Collaborative Master Class for Singers and Pianists with Dr. Manuel Laufer 

Collaborative Master Class for Singers and Pianists with Dr. Manuel Laufer 
Director of Piano Studies at New York University

Master Class will feature piano and vocal arts students from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Department of Music 

May 21, 2025
Winifred Smith Hall 
3-4:50 pm

Free and open to the public 

This event is generously supported by the Marjorie and Robert Rawlins Endowment Fund

Piano Master Class with pianist Dr. Sarkis Baltaian

Director of Instrumental Music at the Orange County School of the Arts

Master class will feature piano students from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Department of Music

May 16, 2025
Winifred Smith Hall
1–2:50 p.m.

Free and open to the public

This event is generously supported by the Marjorie and Robert Rawlins Endowment Fund

E-SONIC 2: Engineering-Symphonic Orchestra New Instrument Competition

Weaving Worlds

Presented by Ph.D. candidate Chieh Huang.

Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, 8 p.m.

Winifred Smith Hall

Presented by the Department of Music's Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT) Ph.D. candidate Chieh Huang.

Exploring the richness of Indigeneity through the beautiful Atayal language and the heritage it brings to contemporary composition.

Free admission with registration

On Friday March 7th at 1:00pm, acclaimed Canadian pianist, Angela Cheng will perform a solo piano recital, followed by a masterclass for CTSA music department students at 2:00. A major prize-winning virtuoso and Professor of Piano at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Cheng enjoys a full and active concert career, performing at major venues with international artists and world-class orchestras. The performance and master are free and open to the public and will take place in Winifred Smith Hall.

On Friday, January 10th from 1 -3:00pm, pianist, Hans Boepple from Santa Clara University will give a master class for the Music Department piano students. The class is free and open to the public and will be held in Winifred Smith Hall.

UCI Symphony Orchestra Express: February Vibe

Curated and Conducted by Dr. Geoffrey Pope

Piano Master Class: Daniel Shapiro

Friday, November 15, 2024, 1 p.m.

Winifred Smith Hall

This event is free and open to the public 

Daniel Shapiro, Piano Faculty, Cleveland Institute of Music, will perform Brahms Sonata No. 3 in F  Minor followed by a master class with piano students from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Department of Music.

On Wednesday, October 16th, at 1:00pm in Winifred Smith Hall, The London Music Club Quartet will perform Mozart’s Piano Quartet in G Minor and Robert Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, two of the most iconic works written for piano quartet.

Artist Series

Composing While Black: A concert by the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)

Organized by Michael Dessen

Thursday, May 8, 2025, 8 p.m.
7 p.m. Pre-concert Talk With the Artists

Winifred Smith Hall