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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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Members of the University of Maryland Wind Orchestra perform in concert at The Clarice.

UMD Wind Orchestra Season Premiere

2026-10-02T20:00:00.000
2026-10-02T22:00:00.000

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.

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BlackLight Intensive: Beyond the Wilds

2026-10-03T09:00:00.000
2026-10-03T16:00:00.000

Movement workshops, embodied dialogue and the friction-filled collision of artistic practices.

Members of the University Symphony Orchestra perform in concert at The Clarice.

Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, "Eroica": UMD Symphony Orchestra

2026-10-03T20:00:00.000
2026-10-03T22:00:00.000

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 pianist plays while a tap dancer performs.

Counterpoint: Rhapsody in Blue ft. Conrad Tao & Caleb Teicher

2026-10-04T15:00:00.000
2026-10-04T17:00:00.000

A one-of-a-kind project—part dance, part piano recital, with a dose of theatrics!

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2026 ARHU Dean's Lecture Series with Angélique Kidjo

2026-10-05T18:30:00.000
2026-10-05T19:30:00.000

Angélique Kidjo sits down with ARHU Dean Stephanie Shonekan for a poignant conversation about music, cultural fluency and global advocacy.

Leslie Jones.

Leslie Jones

2026-10-07T20:00:00.000
2026-10-07T22:00:00.000

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!

An opera singer performs to piano accompaniment.

Evening of Art Song: Maryland Opera Studio

2026-10-09T19:30:00.000
2026-10-09T21:30:00.000

Join the Maryland Opera Studio for an art song recital spotlighting the studio’s newest artists.

A cracked glass lightbulb glows with a filament shaped like the cartoon character Bart Simpson's head in profile, set against a dusk sky lined with electrical transmission towers.

Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play

2026-10-09T19:30:00.000
2026-10-09T22:00:00.000

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.

A cracked glass lightbulb glows with a filament shaped like the cartoon character Bart Simpson's head in profile, set against a dusk sky lined with electrical transmission towers.

Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play

2026-10-10T14:00:00.000
2026-10-10T16:30:00.000

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.

A cracked glass lightbulb glows with a filament shaped like the cartoon character Bart Simpson's head in profile, set against a dusk sky lined with electrical transmission towers.

Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play

2026-10-10T19:30:00.000
2026-10-10T22:00:00.000

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.

Choral students perform in The Clarice's Grand Pavilion.

Bach Cantata Series: UMD Choral Activities

2026-10-15T13:30:00.000
2026-10-15T14:00:00.000

J.S. Bach, known as the great master, wrote more than 200 cantatas, and UMD Choral Activities aims to sing them all in this series of short performances led by conductors in the graduate program.

A cracked glass lightbulb glows with a filament shaped like the cartoon character Bart Simpson's head in profile, set against a dusk sky lined with electrical transmission towers.

Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play

2026-10-15T19:30:00.000
2026-10-15T22:00:00.000

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.