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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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Photograph of composer Viet Cuong sitting next to a window

SPARK! Lounge Pre-Concert Conversation with Viet Cuong

2026-06-05T18:30:00.000
2026-06-05T19:30:00.000

Director of NOI+F Richard Scerbo moderates a conversation with composer Viet Cuong about his creative process ahead of the NOI Philharmonic's Take The Reins: Chamber Orchestra Concert performance.

Student performers rehearsing on stage

Take The Reins: Chamber Orchestra Concert | NOI Philharmonic

2026-06-05T19:30:00.000
2026-06-05T21:30:00.000

The NOI Philharmonic sets its own pace with a wide-ranging, self-conducted program of innovative selections from international composers.

Elizabeth Massey, Ph.D. holding a microphone with her right hand and pointing with her left hand.

SPARK! Lounge Pre-Concert Conversation: The Roman Trilogy with Elizabeth Massey

2026-06-06T18:30:00.000
2026-06-06T19:30:00.000

School of Music affiliate faculty member Elizabeth Massey, Ph.D. leads a conversation about orchestral overtures ahead of the NOI Philharmonic's Peleggi Conducts Respighi's Roman Trilogy performance.

Photograph of Valentina Peleggi standing with folded arms.

Peleggi Conducts Respighi's Roman Trilogy | NOI Philharmonic

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

Valentina Peleggi leads the NOI Philharmonic on a sonic journey through the city of Rome.

Photograph of Nathan Lincoln-DeCusatis holding up a spiraled music sheet book.

SPARK! Lounge Pre-Concert Conversation with Nathan Lincoln-DeCusatis

2026-06-13T18:30:00.000
2026-06-13T19:30:00.000

Professor Johannes Vasser leads a conversation with composer and NOI+F faculty member Nathan Lincoln-DeCusatis.

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David Alan Miller Conducts Lincoln-DeCusatis, Nielsen & Strauss | NOI Philharmonic

2026-06-13T19:30:00.000
2026-06-13T20:09:00.000

Champion of American music David Alan Miller leads the NOI Philharmonic in a provocative and contemplative program.

A black and white photograph of Marin Alsop

Open Rehearsal with Marin Alsop | NOI Philharmonic

2026-06-16T19:00:00.000
2026-06-16T20:45:00.000

Here's a unique opportunity to hear the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic in rehearsal.

Photograph of Marin Alsop in front of a grey background.

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.

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.