The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

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.

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.

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!

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.

Internationally respected for their innovative programming, the renowned quartet performs works by Haydn and Schubert plus a world-premiere by Carlos Simon.

Hailing from the heart of Colombia’s Caribbean region, Yeison Landero has become one of the world’s leading cumbianeros.

The Fall MFA Dance Concert features original works from two MFA candidates, Emilia Bruno and Connor Voss.

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.

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Paul Hindemith’s first composition for wind band, Konzertmusik für Blasorchester, and hear other works by Hindemith and Florent Schmitt.

Winner of the First Prize in the cello division of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2019 Zlatomir Fung presents selections from Johann Sebastian Bach’s cello suites.

Washington, D.C.-based saxophonist Elijah Jamal Balbed brings Brazil’s unique sounds and rhythms to The Clarice.