ANN E. PITZER CENTER. The mission of the non-profit corporation is to enliven and expand contemporary classical music with a focus on West Coast composers and performers. Our goal is to empower the next generation of artists through residencies with youth orchestras and universities, student composer readings, masterclasses, and workshops. 5p—6:15p. Free
ANN E. PITZER CENTER. Moezinia’s trio is rooted in the jazz tradition but is influenced by folk music from all over the world including West Africa, South Africa, the Caribbean, the UK and Appalachia, and explore the unique relationship between jazz and folk music—sharing those discoveries with audiences across the globe. 12:05p—1p. Free
ANN E. PITZER CENTER. Enjoy a talk by Raven Chacon, the winter quarter spotlight artist in The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies. Raven Chacon is a composer, performer, and installation artist born at Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation. 4:30p—6p. Free
GORMAN MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN ART. In the courtyard, music students in the Department of Music will perform Raven Chacon’s "American Ledger No. 1" (2018), a narrative score for performance, telling the creation story of the founding of the United States of America. 4p—4:30p. Free
ANN E. PITZER CENTER. Enjoy a performance by the Empyrean Ensemble, with Director Sam Nichols and Resident Conductor Matilda Hofman. 7p—8:15p. Free
ANN E. PITZER CENTER. Experience a performance by Rose Hegele, soprano, and Sakurako Kanemitsu, piano, featuring paintings by Peter London and music by Ryan Suleiman (Ph.D. music ‘20). 12:05p—1p. Free
ANN E. PITZER CENTER. The purpose of this study is to document the cross-fertilization of global African-rooted American music and Italian art and cuisine, as experienced by people of different backgrounds and from different countries. The study will focus on the trans-cultural process of global cross-fertilization defined by Fabienne Darling-Wolf as ‘glocamalgamation’. 5p—6:15p. Free
ANN E. PITZER CENTER. Hear the musicians perform works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Grażyna Bacewicz, and Bohuslav Martinů. 12:05p—1p. Free
MONDAVI CENTER, JACKSON HALL. Rising Stars of Opera features singers from the acclaimed San Francisco Opera Center performing a wide range of great arias with full orchestral accompaniment from our own UC Davis Symphony Orchestra. 2p—3:30p. Free
ANN E. PITZER CENTER. A performance by Igor Veligan, violin; Mike Dahlberg, cello; and Natsuki Fukasawa, piano. Hear works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Amy Beach, and Ernest Bloch. 12:05p—1p. Free
ANN E. PITZER CENTER. Otto Lee, director and UC Davis lecturer in music, with additional coaching by Michael Schwagerus, UC Davis lecturer in music. 5p—7p. Free
ANN E. PITZER CENTER. Features AfroCuban directed by Brian Rice, Gamelan directed by Heni Savitri, and Bluegrass and Old Time String Band directed by Scott Linford. 2p—4p. Free
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