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King Britt: talk and solo performance

January 14 - January 14 Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)

Philadelphia born and Pew Fellowship recipient, King James Britt (his real name) is a 30+ year, producer, composer and performer in the global advancement of electronic music. As a composer and producer, his practice has lead to collaborations with the li
2022-23 Faculty Artist Series: Matt Hare, double bass

January 20 Winifred Smith Hall

Last season he performed a solo recital in Los Angeles featuring his own compositions written over the Pandemic. In the upcoming season he will premier his orchestration of Hayk Arsenyan’s Stratum, a concertante for double bass and piano, with the ...
2022-23 Faculty Artist Series: Lorna Griffitt, piano

February 18 Winifred Smith Hall

Lorna Griffitt will perform a piano recital featuring the fantastical Gaspard de la Nuit (Treasurer of the Night) by Maurice Ravel. Based on the poetry by Aloysius Bertrand, this dark, mysterious, terrifying and devilishly difficult work is one of the ...
UCI Small Jazz Groups - Winter 2023

February 22 Winifred Smith Hall

The UCI undergraduate jazz program will showcase the small-group student ensembles
UCI Symphony Orchestra - Winter 2023

March 10 Irvine Barclay Theatre

Join the UCI Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of guest conductor Dr. Geoffrey Pope, for an evening of orchestral classics from your favorite composers and will feature the winner of the 2023 UCI Concerto Competition. The annual competition ...
Yvette Janine Jackson | Radio Opera Workshop

March 11 Winifred Smith Hall

Radio Opera Workshop is a scalable intermedia chamber ensemble established to perform the radio operas of Yvette Janine Jackson. The 60-minute concert features the U.S. premiere of Left Behind, part of a series of radio operas themed around the ...
UCI Wind Ensemble - Winter 2023

March 13 Winifred Smith Hall

This advanced ensemble is devoted to the study and performance of music composed for varying combinations of wind and percussion instruments. Concerts typically include works written for small groups as well as those written for full symphonic wind ...

ICIT Alumnus Omar Costa Hamido publishes groundbreaking dissertation work on quantum computing and music.

When considering music and technology, most people probably do not think of the intersection between creative expression through music and new directions in quantum computing. The work of Omar Costa Hamido–a recent recipient of a doctoral degree from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts (Ph.D. in...

Faculty

New Book: Rethinking Brahms, edited by Nicole Grimes and Reuben Phillips

The Department of Music is pleased to announce the publication of a new book, Rethinking Brahms, edited by Nicole Grimes and Reuben Phillips, and published by Oxford University Press. The book features chapters by two core faculty members in the Ph.D. in the History and Theory of Music Program: Dr...

Student

Ph.D. Candidate Joao Martins wins prestigious musicology award

Joao Martins, a candidate in the Ph.D. in the History and Theory of Music program at the UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Music, has won the 2022 Ingolf Dahl Award in Musicology. This award was established by the Pacific Southwest Chapter of the American Musicological Society in...