"A note-perfect ensemble" featuring "top flight solos" says Washington Classical Review of UMBC's new music ensemble, Ruckus, after a brilliant performance on Oct 16 at the Livewire festival!

https://washingtonclassicalreview.com/2025/10/17/umbcs-livewire-15-festival-pays-tribute-to-pioneering-women-composers/

#umbc #baltimore #newmusic

Don't miss Pedagogy Study Hall, a fascinating exhibition/installation/inquiry by Tomashi Jackson and Nia K. Evans at UMBC's CADVC! Read about it here in a fabulous BmoreArt review —

https://bmoreart.com/2025/10/creating-the-learning-space-we-need-pedagogy-study-hall-at-cadvc.html

#umbc #baltimore

Join us Tues 10/14, 5:30 pm at UMBC for Mel Chin: Constructing Liberation – a rare opportunity to hear from MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Mel Chin, whose groundbreaking, socially engaged work spans science, video games, ecology, and more —

https://umbc.edu/event/mel-chin-constructing-liberation/

#artsatumbc #umbc #melchin

This week! Join us for the edgy dance duo Baye & Asa — two performances only, Thu & Fri, Oct 16 & 17, 7:30 pm in UMBC's Dance Cube! Named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2022 —

https://umbc.edu/event/baye-asa/

#umbc #baltimore

What does entrepreneurship look like in the arts and humanities? At UMBC, it looks like innovative research, bold teaching, and powerful social impact. Join us for a dynamic panel discussion on Wed, Oct 8, 12 pm (with a free lunch!) —

https://umbc.edu/event/entrepreneurship-for-social-impact-in-the-arts-and-humanities/

#umbc #baltimorearts

Join us this Sunday for Harmony Across Borders: UMBC Choirs Homecoming Concert, as the UMBC choirs celebrate their tour to Prague and Paris! October 5, 5 pm, Linehan Concert Hall —

https://umbc.edu/event/umbc-choirs-homecoming-concert/

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Thanks, BmoreArt, for highlighting Pedagogy Study Hall, opening on October 9 at UMBC's Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture!

https://bmoreart.com/2025/10/bmoreart-news-pedagogy-study-hall-nick-cave-kevin-brown.html

#umbc #baltimoreart

Beethoven Reimagined! Join us Sunday 9/28, 3 pm, in Linehan Concert Hall, when pianist Hui-Chuan Chen performs Beethoven's epic Hammerklavier sonata and a new piece by Daniel Pesca, "Impromptu #2 (after Beethoven)" —

https://umbc.edu/event/beethoven-reimagined/

#umbc #baltimoremusic #beethoven

Next Wednesday 9/17, Jonathon Heyward and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra perform Haydn, Mayer, and Mozart at UMBC's Linehan Concert Hall! This event has been sold out, but a small number of seats were just released!

https://umbc.edu/event/baltimore-symphony-orchestra/

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The Baltimore Banner profiles Lafayette Gilchrist '92, Africana studies, and his remarkable musical career!

https://www.thebanner.com/culture/music/lafayette-gilchrist-new-volcanoes-sun-ra-arkestra-IYGY7XNZ2JAVXBBKMG76XENSCQ/

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Thanks, Baltimore Fishbowl, for sharing news about our upcoming exhibition, Picturing Mobility: Black Tourism and Leisure during the Jim Crow Era, opening September 2 at UMBC's Library Gallery!

https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/black-americans-leisure-travel-jim-crow-exhibition-umbc/

#umbc #baltimore #photography #history #baltimorefishbowl #picturingmobility

All four performances of this weekend's theatre production, "in the darkest forest," are now sold out! Congrats to Nigel Semaj and the entire team in the UMBC Department of Theatre! https://umbc.edu/event/in-the-darkest-forest/

#umbc #artsatumbc #baltimoretheatre

The UMBC Jubilee Singers and the UMBC Gospel Choir take the stage this Saturday, May 3, at 5 p.m. in Linehan Concert Hall! Free admission — more at https://umbc.edu/event/umbc-jubilee-singers-and-gospel-choir-3/

#umbc #baltimoremusic #gospel

Join us as pianist Joel Sachs celebrates Charles Ives at 150! He'll perform the First Piano Sonata along with The Alcotts and Thoreau — Wed 4/23, 7:30pm, Linehan Concert Hall at UMBC.

https://umbc.edu/event/celebrating-charles-ives-at-150-joel-sachs-pianist/

#charlesives #umbc #artsatumbc #baltimoremusic

RUCKUS, the new music ensemble in residence at UMBC, performs works by Pierre Boulez, Julius Eastman, Salina Fisher, Alexandra Gardner, Elainie Lillios, Emma O'Halloran, and Vicki Ray!

Friday, April 18, 4:30 pm, Linehan Concert Hall —

https://umbc.edu/event/ruckus/

#umbc #baltimoremusic #newmusic

In collaboration with the Maryland State Arts Council, UMBC is delighted to host artist Marc Archambault, who has been commissioned to create a new public artwork for Sherman Hall.

This week, on Wednesday and Thursday, the campus community is invited to meet the artist and to learn more about his work.

https://umbc.edu/event/marc-archambault-meet-the-artist/

#umbc #publicart

Opening tomorrow, March 25!

Join us for The Only Way Out Is Through: The 2025 Intermedia and Digital Arts (IMDA) MFA Thesis Exhibition, on display at UMBC's Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC) through April 11.

The exhibition features work by McCoy Chance, Ahlam Khamis, Ghazal Mojtahedi, Alexi Scheiber, and Mariia Usova.

https://umbc.edu/event/2025-imda-mfa-thesis-exhibition/

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David now coaching Goliath. Congrats, Coach Odom. #UMBC https://x.com/UVAMensHoops/s…

Join us for the INTERFERENCE New Music Collective! William Brent and Nancy Jo Snider partner with artist/dancer Miřenka Čechová for works of their own and Steve Antosca's MA.

Wed, Mar 12, 7:30 pm, Linehan Concert Hall.

https://umbc.edu/event/interference-new-music-collective/

#umbc #baltimoremusic

Learn more about the fabulous work of artist Kelley Bell this Wednesday at UMBC!

In this presentation, she will take us on a tour of her best, worst and wildest art adventures and discover how delight and imagination can lead to contemplation and meaningful interpersonal connection, and how art doesn’t have to be big or in the public eye to be spectacular.

Wednesday, March 12, 12 pm, 216 Performing Arts and Humanities Building — lunch included!

https://umbc.edu/event/kelley-bell-projections-inflatables-and-artistic-spectacles/

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