By Abigail Bender
Throughout the spring semester, the Stamp Student Union has hosted concerts in various locations where students share their talents with staff and peers. Continue reading Stamp living room concerts create a space for Minh Vo & Friends, student performers
By Aidan Debelius
Music echoed through the halls of Adele H. Stamp Student Union Friday night as members of Jammin’ at Maryland – a student run club – congregated to perform their final concert of the semester. Continue reading Jammin’ at Maryland holds final concert of the semester
By Jaria Butler Maryland Opera Studio showcased a glimpse of powerful, operatic scenes during their Opera al Fresco on Thursday in The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. The University of Maryland graduate students performed a preview of five operatic scenes in preparation for their full Opera Scene Study, which will showcase nine scenes. Each showcased scene only featured the singers, a pianist and minimal props, … Continue reading Maryland Opera Studio performs operatic scenes from different time periods
By Abigail Olear “Are you ready for it?” Taylor Swift’s long-awaited Eras Tour will kick off its U.S. leg on Friday, Mar. 17 in Glendale, Arizona. The northeast will welcome Swift in May — and the University of Maryland’s Swifties are ready for their tour dates after a tiresome ticketing process. “It was probably the most stressful thing I’ve ever gone through,” said freshman biology … Continue reading UMD Swifties prepare for Taylor’s ‘Eras Tour’
By Abigail Olear The University of Maryland is home to dozens of vocal groups — but only Vintage Voices is bridging generational gaps, one song at a time. Vintage Voices brings nostalgia and joy to local nursing home residents through performance. Tunes by Elvis, Ben E. King, Connie Francis and other iconic ‘oldie but goodie’ artists ring through the halls during each of their outings. … Continue reading UMD’s Vintage Voices brings nostalgia to local seniors
By Yonathan Shimelis It’s past sundown and the Adele H. Stamp Student Union is quiet — except for the harmony of music pouring out of the Baltimore Room, where passing students may hear a guitar, drums, piano or even a cowbell. Inside is Jammin’ at Maryland, a club that provides a space for members of the University of Maryland community to play music, whether they … Continue reading From basement beats to sessions at Stamp: how JAM brought casual music practice to UMD
By Anuoluwapo Adefiwitan The lights dimmed as University of Michigan professor Louise Toppin walked to the stage in her mustard-yellow turtleneck sweater. Toppin smiled as she leaned into the small wooden podium and introduced her presentation topic: Black vocal music. Toppin held a lecture in The Joseph & Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall Monday as a part of Guest Artist Series for Black History Month at … Continue reading ‘Something we should be proud of’: Professor champions Black classical music in guest talk
by Joel Lev-Tov When the University of Maryland shut down its campus on March 12, 2020, because of COVID-19, everything changed for opera professor Craig Kier. From one day to the next, he had to teach his students online. And have them perform online. Kier could teach his students almost as if they were in-person with the help of Jamulus and Jamkzam — video conferencing … Continue reading Clarice performances highlight the future of livestream shows
By Joel Lev-Tov Gaming music isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks about an orchestra. But that’s exactly what the University of Maryland’s Gamer Symphony Orchestra plays. “There’s a million orchestras that play Beethoven and a lack of general awareness of the artistry of video game music,” said president Quinn Dang. Ciara Donegan is the orchestra’s music director. “I think for … Continue reading One UMD orchestra only plays music from games
By Megan Barnes After a year of limited sessions and decreased air-time, the University of Maryland’s student-run radio station, WMUC, is returning to full operation. WMUC has been on the air since 1948. But the pandemic forced its studio to close, and the station had to readjust to new safety precautions and recording protocol. Now, students are back on campus and ready to share their … Continue reading ‘The energy and the passion is back’: WMUC hosts return to studio after pandemic shutdown
