UC Berkeley Music

Updates and events of the Department of Music at UC Berkeley.

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“Music from the bold spirits of self-determination”
The University Baroque Ensemble directed by Christine Brandes, live at Hertz Hall

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The amazing UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra in their last performances of the semester!

Find more events like these via the link in our bio.

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Melissa J. Scott, Ph.D. candidate in Ethnomusicology, received the 2022 Charles Seeger Prize from the Society for Ethnomusicology for her paper "The Call to Prayer and the Sonic Materiality of Displacement in Amman, Jordan."

https://t.co/CtIKI4nR22

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Graduate composition student Luke Dzwonczyk’s piece The Oratory of Saint Philip Neri was presented at the 23rd International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR 2022) as part of the music program.

https://t.co/wuORvsBdeN

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The UC Chamber Chorus at their thought provoking performance of Angel Island: a discussion point on race in America, global immigration, and architectures of incarceration by Huang Ruo, directed by Wei Cheng.

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University Wind Ensemble
December 2 | 8 p.m. | Hertz Concert Hall
Matthew Sadowski, Music Director

https://t.co/DQrYTs0CEx

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December 11 | 7 p.m. | Hertz Hall
University Gospel Chorus
Candace Johnson, Director

“Many Voices, One Sound”

https://t.co/kYNz5BMrXX

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December 11 | 3 p.m. | Hertz Hall

University Baroque Ensemble: Ms. Marvels of the Baroque

Christine Brandes, director

https://t.co/vVkXZ9sL5o

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Berkeley Chamber Chorus, conducted by Wei Cheng will perform Angel Island — Oratorio for Voices and Strings, composed by Huang Ruo with the Del Sol Quartet as part of the Berkeley Futures History Lab.

https://t.co/SH1sxgTBqs

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Composition Graduate Student Aine Nakamura will participate in a panel and hold a workshop at The University of Göttingen, Germany, at The 1st International Symposium on Contemporary Asian Theatre.

https://t.co/kgTN6CJqTc

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Professor Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet was recently featured in the New York Times.

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The amazing UCBSO are performing again tonight at Hertz Hall!
Grab your tickets before they run out below:
https://t.co/FQcBvDOAIE

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Defying negative stereotypes, humanities majors are booming at Berkeley

First-years majoring in the Division of Arts and Humanities are up 43.2% over 5 years and 121% over last year.

📈📈📈

https://t.co/ESo69PUIt6

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Composition graduate student Sarah Grace Graves was awarded the Michiko Hirayama Scholarship to perform the music of Giacinto Scelsi at Fondazione Isabella Scelsi in Rome in July 2023.

https://t.co/aipgIbB7wU

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A brilliant performance by Candace Johnson of her new one-act, one-woman show "Music and Muses of Margaret Bonds and Langston Hughes" for today's Noon Concert.

https://t.co/JINJs9UERN

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Notice: this event has been canceled.

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Fans of music, join us on Wed, 10/26 at noon for a chat with Nicholas Mathew (@UCBMusicDept) about his new book, The Haydn Economy (@UChicagoPress).

He'll be joined by Elisa Tamarkin (@UCBEnglish).

More info: https://t.co/38cuETy9j2

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UC Berkeley University Chorus

Wei Cheng, Music Director

Music to Hear
featuring Will Todd’s Mass in Blue with Candace Johnson, soprano

https://t.co/1QCjstiyVi

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Fans of music, join us on Wed, 10/26 at noon for a chat with Nicholas Mathew (@UCBMusicDept) about his new book, The Haydn Economy (@UChicagoPress).

He'll be joined by Elisa Tamarkin (@UCBEnglish).

More info: https://t.co/38cuETy9j2

#BerkeleyBookChats

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Sunday, November 13th | 3 PM | Hertz Hall

Gamelan Sari Raras

Midiyanto & Ben Brinner, Directors
Heni Savitri, vocal soloist
Heni Savitri and Lisa Ho, dancers

https://t.co/cFdAU3xCGz

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Music alumni Petra Gelbart ’01 and Stefano Flavoni ’15 are featured in the most recent edition of California Magazine!

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https://t.co/xsrjNbhBmG