Faculty and students in the College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU) study the cultures of the world, past and present, in all their rich variety.
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The UMD Summer Chorus returns with a program entitled "America 250: The Promise of Living" highlighting works by prominent American composers.
Design Sprint (Aug 3, 10, 17, 24)
Develop your fall course over four weeks with expert, one-on-one guidance and peer support.
Spend two days with colleagues and TLTC staff to learn about evidence-based teaching practices and apply them to your own course design. If you have a course that you're designing, redesigning, or just thinking about creating.
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!