Visiting Artists
1956-1959
Joffrey Theatre DancersBaltimore Symphony Orchestra (1956 & 1957)
Charles Eggert film Danger River
Oedipus Rex film
US Army Field Band
Bishop’s Group, theatrical troupe
The Secrets of the Underwater World, film presented by Paul Cherney
US Army Showmobile (1958 & 1959)
US Army Major Company Chorus Music Panorama
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Dr. Francisco Cespedez, Department of Central Affairs for Republic of Panama
Michel Sénéchal, French tenor
Louis Untermeyer, anthologist and lecturer
1960 - 1969
Gerson Yessin, concert pianistVictor Cherubim, Ceylonese student leader
Hugh Miller, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Bare Boards and a Passion
Don Freeman, artist/cartoonist Sketchbook Review
The Canadian Players in George Bernard Shaw’s St. Joan
Dr. Peter Arnott, puppeteer The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus
Larry Elgart and His Orchestra
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Quintet
Teresa and Compañia Española
Woody Herman David Kwok An Introduction to Chinese Painting
Dame Judith Anderson, Medea ’62 and Lady MacBeth
Russian and Red China, Harrison Salisbury, New York Times correspondent and Pulitzer Prize Winner
The Lettermen
Dr. Albert Burke Ideals and Reality
The Tamburitzans of Duquesne University (1963, 1964, 1967)
Norman Thomas, American Newspaper Guild
Viktor Labunski, pianist
The Second Army Showmobile A World of Wonder w/Periwinkle Puppets
Drew Pearson, journalist
W.D. Snodgrass, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Dr. Albert Burke Ideas in Conflict
The Modern Folk Quartet
University of MD Players Anything Goes
Bonnie Dobson, folk singer/songwriter
Sir Fergus Montgomery, Member of Parliament
Elisabeth Söderström, soprano
Tran van Dihn, Saigon Post
Dr. P. Calvin Maybury The Relation of Science and Religion
Feldman String Group
Carlos Montoya, Flamenco guitarist
Suzanne Bloch, lutenist
TRIAD Dance Company
Emmé Kemp, singer-pianist
Dr. Murray Banks What to Do Until the Psychiatrist Comes
The Medleys, duo pianists
Estelle Fedelle, artist
Dr. Leonard Reiffel, Apollo Program Deputy Director
The Tamburitzans
Oscar McCullough, Baritone
Robert Decormier Folk Singers
The National Players The Birds and The Merchant of Venice
New York Jazz Sextet
The Paul Taylor Dancers
The Coasters
The Manhattan Baroque Ensemble
Van Dexter’s Commedia Dell’Arte Players
Percy Sledge
University of Delaware String Quartet
Conference: The Black Contribution to America
Lecture Series: Sex, Sexuality and Life
New York Pro Musica
David Christian, lecturer Correcting the Correctors
Peppermint Rainbow
Julian Bream, classical guitarist
1970 - 1979
Cannonball Adderley QuintetPercival Borde and Company The Talking Drums of Africa
The Brooklyn Bridge
Paris Rive Gauche
Jacques Kayal et Compagnons
Al Fann Theatrical Ensemble Masks in Brown
The Erick Hawkins Dance Company
Charlie Byrd
Tony Montanaro On Mime
Tony Montanaro & Peter Ford A Mime’s Eye View
Tony Montanaro The Open Circle Mime Theatre
Tony Montanaro performance with FSC students
Claude Frank, pianist
Geoffrey Holder
The Sierra Leone National Dance Troupe
University of Maryland Woodwind Quintet
John Chapell Mark Twain Tonight
Maynard Ferguson
The National Players in Franz Kafka’s The Trial
Jack London (a show on ESP)
Charlie Byrd Quartet
Joffrey II Toward the Year 2000
Bach’s Uncle
Native American Symposium
The Duquesne University Tamburitzans
Alberta Driver
Three Lives
Highwoods String Band
Goodman and Edwards
Frederick Storaska To Be Raped … or … Not To Be Raped
Claude Kipnis Mime Theatre
I Solisti Di Zagreb
Harlem Heyday
W.C. Fields, 80 Proof!
Dr. Gerald Mast
New World Consort
George McGovern
Roy Buchanan with Harry Traynham
Viveca Lindfors
Alex Haley
Inter Action Quartet
Mike Seeger
Jerry Jarrett An Evening with Tevye
Roy Meriwether Trio
Dick Gregory Social Problems: Social or Anti-Social?
Chuck Mangione Quartet
John Sack
Danny Cox
Jerry Rockwood Edgar Allan Poe: A Condition of Shadows
Jose Franco, classical guitarist
Keith Berger Mime on Campus
Keith Stroup
Carl Rowan
Tom Jackson
Trapezoid
B.F. Maiz May I Poet With You?
Charlie & Company, A New Musical Based on the Life and Times of Charlie Chaplin
David Frye, comedian
St. Louis Jazz Quartet w/Jeanne Trevor
Harry Chapin
Slovenian Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Alvin Poussaint
Bobby Goldsboro
John Chappell in Mark Twain on Stage
Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis, An Evening of Black America
Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Former U.S. Senator & Chairman of Watergate Commission
National Ballet of Flanders
The Four Freshmen
Dave Brubeck in Concert
Washington Woodwind and Saxophone Quartet
John Chappell Clarence Darrow, Defender of the Damned
Duane Hanson
Jesse Owens
Frederick Storaska
Maryland Dance Theatre
The Next Move Theatre
Kreskin
Duquesne University Tamburitzans
Ray Boston
David Toma
1980-89
Benjamin HooksPDQ Bach/Peter Schickele
Connecticut Modern Dance Theatre of Performing Arts
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Robert Klein
Wendell Castle
Oscar Brown Jr. Kicks and Company
Coretta Scott King
Jerry Rockwood A Condition of Shadow
Susan and Steve Kemenyffy
Duane Locke, poet
Kazoophony
George Plimpton
Edwin Newman
Jack Daniels Silver Cornet Band
Marriage of Figaro
The Amazing Kreskin
Maya Angelou
Linden Windwood Quintet
Douglas Edwards, journalist and broadcaster
Steve Landesberg, comedian
Magda Saleh, Egyptian Dance and Culture
Maynard Holbrook Jackson
Vincent Price
Richard McLean
Arthur Miller
Gary Snyder
Dinner-Theater Same Time Next Year
Maryland Dance Theater
Michael Harrington
The Brass Band
Leslie Burrs
Charles Kuralt
Daedalus Productions For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
Duquesne University Tamburitzans
James Morris of the Metropolitan Opera
Robert Muller, Vietnam Veterans of America President
Dick Flavin, Political and Social Satirist
Ambassador Ralph Earle II, Chief Negotiator of Salt II Treaty
David Brown, The Cousteau Society Overview
NYC Tapworks
The New York City Swing Band
Maya Angelou
Tim Settimi, mime/musician/comedian
The New York Harp Ensemble
The Baltimore Consort
Dr. Isidor Saslav, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster, Latest Discoveries in the String Quartets of Joseph Haydn
Minnesota Jazz Dance
One Mo’Time
Theatre Mask Ensemble
Betty LaDuke Women, Art and Social Change in Latin America
Betty LaDuke Exhibition Opening: Paintings & Prints
Ira Stein and Russel Walder
The Chinese Magic Revue
John Barth The Sot-Weed Factor Revisited
Dallas Brass
Nikki Giovanni
Robert Basell How the News Media Covers Major Events
James Reston Religion in the Twenty-First Century
Harvi Griffin, pop harpist and singer
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Gene Cotton
Louie Bellson Big Band
Woody Herman’s Young Thundering Herd
1990-1999
Maryland Dance TheatreMarta Renzi and Dancers
The Moscow Boys Choir
John Houseman and The Acting Company
Horacio Gutierrez, pianist
Marian McPartland Jazz Trio
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Peter Nero
Philharmonia Hungarica
Duquesne University Tamburitzans
Harry Belafonte
Harold Gould, Freud: A Life for Our Time
The Baltimore Consort
Allen Ginsberg, poet
Mummenschanz
Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Andres Segovia, guitarist
The Western Wind
Maya Angelou
Nikki Giovanni
The Waverly Consort
Chuck Mangione
Dr. Carl Sagan
Leo Buscaglia
Jean Redpath, folksinger
James Galway, flutist
E. Gordon Gee, scholar
William Windom, An Evening with Thurber
Walter Cronkite
The Boys Choir of Harlem
Itzhak Perlman, violinist
The Manhattan Transfer
Isaac Stern, violinist
Barbara Walters
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie and His United Nation Orchestra
George Will, political commentator
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
The Flying Karamazov Brothers
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Leontyne Price, soprano
Kronos Quartet
Kurt Vonnegut, novelist
Bobby McFerrin
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Garrison Keillor
Dave Brubeck Quartet
The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra
Robin Williams
Wynton Marsalis
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Dr. Maya Angelou
Al Jarreau
Pilobolus Dance Theatre
The Vienna Choir Boys
Tony Bennett
2000-2009
Yo-Yo MaStomp
Itzhak Perlman
Bobby McFerrin
Garrison Keillor
The Vienna Choir Boys
Pilobolus Dance Theatre
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Wynton Marsalis
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Tony Bennett
Kronos Quartet
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
George Will
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Dizzy Gillespie United Nation Orchestra
The Manhattan Transfer
Walter Cronkite
Leontyne Price
The Flying Karamazov Brothers
Barbara Walters
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Kurt Vonnegut
The Boston Pops
Isaac Stern
Robin Williams
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
E. Gordon Gee
Itzhak Perlman
James Galway
William Windom
Leo Buscaglia
Dr. Carl Sagan
Jean Redpath
Nikki Giovanni
Maya Angelou
The Waverly Consort
Allen Ginsberg
The Baltimore Consort
Harold Gould
Harry Belafonte
Philharmonia Hungarica
Peter Nero
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Horacio Gutierrez
John Houseman and The Acting Company
The Moscow Boys Choir
Marta Renzi and Dancers
Maryland Dance Theatre
2010-2019
Pilobolus Dance TheatreWynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Renée Fleming, soprano
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Savion Glover, tap dancer
The Vienna Boys Choir
The Silk Road Ensemble
Maya Angelou
Bobby McFerrin
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Kristin Chenoweth
National Symphony Orchestra
Esperanza Spalding
Lang Lang, pianist
Audra McDonald
Chick Corea
Joshua Bell, violin
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Pink Martini
Garrison Keillor
Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott
STOMP
Tony Bennett
Kronos Quartet
Anoushka Shankar, sitar
Diana Krall, jazz pianist/singer
Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer
Herbie Hancock
The Cleveland Orchestra
Joshua Redman Quartet
Philip Glass Ensemble
Al Jarreau
2020-2029
Yo-Yo MaWynton Marsalis
Renée Fleming
The Silk Road Ensemble
Esperanza Spalding
Audra McDonald
Joshua Bell
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Pilobolus
Lang Lang
Pink Martini
Diana Krall
Chris Thile
Herbie Hancock
Philip Glass Ensemble
Kronos Quartet
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
STOMP
Tony Bennett