The Department of Music presents the second UMBC Create Music Festival, an event that reimagines music education festivals for equity and 21st century music learning, with the collaboration of the BSO OrchKids program and several large ensemble programs—including the Suitland High School Band (Krystal Williams, director) and the Oakland Mills High School Chamber Choir (Edryn Coleman, director). Members of the Johnson C. Smith University Choir (Angelica Brooks, director) will be special guests..

Before the event, each program will collaboratively create an original composition. On March 1, students will workshop and elevate their pieces with teaching artists, including Emmy-nominated composer and genre-bending violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain, Chicago-based vocal theater ensemble Artemisia Trio, multi-instrumentalist Russell Kirk, and UMBC music faculty and alumnus James Dorsey ’05. Students will also work together to create an original arrangement.

Tickets are free, but are required for entry. Please visit here to reserve seats.

Linehan Concert Hall, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building, is easy to visit, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information.