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Teerath Majumder: The Social Phenomenon of MusicTeerath Majumder: The Social Phenomenon of Music
Support UCI Giving Day By Mia Hammett While continuing his creative work as an independent artist and producer, Majumder hopes to step into a near-future teaching position –– thus securing his place in music academia. He’s already got a jump-start by teaching a winter course of his own making...
Jazz Pianist Hime Ikehara: Music as Second NatureJazz Pianist Hime Ikehara: Music as Second Nature
Support UCI Giving Day By Mia Hammett Highly versatile and deliberate in her approach to music, fourth-year jazz piano major Hime Ikehara sounds up-to-par with your favorite seasoned pianists of the twenty-first century. Ikehara has only actively played jazz piano for five years, but her...
Launching Clara Schumann Studies, Celebrating Women in MusicLaunching Clara Schumann Studies, Celebrating Women in Music
On March 1, 2022, in association with the Women in Global Music Network, the Department of Music was pleased to host the online launch of Clara Schumann Studies, a collection of essays edited by Dr. Joe Davies for Cambridge University Press. The event, attended by an...
The Opera is Coming to Town
Tiffany López is named dean of UCI’s Claire Trevor School of the ArtsTiffany López is named dean of UCI’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Visionary arts and diversity leader comes from Arizona State University Tiffany López, Ph.D., visionary artist and administrator and proven champion for diversity and inclusion, has been named dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine, following a...
Arts Advocates: Mary Watson-BruceArts Advocates: Mary Watson-Bruce
OPERA AFICIONADO Q&A with Mary Watson-Bruce Mary Watson-Bruce, Ph.D. social sciences ’82, has an extensive history with UCI. She served as the associate director of geriatric medicine at UCI for ten years, and her late husband, Dickson Bruce, was a professor of history for over four...
Christopher Adriance Named Vice President of Marketing for the Irvine Barclay TheatreChristopher Adriance Named Vice President of Marketing for the Irvine Barclay Theatre
Christopher Adriance (B.Mu. ’11) recently joined the Irvine Barclay Theatre as the Vice President of Marketing, overseeing the organization’s strategic marketing, branding and communications. Adriance joins the Barclay after eight years with the Pacific Symphony. During his time at the...
Making Music Together
New Book on Clara Schumann Published for the Cambridge University Press Composer Studies SeriesNew Book on Clara Schumann Published for the Cambridge University Press Composer Studies Series
The Department of Music is pleased to announce the publication of Clara Schumann Studies edited by Dr. Joe Davies and featuring a chapter by Professor Nicole Grimes. The volume is dedicated to the late Nancy B. Reich as a tribute to her pioneering scholarship on Clara Schumann. Since the 1980s,...
G. Thomas Allen wins 1st place in international vocal competitionG. Thomas Allen wins 1st place in international vocal competition
Vocal Arts alum, vocalist, composer, and music educator G. Thomas Allen recently placed 1st in the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. Allen is known for his remarkable vocal flexibility, warm timbre and cross-genre experimentation. He has worked with the late David Baker and the...
UCI Department of Music recognized as a thriving hub for Clara Schumann research and performanceUCI Department of Music recognized as a thriving hub for Clara Schumann research and performance
The article “Wieck Spot” in VAN Magazine by Sarah Fritz pays tribute to the pioneering research and performance on Clara Schumann that is being carried out by UCI faculty at the Department of Music including Joe Davies, Lorna Griffitt, Nicole Grimes, and Nina Scolnik. It highlights the prominence...
Experimental Jazz Quartet Amirtha Kidambi and Elder Ones Transcend Sound, Mind, and Body
Take it From the Class of 2022: You Got ThisTake it From the Class of 2022: You Got This
By Lauren Knight, B.A. ’21 There are four classes of students heading back to Claire Trevor School of the Arts this fall, but only one class has spent a full year on campus. It’s crazy to think that half of our CTSA community has never stepped foot on campus before Welcome Week! We know...
UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts to Launch Distinguished Artist Speaker SeriesUCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts to Launch Distinguished Artist Speaker Series
The series launches with renowned professionals in both entertainment and art Irvine, Calif., Sept. 29, 2021 – UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA), a national arts research and education leader, will launch an inaugural Distinguished Artist Speaker Series in October 2021 as part of the...
Mari Kimura Explores Music’s Intersections with Technology and ScienceMari Kimura Explores Music’s Intersections with Technology and Science
By Richard Chang Mari Kimura, a professor of music at UCI’s Integrated Composition, Improvisation and Technology program, is connecting students, disciplines and departments with her groundbreaking work. She’s fostering collaboration and interaction during times when the coronavirus pandemic has...
Emerging BrighterEmerging Brighter
UCI student artists discovered and honed new skills in 2021 By Christine Byrd When UCI moved operations online a year and a half ago, everyone gained new skills: creating an at-home studio, mastering Zoom meetings and troubleshooting technology. But as artists struggled to keep their creative...
Kevin Kwan Loucks named CEO of Chamber Music AmericaKevin Kwan Loucks named CEO of Chamber Music America
After an extensive national search, Chamber Music America (CMA), the national network of ensemble music professionals, has named Kevin Kwan Loucks (B.Mu. ’04) as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective Sept. 1, 2021. Loucks brings over 15 years of national and international music and...
Dr. Rajna Swaminathan joins the UCI Music facultyDr. Rajna Swaminathan joins the UCI Music faculty
The Department of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Rajna Swaminathan as Assistant Professor of Music. Professor Swaminathan holds a Ph.D. in Music from Harvard University’s Creative Practice and Critical Inquiry program and is an improviser, composer, and scholar. Her...
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