Johnson's Music and Wartime Class

Podcast by David Pan and Dan Zdobinsky.  This podcast explores the function, form, purpose, and history of military cadence calls, and reflects on the varied musical influences behind them. 

Posted: February 3, 2017, 3:01 PM

Dusman and Smallwood River Oaks Chamber Orchestra in Houston

Octava an engaging app for concert goers

Can A Smartphone Enhance Your Live Music Experience? One Houston orchestra recently encouraged its audience members to try out a new app that helps them engage with the music.

Posted: February 25, 2016, 4:48 PM

Dusman and Smallwood's Octava app featured in Baltimore Sun

Engaging and building music audiences through a custom app

"The app, called Octava, is aimed at enhancing the musical experience for listeners by delivering information via Wifi, synced with the music being played in the concert hall. "We're trying to...

Posted: June 22, 2015, 10:40 AM

Sandra Lacy and Tim Nohe in Richmond Times Dispatch

"Enchanting" Annual Richmond Choreographers Showcase

From the review in the Richmond Time Dispatch, by Sheena Jeffers: The show opened with the entrancing piece “Slip,” choreographed by Mariah Maloney in dialogue with the solo...

Posted: April 4, 2014, 10:00 AM

INDS Presents... Apocalypse!

Come enjoy zombies, disease, & cosmic destruction with INDS

Come join Interdisciplinary Studies on October 29 in the Library Gallery at 4:00 p.m. as we present… Apocalypse!  Our event will be a performance in three acts exploring what the End of the...

Posted: October 22, 2013, 1:44 PM