Claire Trevor School of the Arts

Department of Music Chamber Series
An Evening of Beethoven and Mendelssohn

Haroutune Bedelian, violin
Maggie Parkins, cello

Jerzy Kosmala, viola
Lorna Griffitt, piano

Outstanding music department students

Feb. 13, 8:00 p.m.

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Winifred Smith Hall; $14 general; $12 seniors and groups; $9 students and children

The monumental Archduke Trio by Ludwig van Beethoven will be followed by the scintillating and vivacious Octet for Strings by Felix Mendelssohn.

Department of Music
Men in Blaque and UCI Acappella
16th Annual Valentine's Concert

Joseph Huszti, conductor

Feb. 14, 8:00 p.m.

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Winifred Smith Hall; $14 general; $12 seniors and groups; $9 students and children

Traditional concert with reception following.

Department of Music
Showcase Concert

Feb. 17, 12:00 p.m.


Winifred Smith Hall

Department of Music
Gassmann Electronic Music Series
Mauger Trio

Rudresh Mahanthappa, Mark Dresser,
Gerry Hemingway - saxophone, bass, percussion and electronics

Feb. 17, 8:00 p.m.


Winifred Smith Hall, Admission is free.

Members of the much remembered classic quartet of Anthony Braxton and bandleaders in their own right, Mark Dresser and Gerry Hemingway are among the first names one considers as the best improvisers on their respective instruments, the double bass and the drum kit. Extraordinarily gifted musicians, innovators of defining and expanding the meaning of contemporary jazz, and being of wholly creative minds, these two veterans of creative music join forces with the younger but equally notable saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, whose versatility and virtuosity combined with the depths of his multi-cultural roots justify his fame as a “rising star”.

Department of Studio Art
Second Year MFA Review

Feb. 18 - March 5


University Art Gallery (UAG) & Room Gallery (R); Admission is free.

University Art Gallery (UAG) Bldg. 712 and ROOM (R) Bldg. 727, Room 1200
Open Tuesdays - Saturdays, 12:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Information: (949) 824-9854; gallery@uci.edu
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Department of Music
Gassmann Electronic Music Series
Music of No Memory

Jean-Charles Francois
Composition and improvisations for voice and percussion.

Performance: Wed., Feb. 24, 8:00 p.m.
Workshop: Thurs., Feb. 25, 2:00 p.m.

Music & Media Bldg., Room 218; Admission is free

In a unique form of "lecture-performance" (as influenced by the famous lectures of John Cage and Stefan Wolpe), three different pieces for voice and percussion are intermingled and superimposed, based on a reflection on the ephemeral quality of sounds, and on the inertia of musical instruments which carry a physical memory difficult to change. Percussive sounds produced throughout the performance may or may not illustrate the content of the lecture.

Workshop: Thurs. Feb. 25, 2:00 p.m.
Improvisation: A lecture/performance/workshop by Jean-Charles François
Music and Media Building, Room 218 Free Admission

The residency of Jean-Charles François is made possible by the UCI Music Department.

Department of Drama
Cyrano de Bergerac

One of the world's greatest tales of idealism, longing and desire, Cyrano de Bergerac comes alive again in the U.S. Premiere of Ranjit Bolt's brilliant new translation of the celebrated classic.

Written by Edmond Rostand, with a new translation by Ranjit Bolt

Beth Gardiner, director

Feb. 26, 27 & March 3, 4, 5, 6, 8:00 p.m.
Feb. 27 & March 6, 2:00 p.m.
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Studio Theatre; $18 general; $16 seniors and groups; $9 students and children

Ah, sweet love! If only it were that easy. How do you go on when you can't declare your love? What happens to the noble heart that aches? Cyrano de Bergerac courts the dreamer inside us all, drawing us into a world of wit, mischief, passion and panache. Valiant hearts pursue ideals – courage, beauty and, above all, love – without compromise and despite enormous hardship. In Cyrano we meet a superb heroic maniac, a swashbuckling master poet whose actions and sacrifice speak louder than words about the transcendent capacity of the human spirit.