Music News
Things are looking up for Orange County's Trio CélesteThings are looking up for Orange County's Trio Céleste
A good thing to know about Trio Céleste, though not absolutely necessary, is how to pronounce the name. “I don’t even know how to correctly pronounce it, there you go,” the group’s cellist Ross Gasworth quips. The other two members, pianist Kevin Kwan Loucks and violinist Iryna Krechkovsky,...
Amy Bauer Presented at the Intercultural Music Conference 2016
Kojiro Umezaki performed at TED 2016Kojiro Umezaki performed at TED 2016
Associate Professor of Music Kojiro Umezaki performed with the Silk Road Ensemble and Rhiannon Giddens at the main TED Conference (TED 2016) in Vancouver, Canada. Kojiro has been with the Silk Road Ensemble for fifteen years. LINK - Silk Road Ensemble LINK - Rhiannon Giddens
Christopher Dobrian Appointed 2016 International Conference on Musical Gesture as Creative Interface Committee Christopher Dobrian Appointed 2016 International Conference on Musical Gesture as Creative Interface Committee
Professor of Music Christopher Dobrian was appointed to the scientific committee of the 2016 International Conference on Musical Gesture as Creative Interface in Porto, Portugal. He will be presenting his research there in March on the topic of "Using Detected Gestures in Music as the Control...
Michael Dessen Trio Awarded New Music USA Project GrantMichael Dessen Trio Awarded New Music USA Project Grant
Associate Professor of Music, Michael Dessen, was awarded a project grant by New Music USA to support performances, outreach events and a recording by his electro-acoustic trio. The trio, featuring bassist Chris Tordini and drummer Dan Weiss along with Dessen on trombone/computer/composition, has...
Cindy Lin Released New CD Album, French Character Pieces, by Centaur RecordsCindy Lin Released New CD Album, French Character Pieces, by Centaur Records
UCI Alumna Cindy Lin (BM, 2003) released a new CD album, French Character Pieces, by Centaur Records Dr. Cindy Lin is a concert pianist and recording artist. While specializing in French music and American contemporary music, her repertoire also includes composers from the baroque period through...
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...
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...
Annie Bosler directs and produces 1M1: Hollywood Horns of the Golden YearsAnnie Bosler directs and produces 1M1: Hollywood Horns of the Golden Years
UCI instructor of French Horn Annie Bosler has directed and produced 1M1: Hollywood Horns of the Golden Years, a documentary film that surveys the history of Hollywood studio musicians via film music's most prominent orchestral instrument - the French horn. Featuring numerous interviews with Los...
Alpert Award Composer, Lukas Ligeti, joins the Department of Music FacultyAlpert Award Composer, Lukas Ligeti, joins the Department of Music Faculty
The Music Department welcomes new faculty member Lukas Ligeti! A recipient of the prestigious Alpert Award and numerous other prizes and commissions, Professor Ligeti is a composer and improvisor (on drums and electronic percussion) whose work is informed by a unique approach to...
Seth Houston Joins the Department of Music FacultySeth Houston Joins the Department of Music Faculty
The Music Department welcomes new faculty member Seth Houston! Professor Houston holds a DMA degree in choral music from the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music. In addition to extensive experience in choral conducting, he has published his own compositions and...
Telematics in ColombiaTelematics in Colombia
Michael Dessen, Associate Professor of Music, performed in and co-produced several telematic concerts this year, exploring the potentials of live performance by musicians in different geographic locations via high-speed internet. In an April 24, 2015 concert, Dessen performed on trombone...
Flutist Nicole Mitchell looks into the future with 'Mandorla Awakening'