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Lisa Cella has been awarded a grant from New Music USA to fund The Low Flutes Project, a series of commissioned works for alto and bass flute. Cella describes her project below: I am drawn not...
July 15, 2020
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10:19 AM
Today we’re revisiting Maurice Berger’s Race Stories article, “The Faces of Bigotry: When the Hoods Come Off.” This article features photos of white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, VA and...
July 13, 2020
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10:33 AM
This week, we’re featuring Maurice Berger’s Race Stories article, “Photos That Challenge Stereotypes About African-American Youths.” This article looks at photographs from “Picturing Children,”...
July 6, 2020
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10:47 AM
We’re continuing our reflection on Black history and Maurice Berger’s Race Stories this week by revisiting “Pictures of Men, Friends or Lovers.” This article looks at historian Trent Kelly’s...
June 29, 2020
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11:12 AM
The Library of Congress’s Coolidge Auditorium, one of the nation’s leading performing arts venues, is typically busy year-round, bustling with performers playing to capacity audiences. Now, with...
June 26, 2020
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5:34 PM
The trailer for "Strings Attached", a documentary following the Dover Quartet, has just released! Parts of the documentary were filmed at UMBC when Shriver Hall Concert Series brought them to our...
June 26, 2020
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12:20 PM
We will begin our retrospect of Maurice Berger’s Race Stories and reflection on black history and our current political and social climate by featuring, “Capturing the Struggle for Racial...
June 22, 2020
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11:08 AM
(from left to right: Daniel Pesca, Janice Jackson, Jarl Hulbert, and Alethia Starke) The Department of Music announces the receipt of a Charlesmead award (in the amount of $33,725) to fund a...
June 22, 2020
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9:53 AM
TONIGHT, June 19 at 7:30pm Carnegie Hall will be a hosting a free online Juneteenth Celebration. For more information on how to view the livestream, click here.
June 19, 2020
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1:33 PM
Today, as we celebrate Juneteenth and reflect on the history of the Black narrative in America, we would like to take time to address the continuous and current issues that face our society...
June 19, 2020
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12:31 PM