Sharon Mann is Professor of Piano and Chamber Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. A respected soloist and ensemblist, Dr. Mann is widely regarded for her penetrating interpretations of Bach’s keyboard music. Her re-release of Bach’s Six Partitas has been received with international praise.
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Keri Blakinger is a Texas-based journalist and the author of the Corrections in Ink, a memoir tracing her path from figure skating to heroin addiction to prison and, finally, to life as an investigative reporter covering mass incarceration.
This annual concert presents original new works by Ph.D. students in Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT) in the UCI Music Department.
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Outstanding students from the Music Department perform a wide-ranging program covering many genres.
Free admission | no reservation needed
Jazz pianist and composer Kei Akagi will be joined by colleagues Darek Oles (bass), and Jason Harnell (drums) for an evening of live music. This trio has been together for over 28 years, and seamlessly incorporates the full spectrum of traditional and experimental jazz.
Prof. Rajna Swaminathan, acclaimed mrudangam (South Indian percussion) artist and composer, presents her ensemble RAJAS, bringing together improvisers from diverse musical approaches to explore expansive, boundary-breaking music. In Sanskrit, “rajas” refers to a spiritual quality that is oriented toward action, creation, and transformation. Join us for this performance of a new suite entitled Apertures.
