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title: I Hear a Symphony
date: 2022-06-02T15:02:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
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# I Hear a Symphony

*June 2, 2022* — by [Sala Levin ’10](/author/sala-levin-10)


> National Orchestral Institute + Festival Returns to UMD

*170620 IMG 7793 Geoff Sheil 1920x1080 — The annual National Orchestral Institute + Festival this month brings dozens of young musicians to The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center to study, rehearse and perform with greats like Music Director Marin Alsop, below.*

Some of the nation’s most talented young musicians are converging at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center this month as participants in the prestigious National Orchestral Institute + Festival (NOI+F)—and they’re about to show off their skills to the area’s symphonic fans and newcomers alike.

It’s the 35th year of this annual event hosted by The Clarice, where accomplished, young orchestral instrumentalists study, rehearse and perform with one another and with esteemed teachers. They will all be led by Marin Alsop, music director laureate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the first conductor to win a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant, who in 2020 was appointed music director of NOI+F.

“We’re creating the future of orchestral music here every summer,” said Richard Scerbo, director of NOI+F.

Here are five highlights of the festival sure to please both seasoned orchestra-goers and the orchestra-curious.


*conductor Marin Alsop*



**Sidebar note:**

Tomorrow, take in an open rehearsal at 9:30 a.m. and the performance of “Take the Reins: Barber’s ‘Knoxville: Summer of 1915’” at 7:30 p.m. See the full lineup of events and buy tickets at the [NOI+F website](https://theclarice.umd.edu/noi).

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**Musical Notes on NOI**  
492 applicants  
99 orchestra fellows  
3 composer fellows  
6 conductor fellows  
31 orchestral works performed  
65 faculty and guest artists





**Topics:** [Arts & Culture](https://today.umd.edu/tags/arts-culture)


**Tags:** [Music](https://today.umd.edu/topic/music)


**Units:** [Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center](https://today.umd.edu/topic/clarice-smith-performing-arts-center), [College of Arts and Humanities](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-arts-and-humanities)