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Graduate Student Recital: David Torres, Choral Conducting
David Torres, a graduate student in the Choral Conducting Program, will present a Doctor of Musical Arts recital, titled "Coming Home," with members of Vocal Affinity on Monday, August 2, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The program will include Mack Wilburg's Bound for the Promised Land; Don MacDonald's When the Earth Stands Still; William Billings' David’s Lamentation; Robert Manookin's O Lord, I Have Trusted in Thee; and more.
Summer Carillon Recital: Wesley Arai, UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara University Carillonist Wesley Arai will present a recital from the carillon in UC Santa Barbara's Storke Tower on Sunday, September 12, 2021 at 2 pm PDT. Listeners are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on the grass outside the tower during the recital.
Summer Carillon Recital: Wesley Arai, UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara University Carillonist Wesley Arai will present a recital from the carillon in UC Santa Barbara's Storke Tower on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 2 pm PDT. Listeners are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on the grass outside the tower during the recital.
Graduate Student Recital: Steven Thomson, Choral Conducting
Graduate student Steven Thomson (Choral Conducting) will present a virtual Master of Music recital on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The program will include performances by Dr. Naomi Merer (soprano), Marta Hovhannisyan (soprano and alto), Lauren Vanderlinden (alto), Soohyun Ryu (alto), Kartik Sundaram (tenor), and Benjamin Hanson (tenor). Thomson will conduct the program, which features two pieces for choir—K'eler Ts'oler by Komitas Vardapet and Khorumi by Mamia Khatelishvili.
Graduate Student Recital: Valdis Jansons, Baritone
Graduate vocalist Valdis Jansons (baritone) will present a virtual Doctor of Musical Arts recital with pianist Erik Lawrence on Friday, July 9, 2021 at 6 pm PT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The program will include Gustav Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Song of a Wayfarer); Jānis Mediņš' In Signo Domini; Kurt Weill's Speak Low, September Song, and Here I'll Stay; and Francesco Paolo Tosti's Aprile, Chanson de l'Adieu, and L'Alba separa dalla luce l'ombra.
UCSB Young Artists String Quartet (YASQ): Spring 2021 Recital
The UCSB Young Artists String Quartet (YASQ) will present their Spring 2021 Recital on Friday, June 11, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. Made up of graduate violinists Gulia Gurevich and Anthony Navarro, violist Shirley Shang, and cellist Naomi Stoodley, the YASQ is a group from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and even continents.
UCSB Ensemble for Contemporary Music: A moment alone with millions of people
Under the direction of Dr. Sarah Gibson, the UCSB Ensemble for Contemporary Music will present a concert, titled "A moment alone with millions of people," on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. Join the ensemble for an evening of music by Pauline Oliveros, Aidan Gold, and Nicole Chamberlain. Through Oliveros' seminal work, Thirteen Changes, our students respond to evocative lines of text by creating their own individual musical tapestries.
Undergraduate Student Recital: Flora Sun, Piano
Undergraduate pianist Flora Sun will present a senior Bachelor of Arts recital on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 4 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The program will include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 457; excerpts from Claude Debussy's Préludes, Book 1; and Robert Schumann's Waldszenen, Op. 82. Sun is a student of UC Santa Barbara Professor Paul Berkowitz.
For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2237
UCSB Lumina Choir: We Are One
Under the direction of Graduate Teaching Assistant David Lozano Torres, the UCSB Lumina Choir will present a concert, titled "We Are One," on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The mini-concert will feature "Ubi Caritas" by composer Victor C. Johnson and "Sisi Ni Moja" by Jacob Narverud.
UCSB Percussion Ensemble
Directed by Jon Nathan, the UCSB Percussion Ensemble will present their Spring 2021 Concert on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel.
For further details and the direct link to the YouTube Premiere visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2239
Graduate Student Recital: Zhongxi Lin, Piano
Graduate pianist Zhongxi Lin will present a Doctor of Musical Arts recital with violinist Lee Chia-ying on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at 4 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube Channel. The program will include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304; Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 24; and Johannes Brahms' Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 78. Lin is a student of UC Santa Barbara Professor Robert Koenig.
For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2238
UCSB Chamber Orchestra presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Don Giovanni" Overture
The UCSB Chamber Orchestra will present the third audio-visual production of 2020-2021 under the direction of Dr. Maxim Kuzin on Monday, June 7, 2021, at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music’s YouTube channel. Audience members will have a chance to hear one of the most dramatic overtures written by the late Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his overture to the opera Don Giovanni.
For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2224
UCSB Gospel Choir: Where Are They Now?
Directed by Victor Bell, the UCSB Gospel Choir will present a concert titled "Where Are They Now?" on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. Alumni and present members will speak on where they are now and the impact Gospel Choir has had on their lives infused with gospel music.
For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2228
Corwin Series Concert - Synesthesias - New Music at UCSB 2: Graduates
The Department of Music will present a virtual Corwin Series Concert, "Synesthesias - New Music at UCSB 2: Graduates," on Friday, June 4, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The spring Corwin Series program will showcase recent multimedia, mixed, and acousmatic works written within the last year by UC Santa Barbara Composition graduate students. The concert will feature works by Drew Flieder, Raphael Radna, Rodney DuPlessis, Mathew Owensby, Alexandra Jones, Dariush Derakhshani, Kramer Elwell, Stewart Engart, and Mason Hock.
Undergraduate Student Recital: Soohyun Ryu, Soprano
Undergraduate vocalist Soohyun Ryu (soprano) will present a junior Bachelor of Music recital with pianist Pinshu Yu on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 4 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The program will include Il pleure dans mon coeur and C'est l'extase from Claude Debussy's Ariettes Oubliées; "Du Gai Soleil" from Jules Massenet's Werther; Schwanenlied, Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass, and Gondellied from Fanny Mendelssohn's Sechs Lieder, Op.
Corwin Chair Series Lecture: Elsa Justel
The Department of Music will present a Corwin Chair Series Lecture featuring composer Elsa Justel on Friday, June 4, 2021 at 11 am PDT via Zoom. Justel will discuss her works, influences, and compositional aesthetic.
Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CorwinSP21
Meeting ID: 841 2398 4807
Passcode: Corwin
Undergraduate Student Recital: William Stout, Composition
Undergraduate composer William Stout will present a senior Bachelor of Music recital with pianist William Geiler on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 4 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The program will include original compositions by Stout, including Bachelor Jam, Vignette, Three Short Pieces for Solo Piano, Excursions, Eye of the Storm, Two Etudes for Electric Bass, Tribulation, and Sol/Luna. Stout is a student of UC Santa Barbara Lecturer Dr. Andrew Tholl.
For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2225
UCSB Chamber Players
Directed by Jonathan Moerschel, the UCSB Chamber Players will present a recital on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The program will include Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 74 “Harp;" Johannes Brahms' Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87; Caroline Shaw's Entr’Acte for String Quartet; Johannes Brahms' Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op.
Undergraduate Student Recital: Soha Sadeghinejad, Viola
Undergraduate violist Soha Sadeghinejad will present a virtual senior Bachelor of Music recital with pianist Erik Lawrence on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The program will include Johannes Brahms' Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120; Franz Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821; Maria Theresia von Paradis' Sicillienne; and Maurice Ravel's Pièce en forme de Habanera. Sadeghinejad is a student of UC Santa Barbara Lecturer Jonathan Moerschel.
Undergraduate Student Recital: Megan Ashley, Soprano
Undergraduate vocalist Megan Ashley (soprano) will present a virtual senior Bachelor of Music recital with pianist Zhongxi Lin on Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music’s YouTube channel. The program will include works by Alessandro Scarlatti, Ernest Chausson, Clara Schumann, and Henry Purcell (realized by Benjamin Britten). Ashley is a student of UC Santa Barbara Professor Benjamin Brecher.
For further details visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2222