Visiting Artists

1956-1959

Joffrey Theatre Dancers
Baltimore 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 pianist
Victor 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 Quintet
Percival 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 Hooks
PDQ 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 PresidentDick 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

George Carlin
Neil Sheehan, Pulitzer Prize Winner
Russian Folk Ensemble Tziganka
A Winter Solstice Concert featuring Liz Story, Modern Mandolin Quartet and Michael Manring
Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble
Theatre of Voices
Barnum The Three-Ring Circus Musical
Beijing Song and Dance Ensemble with the China Acrobatic and Magic Troupe
Ballet Gran Folklorico de Mexico
An Evening with Jim Chappell
The Boys Choir of Harlem
Zoppe Circus Europa
A Winter Solstice featuring Nightnoise, Liz Story, Alex De Grassi and Joel DiBartolo
The Moscow Boys Choir
The Berlin Chamber Orchestra
Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble
Zivili
National Theatre of the Deaf in The Italian Straw Hat
The Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh in Madame Butterfly
Nightnoise
Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee
National Band of New Zealand and the Aotearoa Maori Group
Dance Alloy
Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble
Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club As You Like It
Massenkoff Russian Folk Festival
David Burgess
Modern Mandolin Quartet
Dance Alloy The Crossings Project
Opera Northeast H.M.S. Pinafore
Squonk Opera's BigSmorgasbordWunderWerk
Shangri La Chinese Acrobats
Vivaldi Orchestra of Moscow featuring Svetlana Bedordnaya
Dance Alloy A Centennial Celebration (commissioned work)
David Buechner
The David Grisman Quintet
Robin & Linda Williams and Their Fine Group
Bay Street Brassworks
FootWorks Percussive Dance Ensemble
Razumovsky String Quartet
Aquila Theatre Company in The Comedy of Errors
Chatham Baroque
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Nancy Stagnitta & Sonja Inglefield
Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
Michael Avagliano
Ballet Florida in Peter and the Wolf and A Midsummer Night's Dream
Windwood Theatrical Company Hello Dolly
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Celtic Rhythm
Cashore Marionettes
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Viva Quetzal!
Elena Martin & Jose Meliton

2000-2009

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Mapapa African Acrobats
An Evening with Don McLean
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin
Christmas from Dublin with the Three Irish Tenors
Windwood Theatrical Company Crazy for You
Ethos Percussion Group
Brazilian Guitar Quarter featuring Paul Galbraith
Snoopy - The Musical
The Massenkoff Russian Folk Festival
Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band
America
International Ballet Theatre The Nutcracker (2001 & 2002)
Christmas from Dublin with Three Irish Tenors
Windwood Theatrical Company Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Mystical Arts of Tibet
Philadanco
John Astin in Edgar Allan Poe - Once Upon a Midnight
Maryland Symphony Orchestra Pops! Bravo Broadway! with Jan Horvath, Doug LaBrecque and Ron Raines
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Collin Raye and Chad Brock
International Ballet Theatre The Nutcracker
Windwood Theatrical Company in Barry Manilow's Copa Cabana
Jack Klugman in On Golden Pond
The Vienna Choir Boys
The Brubeck Brothers Quartet
Stirrings with Dance Alloy (commissioned work)
Steve Reid's Dreamscapes
Bonnie Rideout Scottish Trio
Box of Light Theatre in Peter Pan
REO Speedwagon
Herbie Hancock Quartet
Christmas from Dublin featuring Three Irish Tenors
Windwood Theatrical Company The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Gregory Popovich's Comedy & Pet Theatre
Maryland Symphony Orchestra Music of the Canvas, Art by Music with Nicholas Kendall
Aquila Theatre Company in Othello
Dan Kamin's Comedy In Motion
The Capitol Steps
An Evening with The Yellowjackets
Tom Chapin
Maryland Symphony Orchestra with Nicholas Kendall
The Doobie Brothers
Aquila Theatre Company in H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man
The David Sanchez Group
A Winter’s Eve
Enchantment Theatre Company Beauty and the Beast
Windwood Theatrical Company Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom
Gregory Popovich's Comedy and Pet Theatre
DaPonte String Quartet
The Hilton Ruiz/Dave Valentin Latin Jazz Ensemble
Carmina Burana with Leah Stein Dance Company and FSU Department of Music (commissioned work)
TheatreworksUSA Corduroy
John Fedchock NY Sextet
Circus Nexus
Maryland Symphony Orchestra with Rachel Barton Pine
38 Special and Eddie Money
Children's Letters to God
T.S. Monk
Vienna Choir Boys Christmas in Vienna
Windwood Theatrical Company Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
David Leonhard Jazz Group
Aquila Theatre Company Hamlet
Andes Manda
Body Vox
Chris Vadala
Simple Gifts
Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway
Appalachian Festival Headliner: Liz Carroll & John Doyle & Friends
Spencer's Theatre of Illusion
Maryland Symphony Orchestra with Nicholas Kendall
The Roots
Aquila Theatre Company Romeo & Juliet
Rachel Price
Three Irish Tenors
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
George Winston
Windwood Theatrical Company Urban Cowboy
TheatreworksUSA Ramona Quimby
The Capitol Quartet
Jeffrey Gaines
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Cashore Marionettes Simple Gifts and Life in Motion
Goo Goo Dolls
Mike Tomaro
Los Folkloristas
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Neil Berg's 101 Years of Broadway
Nnenna Freelon & Count Basie Orchestra
Cirque Le Masque
Maryland Symphony Orchestra with Rachel Barton Pine
North American Festival of Traditional Arts
TheatreworksUSA If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Martha Graham Dance Company
Vivici presents "Purely Christmas"
Windwood Theatrical Company Little Women
Morgan State University Choir
Terell Stafford Quintet
Aquila Theatre Company Julius Caesar
Borealis Wind Quintet
Third Eye Blind
Jason Moran and the Bandwagon
Jim Breuer
Forbidden Broadway (Special Victims Unit)
David Parker
Barrage High Strung
Capitol Steps
Kathy Mattea Moving Mountains
Jimmy Heath Quartet
Tomáseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas
Windwood Theatrical Company Bye, Bye Birdie (3)
Esperanza Spalding
TheatreworksUSA Seussical (3)
George Winston
Boys like Girls/Vedera
The Acting Company Henry V
Ensemble Galilei & Neal Conan Universe of Dreams
Jean Ritchie & Sons
Waterstreet
Regina Carter Quintet Reverse Thread
Greg Kennedy Innovative Juggler
Sara Evans
Maryland Symphony Orchestra with Elena Urioste
Thank You, Gregory! A Tribute to Gregory Hines
Montana Repertory Theatre To Kill A Mockingbird
American Stars Concert for the Holidays

2010-2019

Windwood Theatrical Company Cabaret
Esperanza Spalding
DRUID: Featuring Three Irish Tenors
STREB: RAW
Paquito D'Rivera & the Funk Tango Quintet
Stephen Lynch
Boyce Avenue
Step Afrika!
Direct from RENT Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp
RIOULT - The Ravel Project
Ball in the House
Lifehouse
Maryland Symphony Orchestra with Angela Cheng
Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company
Kathy Mattea Songs and the Season
Spyro Gyra
Windwood Theatrical Company The Music Man
Walnut Street Theatre The Glass Menagerie
Celtic Crossroads
Jon Spellman Digging into Shakespeare
Javon Jackson Band
Jungle Joe’s Wildlife Adventure
Ken Waldman
Maryland Symphony Orchestra Verdi's Requiem
Squonk Opera Astro-Rama
Bettye LaVette
Chinese Acrobats of Hebei
SFJAZZ Collective The Music of Stevie Wonder
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Compagnia Flamenco José Porcel Gypsy Fire
Tomáseen Foley's A Celtic Christmas
René Marie Black Lace Freudian Slip
John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean
Women of Ireland
Ravi Coltrane Quartet
Red Baraat
Kathy Mattea Calling Me Home
American Stars in Concert Celebrate Motown
Windwood Theatrical Company Titanic, The Musical
Maryland Symphony Orchestra Famous Last Words with Zuill Bailey
The Capitol Steps
John Hammond
The von Trapp Children
Sandra Bernhard
Lula Washington Dance Theatre
MATHEMAGIC! starring Bradley Fields
Luciana Souza and Romero Lubambo Brazilian Duos
The Three Phantoms in Concert
Rennie Harris RHAW Love! American Style
Appalachian Festival Capstone Concert: Sean Keane with Al Petteway & Amy White From Ireland to Appalachia
Maryland Symphony Orchestra with Time for Three
Pedrito Martinez Group
Julie Fowlis: Music of the Scottish Isles
Catherine Russell
Vienna Choir Boys
Walnut Street Theatre Driving Miss Daisy
The Math Maniac Show with Max Millions
Broadway's Next H!T Musical
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Robin Spielberg
Appalachian Festival Capstone Concert: Molly Mason & Jay Unger Band
Maryland Symphony Orchestra with Christina and Michelle Naughton
Firefall
Jim Brickman The Platinum Tour Celebrating 20 Years
TheatreworksUSA Charlotte's Web
Reduced Shakespeare Company The Ultimate Christmas Show
Chris Brubeck's Triple Play
Russian National Ballet Theatre Swan Lake
Cristina Pato and the Migrations Band
Montana Repertory Theatre The Great Gatsby
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Broadway Nights, Broadway Today
Music from the Crooked Road Sandy Shortridge/Whitetop Mountain Band/Adam McPeak & Mountain Thunder
Appalachian Festival Capstone Concert: Jayme Stone's Lomax Project
Kellylee Evans
Maryland Symphony Orchestra with Francisco Fullana
DAUGHTRY with Honor By August
Bollywood Masala Orchestra and Dancers of India The Spirit of India
FSU Theatre Junie B. Jones
Indian Ink Theatre Company The Elephant Wrestler
OVEOUS Poetry and Music
De Temps Antan
Becca Stevens Band
Barter Players Frosty
Well-Strung
Flashdance - The Musical
Moscow Festival Ballet The Sleeping Beauty
Zuzu African Acrobats
The Hot Sardines
Cover Drive
The Midtown Men
Troker
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players I’ve Got a Little Twist
Chris Tucker
The Capitol Steps
FSU Theatre James and the Giant Peach
Molodi Live
Gravity and Other Myths A Simple Space
Windham Hill A Winter Solstice Concert
Cyrille Aimée
Daniel Davis
The Tibetan Monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery The Mystical Arts of Tibet (residency)
Brock McGuire Band
The Filharmonic
Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio
Maryland Symphony Orchestra A Fifth of Beethoven with Yuliya Gorenman
Mutts Gone Nuts
Tango Buenos Aires The Spirit of Argentina
The Kelly Bell Band
Russian String Orchestra
ArtsPower’s From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
The Martial Artists and Acrobats of Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
Christmas with the Annie Moses Band
Best of Acrobats of Cirque-tacular
Qurrat Ann Kadwani They Call Me Q
Joan Soriano
Danú
Mummenschanz
Risa Binder
Etienne Charles Creole Soul
Daymé Arocena
Moscow Festival Ballet Cinderella
Appalachian Festival Capstone Concert: Kaia Kater with Anna & Elizabeth
An Evening with LeAnn Rimes
CATAPULT The Amazing Magic of Shadow Dance
Jeff Coffin and Roy “Futureman” Wooten
Maryland Symphony Orchestra Immortal Mozart + Schubert’s Fifth Symphony
1st Project
Carol of the King: The Irish Dance Christmas Spectacular
René Marie Experiment in Truth
Songs of Ireland A Celtic Celebration
Russian National Ballet Giselle
Banda Magda
Six Appeal
Christian Sands Trio
Johnny Peers & the Muttville Comix
Appalachian Festival Capstone Concert: Dom Flemons
Malamanya
Cirque Mei
An Evening with Jo Dee Messina
Derek Brown, Beatbox Saxophone
Maryland Symphony Orchestra The American Symphony
Terry Barber Christmas Presence

2020-2029

Thomas Pandolfi Into the Night with Gershwin
Crys Matthews
Cirque FLIP Fabrique presents BLIZZARD
Russian National Ballet Don Quixote
Appalachian Festival: Kyshona We the People: Voices for Change (virtual)
Maryland Symphony Orchestra String Quartet (virtual)
FSU Theatre and Dance Charlotte’s Web (virtual)
FSU Theatre and Dance Social Media Massacre (virtual)
Maryland Symphony Orchestra Shostakovich Piano Concerto no. 1 (virtual)
National Geographic Live Scientific Exposure (virtual)
National Geographic Live Reimagining Dinosaurs (virtual)
FSU Theatre and Dance Lessons from Baldpate (virtual)
Maryland Symphony Orchestra Classical Prodigies (virtual)
National Geographic Live Feats of Filmmaking (virtual)
Greg Latta A Celtic Celebration (virtual)
National Geographic Live Mysterious Seas (virtual)
FSU Theatre and Dance Spoon River Project (virtual)
Maryland Symphony Orchestra Live with Sharon Isbin (virtual)
National Geographic Live Women and Migration (virtual)
Step Afrika! Celebration (virtual)
Step Afrika! dance tutorial (virtual)
Maryland Symphony Orchestra Bravo Broadway (virtual)
Virginia Repertory Theatre Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad (virtual)
Carnegie Science Center The Chem-Mystery Files (virtual)
Maryland Symphony Orchestra Brown and Beethoven (virtual)
Appalachian Festival Capstone Concert: The Honey Dewdrops
reVoiced
Dueling Pianos
Maryland Symphony Orchestra Transformations: Beethoven, Brown and Prokofiev
Ak Dan Gwang Chil Korean Shamanic Folk-pop
Dailey & Vincent Christmas Tour
Alicia Olatuja Intuition: Songs from the Minds of Women
Greg Latta A Celtic Celebration (virtual)
Velocity Irish Dance
Acrobuffos Air Play (2)
Appalachian Festival Capstone Concert: The Karan Casey Trio
Mariachi Herencia de México with Lupita Infante CES National Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration
TAKE3
Maryland Symphony Orchestra Mozart, Stravinsky and von Weber
Christmas with the Annie Moses Band
Trick of the Light Theatre The Griegol (2)
The Brubeck Brothers Quartet Celebrates Dave Brubeck’s Centennial
Cirque Kalabanté performing Afrique En Cirque
Appalachian Festival Capstone Concert: Martha Redbone Roots Project
Family Weekend: Step Afrika!
Bill Miller CES Indigenous Peoples’ Heritage Celebration
Maryland Symphony Orchestra Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Farrenc
Tomáseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas
Hot Club of Baltimore featuring Amanda Jones
Indian Ink Theatre Mrs. Krishnan’s Party
Cirque FLIP Fabrique BLIZZARD
Trailblazing Women of Country A Tribute to Patsy, Loretta and Dolly
Plena Libre
Appalachian Festival Capstone Concert: Appalatin
The Second City 65th Anniversary Show
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
Cherish the Ladies Celtic Christmas
Maryland Symphony Orchestra Saint-Saëns, Mendelssohn-Hensel and Price
Cahoots NI in The Vanishing Elephant
Jumaane Smith Sweet Baby
Tibetan Monks of The Mystical Arts of Tibet from Drepung Loseling Monastery