A week of fun and interactive activities will take place across the campus and the broader community promoting the themes: Create. Make. Play.
Jazz Jams at Busboys and Poets
A partnership between Clarice Presents and Busboys and Poets, Jazz Jams bring D.C.-based saxophonist Elijah Jamal Balbed to perform and lead a community-wide jam!
UMD Wind Orchestra Season Premiere
The UMD Wind Orchestra highlights works by American composers, including Robert Kurska’s Suite from The Good Soldier Schweik and Michael Daugherty’s Fifteen: Symphonic Fantasy on the Art of Andy Warhol.
Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, "Eroica": UMD Symphony Orchestra
The UMD Symphony Orchestra opens its 2026–27 season with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “Eroica,” a revolutionary masterwork that influenced symphonic form for centuries after its debut.
Counterpoint: Rhapsody in Blue ft. Conrad Tao & Caleb Teicher
A one-of-a-kind project—part dance, part piano recital, with a dose of theatrics!
Multiple Emmy Award-nominee Leslie Jones rolls out a night of jokes, celebrity stories and some unexpected surprises for a laugh-filled set you won't forget!
Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play
In Anne Washburn’s daring dark comedy, Mr. Burns, A Post‑Electric Play, a band of survivors transform pop culture into myth and parables and TV characters into mythic figures of the time before the collapse.
Takács Quartet Plays Haydn, Simon & Schubert
Internationally respected for their innovative programming, the renowned quartet performs works by Haydn and Schubert plus a world-premiere by Carlos Simon.
Jazz Jams at Busboys and Poets
A partnership between Clarice Presents and Busboys and Poets, Jazz Jams bring D.C.-based saxophonist Elijah Jamal Balbed to perform and lead a community-wide jam!
Hailing from the heart of Colombia’s Caribbean region, Yeison Landero has become one of the world’s leading cumbianeros.
Fall M.F.A. Dance Thesis Concert
The Fall MFA Dance Concert features original works from two MFA candidates, Emilia Bruno and Connor Voss.
UMD Symphony Orchestra with Zlatomir Fung, cello
The UMD Symphony Orchestra performs Igor Stravinsky’s captivating “Firebird” Suite and Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto, featuring International Tchaikovsky Competition first-prize recipient Zlatomir Fung.