UMD College of Arts and Humanities | School of Music
Saturday, May 4, 2024 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall
PROGRAM
Robert Gibson: Through the Ear of a Raindrop for Orchestra
Bedrich Smetana: The Moldau
Debussy: La Mer, trois equisses symphoniques
The UMD Symphony Orchestra's season finale concert features Robert Gibson's Through the Ear of a Raindrop, Bedrich Smetana's The Moldau, and Claude Debussy's La Mer. Each piece explores a different aspect of water, evoking its beauty, power and mystery.
Originally composed for The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center's inaugural season, Through the Ear of a Raindrop was premiered by the UMD Symphony Orchestra in 2002. It returns to Dekelboum this season in honor of Professor Robert Gibson's retirement. Gibson has been a faculty member since 1980 and served as the School of Music's director for many years.