UMBC Clarinet Studio

Save the Date! UMBC Department of Music's fabulous, free, and fun Woodwind Day returns Saturday, September 12, 2026. Stay tuned for information on this year's sessions, vendors, and other exciting events.

Congratulations UMBC Department of Music Symphony Orchestra on another great concert! Under the baton of Professor Mann, we heard works by Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Strauss, William Walton, and UMBC student Jean Nguyen, with student soloists Jocelyn Faison, Veronica Anzola Rojas, and Albert Russell. Bravi tutti!

Congratulations to all of the UMBC Department of Music Chamber Players performers, and especially to studio members Matthew Buehler and Natalie Noyes who performed four works by Kristen Denny-Chambers Clarinet Playground, Melika Fitzhugh, Fran Griffin, and an arrangement by Natalie Noyes.

Studio alum Pam Voulalas also performed, playing a new work by UMBC student composer Reanne Salazar.

Bravi tutti!

Congratulations UMBC Department of Music Wind Ensemble, UMBC Camerata, conductors Brian Kaufman and Lulu Mwangi, vocal soloist Janice Jackson, and our clarinet section on a terrific concert!

"Profit and Peril" explored through music the human cost of progress across American history and lived experience.

From the American Revolution to the rise of artificial intelligence, the program traced how systems of power (political, industrial, and technological) shape and challenge human lives. The performed works humanize industrial labor, the Great Migration, and the lasting impact of racial and economic injustice.

Across wind ensemble, choral, and vocal works—including music from Hamilton—the program centered the individuals living within these systems, ultimately affirming dignity, resilience, and human connection as the true measure of progress.

Congratulations to our UMBC Department of Music student composers on beautiful new works! Our faculty wind quintet played pieces by:
Marcia Brown - Quintet for Winds
Alexander Edwards - On the Horizon
Emiri Ohki - Colors of the Rain

Congratulations Marcia, Alex, and Emiri on your music!