{"id":222,"date":"2025-07-21T13:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-performing-arts\/?page_id=222"},"modified":"2025-12-02T19:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:23:11","slug":"performing-arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/program-performing-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Performing Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Department of Performing Arts offers majors and minors in Music, Theater, and Dance. Through these areas of study, students explore the performing arts as both creative practice and cultural expression. From the introductory level, our courses combine performance, theory, and history to build a strong foundation in each discipline.<\/p>\n

At SMCM, we believe that performance and culture are deeply connected. Our curriculum reflects the importance of artists who are not only technically skilled but also culturally aware and critically engaged with the world around them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Study the art of music through courses in performance, theory, composition and music history!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Performing Arts - Music<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Grow as an artist, thinker, and citizen<\/strong> of the world as you develop skills both on and off the stage through collaboration, performance, directing, design, stagecraft, playwriting, history, theory, and more<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

Performing Arts - TDPS<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Musical Theater<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Sing, dance, and act<\/strong> in dynamic musical productions! Train in voice, movement, and performance while working on full-scale shows<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

Performing Arts - MT<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Facilities<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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Create and perform in state-of-the-art theaters<\/strong>, studios, and rehearsal spaces designed for dance, acting, and live performance!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

Performing Arts - Facilities<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Main Stage Season Schedule<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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Experience a full season of live theater and dance! Our Main Stage productions feature students, faculty, and guest artists in bold performances throughout the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>

Performing Arts - Main Stage Season Schedule<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

LATEST<\/strong> NEWS<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Professor of Music Jeff Silberschlag Invited to Judge Wammies<\/h3><\/a><\/div>
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Performing Arts Students Present at Region 2 ACTF Conference, Win Competition<\/h3><\/a><\/div>
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Diego Villada Served as the Fight Choreographer for the College of Southern Maryland\u2019s Fall Production of "Witness for the Prosecution"<\/h3><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Connect with Your Program Chairs<\/h2>

All the faculty here at St. Mary's College of Maryland want to help you explore your interests and set you up for success. We look forward to connecting with you and meeting you on campus.<\/p>

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Amy Steiger<\/a>

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Department Chair<\/strong><\/p>

Associate Professor of Theater<\/p>alsteiger@smcm.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div>

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Sterling Lambert<\/a>

Department Chair<\/strong><\/p>

Professor of Music - Music History and Theory<\/p>jslambert@smcm.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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