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The UC Irvine Chamber Singers Release Holiday EP

Celebrate the holidays with classical hymns in Winter Night The UC Irvine Chamber Singers release their first holiday EP, Winter Night, on Friday, November 29, 2024. Produced by Signum Records, the musical collection features four songs with an available single, Gabriel’s Message, featuring...

‘9 to 5’ hits all the right notes

Department of Drama presents Dolly Parton’s hit musical with a message of equality Claire Trevor School of the Arts is preparing for a rollicking production of 9 to 5: The Musical, set to take the stage from Nov. 21-24 at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. Based on the 1980s film, this lively musical...

UC Irvine Chamber Singers Place Second in the American Prize

Chamber Singers receive national recognition in choral performance The UC Irvine Chamber Singers, directed by Dr. Irene Messoloras, professor in the Department of Music, have earned second place in the 2024 American Prize in Choral Performance—college/university division (smaller program). The...

Drama Costume Designers join the Art + Nature initiative at the Laguna Art Museum

Professor Holly Poe Durbin, fellow faculty, staff and students present a sustainable fashion show in collaboration with the Laguna Art Museum By Haily Lewis-Eastman On November 2, 2024, in collaboration with the Laguna Art Museum’s (LAM) Art + Nature initiative, Holly Poe Durbin, head of the...

Dance Major Journal 2024: Where Dancers' Voices Lead the Conversation

Explore the 2024 Dance Major Journal: Where Dancers' Voices Lead the Conversation   UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts is excited to announce that the latest volume of Dance Major Journal (DMJ) is now live. This year’s issue brings insightful perspectives from dancers on the...

Arts & Interdisciplinary Success

Staged Reading of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia launches UCI Drama’s Emergent Series in Collaboration with the Beall Center for Art + Technology   By Joel Veenstra, Chair, Department of Drama   The University of California, Irvine, Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Drama...

UC Irvine Choirs Named Finalists in the American Prize

Ensembles receive national recognition in choral performance The UC Irvine Chamber Singers, directed by Dr. Irene Messoloras, professor in the Department of Music, have been named a finalist in the 2024 American Prize competition. The award, presented by The American Prize National Nonprofit...

2024 Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship Recipients

The Claire Trevor School of the Arts is pleased to announce the 2024 UC Irvine Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship (GDDF) recipients. The competitive fellowship provides financial support to graduate and doctoral students in the final stages of their thesis and dissertation research. This...

2024 Medici Circle Scholars

UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts names eleven new Medici Circle Scholars UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts is pleased to announce the 2024 Medici Circle Scholars. Eleven scholarships were awarded to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students. These scholarships allow...

The Creative Engine Behind E-SONIC

UC Irvine engineering and music students invent instruments in a competition that merges arts and technology The Creophone, Wube Tubes, and Saxatars were just a few of the extraordinary creations showcased by Samueli School of Engineering students who tackled a unique challenge: invent a new...

Behind the Curtain: The Making of UCI's The Prom

An inside look at the collaboration, creativity and themes of love and acceptance in the drama department’s closing show Co-directed by Don Hill and Daniel Keeling, The Prom addresses LGBTQ+ themes and societal issues, highlighting the importance of love and acceptance amidst challenges. Through...

“Turning” a New Page

Andreas Mitisek's innovative approach to opera takes center stage at UCI with Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw, promising a hauntingly immersive experience that pushes the boundaries of traditional opera By Chiara Guastella Andreas Mitisek, renowned for his work as the former director...

Department of Art presents the M.F.A. Thesis Exhibitions 2024

The UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Art proudly announces the opening of the 2024 M.F.A. thesis exhibitions, showcasing the culmination of three years of intensive study and creative exploration by its graduate candidates. Under the guidance of a globally acclaimed...

Celebrating Diversity in the Arts

Johanna Sophia Romo honored at the Latino Excellence Awards Dinner The Claire Trevor School of the Arts is pleased to announce that M.F.A. student Johanna Sophia Romo received the Graduate Student Excellence Award at the Latino Excellence and Achievement Awards Dinner (LEAD). The LEAD is...

Risk vs. Reward

Third-year dance major Anisa Johnson says their love of the craft makes all the risks worth it By Greg Hardesty When they were 4 years old, Anisa Johnson started taking dance classes because their parents thought they lacked coordination. Today, they are a 20-year-old dancing dynamo who...

Launching into the Arts

Drama's annual Santley Showcase is a springboard for UCI actors By Christine Byrd The Claire Trevor School of  the Arts’ annual Santley Showcase puts the work of graduating actors in front of countless casting directors, agents and managers who hold the potential to make an aspiring star...

UCI Drama Students Connect with Broadway's Jeremy Jordan

Music theatre students engaged with the star during a Segerstrom sponsored event By Professor Myrona DeLaney The Jeremy Jordan – as one student remarked – is an icon to the current generation. UC Irvine's Department of Drama music theatre students engaged in an interview and talkback...

Undergrad Meili Monk receives 2024 Cody Renard Richard Scholarship

Third-year Drama major Meili Monk has been awarded the 2024 Cody Renard Richard Scholarship, joining a cohort of ten students selected for this year. Each recipient will receive a $10,000 grant for the academic spring semester, along with opportunities for networking, mentoring, and team-building....