Arts & Culture

TU Jazz Faculty Ensemble

The TU Jazz Faculty Ensemble presents an evening celebrating the centennial of two jazz icons: Miles Davis and John Coltrane.

November 3 at 8 p.m.  |  Recital Hall, CA 3066

Student Composers Concert

TU composition students present a concert of original works in this collaborative concert performed by fellow students in the Department of Music. Composers include Ian Anderson, Will Bresson, Eric McWilliams, Thomas Stecklair, Ethan Hart, and Maura Gim.

November 5 at 8 p.m.  |  Recital Hall, CA 3066

Virtuoso Strings, "Recomposed": Music by Vivaldi/Richter and Schubert for String Ensemble

Gifted area high school students, TU faculty, and TU students join together for an exciting evening of music for String Ensemble! The program "Recomposed" featuring the music of Vivaldi arranged by Max Richter; Schubert, Death and the Maiden, arranged by Mahler; Montgomery, Starburst and Still, Mother and Child. Conducted by Dr. Joseph Gotoff.

November 7 at 7 p.m.  |  Recital Hall, CA 3066

The US Air Force Singing Sergeants: In Concert

Join the TU Community in celebrating Veterans Day with an intimate concert with the Singing Sergeants. The ensemble is stationed at Joint Base Anacostia-Colling in Washington, DC, is one of six musical ensembles from the United States Air Force Band. The Singing Sergeant's 24 active-duty musicians support ceremonial and diplomatic functions, educational outreach events, and perform concerts throughout the Washington, D.C., and the United States.

November 12 at 7 p.m.  |  Recital Hall, CA 3066

Fall 2026 Public Speaking Competition

The Fall 2026 Public Speaking Competition involves six students from across the COMM 131 (Public Speaking) sections delivering their Informative Speech: How My Cultural Identity Shaped Me as part of a competition for cash prizes.

November 12 at 7 p.m.  |  Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium, VB 204

Brass Showcase

Featuring music by brass studios: trumpet, horn, trombone, and tuba/euphonium ensembles. A performance of original works and transcriptions highlighting student work throughout the semester.

November 16 at 6 p.m.  |  Recital Hall, CA 3066

Murray Jazz Residency, featuring bassist Cameron Brown

The Murray Jazz Residency is proud to present bassist Cameron Brown in a week of classes and concerts. Celebrating his 80th year, Mr. Brown has performed with many of the most reverend jazz artists. From Art Blakey, Sheila Jordan, Don Cherry and the Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet, Cameron Brown is a living history of jazz and creative music!

November 16 – 20  |  All events will be in the Recital Hall, CA 3066

Contours In Motion: Towson University Dance Company Concert

The Towson University Dance Company presents a vibrant evening of ballet, modern, contemporary, and house dance works under the direction of Runqiao Du and Alison Seidenstricker. The program showcases new creations by the Artistic Directors, along with works by Professors Vincent E. Thomas and Sarah Olson and Guest Artist Eddie Stockton.

November 18 – 22  |  Stephens Hall Theatre

Our Thanksgiving Stories

Celebrate the multitude of culinary traditions in this storytelling gathering highlighting foods shared on Thanksgiving. Presenters include TU students, faculty, staff, and other guests. Audience members are also invited to share their stories and enjoy global foods together.

Co-presented by TU Asian Arts & Culture Center, TU Department of Theater Arts, TU Center for Student Diversity, and Alpha Sigma Rho Sorority. Supported in part by TU-COFAC Inclusive Practices Award.

November 19 at 6:30 p.m.  |  Center for the Arts Atrium

EME and Chamber Music Fall Recital

The Towson University Early Music Ensemble and Strings Chamber groups present their fall recital.

November 19 at 8 p.m.  |  Recital Hall, CA 3066

TU Cambodian Classical and World Music Ensembles

Enjoy music of Cambodia and the world, while celebrating TU students who are expanding their musical horizons.  The Cambodian Classical Ensemble performs on pin peat instruments, a centuries’ old tradition that accompanies Khmer classical dance and sacred, royal, and religious ceremonies. The World Music Ensemble plays arrangements from various non-Western musical traditions.

November 23 at 6 p.m.  |  Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall, CA 3042

Jazz/Commercial Music Showcase

In 3 concerts, the students of the TU Department of Music present their semester's work in a showcase of the Jazz Combos, Jazz Guitar ensembles, Vocal Jazz ensemble and the Latin Jazz ensemble. These concerts present exciting performances of everything from pop to jazz standards to original music composed by the students!

November 23  |  November 30  |  December 7  |  Recital Hall, CA 3066

Exhibition: Even Our Oddkin

This exhibition brings together artists who are curious about the lives unfolding all around us: not just those of humans, but the many beings, materials, and systems with whom we share the world. The phrase “more-than-human” reminds us that we are part of a vast web of animals, plants, microbes, machines, weather, chemicals and infrastructure. These artists imagine what it might mean to meet those presences halfway and to consider inner worlds we can’t fully know.

September 4 – December 5  |  Center for the Arts Gallery, CA 3040

Exhibition: Encounter 해후(邂逅)

 Myungsook Ryu Kim reveals a world of harmonious connections across cultures, art, and life. She brilliantly merges classical East Asian art and philosophy with media techniques of the West. Through a profusion of colors, textures, and dimensions, the works explore change and impermanence, illuminate the interdependence of heaven and earth and humans and nature, interpret experience and spirituality, embrace the juxtaposition of poetry and painting, and celebrate Korean history.

Opening Reception & Artist Talk September 9 at 7 p.m.

September 9 – December 12  |  Asian Arts Gallery, CA 2037

MFA Candidate Erin Barry-Dutro: Sacred Wonder

Barry-Dutro generates a vibrant, psychedelic, playfully nostalgic universe populated by everyday saints, cat ladies, and small joys. Inspired by somatic healing and her Burning Man community, her often-collaborative projects offer temporary soft spaces in which to confront hard things.

October 16 – November 20  |  Holtzman MFA Gallery, CA 2040

Memento Amare, Memento Mori, Memento Manducare

Tamini blends the beautiful and the grotesque nature of consumption, emphasizing the feedback loop between the consumed and the consumer. Through her paintings and installations, she decontextualizes brains, veins, neurons, and organs into captivating conglomerations. Her work is a love letter to we who eat, and the rituals which satiate our minds and bodies.

October 16 – November 20  |  Holtzman MFA Gallery, CA 2040