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Attention New, Incoming UMBC Students

Remember to Complete Alcohol-Wise & Other Drugs by 8/13

Click here to view the original post. University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) has partnered with 3rd Millennium, whose mission is to help students address critical life skills such as...

Posted: August 3, 2021, 1:58 PM

(shared post) Library Reopening News

Library announces wider opening, August 16, 2021

Click here to view the original post. The Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery is pleased to announce that we will fully reopen to all UMBC and community users effective August 16, 2021. Between...

Posted: August 3, 2021, 1:55 PM

Canonical Danger: How Standard Rep Undermines the Orchestra

Written by Jeff Martin

Orchestras have faced persistent financial difficulties over the past several decades. To alleviate these challenges, they should consider substantial revision to the standard repertoire, adding...

Posted: July 28, 2021, 11:43 AM

The Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

Written by Jeff Martin

The emerging orchestral canon made it difficult for late nineteenth-century composers to achieve lasting recognition. Hubert Parry faced the additional challenge of living in Britain. The quality...

Posted: July 28, 2021, 11:40 AM

Chiquinha Gonzaga and the Rise of Choro

Written by Jay Fenner

Brazilian Composer Chiquinha Gonzaga was extremely important in establishing the popularity of the music and dance associated with the Brazilian Choro, however her impact is generally overlooked...

Posted: July 28, 2021, 11:38 AM

Fall 2021 Culture Course Highlight

ANTH/ASIA 214 - Everyday Life in South Asia

** GEP Culture Credit** Course Description: This course examines how people are making -- and making sense of -- their lives in a changing South Asia. Students will read ethnographic accounts...

Posted: July 26, 2021, 11:14 AM

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Mata-McMahon, Director

of Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Mata-McMahon on her appointment of Director of Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities! We congratulate Dr. Mata-McMahon and wish her great success...

Posted: July 22, 2021, 11:16 AM

Duo della Luna CD Debut

Violin professor Airi Yoshioka has released Mangetsu, a debut CD recording with singer and composer Susan Botti for Duo della Luna. Mangetsu (“full moon”) is the title of the work Susan Botti...

Posted: July 21, 2021, 2:27 PM

Prof. Ali is interviewed about citizen oversight of police

Featured in news segment from FOX47 in East Lansing, MI

Last week, Public Policy Professor Mir Usman Ali was featured in a news segment in which he was interviewed about his research on citizen oversight of police.  The story comes from Fox47 in...

Posted: July 20, 2021, 2:39 PM