URCAD Performances

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:04:54 -0400

Get ready to ROCK THE RAC!! Poetry, drum circle jams, alternative rock. Dust off your Hacky Sack and get ready to ROCK the RAC with these live performances by UMBC students and faculty.

URCAD is Wednesday, April 22 in the RAC. Check out these live performances!

https://urcad.umbc.edu/agenda/performances/

Live Performances

11:00-11:15am

Drum Circle- Improvisational drum jam featuring UMBC faculty, staff, and students. With INDS professorStephen "Dr. Upcycle" McAlpine, professor Jose Arenas Gomez, Anna Folange, and members of the Retriever Music Society. You can hear them on sunny afternoons on the steps of Academic Row getting their groove on.

11:15- 11:30am

Trilece Wilson (Poetry)- "Tears Made of Ink"- lyric and confessional poetry.

Mentor: Nicole Pekarske

11:30am-12:00pm

Dana Idnay Band- Alternative Rock band playing selections from Sparrow (EP) featuring Dana Idnay (Biology Pre-Pharmacy), Gabriel Schauf, (Music Technology) Nik Redcay (Music Technology), Logan Williams (Music Technology)

Mentor: Felipe Garibaldi

--------- 12-1:00pm- Keynote Speaker, Karena Ingram ('16, Music Composition) ----------

1:00-1:30pm

Members of the UMBC Jazz Ensemble- Performing original student jazz compositions. Tal Pluznik (drums), Adrian Mickens (trumpet), Leo Hickman (mandolin), Jack McGrath (bass), Noah Vernon (piano), Wyatt Betz (reeds)

Director: Matt Belzer

1:30- 2:00pm

Down and Dirty Dawg Band- Founded in 1998, DDDB is UMBC's pep band. The name was given to the band by the members to reflect the music and attitude of the group. DDDB plays popular and jazz funk tunes and has grown into a core membership of highly motivated performers led by a student organization. They support the Retrievers Men's and Women's Basketball teams and perform at other spirit events.

Director: Bentley Corbett-Wilson

3:00-4:00pm, RAC Stage

Fever Dream- Rock band featuring Dr. Jeffrey Lieps (Professor, Biological Sciences), Dr. Stephen Caruso (Teaching Professor, Biological Sciences), Ryan Bacon (6th year PhD student in Biological Sciences), Elana Frazier (1st year PhD student in Biological Sciences), Ginevra Imberti (Biochemistry undergraduate student)

Claudia Gualtieri (Manager)

*AND GET READY FOR THE FIRST-EVER URCAD AFTERPARTY AT FISH HEAD CATINA ON THURSDAY, APRIL 23 AT 7PM, FEATURING FEVER DREAM!