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After a lonely year and a half, the UCI Symphony Orchestra is reveling in live performances once again.
New Book on Clara Schumann Published for the Cambridge University Press Composer Studies Series

December 3

The new book "Clara Schumann Studies" is edited by Dr. Joe Davies and featuring a chapter by Professor Nicole Grimes. The volume is dedicated to the late Nancy B. Reich as a tribute to her pioneering scholarship on Clara Schumann.
Music Lecture Series: Benjamin Korstvedt

February 10 Online

Benjamin Korstvedt, professor of music in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Clark University, presents “Anxiety and Disgust: Music Criticism and the Disciplining of the gebildete Ohr, ca. 1900” as part of the Music History and Music ...
Lorna Griffitt, piano

February 26 Winifred Smith Hall

UCI Music Professor Lorna Griffitt enjoys an active career as soloist, chamber musician and pedagogue here in the US and in South America, Europe and the Middle East. Past concerts have included sonatas, ballades, and other chamber greats. Please check...
UCI Jazz Small Groups - Winter 2022

March 2 Winifred Smith Hall

UCI Music undergraduate students in the jazz program will perform in smalls groups and as individuals. Please check for updates.
Music Lecture Series: Julian A. Ledford

March 3 Online

Julian A. Ledford, Assistant Professor of French and French Studies at Sewanee: The University of the South, presents “Undoing Black Mozart: Towards a Truer Legacy of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George” as part of the Music History and Music ...
UCI Symphony Orchestra - Winter 2022

March 4 Irvine Barclay Theatre

The orchestra’s regular concert performances include music from the standard repertoire as well as recently created works and world premieres. Please check back for updates. Join Maestro Stephen Tucker for a Pre-Concert Conversation before the ...

New Book on Clara Schumann Published for the Cambridge University Press Composer Studies Series

The Department of Music is pleased to announce the publication of Clara Schumann Studies edited by Dr. Joe Davies and featuring a chapter by Professor Nicole Grimes. The volume is dedicated to the late Nancy B. Reich as a tribute to her pioneering scholarship on Clara Schumann. Since the 1980s,...

Alumni

G. Thomas Allen wins 1st place in international vocal competition

Vocal Arts alum, vocalist, composer, and music educator G. Thomas Allen recently placed 1st in the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. Allen is known for his remarkable vocal flexibility, warm timbre and cross-genre experimentation. He has worked with the late David Baker and the...

Faculty

UCI Department of Music recognized as a thriving hub for Clara Schumann research and performance

The article “Wieck Spot” in VAN Magazine by Sarah Fritz pays tribute to the pioneering research and performance on Clara Schumann that is being carried out by UCI faculty at the Department of Music including Joe Davies, Lorna Griffitt, Nicole Grimes, and Nina Scolnik. It highlights the prominence...