Original new works by UCI Music Department first-year MA and Ph.D. students in Integrated Composition, Improvisation and Technology (ICIT). ICIT embraces diverse forms of contemporary music-making, challenging conventional distinctions between classical composition, computer music, improvisation and jazz.
Free admission. Public is welcome.
UCI students explore the rich cultural traditions of the Iberian Peninsula, including the diaspora. Songs in Portuguese, Catalan, and, of course, Spanish will be performed by outstanding students.
Free admission. Public is welcome.
Pianist Eve Egoyan and media artist David Rokeby present collaborative works in which image and sound are equal and integrated partners.
Enjoy a culminating concert of work featuring outstanding performers from various disciplines in the UCI Music Department.
Free admission. Public is welcome.
The UCI Undergraduate Jazz Program presents its quarterly concert to showcase the Small Group student ensembles. There will be several combos under the direction of the Jazz Faculty. Please join us for an evening of exciting jazz music and improvisation.
Free admission. Public is welcome.
Recipient of the National Medal of Arts and subject of the Michael Stillwater film Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen, Lauridsen was hailed as an “American Choral Master” by the National Endowment for the Arts. The composer will introduce each set of pieces and join the choirs at the piano.
Internationally renowned Jazz pianist and recording artist, Kei Akagi, is joined by Darek Oles on bass, Jason Harnell on the drums, plus special guest Michael Dessen on trombone for two evenings of extraordinary jazz.
Tickets:
General $15
Seniors, Groups 10+, UCI Faculty & Staff $14
UCI Students & Children under 17 $5
Please join the UCI Jazz Orchestra for an evening of the warm and exciting sounds of large-ensemble jazz music, including the classic repertoire of the big band era.
Free admission. Public is welcome.
Outstanding students of UCI Vocal Arts will perform this perennial favorite of early music, of Dido, Queen of Carthage, and her Ill-fated love for the Trojan hero, Aeneas. Ruben Valenzuela, Director of Bach Collegium San Diego, harpsichord.
