Department of Music

Events

UMBC Gamelan Friday, November 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM

UMBC Collegium Friday, November 22, 2024 at 7:30 PM

UMBC Camerata Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Student Composers Recital Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 3:00 PM

UMBC Wind Ensemble presents Wonders of Space Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Faculty Awards

The Music Department is delighted to announce that Paula Maust and Jonathan Zwi have been selected as the recipients of the 2021 Adjunct Faculty Excellence Award for the College of Arts,...

Posted: June 17, 2021, 11:28 AM

UMBC Composers Receive Commission, Premieres, and Internship

Lynn Dixon ('21) was commissioned for a solo piano work by the DC New Music Coalition, and the resulting In Black, White, and Gray will be premiered June 25 at 8 pm online. Kathryn Blake's...

Posted: May 25, 2021, 4:54 PM

Alumni Update: Linda Jung

Pianist Linda Jung (BA from UMBC in 2018, Linehan Scholar), is graduating from The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University in May with her Master of Music degree in Piano Performance. ...

Posted: April 29, 2021, 4:17 PM

Announcing: Visiting Lecturer in Orchestral Studies

1-year position

The Department of Music at UMBC seeks a well-qualified Lecturer (Full-time including benefits) with a primary specialization in orchestral conducting beginning August 23, 2021. This position will...

Posted: April 10, 2021, 3:21 PM

CompWire

Welcome to CompWire, a festival of new music and student composers at UMBC, featuring ensembles in residence Strata and Voyager String Quartet! From April 7th to 18th, there will be a variety of...

Posted: April 10, 2021, 1:45 PM

Greg Kalember, Mix Engineer for UN Chamber Music Society

Professor of the Practice, Greg Kalember was the mix engineer for a virtual concert that will premiere on March 3rd. The UN Chamber Music Society of the United Nations Staff Recreation Council...

Posted: March 1, 2021, 3:35 PM

UMBC Students Release EP and Single

Department of Music students and alumni Zach Powell, Ricky Jefferson, Miles Malone, Pat Clark, and Noah Maruyama recently released an EP as Sunstrider, a newly started jazz ensemble. The EP was...

Posted: February 17, 2021, 2:32 PM

Paula Maust Creates Open-Source Theory Platform

Discussions of gender in the Western classical music canon have brought forth a tremendous amount of feminist scholarship during the past thirty years, and Philip Ewell’s monumental address at the...

Posted: January 29, 2021, 2:47 PM

Greg Kalember Mixes Virtual Concert for UN Chamber Music Soc

Professor of the Practice, Greg Kalember was recently the mix engineer for the United Nations Chamber Music Society virtual concert commemorating the lives lost during the Holocaust. The...

Posted: January 28, 2021, 4:33 PM

Music Students featured in Grit & Gratitude

Department of Music students Egan O'Brien, Jordan Washington, and the UMBC Jazz Ensemble will be featured in UMBC's upcoming Grit & Gratitude Virtual Celebration on December 16 at 3pm via...

Posted: December 4, 2020, 9:46 AM