Culver Center Presents Dvorák Opera May 30
UCR ARTSblock is collaborating with the UC Riverside Choral Society Opera Chorus and the UCR Department of Music to present the first English-language performance of “The Stubborn Lovers, Comic Opera...
View ArticleConcert Features Percussion, Piano, Electronics
“Contemporary Music for 2, percussion, piano and electronics,” a collaboration between UC Riverside’s Department of Music and ARTSblock featuring percussion instruments in combination with piano and...
View ArticleEarly Member of the UCR Faculty, Donald Johns, Has Died
Donald C. Johns, Professor Emeritus of Music at UC Riverside, died Sunday, July 14 at his home in Riverside. He was 87.
View ArticleDuo Materiales to Perform at Culver Center
Duo Materiales will perform contemporary music for voice and percussion by Brazilian composers — including two world premieres by UC Riverside music professor Paulo C. Chagas — Jan. 22-23 at the Culver...
View ArticleConcert, Conference Celebrate Music of Medieval Iberia
International scholars will explore the music and literary traditions of Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities of medieval Spain and Portugal in the 10th annual Encuentros/Encounters conference Feb....
View ArticleUCR Medical School and Music Department Present “Music as Medicine” Series
Student performing groups from the Department of Music will be featured in a series of free noontime concerts that kicks off on Thursday, Feb. 27, on the patio of the School of Medicine Education...
View ArticleCentury-old Music Mystery Solved
What happened to an unpublished opera written by Enrique Granados, one of Spain’s greatest composers, at the turn of the 20th century? After a 20-year quest, UCR's Walter Clark found and acquired the...
View ArticleOrchestra Celebrates “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”
The UC Riverside Department of Music will celebrate the magical creations of L. Frank Baum, author of the classic 1900 novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” in a free family concert by the UCR Orchestra...
View ArticleComposer Recalls Experience of Torture in Brazil
Paulo C. Chagas cannot forget the terror and pain suffered more than 40 years ago at the hands of Brazil’s brutal military dictatorship. In a musical composition commissioned by the Cultural Center in...
View ArticleUCR Hosts Chamber Music Festival
The University of California, Riverside Department of Music, in collaboration with the UCR Culver Center of the Arts and the São Paulo State University Campinas, presents the Villa-Lobos International...
View ArticleUCR Orchestra Presents ‘Heroes and Anti-Heroes’ Concerts Feb. 7–8
The UC Riverside Orchestra will present a concert, “Heroes and Anti-Heroes” on Saturday, Feb. 7, and Sunday, Feb. 8, that will feature a performance of Aaron Copland’s stirring “Lincoln Portrait” with...
View ArticleRivera Conference to Address Latino Health
Artists, scholars, activists, and health professionals will address Latino health at the 27th annual Tomás Rivera Conference at the University of California, Riverside on Friday, Feb. 20.
View ArticleGluck Summer Camp of the Arts is Taking Applications for June 15–19 Camp
The Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts at UCR is looking for art-enthused teens to participate in this year’s annual Summer Camp of the Arts. Our program provides the extraordinary opportunity to learn...
View ArticleMusic Teacher at UC Riverside’s Child Development Center Recognized by State...
The state Legislature has recognized the University of California, Riverside's Jane Kimmel Parsons Hoeptner (Kim Hoeptner) for her service as a music teacher and performer. The Redlands native has...
View ArticleMusic Professor Wins Commission from Brigham Young University
Ian Dicke, assistant professor in the Department of Music at the University of California, Riverside, was awarded the Barlow Endowment for General Composer Commission from Brigham Young University.
View ArticleUC Riverside Presents the Outpost Concert Series
The Department of Music at the University of California, Riverside and Culver Center of the Arts present The Outpost Concert Series beginning September 29, 2015 and running through March, 8, 2016. The...
View ArticleExperts Available to Talk About Walt Disney’s ‘Fantasia’
Walt Disney’s “Fantasia” will celebrate its 75th anniversary on Friday, Nov. 13. Film, music, and psychology experts at the University of California, Riverside are available to speak about the...
View ArticleUC Riverside Composition Professor Gives Guest Lectures Abroad
Paulo C. Chagas, professor of composition at UC Riverside, will be a guest lecturer at the Moscow Conservatory in Moscow, Russia Nov. 9–19. He will present two lectures and will premiere a new...
View ArticleUC Riverside’s Chicano Student Programs Presents the 22nd Annual Noche Cultural
The University of California, Riverside’s Chicano Student Programs presents the 22nd annual Noche Cultural on Saturday, Feb. 6. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the show set to begin at 6:30 p.m. The evening...
View ArticleThursday Nights Live: Friends, Colleagues, and Music
UCR staff and faculty are encouraged to attend Thursday Nights Live, a weekly event featuring refreshments and live music. The first event is set for Oct. 20.
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