The Department of Music presents two enthralling concerts this week in the world-class Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall featuring guest artist Matthew Sharp, an internationally recognized classical artist. Sharp is a multidisciplinary artist and will perform as cellist, bass-baritone and actor over the course of his engagement at UMBC. Both concerts are free for UMBC students with their ID.

On Thursday, September 7, Sharp sings Schubert’s Der Erlkönig and Jacques Brel’s Chanson des Vieux Amants and will be joined by UMBC string faculty for the celestial and unsurpassed chamber work, Schubert’s Cello Quintet.

“Jacques Brel found Schubert’s C major Quintet inspirational – he listened to it when he wrote,” comments Matthew Sharp. “I’ve always felt that their music shared a raw, unguarded, ‘leap from the precipice’ quality. So, we’re including two of their iconic songs — one where terror and death rips through the veil between fantasy and reality, the other in which love is both chains and salvation — as both a context for this late masterpiece and as a prelude to the cabaret concerto on Friday, September 8, Death’s Cabaret — A Love Story.”

Death’s Cabaret — A Love Story is a concerto for the 21st century: a unique and thrilling marriage of the 19th century concerto form with the grime and sensuality of cabaret — both an innovation and a re-invention of an ancient tradition. Dangerous, intimate, raw and virtuosic, it promises to be an unforgettable night!

Matthew Sharp is recognized as as an innovative artist working in music and across disciplines. He studied cello with Boris Pergamenschikow in Cologne, voice with Ulla Blom in Stockholm and English at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was taken to Jacqueline du Pré when he was 12, Galina Vishnewskaya when he was 18, and studied chamber music with the Amadeus Quartet. Sharp has appeared as solo performer with the RPO, LPO, RLPO, CBSO, Orchestra of Opera North, SCO, EUCO, ESO, Manchester Camerata, Orchestra of the Swan, Orchestra X, Arensky Chamber Orchestra, and Ural Philharmonic. He has recorded for Sony, EMI, Decca, Naxos, Somm, NMC, Avie and Whirlwind and has appeared in recital as both cellist and singer at Wigmore Hall, SBC and Salle Gaveau.

Thursday, September 7, 8 pm: Death, Love and Terror in Music of Schubert

Friday, September 8, 8 pm: Death’s Cabaret — A Love Story

We hope you had your fill of sunshine, mojitos and laid-back afternoons because the Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship has a full semester of workshops and events booked to give you the entrepreneurial-inside-scoop from every angle possible.

Are you a technologist looking for the how-tos to breaking it in the security field? We’ve got something for you.

Are you a total maverick that’s trying to live an independent fulfilled life but need proof that it’s possible? We’ve got something for you too.

Do you already know everything but need a little guidance and inspiration? We’ve even got something for you.

We are so excited to be kicking off Fall 2017 with some very influential guests, as well as some new resources and opportunities to send your way—so stay tuned, turn on your email notifications, and keep checking in so you don’t miss out on anything.

Also, don’t forget to check out the details on this semester’s annual Idea Competition. Submissions are due by October 12^th, so we encourage you to start applying now!  

A list of our semester workshops and speaker series are listed below, as well as attached at the bottom.

WORKSHOPS

The Killer Business Plan

Neil Davis

Monday, Oct 2 - 12 - 1PM at The Commons 329

How “Not” to Hire Your First 10 Employees

Yair Flicker

Monday, Oct 9 - 12 - 1PM at The Commons 329

Getting Beyond Better: The Entrepreneur’s Role in Saving Society

Scott Townsley

Wednesday, Nov 15 - 12 - 1PM at The Commons 318

SPEAKER SERIES

Experiences and Lessons Learned Building Software Companies

Ron and Cyndi Gula

Wednesday, Sep 27 - 12 - 1PM UC 310

The Business (and Reality) of Starting Up

Brad Smith

Monday, Oct 16 - 12 - 1PM UC 310

Entrepreneurs Panel

Monday, Nov 20 - 12 - 1PM UC 310

IDEA COMPETITION

Application Deadline: October 12^th at 1 pm

Competition Date: November 16^th in The Commons SportZone from 7pm to 9pm

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Gun Show
September 4 – October 14
Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture

An Opening Reception with the Artist will be held on Thursday, September 7, from 5 to 7 p.m.

The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture presents Gun Show, an exhibition of more than 100 life-size replicas of assault rifles created by artist David Hess from “rescued” objects. The exhibition is curated by Kathy O’Dell, Associate Professor of Visual Arts and Special Assistant to the Dean for Education and Arts partnerships.

David Hess started assembling life-size sculptures of assault rifles from what he calls “rescued” objects — ranging from an old black sneaker and vintage turquoise sewing machine, to a raggedy crutch and pink Barbie bike frame — decades ago, increasing his pace of production following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in 2012. While he has shown some of the works since 2015, Gun Show at UMBC is the first presentation of all 112 sculptures. Hess aims for this project to foster dialogue about one of the most volatile issues of our time – guns, who should or should not own them, whether or not to legislate them, ramifications of their use or misuse, and how issues of race, class, gender identity, and age impact every aspect of these questions.

Artist David Hess harvests contrasting forms and materials to create a collision between the man-made and natural worlds. Hess refers to these artifacts as “rescued objects,” suggesting that these materials are loaded with history and cultural narrative – making them not only worthy of salvage, but of incorporation and preservation. At Dartmouth College, Hess studied with realist wood sculptor Fumio Yoshimura, whose precision and humor had a profound impact. Concentrated studies at Dartmouth in pre-med, engineering, Japanese design and filmmaking continue to inform his current studio practice. From these he draws upon methods of observation, object making and constructing narrative in his creation of commissioned furniture, sculpture, architectural elements and public art projects.

The Maryland affiliate of Young Audiences/Arts for Learning has grown steadily over the past decade, resulting in a $3.5M budget with 22 staff, more than 150 independent contractors and providing more than 10,000 programs to 192,000 students each year.

Young Audiences is seeking a mission-focused, strategic- and process-minded leader that will lead all aspects of two of YA’s largest programs, the Summer Arts and Learning Academies (SALA) and the Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI) program, as well as other large scale summer programs/partnerships.

Chesapeake Shakespeare seeks a creative, organized, enthusiastic college or graduate student to work with the Development team to execute essential fundraising activities throughout the busy fall season. They will assist with data management, donor and prospect research, creation and execution of mailed appeals, preparation of proposal documentation, special event production, social media support of fundraising campaigns, and provide general administrative assistance.

Baltimore Center Stage is seeking a Database/Helpdesk Coordinator. This position is responsible for coordinating the various departmental aspects of the Tessitura database. The Coordinator is responsible for data entry and the establishment of policies and procedures related to data entry, data management and query/report generation. The Coordinator is responsible to provide first level contact for technical support and convey resolutions to technical issues for the Helpdesk.