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Whistling Hens Interviewed on Music HERstory Podcast

The Whistling Hens duo, comprised of Natalie Groom (Affiliate Artist of Clarinet at UMBC) and soprano Jennifer Piazza-Pick (Assistant Professor of Voice at Queens University of Charlotte) was...

Posted: November 23, 2022, 2:40 PM

Article by Lindsay Johnson published in Early Modern Women

Dr. Lindsay Johnson's article "In the Midst of the Divine Chorus": A Case Study of Convent Space and Musical Meaning" was just published in Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal (17:1)...

Posted: November 16, 2022, 2:46 PM

Whistling Hens win CMA Classical Commissioning Grant

with Composer Kate Soper

The Whistling Hens duo, comprised of Natalie Groom (Affiliate Artist of Clarinet at UMBC) and soprano Jennifer Piazza-Pick (Assistant Professor of Voice at Queens University of Charlotte) has been...

Posted: October 27, 2022, 4:44 PM

UMBC Music Students performing at the Ottobar 10/26

Sunstrider, Love for Strangers, and Kosmo

On Wednesday, October 26th, 3 bands made up of current and former UMBC Music students are playing at the Ottobar in downtown Baltimore! They are: Sunstrider, including UMBC music majors Miles...

Posted: October 22, 2022, 3:11 PM

Livewire 12: Flow

The Department of Music presents Livewire 12: Flow, the 12th annual festival of new and experimental music featuring UMBC artists and guest performers, including the Ruckus ensemble, the...

Posted: October 17, 2022, 5:36 PM

Whistling Hens Releases Debut Album

Reacting to the Landscape

The Whistling Hens duo (Natalie Groom, affiliate artist in clarinet at UMBC and Jennifer Piazza-Pick, assistant professor of voice at Queens University of Charlotte) released their debut...

Posted: October 17, 2022, 5:34 PM

UMBC Music Alumni performing at New Music DC 2022

Christian Hartman ('20) performs work by Kathryn Blake ('21)

Christian Hartman ('20, cello performance) will be performing a solo cello work by Kathryn Blake ('21, composition) at the District New Music Coalition's New Music DC 2022 Conference. Kathryn's...

Posted: October 11, 2022, 2:17 PM

Announcing Search: Assistant Professor in Percussion

The Department of Music at UMBC announces a search for an Assistant Professor of Music (full-time, tenure track) in percussion performance, to begin August 23, 2023. We seek candidates with a...

Posted: September 30, 2022, 12:41 PM

2022 Faculty Summer Stories

In honor of the official end of summer and beginning of fall, here's a look back at what the UMBC Music Faculty did this summer!   Natalie Groom, affiliate artist in clarinet,...

Posted: September 22, 2022, 3:08 PM

Jacqueline Pollauf Recieves MSAC Grant

Jacqueline Pollauf is the recent recipient of a Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Grant. Throughout the fall of 2022, she will be putting together a project of six different videos, including...

Posted: September 20, 2022, 3:21 PM