Events
ILLUMINATIONS: Vocal Arts Alumni Recital
Dr. Philip Harris, with special guest Dalia Rodriguez
Friday, October 25, 2019
8:00 p.m.
Winifred Smith Hall
UCI vocal arts alumni Dr. Philip Harris and Dalia Rodriguez present an inspirational recital of songs, arias, and spirituals. Dr. Harris, who has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Davies Hall, and the Aspen Festival, has introduced audiences nationwide to music by Black American composers through lectures, masterclasses, and recitals.
Free Admission
Presented with generous support from UCI Illuminations
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2019-20 Faculty Artist Series
1947 - Alan Terricciano, piano
Saturday, November 9, 2019
8:00 pm
Winifred Smith Hall
The events of 1947, from the birth of the Cold War to the first reports of UFOs, reverberate to this day. Pianist Alan Terricciano explores the year 1947 through the lens of the extraordinary piano music produced that year by Prokofiev, Ustwolskaja, Wolpe, Monk, Talma, Cage and Hovhaness.
Tickets
General admission: $19
Seniors, Groups 10+, UCI Faculty & Staff: $16
Arts Subscribers: $14
UCI Students & Children under 17: $6
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Current, fulltime UCI Students are eligible for the Student Arts Pass.
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UCI Faculty,
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UCI Jazz Small Groups
Fall Concert 2019
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
8:00 pm
Winifred Smith Hall
The UCI undergraduate jazz program presents its quarterly concert to showcase the small group student ensembles. There will be several groups under the direction of the jazz faculty. Please join us for an evening of exciting music and improvisation.
Free admission
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Gassmann Electronic Music Series
Jen Shyu: Zero Grasses
8:00 pm
Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)
In Zero Grasses, Jen Shyu weaves together composition, vocals, dance, piano, Japanese biwa, Korean gayageum, Taiwanese moon lute, and electronics into a ritualistic solo performance. This new project addresses—and aims to heal—the loss of communication between humanity and nature, and the need to restore human bonds.
Free and open to the public.
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Photo: Lynn Lane
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UCI Jazz Orchestra Fall Concert
Dr. Bobby Rodriguez, conductor
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
8:00 pm
Winifred Smith Hall
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
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UCI Symphony Orchestra - Fall 2019
Seine-Like
Dr. Stephen Tucker, conductor
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
8:00 p.m.
Irvine Barclay Theatre
Ticketholders are invited to join Maestro Tucker for a pre-concert conversation starting at 7:00 pm in the theatre.
The UCI Symphony Orchestra is one of the premier large performance ensembles at UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts. The orchestra has been in existence since 1970, offering music majors, non-music majors, faculty and other community
members an opportunity to study and perform symphonic music of the ages. Spend the evening with the UCI Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Tucker, for an exploration of music by composers from around the world.
- "Trois Gymnopedies" - Erik Satie/Achille Claude Debussy
- "Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor" - Camille Saint-Saens performed with Dr. Yuliya Minina, pianist
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UCI Guitar Ensemble
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
12:00 pm
Arts Amphitheatre
UCI guitar students present a program of solos, duos, trios, and quartets selected from six centuries of repertoire by composers from around the world.
Free admission
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UCI Chamber Singers
Dr. Seth Houston, director
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
8:00 pm
Winifred Smith Hall
UCI Chamber Singers presents songs for the season from the Renaissance through the present, including original compositions by Seth Houston. UCI Chamber Singers presents songs for the season from the Renaissance through the present, including original compositions by Seth Houston.
Free admission
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2019-20 Faculty Artist Series
Sarah Koo (cello) and Friends
Friday, December 6, 2019
8:00 pm
Winifred Smith Hall
Cellist Sarah Koo will be joined by fellow UCI colleagues for an evening of chamber music celebrating the collaboration of the Department of Music's faculty.
Tickets
General admission: $19
Seniors, Groups 10+, UCI Faculty & Staff: $16
Arts Subscribers: $14
UCI Students & Children under 17: $6
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Current, fulltime UCI Students are eligible for the Student Arts Pass.
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UCI Faculty, Alumni, St
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Gassmann Electronic Music Series
21C: The Institute for 21st Century Creativity: "Listen to the Motion"
Saturday, December 7, 2019
8:00 pm
Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)
Inaugurated in 2018, the second edition of the LISTEN TO THE MOTION features the motion sensor system MUGIC™, which captures the movements of a performer’s expressive gestures. The concert presents students from the Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT) program in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA), who have been working with MUGIC™ with Professor Mari Kimura. Prof. Kimura has been researching the use of motion sensors in performance and composition, to enable integrated human/machine relationship that could extend and create a new form of expressiveness. Since Prof. Kimura joined UCI in 2017, the MUGIC™ project has been supported by the Multi Disciplinary Program (MDP) program at the California Institute for
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