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The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

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The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is where artists, arts scholars, students and arts administrators collaborate to spark inspiration and build a better future for the arts. The Clarice presents programs that advance the learning and research of students and faculty.

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The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

8270 Alumni Drive College Park, MD 20742-1625

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Alsop Conducts Ortiz, Bernstein & Puts ft. Time for Three | NOI Philharmonic

2026-06-20T19:30:00.000
2026-06-20T21:00:00.000

On the heels of its Carnegie Hall debut, the NOI Philharmonic presents a program weaving together various perspectives of the American experience.

Music Director Marin Alsop holdiing a baton while performing.

NOI+F at Washington National Cathedral

2026-06-21T18:00:00.000
2026-06-21T20:30:00.000

The NOI Philharmonic perform vivid, dance-inspired favorites including Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Three Dance Episodes from On the Town and Copland’s vibrant Appalachian Spring.

Students performing near The Clarice's Grand Pavillion

Chamber Music 2.0

2026-06-25T19:00:00.000
2026-06-25T20:30:00.000

Join us for CHAMBER 2.0 to see NOI+F Orchestral Fellows perform their creative takes on diverse works for chamber ensembles!

Student performers on stage in concert.

New Directions

2026-06-26T19:30:00.000
2026-06-26T21:30:00.000

In this unique concert experience hosted by NOI+F Music Director Marin Alsop, conducting fellows take the lead in works by NOI+F composition fellows.

Light fixtures hanging inside The Clarice's Grand Pavillion

SPARK! Lounge Pre-Concert Conversation

2026-06-27T18:30:00.000
2026-06-27T20:30:00.000

Join us for a pre-concert conversation ahead of the NOI Philharmonic's closing Hege Conducts Shostakovichs Tenth performance.

A photograph portrait of Music Director Daniel Hege.

Hege Conducts Shostakovich’s Tenth | NOI Philharmonic

2026-06-27T19:30:00.000
2026-06-27T21:30:00.000

The 2026 National Orchestral Institute + Festival concludes with music of renewal led by Wichita Symphony Music Director Daniel Hege.