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October 7 - December 16, 2017
Opening reception: Saturday, October 7, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Aztlan to Magulandia: The Journey of Chicano Artist Gilbert “Magu” Lujan
Curated by Hal Glicksman and Rhea Ana…
Grab your scary/silly/sexy best costume, your boo and or your crew, and get ready to check-in to OC’s #1 Costume & Halloween Party with the Haunted OC Hotel. Spirits, ghouls, goblins and more overtake…
This iconic 80s musical develops the ancient game of chess into a metaphor for political and romantic intrigue. The loutish American Grandmaster, the earnest Russian Champion, the Hungarian-American c…
“A Flower Blossoms for its own Joy” – Oscar Wilde
The UCI Symphony Orchestra presents “A Season of Joy.” This concert will feature Edvard Grieg’s Norwegian Dances; John Williams’s Three Pieces from…
Esther Mills, a skilled African-American seamstress in 1905 NYC, dreams of saving enough money to open her own beauty parlor. Romance beckons in the form of George Armstrong, a stranger who writes to …
Enjoy the first UCI Department of Dance concert of the season, New Slate, an exciting program featuring the diverse talents of graduate student choreographers. The program includes original works and …
Join Juilliard Piano Professor Julian Martin and Chamber Music | OC’s distinguished Young Artists as they explore solo and chamber music masterpieces. This special evening will begin with a public mas…
Curated by Brianna Bakke.
January 13 - February 10, 2018.
Contemporary Arts Center Gallery
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 13, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Free admission and open to the public.
…
Curated by Erin Gordon.
January 13 - February 10, 2018
Contemporary Arts Center Gallery
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 13, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Free admission and open to the public.
Gal…
Presented by UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts and Irvine Barclay Theatre.
Praised by the press for her musical sensitivity, precision, and attention to style, Nina Scolnik has performed at reno…
Artistic Director of CounterBalance Theater and UCI Drama Professor Annie Loui, will create and premiere a new physical theater work at the xMPL (Experimental Media Performance Lab) in the Contemporar…
UCI Chamber Singers and UCI A Cappella host leading a cappella groups from UCI and other Southern California campuses. Come by to support the art and spread the love.
Free admission.
Written by Emily Mann
Directed by Melissa Livingston, MFA Directing Candidate
Mrs. Packard tells the story of a great American woman’s struggle to right a system gone wrong. On the morning of June…
Kojiro Umezaki, of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, and Jenny Kim, fortepiano, present works for shakuhachi, fortepiano, electronics, and more. The program includes selections from Japanese composer Mic…
Inspired by current advancements in augmented reality and a childhood obsession with Edward Packard’s Choose Your Own Adventure gamebook series, INTERFACE: Alternate Reality sends audiences on a physi…
Enjoy a noontime concert featuring outstanding performers from various disciplines in UCI’s Department of Music.
Free admission, open to the public.
The UCI undergraduate jazz program will present its quarterly concert to showcase the small group student ensembles. There will be several groups under the direction of the jazz faculty. Please join u…
Chad Michael Hall and Tong Wang, Artistic Directors.
Dance Visions, the premier annual production by the Department of Dance, is ready to thrill audiences with original choreography from the illust…
Internationally acclaimed violist Jerzy Kosmala joins forces with fellow UCI faculty member Haroutune Bedelian, violin, and pianist David Dunford in a concert called “A Touch of Europe.” The concert w…
Gallery Hours | Tuesday - Saturday | 12:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 17, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Free admission and open to the public.
The UCI Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Kevin McKeown, performs both traditional and contemporary works written specifically for the wind band genre.
Free admission
The Jazz Orchestra Winter Concert will again bring great original compositions by Dr. Bobby Rodriguez and feature compositions by UC Irvine Jazz studies students. A testimony to the ever-developing Ja…
New York City-based new music chamber group loadbang is building a new kind of music for mixed ensemble of trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, and baritone voice. Since their founding in 2008, they have…
Curated by by David Familian
March 3 - May 26, 2018.
Gallery Hours | Monday - Saturday | 12 - 6 p.m.
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 10, 2 - 5 p.m.
We - as humans - have long since been…
Venue: UCI Applied Innovation
5141 CALIFORNIA AVE
IRVINE, CA 92697-7700
949-824-COVE (2683)
We - as humans – have long since been fascinated by birds. Their seemingly magical capacity for flight…
An elegant salon featuring chamber, chamber vocal, and solo music by Johannes Brahms, with conversation about Brahms and his world by world-renowned Brahms scholars David Brodbeck and Nicole Grimes. P…
Dr. Stephen Tucker, conductor
Dr. Seth Houston, conductor
“Weeping may endure for a night, but Joy comes in the morning” – Psalm 30:5
UCI Chamber Singers, Cal State Long Beach Chamber Singers, …
Written and Directed by Juliette Carrillo.
In 1963, Concha comes to Salinas, California looking for work to support her family in Mexico. Since women are not hired in the fields, she cuts her hair …
UCI guitar students present a program of solos, duos, trios, and quartets selected from six centuries of repertoire by composers from around the world.
Venue: Arts Amphitheatre.
Price: Free admiss…
A program featuring talented students from UCI’s Department of Music performing chamber music masterworks.
Free admission.
Join British concert cellist Colin Carr and Chamber Music | OC’s distinguished Young Artists as they explore the incredible Solo Cello Suites of J.S. Bach. This special evening will feature a public m…
April 5 - 21, 2018.
Gallery Hours | Tuesday - Saturday | 12:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 5, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Free admission and open to the public.
April 5 - 21, 2018.
Gallery Hours | Tuesday - Saturday | 12:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 5, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Free admission and open to the public.
Soprano Frances Young Bennett, described by the LA Times as “A soprano of gossamer sheer purity,” joins forces with UCI faculty pianists Nina Scolnik and Lorna Griffitt in a recital of music by Henry …
Graduate students from CTSA’s Department of Dance present a unique program of original choreography. This annual program is a student favorite and beams with energy and creativity.
Performances
E…
Zeena Parkins is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser, a pioneer of the electric harp and a fearless proponent of its acoustic original, inventing extraordinary playing techniques and lay…
Zeena Parkins is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser, a pioneer of the electric harp and a fearless proponent of its acoustic original, inventing extraordinary playing techniques and lay…
Hypercolor, the bicoastal trio of guitarist Eyal Maoz, bassist James Ilgenfritz, and drummer (and UCI Music faculty member) Lukas Ligeti, presents a fresh take on jazz: the rawness of punk, the virtuo…
1930s Berlin: a group of left-leaning friends struggle to understand the world around them as Hitler rises to power. While they claim to have lofty ideals, they do not actively resist. Meanwhile, thes…
Contemporary Arts Center Gallery, University Art Gallery, Room Gallery.
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 28, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Free admission and open to the public.
Gallery Hours | Tuesday - …
Hailed as “a first-class ensemble,” “unfailingly stylish,” “technically dazzling,” and “the epitome of what chamber musicians should be,” Trio Céleste has firmly established itself as one of the most …
Some of the most promising undergraduate choreographers present original new works in this annual concert brimming with young talent.
Performances
Evenings: May 3, 4, 5 at 8:00 p.m.
Matinee: M…
Featuring cross-disciplinary and process-oriented work by faculty and students from across the School of the Arts, Emergence is a new series of art and design projects in the experimental Media Perfor…
Modeling Afro-Asian Collaboration: Jazz, Spoken-Word and Political Aesthetics is a new project-in-progress of jazz music and spoken word devoted to the seemingly endless list of young African American…
Creativity, comedy, and community - Improv Revolution is bringing all that jazz to Coup de Comedy - a 4-day comedy extravaganza featuring the best of the best shows, panels and workshop for FREE - th…
Music by Giacomo Puccini with Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
Darryl Taylor, artistic director
Stephen Tucker, conductor
May 12 - 13, 2018.
Opera UCI presents Suor Angelica. First performed i…
The UCI undergraduate jazz program will present its quarterly concert to showcase the small group student ensembles. There will be several groups under the direction of the jazz faculty. Please join u…
An exciting, fast-paced evening of musical performances by the Department of Music at Claire Trevor School of the Arts’ students and faculty, including instrumental and vocal ensembles of all sizes, d…
Venue: Contemporary Arts Center Gallery, University Art Gallery, Room Gallery.
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 19, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m..
Free admission and open to the public.
Gallery Hours | Tues…