UCR Department of Music 2019-2020 Concert Season

Due to COVID 19, live performances are suspended until further notice. However, please join us the Wednesday@Noon Zoom series: virtual concerts, lectures, and presentations of academic research by Department of Music faculty, postdoctoral researchers, students, and international guest artists and scholars. Coordinated by Deborah Wong.

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OCT 24, Thursday, 3:00 pm – Symposium Room, INTS 1113
"The Lactation of St. Bernard and Iconography in Renaissance Portraiture"
Lecture by Geoffrey Clark, Professor of History, SUNY Potsdam
Walter Clark, coordinator
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OCT 24, Thursday, 7:30 pm – UCR ARTS: Culver Center of the Arts
From the Mediterranean to the Middle East:
An Evening of Classical Guitar Music with Dr. Lily Afshar, The University of Memphis
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NOV 6, Wednesday, 7:00 pm – UCR ARTS: Culver Center of the Arts
Outpost Concert Series: Mobius Trio (guitar ensemble)
Ian Dicke, curator
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NOV 14, Thursday, Lecture and Concert
Angelita Romero Distinguished Lecture Series on Spanish Music and Culture
Walter Aaron Clark, coordinator

Spanish Roots:  Piano Music in Spain and Its Connection to Folklore
Lecture and performance by Ana Benavides
Lecture: 3:00 pm – Symposium Room, INTS 1113
Concert: 8:00 pm – Performance Lab, ARTS 166
Pedro Rubio, clarinet    Ana Benavides, piano
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NOV 20, Wednesday, 7:30 pm – UCR ARTS: Culver Center of the Arts
UCR Concert Band
Joshua Welchez, interim director 
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NOV 24, Sunday, 3:00 pm – University Theatre  
UCR Chamber Singers and Orchestra
Ruth Charloff, conductor
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NOV 25, Monday, 8:00 pm – Performance Lab, ARTS 166  
UCR Voice Studio of Dr. Camelia Voin in Concert  
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NOV 26, Tuesday, 12:00 pm – ARTS Building Amphitheatre Steps
Japanese Drumming Demonstration by the UCR Taiko Ensemble  
Terry Nguyen, director
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DEC 3, Tuesday, 8:00 pm – Performance Lab, ARTS 166  
UCR Jazz Ensembles            
Josh Welchez, conductor
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DEC 5, Monday, 8:00 pm – Performance Lab, ARTS 166  
An Evening of Micro-Operas: A Workshop Performance
Dana Kaufman, Visiting Assistant Professor in Music Composition
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DEC 14, Saturday, 3:00 pm – Bell Tower
Holiday Carillon Recital     
David Christensen, University Carillonneur
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SEPT 30 • OCT 7 . 14 . 21 . 28 • NOV 4 . 18 . 25 • Dec 2
Mondays, 12:00 pm – Bell Tower
Weekday Carillon Recitals 
David Christensen, University Carillonneur
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JAN 10, Friday, 5:30-9:30 pm – EARS: Experimental Acoustics Research Studio
Cássia Carrascoza – New Sounds for Flute: Workshop and Concert
Workshop: 5:30 – 7:00 pm; Concert 8:00 – 9:30 pm
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JAN 26-28, Sunday-Tuesday – venues vary
6th annual Villa-Lobos International Chamber Music Festival
The Riverside Premieres: New Works for Cello and Piano
Three concerts in Riverside feature pianist and Steinway artist Victor Santiago Asuncion and festival director/cellist Lars Hoefs. Paulo C. Chagas, coordinator

JAN 26, Sunday, 4:00 pm – UCR ARTS: Culver Center of the Arts
Premieres by Ricardo Tacuchian and Liduino Pitombeira, also Rachmaninoff cello sonata.
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JAN 27, Monday, 8:00 pm – Performance Lab, ARTS 166
Premiere by Paulo C. Chagas, also Villa-Lobos cello sonata
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JAN 28, Tuesday, 7:00 pm – All Saints Episcopal Church
Premieres by José Augusto Mannis, João Guilherme Ripper and Marco Padilha, also Prokofiev cello sonata.
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JAN 28, Tuesday, 7:00 pm – UCR ARTS: Culver Center of the Arts
Outpost Concert Series  Ian Dicke, curator
The Living Earth Show Featuring guitarist Travis Andrews and percussionist Andy Meyerson
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JAN 31, Friday, 5:30-9:30 pm – EARS: Experimental Acoustics Research Studio
Igor Kefalidis – New Works for Video and Electronics
Workshop: 5:30-7:00 pm; Concert 8:00-9:30 pm
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FEB 8-9, Saturday-Sunday – venues vary.
61st Annual Meeting
The Society for Ethnomusicology, Southern California and Hawaiʻi Chapter
Organized by the UCR Ethnomusicology Faculty and Students

FEB 8 Saturday, 8:30 am - 6:00 pm – CHASS Interdisciplinary Building, South
Conference and performances by Cahuilla Birdsingers and Dancers, Javanese gamelan, and the UCR Taiko Ensemble 
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Pre-concert Talk: 7:15 pm in ARTS 136
Ric Alviso, Efraín Figueroa, and Jonathan Ritter

Concert: 8:00 pm – Performance Lab, ARTS 166
The Wood That Sings: The Marimba from Africa to the Americas
Featuring Marimba Mi Guatemala, UCR Mayupatapi, and Masanga Marimba Ensemble.
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FEB 9, Sunday, 8:30-12:30 pm – CHASS Interdisciplinary Building, South
Conference and performance by UCR Mariachi Los Alteños
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FEB 8 & 9 – University Theatre
Saturday, 8:00 pm.  Sunday, 3:00 pm.
UCR Orchestra 
Ruth Charloff, conductor
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FEB 13, Thursday, 7:00 pm – UCR ARTS: Culver Center of the Arts 
UCR Chamber Singers Valentine’s Concert   
Ruth Charloff, conductor.  Jonathan Keplinger, pianist.
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FEB 25, Tuesday, 7:00 pm – UCR ARTS: Culver Center of the Arts
Outpost Concert Series  Ian Dicke, curator
~Nois  Saxophone quartet 
Hunter Bockes, János Csontos, Jordan Lulloff, and Brandon Quarles
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FEB 29-MAR 8 – UCR ARTS: Culver Center of the Arts  
Sound Imaginations (2020) 
Immersive surround sound and 360 video installation
by Paulo C. Chagas, Ph.D.
Winter Opening Reception: FEB 29, Saturday, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Artist Talk: MAR 5, Thursday, 6:00 pm
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MAR 3, Tuesday, 12:00 pm – ARTS Building Amphitheatre Steps
Japanese Drumming Demonstration by the UCR Taiko Ensemble  
Terry Nguyen, director
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MAR 5, Thursday, 7:00 pm – UCR ARTS: Culver Center of the Arts
UCR Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo
Joshua Welchez, conductor
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MAR 7, Saturday, 3:00 pm – Bell Tower
William H. Reynolds Memorial Carillon Recital
David Christensen, University Carillonneur
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MAR 9, Monday, 7:00 pm – UCR ARTS: Culver Center of the Arts
Outpost Concert Series  Ian Dicke, curator
Panic Duo  Violin and piano duo 
Pasha Tseitlin, violin. Nic Gerpe, piano.
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MAR 11, Wednesday, 8:00 pm – University Theatre  
UCR Orchestra and Concert Band
Ruth Charloff, Orchestra conductor
Lauren Wasynczuk, Concert Band conductor
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JAN 6, 13, 27 • FEB 3, 10, 24 • MAR 9.
Mondays, 12:00 pm – Bell Tower
Weekday Carillon Recitals 
David Christensen, University Carillonneur
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MAY 29, Friday, 7:00 pm – VIRTUAL UCR ARTS
UCR  Music and UCR ARTS Audiovisual Music Series VII
Man with a Movie Camera Project
Audiovisual compositions based on Dziga Vertov's silent movie Man with a Movie Camera (1929).
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Through Aug 9 – VIRTUAL UCR ARTS
UCR  Music and UCR ARTS
Facing Fire + UCR Music
Faculty and student composers present work in a variety of media drawn in response to Facing Fire, an exhibition at UCR ARTS
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JUNE 1, Monday, 5:30 P.M. - Zoom
The Voice Studio of Dr. Camelia Voin
Jonathan Keplinger, piano
Featuring a variety of musical styles from the early Baroque to the musical theatre of the 20th century.
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JUNE 3, Wednesday, 12:10 P.M. - Zoom
Music Awards Ceremony and Student Performances
Rogerio Budasz, chair
Please join us and celebrate the accomplishments of our students!
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JUNE 3, Wednesday, 3:30 pm - Zoom
UCR Departments of Dance and Music Lecture 
Dr. Tamara Levitz, Professor of Comparative Literature at UCLA
“Ida Rubinstein”
Co-coordinated by Drs. Byron Adams and Linda J. Tomko
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INFORMATION: performingarts@ucr.edu