Arts & Entertainment
Carroll promotes creativity on our campus and in Carroll County. We offer a full schedule of entertaining and engaging cultural experiences, presented by both professional and student artists and performers, open to the community year-round. Many are free to attend!
Current & Upcoming Arts Events
Chaz Aguado Classical Guitar Concert
Saturday, April 20 | 3 – 4:30 p.m.
Distance Learning Lab – L Building, Room 287 | FREE
The selected works being performed in this concert were written by the following nineteenth and twentieth century composers: Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806 – 1856), Dilermando Reis (1916 – 1977), Agustín Barrios Mangoré (1885 – 1994), Joaquín Turina (1882 – 1949), and Roland Dyens (1955 – 2016). In the nineteenth century, the guitar was not considered an orchestral instrument and became less attractive to composers. This was due to many factors including the limited volume and lack of knowledge regarding the timbral and compositional capabilities of the instrument. Orchestral scores presented many capabilities of evoking the sounds and timbres associated with guitar, particularly because of the allure of flamenco and Spanish folk music from Andalucía. However, composing the same folk songs and dances for guitar would be redundant and unnecessary because the orchestra could produce the same result for larger venues. Despite these negative implications, nineteenth century composers such as Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806 – 1856), Napoléon Coste (1805 – 1883), and Giulio Regondi (1822 – 1872) composed major works for classical guitar. At the onset of the twentieth century, the classical guitar was revived with new repertoire, pedagogical methods, and orchestral concertos that would feature classical guitar as the soloist. This resurgence would be in large part due to the Spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia who sought to rescue the guitar from its Spanish folklore elements. Segovia commissioned music for the guitar, which in turn would influence other guitarists to commission works from prominent twentieth century composers. As a result, the classical guitar saw a vast expansion of repertoire that is still growing today. More importantly, the unique and innovative guitar works from the twentieth century are revered for their distinct styles and timbres that are associated with the classical guitar.
Booking Tours & Making Money from Shows
(Presented by The Cadence Labs)
Thursday, April 25 | 6:00 p.m.
PNC Rehearsal Hall – T404 | FREE
For many musicians, playing a live show is the bread and butter of music. It’s where you make fans and meet supporters. At this free workshop, we will review how to book your own shows (whether they are single or a tour) and how to ensure that you have everything in place to not only gain fans but make money at every show. We’ll be exploring marketing tactics both on and off social media. Whether you are playing in your hometown or somewhere brand new, there are approaches that can make your promotion approach successful.
Registration is required due to limited seating.
Evolution of Song
Wednesday, May 1 | 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Scott Center Theater – T Building (Room 304)
This program features an exciting variety of classical music works, representing key developments throughout the early evolution and diversification of the genre. From Classical oratorio to Romantic German lieder, comic operetta to flowery French mélodie, there is something for everyone in this classical music “tasting menu”. Works by Handel, Mozart, Brahms, Donizetti, Strauss, Faure and more.
How to Run a Successful Album Release
(Presented by The Cadence Labs)
Thursday, May 2 | 6:00 p.m.
PNC Rehearsal Hall – T404 | FREE
As a musician, your discography is like a biography for your art. It represents tangible milestones along your journey as an original musician. And just because we live in a streaming world doesn’t mean that albums are dead. At this free workshop, we’re going to look at effective ways to ensure that your album release is a success. It all starts with defining what success means to you. Is it making money? Focusing on fans? A balance of both? We are going to look at why albums are still viable products for musicians and how we can make money off of them still.
Registration is required due to limited seating.
2nd Biennial Art Faculty Exhibition
Thursday, February 15 – Saturday, April 20 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
The Gallery in the Scott Center
A large group exhibition showcasing the diverse personal artworks of professors and instructors teaching both credit and non-credit Visual Arts courses at Carroll Community College. Works range from printmaking, painting, and ceramic to photography, digital illustration, stained glass, and more.
Jason Zahn: New Works
March 14 – June 8
Babylon Great Hall Gallery
A solo exhibition featuring a new body of colorful, abstract paintings by Maryland-based artist Jason Zahn.
“Often relying on a formal or informal underlying grid structure, a recognizable architecture runs through much of the work. As in the organic process of living a rich, complex, unpredictable life, the pieces are metaphorical in the way that they are built up and torn down simultaneously over time- the end result often far different from the initial concept or plan.”
Don’t Dress for Dinner
April 25 – 27 at 7:30 p.m., April 28 at 2:00 p.m.
Scott Center Theatre – T Building (Room 304)
$10 for general admission, $5 for seniors, students, all indigenous peoples, and Carroll CC faculty/staff/alumni
By Marc Camoletti
Adapted by Robin Hawdon
Directed by Jane R. Frazier
This show is rated PG-13 due to adult subject matter!
Bernard is planning a romantic weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in his charming converted French farmhouse, whilst his wife, Jacqueline, is away. He has arranged for a cordon bleu cook to prepare gourmet delights, and has invited his best friend, Robert, along too to provide the alibi. It’s foolproof; what could possibly go wrong? Well… suppose Robert turns up not realizing quite why he has been invited. Suppose Robert and Jacqueline are secret lovers, and consequently determined that Jacqueline will NOT leave for the weekend. Suppose the cook has to pretend to be the mistress and the mistress can’t cook. Suppose everyone’s alibi gets confused with everyone else’s. An evening of hilarious confusion ensues as Bernard and Robert improvise at breakneck speed.
Migration
Tuesday, June 25 | 8:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Rotary Amphitheatre | FREE
A family of ducks decides to leave the safety of a New England pond for an adventurous trip to Jamaica. However, their well-laid plans quickly go awry when they get lost and wind up in New York City. The experience soon inspires them to expand their horizons, open themselves up to new friends, and accomplish more than they ever thought possible.
Mavka: The Forest Song
Tuesday, July 2 | 8:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Rotary Amphitheatre | FREE
Ukrainian Film
Young and naive forest spirit Mavka, develops feelings for a human musician, Lukas. As they grow closer to each other, an inevitable situation forces Mavka to choose between her love and her duty as a guardian of the forest.
Up
Tuesday, July 9 | 8:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Rotary Amphitheatre | FREE
Carl Fredricksen, a 78-year-old balloon salesman, is about to fulfill a lifelong dream. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, he flies away to the South American wilderness. But curmudgeonly Carl’s worst nightmare comes true when he discovers a little boy named Russell is a stowaway aboard the balloon-powered house.
TMNT: Mutant Mayhem
Tuesday, July 16 | 8:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Rotary Amphitheatre | FREE
After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers. Their new friend, April O’Neil, helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.
Anastasia
Tuesday, July 23 | 8:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Rotary Amphitheatre | FREE
Preshow performance by September Song’s Cast of Anastasia: The Musical
The evil wizard Rasputin (Christopher Lloyd) puts a hex on the royal Romanovs and young Anastasia (Meg Ryan) disappears when their palace is overrun. Years later, the Grand Duchess (Angela Lansbury) offers a reward for Anastasia’s return. Two scheming Russians (John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer), planning to pawn off a phony, hold auditions and choose an orphan girl with a remarkable resemblance to the missing princess. They bring her to Paris for the reward, not knowing she’s the real Anastasia
Holes
Tuesday, July 30 | 8:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Rotary Amphitheatre | FREE
20th Anniversary of release!
A boy is wrongfully sent to a brutal camp, where the camp warden and her staff force the children in their care to mysteriously dig holes all day long in the desert. Their rehabilitation is questioned, as they think something sinister is involved.
Wonka
Tuesday, August 6 | 8:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Rotary Amphitheatre | FREE
Armed with nothing but a hatful of dreams, young chocolatier Willy Wonka manages to change the world, one delectable bite at a time.
Additional Information
Ticket Sales
Advanced ticket sales are available. Box office sales are available approximately one hour prior to ticketed events. Tickets may be purchased in advance through InstantSeats for all performances.
Services
Hearing-assisted devices are available from the box office upon request. Sign interpreter services are available upon request by contacting the office of Performing and Visual Arts at 410-386-8575. Allow at least 72 hours in advance of the performance for sign interpreter arrangements.
Rentals
The Scott Theater may also be rented for special events. For more information, contact Sophie Barden, Coordinator, Theater Operations, at sbarden@carrollcc.edu or 410-386-8348.
Questions
For questions about the Theatre productions, contact Jane Fraizer at jfraizer@carrollcc.edu.