Claire Trevor School of the Arts presents
Spring Showcase Concert
Wed., May 12 @ Noon
Winifred Smith Hall
Come and join the Music Department in a quarterly celebration of its best student talent. Works by Mendelssohn, Faure, Muczynski, Walton, and Hoiby will be presented, along with jazz selections to be announced. This is sure to be a lively afternoon of masterful performances that you won’t want to miss.
FREE ADMISSION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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UCI Jazz Orchestra
Wed., May 12 @ 8:00 p.m.
Claire Trevor Theatre
The UCI Jazz Orchestra, conducted by Charles Owens, is the premier big band of the jazz program and a community favorite. Its quarterly concerts are routinely sold out. The Jazz Orchestra is dedicated to playing the music of the great composers and arrangers of big band history, as well as the latest works that have emerged internationally.
Tickets: $14 general/$12 seniors & groups/$9 UCI students & children.
Call Arts Box Office (949) 824-2787 or Ticketmaster.com
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Integrated Composition, Improvisation and Technology (ICIT) Concert
Thurs., May 13 @ 8:00 p.m.
Winifred Smith Hall
This concert features graduate students of the Music Department’s newest MFA program performing original works. ICIT merges two existing emphases: 1) Composition and Technology and 2) Jazz Studies. This is an innovative program seeking to break down traditional limitations of academic programs, focusing on contemporary modes of creative music making and the critical discourses surrounding them.
ADMISSION IS FREE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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UCI Choir Concert
Sat., May 15 @ 8:00 p.m.
Winifred Smith Hall
The Chamber Singers, BATS, Men in Blaque will present the REQUIEM by Gabriel Faure. This monumental work will feature organist Jung-A Lee, one of Orange County’s most prominent young artists. A new orchestration of the work with organ and two pianos will feature the three combined choirs and collaborative pianists Phross Graham, Dohee Lee and Christopher Smith, UC Irvine graduate students. The Men in Blaque will present a preview of their selections for the World Choir games competition to be held in Shaoxing, Republic of China in
July.
ADMISSION IS FREE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC