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Enjoy an evening of music featuring faculty from across the School of Music! UMWO is joined by Associate Professor of Flute Sarah Frisof, Oboe Lecturer Emily Tsai, Professor of Clarinet Robert Dilutis, and Assistant Professor of Bassoon Joey Grimmer for a performance of Heitor Villa-Lobos' stunning Concerto Grosso for Woodwind Quartet and Wind Orchestra. Assistant Professor of voice Teri Bickham D.M.A. '19 takes the stage to perform Augusta Read Thomas' Plea for Peace, a meditative work representing an impassioned cry for peace.

Other works on this program include Leanna Primiani's Glass Ceiling, a reflection on gender inequality, and Maurice Ravel's La Vallée des Cloches, which evokes the sound of the tolling bells at midday in Paris. The performance concludes with Karel Husa's Music for Prague, a piece that honors the beauty of Husa's native city after the 1968 Soviet invasion known as "Prague Spring."

About University of Maryland (UMD) Wind Orchestra

The University of Maryland Wind Orchestra (UMWO) was founded in 2008 to give advanced undergraduate, MM and DMA performance students the opportunity to participate in a professional caliber ensemble with the intent of furthering their preparation as professional orchestra and chamber music performers. The Wind Orchestra rehearses on the same schedule as the UMD Symphony Orchestra, enabling the exchange of players between the two groups as dictated by repertoire demands.

https://music.umd.edu/ensembles/bands

About University of Maryland (UMD) School of Music

The University of Maryland School of Music provides an exceptional professional musical education within the context of a college of arts and humanities and a major research university.

https://music.umd.edu/

About Emily Tsai, oboe

Emily Tsai is a professional oboist, oboe instructor, and music arranger.

She is the Assistant Principal Oboe in the Washington National Opera and the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, and can be seen performing regularly at the Kennedy Center in Washignton, DC on opera, ballet, and musical theater productions.

Emily has a passion for education and is the Assistant Oboe Professor at the University of Maryland School of Music. She has also and has taught artist residencies and masterclasses at many colleges and universities, including the Eastman School of Music, Northwestern University, University of Maryland, Orchestra of the Americas, and New World Symphony.

Along with her local DMV positions in at the Kennedy Center and the University of Maryland, Emily is an MKI artist as the oboist of WindSync, gold medalist at the International Fischoff Competition and medalist at the M-prize Chamber Arts Competition. She is also the co-founder, oboist, and violinist of C Street Collective.

Her greatest passions are to use music as a means to bring communities together, teach and encourage young people to engage with classical music, and expand the repertoire for the double reeds in particular.

https://oboefriend-music.square.site/about

About Michael Votta, Jr., conductor

Michael Votta, Jr. has been hailed by critics as "a conductor with the drive and ability to fully relay artistic thoughts" and praised for his "interpretations of definition, precision and most importantly, unmitigated joy." Ensembles under his direction have received critical acclaim in the United States, Europe, and Asia for their "exceptional spirit, verve and precision," their "sterling examples of innovative programming" and "the kind of artistry that is often thought to be the exclusive purview of top symphonic ensembles."

https://www.michaelvotta.com/