Enjoy a day with the National Orchestral Institute + Festival as they fill the National Gallery with music. Drop by to hear adventurous classical and contemporary compositions performed by emerging musicians from across the country in unique museum spaces. The day begins with both large and intimate concerts in the West Building, followed by an afternoon of musical treats in the East Building.
Schedule
West Building
10:30 a.m. American Paintings and Sculptures Galleries, Main Floor, Gallery 64
11:00 a.m. American Paintings and Sculptures Galleries, Main Floor, Gallery 69
11:30 a.m. Rotunda
12:00 p.m. West Garden Court
12:30 p.m. West Garden Court
East Building
2:00 p.m. Mezzanine
2:30 p.m. Ground Level, Atrium
3:00 p.m. Library Atrium
3:30 p.m. Ground Level, Atrium
4:00 p.m. Mezzanine
About the National Orchestral Institute + Festival
The National Orchestral Institute + Festival (NOI+F), a program of The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, trains aspiring orchestral musicians, composers, conductors, and arts administrators from across the country in a month of dynamic music-making and professional exploration. Every year, these young artists present passionate and awe-inspiring performances both at The Clarice and in the local community.
In 2020, trailblazing conductor Marin Alsop was appointed as the first-ever Music Director of the National Orchestral Institute + Festival. Maestra Alsop launched the NOI+F Conducting Academy for rising young conductors in 2021. In 2015, NOI+F began a partnership with Naxos to record one concert of all-American music each year. The 2019 recording, Ruggles, Stucky, Harbison, received a Grammy nomination in the “Best Orchestral Performance” category.