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MSPAL Previews: Fall and Spring 2009

NEW THIS WEEK:


The Bluest Eye:
University of Maryland Department of Theater

adapted by Lydia R. Diamond from the novel by Toni Morrison

directed by
Walter Dallas


Friday, March 5, 8:00 pm
Saturday, March 6, 2:00 pm
Saturday, March 6, 8:00 pm
Sunday, March 7, 2:00 pm
Tuesday, March 9, 7:30 pm
Wednesday, March 10, 7:30 pm
Thursday, March 11, 7:30 pm
Friday, March 12, 8:00 pm
Ina and Jack Kay Theatre

The Department of Theatre at the University of Maryland is proud to present The Bluest Eye, directed by Professor Walter Dallas. Based on Toni Morrison's 1970 novel of the same title, this play centers on what it means to be a young African-American girl in the predominantly white society of 1940s Ohio. Learn more about The Bluest Eye in the UM Libraries:

  The Bluest Eye and other works by Toni Morrison
  Critical Guides to The Bluest Eye
  Themes presented in The Bluest Eye
  Journal Articles related to The Bluest Eye

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The Peabody Trio:
Violaine Melançon, violin
Natasha Brofsky, cello
Seth Knopp, piano

Friday, March 5, 2010 8:00 pm - Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall

The Clarice Smith Center welcomes The Peabody Trio, who are based at the Peabody Conservatory in Batimore, MD. Melançon, Brofsky, and Knopp are active presences in the chamber music world as vivid interpreters of the classics of the repertoire, advocates for new music, and dedicated teachers and mentors to a generation of young musicians. On the evening of March 5, 2010, they will present a program of old favorites and 20th century innovations:

  Variations in G Major, op. 121a "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu" - Ludwig van Beethoven

  Trio for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano - Charles Ives

  Trio No. 1 in D Minor, op. 49 - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

  Musique de tables - Thierry De Mey

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Soaring Voices:
University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra
James Ross, music director

University of Maryland Wind Orchestra
Michael Votta, music director

Evelyn Elsing, cello
Linda Mabbs, soprano
Jason Stearns, baritone


Saturday, February 20, 2010 8:00 pm - Dekelboum Concert Hall

The UMSO will join forces with the UMWO, as well as guest artists Evelyn Elsing, Linda Mabbs, and Jason Stearns to present a program entitled Soaring Voices. Elsing will perform Prokofiev’s Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 125, and the UMSO will feature soprano Linda Mabbs and baritone Jason Stearns in a performance of Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony. The UMWO will open the program a performance of The Sound of Light by faculty composer Robert Gibson.

  Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 125 - Sergei Prokofiev
  Lyric Symphony, Op. 18 - Alexander Zemlinsky
  Recordings of works by School of Music director Robert Gibson

An excerpt from the first movement of Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony.

An excerpt from the fifth movement of Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony.

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The Sound of Light:
The University of Maryland Wind Orchestra

Michael Votta, music director
Gregory Miller, horn

Friday, February 19, 2010 8:00 PM - Dekelboum Concert Hall

The UMWO will be joined by guest soloist and faculty artist Greg Miller to perform a program entitled The Sound of Light. The program will feature the world premiere of The Sound of Light, a new work by faculty composer and School of Music director Robert Gibson, as well as Kazimierz Machala's Concerto for Horn, Winds and Percussion, and works by Stravinsky and Messiaen:

  Recordings of works by School of Music director Robert Gibson

  Hornist Greg Miller's debut solo recording, From Bach to Bernstein: Romantic Music for Horn and Piano

  Recordings and a score of Igor Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments

  Recordings and a score of Olivier Messiaen's Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum

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Hotel Cassiopeia:
UM Department of Theater

Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, 8:00 PM
Saturday, Feb. 13, 8:00 PM
Sunday, Feb. 14, 2:00 PM
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 7:30 PM
Thursday, Feb. 18, 7:30 PM
Friday, Feb. 19, 8:00 PM
Saturday, Feb. 20, 2:00 PM
Saturday, Feb. 20, 8:00 PM
Robert and Arlene Kogod Theatre

Charles Mee's play Hotel Cassiopeia is based on the life of reclusive artist Joseph Cornell, and the assemblage boxes he created from castaway items. Cornell's correspondence and journals are filled with observations and obsessions that reveal his desire to capture through his work the intense feelings of a hidden moment. Find out more about playwright Charles Mee, artist Joseph Cornell, as well as fiction and poetry inspired by Cornell's works:

  Biographies of Joseph Cornell and analysis of his works
  Fiction and poetry inspired by the art of Joseph Cornell
  Information about playwright Charles Mee

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A Chinese Home:
The Kronos Quartet with Wu Man

Friday, February 12, 2010 8:00 PM - Ina and Jack Kay Theatre

The Kronos Quartet return to the Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts with longtime collaborator Wu Man to perform A Chinese Home. The first half of this performance will feature works by minimalist composer Terry Riley, including "The Welcoming Baptism of Sweet Daisy Grace," and "One Earth, One People, One Love" from Sun Rings, and "Good Medicine" from Salome: Dances for Peace. The second half of the performance will feature A Chinese Home, a work featuring the Kronos Quartet and Wu Man on pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument similar to the lute. A Chinese Home was inspired by the extraordinary tale of Yin Yu Tang, a 300-year-old house from a southeastern Chinese village that was dismantled piece-by-piece at the turn of the millennium and rebuilt in the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts. Wu Man describes Yin Yu Tang as "the key for us to unlock the past and explore the music of China, not only from the time of this particular house, but across the centuries." Learn more about Riley, Wu Man, the Kronos Quartet, and Yin Yu Tang in the UM Libraries:

  Terry Riley - Riley's In C is considered to be the first minimalist composition. Learn more about this innovative composer and his works.

  Violinist David Harrington formed the Kronos Quartet after hearing George Crumb's Black Angels on the radio and thinking to himself that it was "something wild, something scary" and "absolutely the right music to play." Black Angels was the first piece the Kronos Quartet ever performed, and since then they have appeared on a multitude of recordings and performed new music all over the world. This list features the Kronos Quartet recordings held by the PAL, as well as books containing scholarly essays on the group.

  A list of the recordings held by the PAL that feature Wu Man, as well as information on the pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument similar to the lute.

  A link to the Peabody Essex Museum's website for Yin Yu Tang, the 300 year old structure that inspired A Chinese Home.

An excerpt from Good Medicine by Terry Riley.

Wu Man performs Dengyue jiaohui (Lanterns and Moon Competing in Brilliance) on the pipa.

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Alchemy:
Doug Varone and Dancers

Friday, February 5,
Saturday, February 6, 2010
8:00 pm - Ina and Jack Kay Theatre

Doug Varone and Dancers will perform a program including Rise (set to John Adams's Fearful Symmetries,) and Varone's newest work entitled Alchemy (set to Daniel Variations by Steve Reich.) The music for Alchemy was inspired by the biblical Book of Daniel, as well as the words of Daniel Pearl, the American Jewish reporter kidnapped and murdered by Islamic extremists in Pakistan in 2002. The links below will help you learn more about Doug Varone and Dancers, as well as the music included in this performance:

  Reviews of performances by Doug Varone and Dancers from The New York Times and The Washington Post.

  Books featuring interviews with and information about Doug Varone and other prominent choreographers.

  A video recording of a version of Gustav Holst's The Planets, featuring the choreography of Doug Varone.

  Recordings and scores of works by composer John Adams, including Fearful Symmetries, upon which Doug Varone's Rise is based.

  Recordings of works by Steve Reich, as well as information on Daniel Pearl and the Book of Daniel.

An excerpt from Fearful Symmetries, by John Adams, upon which Doug Varone's Rise is based.

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RFK: The Journey to Justice:
The L.A. Theater Works

Friday, January 29,
Saturday, January 30, 2010 8:00 pm - Ina and Jack Kay Theatre

The L.A. Theater Works's new production, JFK: The Journey to Justice, chronicles the critical decade of the Civil Rights movement through the experiences of Robert F. Kennedy. The US Attorney General and senator became a crusader in the fight for civil rights in the 1960s, and his relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., became one of the most influential pairings of the 20th century. Learn more about these two historic figures, as well as the history of the Civil Rights movement and the music inspired by and dedicated to this historic time:

  Books - Biographies of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as books containing their speeches, and information on the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.

  Films of speeches by leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, including Malcom X, Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Music - Scores and recordings of pieces inspired by and set to the words of RFK and MLK.

An excerpt from composer Joseph Schwanter's tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
New Morning for the World: Daybreak of Freedom.
This piece for orchestra and winds features a narration comprised of excerpts from speeches made by Dr. King.

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Schuller, Enesco, and Var�se:
University of Maryland Wind Orchestra,
featuring the members of the UM Symphony Orchestra

Michael Votta, music director

Thursday, December 10, 2009 8:00 PM - Dekelboum Concert Hall

The University of Maryland Wind Orchestra performs two masterworks for wind ensemble, and will feature string players from the UM Symphony Orchestra on a piece by Edgar Var�se. Find out more about these pieces and their composers in the UM Libraries:

  Symphony for Brass and Percussion - Gunther Schuller
  Dixtuor in D major, op. 14 - Georges Enesco
  Am�riques - Edgar Var�se

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Maryland Dance Ensemble, Fall 2009:
Friday, December 4
Saturday, December 5, 2009
8:00 pm - Ina and Jack Kay Theatre

The Maryland Dance Ensemble's fall concert will feature the repertory ensemble in works by faculty and visiting artists. Read more about these works and their themes in the resources listed below:

  semblance - Sharon Mansur (begins at 7:30pm in the Grand Pavillion!)
  Whispers from the Garden - Alvin Mayes
  Try, Try Again - Dawn Springer
   Interval - Nathan Andary and bassist Jane Wang
  1 Thing - Gesel Mason
  Duet - Dawn Springer
  Excerpts from Unmoored (Love Letters to New Orleans) - Sara Peason and Patrik Widrig

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Farewell and Fanfare:
University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra,
featuring the UM Concert Choir

James Ross, music director
Jasmin Lee, piano
Nicole Aldrich, guest conductor

Friday, December 4, 2009 8:00 pm - Dekelboum Concert Hall

The UMSO presents a night of masterpieces, featuring the UM Concert Choir, and pianist Jasmin Lee, winner of the 2008 UMSO Concerto Competition:

  In quoting the funeral march from Beethoven's "Eroica" symphony, Richard Strauss's Metamorphosen
laments the destruction of the Munich Opera House and German artistic culture in the wake of WWII. Read more about Strauss's life and the the devastation of the German aesthetic in these library resources.

  Edgar Var�se's first work composed after his emigration to the United States in 1915, the composer intended the title Am�riques to symbolize "discoveries - new worlds on earth, in the sky, or in the minds of men." On this list, you will find information on Var�se's life, as well as a score and recordings of this piece.

  Written when the composer was just 19 years old, Sergi Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1 was modeled after Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, and was dedicated to Rachmaninoff's cousin and teacher at the Moscow Conservatory, Alexander Siloti.

  Based on a poem by Friedrich Schiller, N�nie, Op. 82, was composed in memory of Johann Brahms's friend and 19th century German classicist painter Anselm Feuerbach. Read more about Brahms, Feuerbach, and N�nie in these library materials.

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Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore:
UM Opera Studio

Friday, November 20, 7:30
Sunday, November 22, 3:00
Tuesday, November 24, 7:30
Ina and Jack Kay Theatre

One of Donizetti's most popular and successful operas, L'elisir d'amore tells the tale of a besotted peasant who turns to a quack doctor for a love potion in the hopes of wooing his beloved. This melodramma giocoso featured a libretto by Felice Romani, based on Eugene Scribe's libretto for Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber's french opera Le philtre. Find out more about Donizetti and L'elisir d'amore:

  Recordings of L'elisir d'amore
  Scores of the opera
  Videorecordings of various productions of L'elisir d'amore
  Books about the opera, including the libretto and themes it features
  Biographies and scholarly works based on the life and works of composer Gaetano Donizetti

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UM Chamber Singers and University Chorale:
Edward Maclary & Nicole Aldrich, conductors

Sunday, November 22, 2009 7:30 pm - Dekelboum Concert Hall

This annual fall concert will showcase two of the School of Music's most select vocal ensembles, the University Chorale and the UM Chamber Singer. These two acclaimed and award winning groups will present works by J.S. Bach, Samuel Barber, and Ralph Vaughan Williams:

  Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 - J.S. Bach
   one of J.S. Bach's motets, O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118...by the way, what is a motet anyway?
  Two pieces by Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei and Reincarnations
  O Clap Your Hands - Ralph Vaughan Williams

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Steel Hammer:
Bang on a Can All-Stars with Trio Mediaeval

Friday, November 20, 2009 8:00 pm - Dekelboum Concert Hall

Steel Hammer is an event inspired by the stories and music of Appalachia. Composer Julia Wolfe, with the Bang on a Can All Stars and Trio Mediaeval perform works based on the tale of John Henry, and his fabled race against "the machine." Below are lists of recordings by the Bang on a Can All Stars and information on the rich musical history of the Appalachian mountain region:

  The American folktale of John Henry and his steel hammer
  A list of recordings and scholarly studies of the music and culture of Appalachia
  Recordings by the Bang on a Can All Stars
  Recordings of works by composer Julia Wolfe

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W.A. Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera:
UM Opera Studio

Thursday, November 19,
Saturday, November 21,
Monday, November 23
7:30 pm - Ina and Jack Kay Theatre

Written in 1775 when Mozart was 18 years old, La Finta Giardiniera is an opera buffa in three acts that tells an elaborate tale of disguise, mistaken identity, and confused lovers. To find out more about opera buffa, Mozart, and La Finta Giardiniera, take a look at the following resources:

 What is opera buffa?
  Biographical books and films - W.A. Mozart
  Recordings of La Finta Giardiniera
  A musical score of La Finta Giardiniera

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Am I Too Loud?:
A Bow to Collaborative Performance

Rita Sloan, piano
Evelyn Elsing, cello
Anthony Manzo, double bass
Linda Mabbs, soprano
Gregory Miller, horn
Katherine Murdock, viola
David Salness, violin
Delores Ziegler, mezzo-soprano

Friday, November 13, 2009 8:00 pm - Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall

Am I Too Loud? is a performance based on the work of collaborative pianist, Gerald Moore. Moore's memoirs, from which the title of this concert is borrowed, provide an in-depth look at the world of the piano accompanist. This performance features collaborations between members of the UMD School of Music faculty, as they perform a variety of chamber works. These UM Library resources will help you find out more about the art of accompanying, the pieces on this program and the poets whose works inspired them, as well as the artists featured in this performance:

  Books by and about collaborative pianists and piano playing, including the memoirs of Gerald Moore, Hubert Giesen, and Andre Benoist.
  A list of recordings featuring the performers of Am I Too Loud?
  Ein Alphorn hor' ich schallen - Richard Strauss
  A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41 - Benjamin Britten
  3 Works:
Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane (In the style of Couperin), Polichinelle (Serenade), and Tempo di Menuetto (In the style of Pugnani) - Fritz Kreisler

  Cabaret Songs - Benjamin Britten
  Die Forelle, D. 550 - Franz Schubert
  Quintet in A Major D. 667, 'The Trout' - Franz Schubert

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Step Afrika!

Thursday, November 12,
and Friday, November 13
8:00 pm - Ina and Jack Kay Theatre

Beginning in the mid-1990s, African American fraternities and sororities began practicing a type of dance known as stepping. This style is historically rooted in the call and response tradition, and is closely related to many genres of African dance. Learn more about the history of stepping and about Step Afrika! by checking out these UM Libraries resources:

 Books on the history of stepping
  Films featuring step dance routines
  Articles about Step Afrika! from newspapers at home and around the world

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American Masters:
University of Maryland Wind Orchestra

Michael Votta, music director
Chris Gekker, trumpet

Friday, November 6, 2009 8:00 pm - Dekelboum Concert Hal

The University of Maryland Wind Orchestra will present a concert of all-American music by prominent and promising composers. The following UM library resources include scores and recordings of some of the pieces programmed on this concert as well as other pieces by these composers, recordings of guest artist Chris Gekker, and books related to the subjects on which these works are based:

  Sinfonia - Ned Rorem: A score and a recording of the Sinfonia, as well as selected diaries, letters, and memoirs by the composer.
  Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places - Alan Hovhaness: A recording of Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places, as well as recordings of other Hovhaness pieces, book on the composer, and recordings by faculty member, Chris Gekker.
  Fanfare Ritmico - Jennifer Higdon: This list includes recordings of various Higdon pieces.
  A Child's Garden of Dreams - David Maslanka: Scores and recordings of various Maslanka pieces, as well as a score of A Child's Garden of Dreams, and a copy of Carl Jung's Man and His Symbols. This book features an account of several nightmares written down by a 10 year old girl, upon which Maslanka based A Child's Garden of Dreams.

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Nilo Cruz's Anna in the Tropics:
the UM Department of Theatre
Directed by Jose Carrasquillo

Friday, Nov. 6 - 8:00 pm
Saturday, Nov. 7 - 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm
Sunday, Nov. 8, 2:00 pm
Wednesday, Nov. 11 - 7:30 pm
Thursday, Nov. 12 - 7:30 pm
Friday, Nov. 13 - 8:00 pm
Sunday, Nov. 14 - 2:00 pm
Robert and Arlene Kogod Theatre

The 2003 Pulitzer Prize in Drama winner is set in 1920s Ybor City, Florida, where family members who work in a cigar factory struggle to reconcile the traditions of the past with their desires for the future. Passions erupt and emotions flare as the laborers embrace the unfamiliar ideas presented to them by a new arrival in their midst, who reads Anna Karenina aloud to them as they work, with life-altering consequences. You can learn more about the topics and themes addressed in the The UM Department of Theatre's presentation of Anna in the Tropics by checking out these UM Libraries resources:

 Anna in the Tropics - a novel by Nilo Cruz
  Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy: English language translations and a ballet based on the classic novel
  Critical guides to Tolstoy's Anna Karenina
  Fiction: Cuban-American Families
  History and Fiction: The Cigar Industry in Ybor City
  History and Fiction: Ybor City, Tampa, Floria

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Disfarmer:
conceived and directed by Dan Hurlin
original music by Dan Moses Schreier
text by Sally Oswald

Thursday, November 5, and Friday, November 6, 2009 8:00 pm - Ina and Jack Kay Theatre

Disfarmer examines the contradictions in the life of American photographer and hermit Mike Disfarmer (1884-1959) through the medium of puppet theater. Through portrait photography, Disfarmer captured the essence of the citizens of Heber Springs, Arkansas with a touching simplicity. The following UM library resources include reproductions and critical reception of Mike Disfarmer's works, information about puppetry, and resources relating to UMD's most famous and beloved puppeteer, Jim Henson:

  Books - Mike Disfarmer
  Articles - Mike Disfarmer, and the puppet theater piece Disfarmer.
  Information about puppetry in the UM Libraries
  Jim Henson Resources

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Spirit Nights:
University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra

James Ross, music director

Saturday, October 31, 2009 8:00 pm - Dekelboum Concert Hall

In the spirit of Halloween, the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra, presents a program of dark masterpieces. Led by director James Ross, the UMSO will perform:

 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Richard Wagner
  Danzon No. 2 - Arturo Marquez
  Suite from Ma mere l'Oye - Maurice Ravel
  Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63 - Jean Sibelius

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UM School of Music: The Adelphi String Quartet (debut performance)

Sunday, October 25, 2009 2:00 pm - Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall

The Adelphi String Quartet, the School of Music's new graduate string quartet-in-residence, features Daniel Sender and Francis Liu, violin, Jonathan Richards, viola, and Elizabeth Meszaros, cello. They will perform the following pieces on their debut performance:

  String Quartet in G Major, K. 387 - W.A. Mozart
  Hommage a Mihaly Andras: "12 Microludes for String Quartet," Op. 13 - Gyorgy Kurtag
  String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2, 'Razumovsky' - Ludwig van Beethoven

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The Klezmatics in Concert

Sunday, October 18, 2009 6:00 pm - Dekelboum Concert Hall

The Klezmatics have helped to bring the 500+ year old Eastern European genre of klezmer music to new popularity in the United States. Their style draws from diverse musical influences including Arab, African, Latin, Balkan, jazz and punk. These UM library resources can help you gain a better understanding of what klezmer is and where it came from.

  Recordings of the Klezmatics and other klezmer musicians
  Books about the history of klezmer
This list includes a book on World Music by UM Ethnomusicology faculty member Dr. Boden Sandstrom!
  Films relating to the klezmer style and klezmer musicians
  Journal articles

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James Joyce's The Dead:
The UM Department of Theatre

Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 - 8:00 pm
Sunday, Oct. 18 - 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Wednesday, Oct. 21 - 7:30 pm
Thursday, Oct. 22 - 7:30 pm
Friday, Oct. 23 - 8:00 pm
Saturday, Oct. 24 - 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm
Ina and Jack Kay Theatre

The following UM Library resources relate to the subject matter and themes presented by the UM Department of Theater in their performance of James Joyce's The Dead:

 James Joyce Biographies
  Critical Guides to The Dead
  Videorecording and Analysis - Director John Huston's The Dead
  Journal Articles
  Miscellaneous resources relating to the themes presented in The Dead

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Concerto for All:
University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra

James Ross, music director

Friday, October 12, 2009 8:00 pm - Dekelboum Concert Hall

The following UM Library resources relate to the works performed on October 12nd by the UM Symphony Orchestra. The following materials contain scores and recordings of the pieces performed on this program.

 Symphony No. 36, K. 425, 'Linz' - W.A. Mozart
  Der gerettete Alberich - Christopher Rouse
  Concerto for Orchestra - Bela Bartok

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Reflections from the Keyboard:
Sara Daneshpour

Sunday, October 11, 2009 2:00 pm - Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall

The following UM Library resources relate to the works performed on October 11th by Sara Daneshpour, second prize winner in the 2007 Kapell International Piano Competition.

These materials are available in the International Piano Archives at Maryland and the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library. To access the materials in IPAM, please contact Mr. Donald Manildi, IPAM curator, at (301) 405-9224 or godowsky@umd.edu for an appointment. To access the materials in the Paged Collections Room, please ask the staff at the Circulation Desk.

 Variations on the Name "Abegg", Op. 1 - Robert Schumann
  Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 - Frederic Chopin
  Estampes - Claude Debussy
 Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83 - Sergei Prokofiev

Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83, Mvt. 3 - Prokofiev (Pianist Sara Daneshpour from the 2007 William Kapell Competition)

Etude: Tableau in A minor, Op. 39, No. 6 - Rachmaninoff (Pianist Sara Daneshpour from the 2007 William Kapell Competition)

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Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

Friday, October 9, 2009 8:00 pm - Dekelboum Concert Hall

Drawn from the principal players of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Orchestra, this performance at UMD features a string octet. The following lists include recordings by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, as well as scores and recordings of the pieces performed on October 9th:

 Recordings by and featuring the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble - Did you know they recorded almost the entire soundtrack of the Mozart biopic Amadeus?
  Sextet No. 1 for Strings in B flat major, op. 18 - Johannes Brahms
  Prelude and Scherzo for String Octet, op. 11 - Dimitri Shostakovich
  Octet for Strings in Eb-Major, op. 20 - Felix Mendelssohn

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My Ocean is Never Blue:
Daniel Burkholder/The Playground
Arachne Aerial Arts
Coyaba Dance Theater
Devi Dance Theater

Thursday, October 8, and Friday, October 9, 2009 8:00 pm - Dance Theatre

Four of our region�s most inventive dance companies collaborate to present this multi-faceted exploration of water and our relationship to it. Check out these UM library resources that relate to the material presented in My Ocean is Never Blue:

  Daniel Burkholder/The Playground Articles
  Arachne Aerial Arts Articles
  Coyaba Dance Theater Articles
  Devi Dance Theater Articles

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A Wider Circle - The Spirit of Fold Music:
University of Maryland School of Music

Sunday, October 4, 2009 3:00 pm - Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall

Explore the influence that folk music exerts on art music by checking out these items located in the UM Performing Arts Library. The following materials relate to the pieces performed on A Wider Circle - The Spirit of Folk Music:

 44 Duos - Bela Bartok
  Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 - Antonin Dvorak
  Chiacona for Violin and Basso Continuo - Antonio Bertali
  Appalachian Spring, Suite for 13 Instruments - Aaron Copland

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The Trial of the Catonsville Nine:
The Actor's Gang

Thursday, September 17, and Friday, September 18, 2009 8:00 pm - Ina and Jack Kay Theatre

Check out these UM library resources that relate to the material presented in The Trial of the Catonsville Nine:

 Books
  Journal Articles
  Newspaper Articles
  Film
 Scores and Sound Recordings

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