Arts Renaissance

A Celebration of the Arts at UCI
May 1 - 31, 2017

The Trevor School celebrates “Arts Renaissance” during the month of May with a surge of performances and exhibitions across all four departments including Art, Dance, Drama, and Music. The celebration features a series of art performances and shows ranging from professional and student art exhibitions in all four campus art galleries to several dance, drama, and music performances. CTSA presents the first ever UCI Music Showcase Concert, the three-act opera Our Town, based on the Thornton Wilder play, a four-day improv festival, to Hossein Omoumi and Friends in concert, and much more. Please join us for a celebration of the Arts!

To purchase tickets, by phone: Arts Box Office (949) 824-2787; Online: www.arts.uci.edu/tickets
WAYS TO SAVE!  “Arts Renaissance” Packages available for 25% off when you buy three or more shows.

April 29 – May 7, 2017
I Dream of Chang and Eng
Robert Cohen Theatre
The story of Chang and Eng Bunker, the original “Siamese twins,” whose early lives were spent touring in a ‘freak’ exhibition.

April 29 – May 13, 2017
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part I
Contemporary Arts Center Gallery, University Art Gallery, Room Gallery
Free admission and open to the public.

May 1 – May 13, 2017
Masculine <-> Feminine 
Curated by David Familian with Micol Hebron
Beall Center for Art + Technology    
Masculine <-> Feminine grapples with contemporary perceptions and receptions of the human body performed through different gendered identities and propagated by diverse technologies.

May 4 – May 6, 2017
Physical Graffiti
Loretta Livingston, Artistic Director
Claire Trevor Theatre
Undergraduate choreographers present original new works in this annual dance concert.

May 5, 2017
Darryl Taylor in Concert
Winifred Smith Hall
Darryl Taylor is joined by harpsichordist Ian Pritchard in a program of vocal music with Frances Bennett, soprano; Albert Lee, tenor; Katie Franklin, piano; and Heather Vorwerck, viola da gamba.

May 6, 2017
UCI Music Showcase Concert
Irvine Barclay Theatre
Musical performances by the UCI Music students and faculty, including diverse forms of traditional classical music and jazz.

May 10, 2017
Noon Showcase Concert
Winifred Smith Hall
Concert featuring outstanding performers from various disciplines in the Department of Music.
Free admission and open to the public.

May 10-13, 2017
Coup de Comedy Festival 2017
UCI CTSA
A 4-day comedy festival featuring the best of the best shows, panels and workshops. UCI is teaming with Chapman Univ. to launch the Global Improvisation Initiative (GII) Symposium 2017.
Free admission and open to the public. Registration required.

May 12-13, 2017
‘Our Town’ A Three-Act Opera
Irvine Barclay Theatre
Based on the Thornton Wilder play, it is about life, love, and death in the fictional town of Grover’s Corners, N.H., early in the 20th century.

May 19, 2017
Lukas Ligeti: Between Many Worlds
Winifred Smith Hall
Lukas Ligeti introduces himself with a concert showcasing Marimba virtuoso Ji Hye Jung performs Thinking Songs, a solo work.

May 20, 2017
Hossein Omoumi and Friends
Irvine Barclay Theatre
The main foundation of classical Persian music is classical Persian poetry, one of the most ancient bodies of literature in the world.

May 20, 2017
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part II
Contemporary Arts Center Gallery, University Art Gallery, Room Gallery
Free admission and open to the public.

May 22, 2017
Spring UCI Wind Ensemble Concert
Winifred Smith Hall
The UCI Wind Ensemble, performs both traditional and contemporary works written specifically for the wind band genre.
Free admission and open to the public.
    
May 24, 2017
Jazz Concert: The UCI Small Groups
Winifred Smith Hall
The UCI Undergraduate Jazz Program is having its quarterly concert to showcase the Small Group student ensembles.
Free admission and open to the public.
 
May 25, 2017
ICIT Showcase Concert
Winifred Smith Hall
Original new works by UCI Music Department first-year MA and Ph.D. students in Integrated Composition, Improvisation and Technology (ICIT).
Free admission and open to the public.
    
May 31, 2017
UCI Jazz Orchestra Spring Concert
Winifred Smith Hall
Dr. Bobby Rodriguez and the UCI Jazz Orchestra for an evening of the warm and exciting sounds of large-ensemble jazz music.

Tickets: General / Seniors, Groups 10+, UCI Faculty & Staff / UCI Students & Children under 17
Please note: Tickets purchased at the Barclay Box Office will incur a $1 fee per ticket.