Join us for a special recital celebrating internationally acclaimed violist and UC Irvine Professor Jerzy Kosmala on 60 years of artistic work, including teaching and performing.

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.

Yuliya Minina will be exploring the usage of song forms in instrumental music. She will be joined by her friend and colleague, Sarah Koo Freeman. The program will consist of solo piano and piano‐cello pieces, featuring works of Pauline Viardot, Clara Schumann, Jean Sibelius, Viktor Kosenko and others.

This two-day interdisciplinary conference is organized by 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.

Memory of the Future is a chamber music concert led by violinist and composer Mari Kimura, offering a program that bridges classical tradition with contemporary innovation.

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.