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Students from UC Santa Barbara University Carillonist Wesley Arai's studio will present a recital from the carillon in UC Santa Barbara's Storke Tower on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 10 am. Listeners are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on the grass outside the tower during the recital.
Admission to this event is FREE and open to the public! For more information visit https://www.music.ucsb.edu/news/event/1983

UC Santa Barbara University Carillonist Wesley Arai will present a recital from the carillon in UC Santa Barbara's Storke Tower on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 2 pm. Listeners are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on the grass outside the tower during the recital.
This event is FREE and open to the public. For more information visit, https://www.music.ucsb.edu/news/event/1982

UCSB Music faculty members will present works by composer Elena Ruehr, including two world premieres, on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 7:30 pm in Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall. Featured artists include violinist Ertan Torgul, violist Jonathan Moerschel, cellist Jennifer Kloetzel, and pianists Paul Berkowitz, Natasha Kislenko, and Robert Koenig. The program will include Lift (solo cello), Errinerung (solo piano/world premiere), and Red (solo violin), as well as Ruehr's Viola Sonata and Piano Quartet (world premiere).

UCSB Associate Professor Isabel Bayrakdarian will direct undergraduate students from UCSB’s Opera Outreach Program in a free community performance of Evan Mack’s 2016 children’s opera Lucinda y las Flores de la Nochebuena on Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 6 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall on the UC Santa Barbara campus. The 45-minute one-act opera is based on the Mexican folk tale of the same name that tells the story of how the poinsettia became a meaningful symbol of the holiday season.

Admission is free (reservations are not available)

Graduate pianist Erik Lawrence will present a doctoral recital with cellist David Kealhofer and mezzo-soprano Kelly Guerra on Saturday, November 16th at 7:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall on the UC Santa Barbara campus. The program will include works by Claude Debussy, Lili Boulanger, Jules Massenet, and César Franck. Lawrence is a student of Professor Robert Koenig.
This event is FREE and open to the public!

The Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology (CREATE) will present "Music Landscape", featuring Robert Morris, on Wednesday, November 13th at 7:30 pm at Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall on the UCSB campus. This concert will present a vista on the landscape of electronic music, from the mathematically-conceived to the improvised.
This event is FREE and open to the public!

The UCSB Department of Music will present a special Guest Artist Masterclass led by members of the Danish String Quartet on Wednesday, November 13th at 10am in Karl Geiringer Hall! The Quartet's playing reflects impeccable musicianship and their performances bring a rare musical spontaneity! Join us as students from the UCSB Strings Program present works by Mozart, Anton Arensky and more!

This event is FREE and open to the public!
Seating is first-come first-served.

The UCSB Music Department hopes you can join us in supporting graduate pianist, Buyun Li as she presents a doctoral recital on Saturday, November 2nd at 7:30pm in Karl Geiringer Hall. The program will include works by Domenico Scarlatti, W.A. Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, and Franz Liszt. Li is a student of Professor Charles Asche.
This event is FREE and open to the public!

Directed by Dr. Sarah Gibson, the UCSB Ensemble for Contemporary Music will present favorites from the contemporary music repertoire and new works by UCSB faculty and students on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 7:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall.