Events
Noon Showcase Concert
Winter 2020
Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2020
12:00 pm
Winifred Smith Hall
On Wednesday, March 4th at noon, the Winter Showcase Concert will present works by Beethoven, Schubert, Hoffmeister and Stravinsky, among others. Come hear the music department’s brilliant and talented young musicians in Winifred Smith Hall.
Free admission
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Join us for a Film Screening & Q & A with the composer Matthew Rosenblum of David Bernabo’s “In a Dark Wood” Wednesday, March 4, 6 p.m. in the McCormick Screening Room, 1070 Humanities Gateway. “In a Dark Wood” charts the path leading to the creation of Mathew Rosenblum’s “Lament/Witches’ Sabbath,” a highly personal concerto written for the world-famous klezmer clarinetist and composer David Krakauer. Shot on location in Pittsburgh, New York City, and Boston, the film reminisces on Rosenblum and Krakauer’s long friendship while exploring the composer’s remembrance of his grandmother, who fled Jewish persecution in Ukraine in 1919 and finally made her way to New York via Vienna and Palestine. With its use of sampled laments sung in Ukrainian, Russian, and Yiddish, it's truly powerful and poignant music that has great relevance in our time.
With diverse musical elements derived from classical, jazz, rock, and world music traditions, Mathew
Read More: In A Dark Wood: The Journey Through Mathew Rosenblum’s Lament/Witches’ Sabbath
Piano Master Class with Guest Artist Dr. Sharon Mann
Friday, March 6, 2020
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Winifred Smith Hall
Please join us for a Piano Master Class with Guest Artist Dr. Sharon Mann featuring CTSA piano students in works by Beethoven, Haydn, Brahms, and Enescu.
Sharon Mann, Professor of Piano, San Francisco Conservatory
Biography
Respected soloist and ensemble player, Dr. Sharon Mann is widely acclaimed for her penetrating interpretations of Bach’s keyboard music. A recent re-release of her Bach Partitas has been received with high praise nationally.
Dr. Mann has served on the faculties of the Itzhak Perlman Music Festival, the Bowdoin International Music Festival, California Summer Music,
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UCI Symphony Orchestra
Winter 2020 Concert
Dr. Stephen Tucker, conductor
Friday, March 6, 2020
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 welcomes Maestro Vito Clemente and composer Ricardo Santoboni from Italy. The concert will feature work by Italian composer Traetta, a world premiere of Riccardo Santoboni’s composition, and a work of film composer Nino Rota. The concert will also feature the winner of the 2020 Concerto Competition, Brianna Finnell, soprano.
Tickets*
General admission: $20
Seniors, Groups 10+, UCI Faculty & Staff: $17
Arts Subscribers: $15
UCI Students & Children under 17: $7
*Tickets purchased at the Barclay Box Office will incur a
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2019-20 Faculty Artist Series
Jerzy Kosmala, viola
Saturday, March 7, 2020
8:00 pm
Winifred Smith Hall
Internationally acclaimed violist Jerzy Kosmala joins the 2019-20 Faculty Artist Series for the Department of Music at UCI.
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.
UCI Wind Ensemble
Winter 2020 Concert
Kevin McKeown, conductor
Monday, Mar. 9, 2020
8:00 pm
Winifred Smith Hall
The UCI Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Kevin McKeown, performs traditional and contemporary works written specifically for the wind band genre.
Free admission
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UCI Guitar Ensemble
Winter 2020 Concert
Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2020
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
Winter 2020 Concert
Dr. Irene Messoloras, conductor
Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2020
8:00 pm
Winifred Smith Hall
UCI Chamber Singers perform a showcase of songs highlighting the diverse talents of our students in the vocal art programs.
Free admission
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UCI Vocal Arts
Songs of Lori Laitman
American Composer
Saturday, Mar. 14, 2020
8:00 pm
Winifred Smith Hall
Described by Fanfare Magazine as “one of the most talented and intriguing of living composers,” Lori Laitman has composed multiple operas and choral works, and over 250 songs, setting texts by classical and contemporary poets. Students will sing some of her songs, in anticipation of presenting the West Coast premiere of her opera, The Scarlet Letter.
Free admission
Presented with generous support from UCI Illuminations
Read More: An Evening with Lori Laitman
Chamber Music Concert
Winter 2020
Monday, Mar. 16, 2020
8:00 pm
Winifred Smith Hall
A program featuring talented students from UCI’s Department of Music performing chamber music masterworks.
Free admission
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