“American Alchemy”, by Professor Joe Lewis, at the Newport Beach Public Library 
Professor David Brodbeck Received Prestigious Virgil Thompson Award Professor David Brodbeck Received Prestigious Virgil Thompson Award
Professor of Music David Brodbeck's book, Defining Deutschtum: Political Ideology, German Identity, and Music-Critical Discourse in Liberal Vienna (Oxford University Press, 2014), which the Times Literary Supplement (London) has called "an impressive work of scholarship that reconstructs...
Darryl Taylor Releases New Recording
John Scheidernman Featured on New Recording by Grammy-Nominated Ensemble El MundoJohn Scheidernman Featured on New Recording by Grammy-Nominated Ensemble El Mundo
Music faculty member John Scheiderman is featured on archlute and baroque guitar on a new recording by the acclaimed early music ensemble El Mundo, a group that specializes in Spanish and Italian music. Titled What Artemisia Heard: Music and Art from the Time of Caravaggio and Gentileschi,...
Darryl Taylor at the Voix Humaines Festival in Cuba Darryl Taylor at the Voix Humaines Festival in Cuba
Professor of Vocal Arts Darryl Taylor travelled to Havana, Cuba in October to perform at and serve as a judge within the Voix Humaines Festival, the first international singing competition exclusively for countertenors held in October, 2015. Competitors came from Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, and the USA...
Jaymi Smith, Noelle Hoffman (MFA '11), and Karyn Lawrence (MFA '12) Nominated for Ovation AwardsJaymi Smith, Noelle Hoffman (MFA '11), and Karyn Lawrence (MFA '12) Nominated for Ovation Awards
Congratulations to our outstanding faculty and CTSA alumna for their 2015 Ovation Award nominations. The Ovation Awards are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles, created to recognize excellence in theatrical performance, production and design in the Greater Los Angeles area...
Kevin Jellison Hired as Professor of Guitar at Irvine Valley College 
Johnathan Minei Appointed Guitar Program Director at El Camino College 
Kojiro Umezaki Featured in the Documentary ‘The Music of Strangers’ Kojiro Umezaki Featured in the Documentary ‘The Music of Strangers’
Associate Professor of Music Kojiro Umezaki is featured in the documentary, The Music of Strangers, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The documentary profiles cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, which bring together master musicians from around the world to...
Laura D'Andre Stars in 'Hair'
Allison Case Returning to Broadway 
Ryan Fransworth Appearing in National Tour of 'Beautiful – The Carol King Musical'
Greg Louganis Film 'Back on Board' Exposes Pride of UCI and OC High Schools Greg Louganis Film 'Back on Board' Exposes Pride of UCI and OC High Schools
A documentary on the pride of UC Irvine – and before that Santa Ana and Mission Viejo high schools – premieres on HBO. The four-time Olympic gold medal-winning diver at the center of director Cheryl Furjanic's Back on Board: Greg Louganis describes the documentary as "a raw look at my life."… OC...
Litia Perta Named 2015-16 UCI Hellman Fellows Litia Perta Named 2015-16 UCI Hellman Fellows
Assistant Professor of Art Litia Perta’s two-part research project, entitled “Tidal Kinships,” explores the relationship between art and art criticism. The first phase, “Writing Bodies,” will kick off the fall program of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in New York City. A sister event, “Just...
Andrew Samonsky playing Cinderella’s Prince in ‘Into the Woods’
Kari Yancy stars as Belle in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ 
35 Years After Fashion Moda, a Bronx Gallery Revisits the Landmark Space35 Years After Fashion Moda, a Bronx Gallery Revisits the Landmark Space
by Tiernan Morgan on August 6, 2015 1978. Weary of the Soho art scene, artist Stefan Eins decided to open a new art space in the South Bronx. The space was named Fashion Moda (1978–1993), an abbreviation of the full name painted above its entrance: Fashion 时装 Moda МОДА — the word “fashion”...
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