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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

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

Katie Blake Raises Awareness for Diabetes Through New Work

UMBC Music's Katie Blake (Composition '21) wrote a piece titled Low Glucose Vibes for T1International’s 2020 theme for National Diabetes Awareness Month and World Diabetes Day 2020. Congrats to...

Posted: November 25, 2020, 9:30 AM

Willie Santiago Selected for Exempt Employee of the Quarter

Willie Santiago, Concert Coordinator in the Department of Music, has been selected as the Exempt Employee of the Quarter for October-December of 2020. Willie began his career at UMBC in June 2016....

Posted: November 24, 2020, 11:15 AM