Happy Birthday, Charles Ives
Charles Edward Ives, the convention-shattering American modernist composer, was born 142 years ago today, October 20th, 1874, in Danbury,...
Building the Stucky Percussion Concerto
The University of Maryland School of Music's Instagram feed, @terpsmusic , captured our setup for the Stucky Percussion Concerto at the...
Gilmore Sighting at UMD
The graduate wind conducting studio visited the UMD SOM library Special Collections this morning to visit some of the artifacts from the...
Classical Ensembles, and Audiences, in the 21st Century
"Classical music is dying" is a familiar trope, with many high-profile orchestras struggling to find audiences and fund their...
Conductor Sir Neville Marriner dies at 92
Sir Neville Marriner, the well-known British conductor, violinist, and founder of the Academy of St. Martin's in the Fields, has passed...
Stucky Recording Session
Check out photos from UMWO's recording session today for the Stucky Concerto for Percussion and Wind Orchestra, available on the UMWO...
Soloist Profile: Lee Hinkle
UMWO's first concert this season (October 8th) will feature the return of a familiar collaborator - Lee Hinkle, Lecturer in Percussion and d
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), in his own words
We finally have a working title, and music for our commissioned piece from Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR). His new work is titled The Order...
Harbison's Dance Number
This Tuesday's Composers Datebook entry featured wind music: John Harbison's Three City Blocks. In this composition, the composer taps...
Post-Classical Ensemble
I thought it would be good to highlight an ensemble which has served as an excellent model for the UM Wind Orchestra in recent years. 8...
