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Dynamic choral conductor joins the UCI Music faculty

The Department of Music in the UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts has named Dr. Irene Messoloras an Assistant Professor of Music, serving as the Director of Choral Activities.
International Conference: Women at the Piano 1848–1970

August 31

The Department of Music is pleased to host the International Conference Women at the Piano 1848–1970, March 17– 19, 2023, organized by Joe Davies and Natasha Loges.
2022-23 Faculty Artist Series: Jerzy Kosmala, viola

November 5 Winifred Smith Hall

Internationally acclaimed violist and UCI Professor Jerzy Kosmala kicks off the 2022-23 Faculty Artist Series for the Department of Music.
Alan Terricciano, piano | What I Did During the COVID Lockdown

November 19 Winifred Smith Hall

Featuring UCI Professor Alan Terricciano’s composition, Six Etudes for Disklavier with Human Accompaniment (2007-2022), an experimental work for digital playback piano (disklavier) with an additional part, played live at the same keyboard by a pianist.
UCI Symphony Orchestra - Fall 2022

November 22 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. The detailed program will be announced in October. The UCI Symphony Orchestra is one of the ...
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 ...

Made in California

The arts and education helped new dean Tiffany Ana López reimagine her own life By Christine Byrd For Tiffany Ana López, joining the Claire Trevor School of the Arts as dean is a double homecoming. Both a return to her native California and to the public higher-education system that shaped her....

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Dynamic choral conductor joins the UCI Music faculty

Irvine, Calif., September 6, 2022 – The Department of Music in the UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts has named Dr. Irene Messoloras an Assistant Professor of Music. In her role, Messoloras will direct the department’s choral activities, conduct the UCI Chamber Singers and Concert Choir, and...

Faculty

Umezaki joins the the first Silkroad Ensemble tour with Artistic Director Rhiannon Giddens

Now in his 21st year with the ensemble, Professor Kojiro Umezaki joined the summer Phoenix Rising tour including performances at the Newport International Folk Festival and the Tanglewood Music Center. The summer festival tour was the first with MacArthur Fellow and multiple GRAMMY Award recipient...