Our students have easy access to the arts as spectators, participants, and creators right on our campuses.

Whether you are into drawing, painting, singing, dancing, acting, making your friends laugh, or playing an instrument in an ensemble—or if you simply want to be entertained and enlightened by the talents of your fellow students—½ûÂþÌìÌà can satisfy your cultural cravings.

The , the nation’s first conservatory, is home to some of the world’s most gifted musicians and puts on more than 50 events each year that are open to the public—orchestral and jazz concerts, operas and symphonic performances, Renaissance music and modern arrangements that defy description.

But you don’t have to be a music major to perform at ½ûÂþÌìÌ×with more than 30 student a cappella and dance groups and the ½ûÂþÌìÌà Pep Band (a fixture at football and lacrosse games), anyone can be a performer. There’s the Choral Society, founded in 1883 by Woodrow Wilson as the first student group on campus. We also have a chamber ensemble and a gospel choir, a wind ensemble and jazz bands, and the acclaimed .

If the stage is more your speed, you can choose from a handful of that perform everything from Shakespeare to improv comedy;or learn about acting, directing, and playwriting by pursuing an undergraduate minor in . And if you’re feeling especially adventurous, there’s the Entertainers Club, fit for fire-jugglers, unicyclists, yo-yo enthusiasts, and the like.

For the more visually inclined, our  gives students a studio environment to hone their painting, drawing, cartooning, design, and photography skills. For inspiration, drop by the neighboring Baltimore Museum of Art (which is right next to our Homewood campus), explore one of the , or visit some of the many other museums or galleries around Baltimore.

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