Winifred Smith Hall

Song and Wind

Flutist and UC Irvine Professor Patricia Cloud presents a program of expressive works for flute as part of this season’s Artist Series. Showcasing her artistry and versatility, the concert offers an engaging exploration of sound and breath.

Songs About Love and Sorrows

Yuliya Minina will be exploring the usage of song forms in instrumental music. She will be joined by her friends and colleagues, Frances Bennett and Sarah Koo. The program will consist of solo piano and piano‐cello pieces, as well as several sets of art songs, featuring works of Pauline Viardot, Clara Schumann, Jean Sibelius, Viktor Kosenko and others.

Sounding Iran: Musical Pasts, Presents and Futures

This two-day interdisciplinary conference is organized by UC Irvine Professor Hossein Omoumi, UC Irvine ICIT Alumni Hesam Abedini and University of Florida Professor Payam Yousefi.

Each night will be a different concert—highlighting the richness and diversity of music in Iran and its diaspora while featuring performances that reflect the evolving traditions, experimental practices and transnational dialogues shaping Iranian musical life today.

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

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

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

Weaving Worlds

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

Pianist Angela Cheng recital and Master Class

 

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.