The Maryland Opera Studio’s curriculum is designed to prepare singers for the future of opera by building vocal and musical skills alongside dramatic and physical skills through practical experience with esteemed resident faculty and visiting artists. Individual attention is a core principle with a select number of graduate students in each class and guaranteed performances in each semester of study, including full roles in two productions with orchestra.
The UMD Symphony Orchestra performs Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, alongside works by Gabriela Ortiz and Alfred Schnittke.
Alfred Schnittke’s Concerto for Piano and Strings is a single-movement work with contrasting sections that has been interpreted by some scholars as a meditation on the human condition. Moments of dissonance and tonality push back against one another, as if the composition is grappling with hope and despair, before ultimately ending with a fade to silence. Guzal Isametdinova, the 2025 UMSO Concerto Competition winner, will perform this work alongside the orchestra.
The UMD Symphony Orchestra performs Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, alongside works by Gabriela Ortiz and Alfred Schnittke.
Alfred Schnittke’s Concerto for Piano and Strings is a single-movement work with contrasting sections that has been interpreted by some scholars as a meditation on the human condition. Moments of dissonance and tonality push back against one another, as if the composition is grappling with hope and despair, before ultimately ending with a fade to silence. Guzal Isametdinova, the 2025 UMSO Concerto Competition winner, will perform this work alongside the orchestra.
World Premiere of Kayak by the University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra
May 05, 2023
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The University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of David Neely, will premiere Stem's "Kayak." The work will be performed as part of the Solo Series, featuring National Symphony Orchestra percussionist, Scott Christian, Marimba and Vibraphone. For details, click here.