Tuesday, April 3
Lou Harrison’s opera Young Caesar
Celebrate Lou Harrison’s 90th birthday and join conductor Nicole Paiement and the Ensemble Parallèle for the world premiere of Harrison’s final version of his opera Young Caesar — a lavish trans-ethnic work exploring the love affair between Julius Caesar and Nicomedes, King of Bithynea. Inspired by Chinese opera, Harrison created a new operatic style where East meets West. Young Caesar grapples with many contemporary issues that were at the heart of Harrison’s exploration – the Pacific Rim and its exotic colors, new theater, and homosexuality. Presented by the UCSC Music Department in collaboration with Ensemble Parallèle.
Pre-concert talk 7:15 p.m. with Professor Leta Miller
Concert begins at 8 p.m., Recital Hall, UCSC Music Center
$28 general, $20 senior, $12 students
459-2159
UCSC FILM, MUSIC, and THEATER
Monday, January 22
Colloquium: "Obscure Objects of Media Studies—Echo, Hotbird and Ikonos" with Lisa Parks, author of Cultures in Orbit: Satellites and the Televisual and co-editor of Planet TV: A Global Television Studies Reader.
12:30 p.m. – Communications Bldg. 150, UCSC
FREE
459-3204
Wednesday, January 24
Graduate Recital: Daniel Brown, composition
Music for soprano, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion; for flute, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, horn, percussion and strings; for string quintet and percussion. Presented by the UCSC Music Department.
7:30 p.m. – Music Center Recital Hall
$6 general, $6 seniors, $4 students
459-2159
Sunday, January 28
Graduate Recital: Sylvain Carton, composition
A concert of recent compositions, including a piece for jazz quintet with influences of 60's Ethiopian jazz/groove; a chamber work for violin, piano, bass, percussion, and alto saxophone; a vocal work for soprano, piano, and viola; and a piece for jazz quintet. Presented by the UCSC Music Department.
7:30 p.m. – Music Center Recital Hall
$6 general, $6 seniors, $4 students
459-2159
Monday, February 5
Colloquium: “Queer Regions—Locating Lesbians in Ligy Pullappally's The Journey” with Gayatri Gopinath, author of Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures. Presented by the UCSC Film and Digital Media Department.
12:30 p.m. – Communications Bldg. 150, UCSC
FREE
459-3204
Friday, February 9
Graduate Recital: Justin Endler, composition
This recital will consist of one large work for small wind ensemble, choir, percussion, and recorded electronics. Music by Justin Endler and text, which deals with warfare, endurance running, and the beginning/end of the universe, by Nicholas Chiarella. Presented by the UCSC Music Department.
7:30 p.m. – Music Center Recital Hall
$6 general, $6 seniors, $4 students
459-2159
Friday–Sunday, February 9–11 and
Thursday–Saturday, February 15–17
Random With a Purpose 15: Student Dance Showcase
Over 60 student dancers and 13 student choreographers present their work in this annual dance showcase. This year’s program features classical ballet, hip-hop, and modern pieces.
Presented by the UCSC Theater Arts Department.
7 p.m. – Second Stage, Theater Arts Center, UCSC
Reserved seating: $8 general, $6 seniors, $6 students
459-2159
Sunday, February 11
Bass Music for the Heart, Soul, and Erogenous Zones
Faculty artist Barry Green, bass, is joined by guitarist Lenny Carlson and jazz vocalist Kay Andreas as well as the UCSC Bass Ensembles in a program of jazz standards, soul music from Spain, Ireland, Brazil, Africa and America and more, celebrating love and lust — from My Funny Valentine and Bacharach's Look of Love to The Last Contrabass from Vegas for bass and narrator by Eugene Kurtz. Presented by the UCSC Music Department.
7:30 p.m. – Music Center Recital Hall
$12 general, $10 seniors, $8 students
459-2159
Friday, February 23
Graduate Recital: Rebecca Stuhlbarg, voice
Performing works by Pauline Oliveros and Giacinto Scelsi, and a world premiere by Betsey Biggs, with guests from the UCSC Contemporary Music Ensemble. Presented by the UCSC Music Department.
7:30 p.m. – Music Center Recital Hall
$6 general, $6 seniors, $4 students
459-2159
Friday–Sunday, February 23–25
Don’t Get God Started
UCSC’s African-American Theater Arts Troupe stages this gospel musical by Ron Milner, the author of Checkmates. Directed by Don Williams.
Presented by the UCSC Theater Arts Department.
7 p.m. (Sunday at 2 p.m.) – Second Stage, Theater Arts Center, UCSC
$13 general, $9 seniors, $9 students
459-2159
Friday–Sunday, February 23–25 and
Thursday–Sunday, March 1–4
The Good Person of Setzuan
Kirsten Brandt directs Tony Kushner’s (Angels in America) adaptation of this comedic morality play by Bertolt Brecht, one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th century. The Good Person of Setzuan is a parable of a young woman torn between obligation and reality and between her own needs and those of her friends and neighbors.
Presented by the UCSC Theater Arts Department.
7 p.m. (Sundays at 3 p.m.) – Mainstage, Theater Arts Center, UCSC
$13 general, $9 seniors, $9 students
459-2159
Saturday, February 24
Senior Recital: Michael Gray, clarinet
Performing works by Donizetti, Saint-Saens, and Mozart. With guest artists Emma Heffernan, viola, and Amir Najafi, piano. Presented by the UCSC Music Department.
3 p.m. – Music Center Recital Hall
FREE
459-2787
Saturday, February 24
Graduate Recital: Simon Hutchinson, composition
A master's recital in composition presenting premieres of three chamber works, When I Sing Unto Thee for choir, Entwicklung for piano and percussion, and Ten Bulls for string quartet and Japanese shamisen. Featuring performances by the Mindless Ensemble Choir and Santa Cruz Shamisen Master, Kevin Masaya Kmetz. Presented by the UCSC Music Department.
7:30 p.m. – Music Center Recital Hall
$6 general, $6 seniors, $4 students
459-2159
Sunday, February 25
Flute to a T and Piano for Two
Faculty artist Greer Ellison, flute, performs music by Tailleferre, Takemitsu, and Taktakishvili with guest pianist Anne Taffel from New York, and pianists Maria Ezerova and Anatole Leikin perform pieces for one piano four hands by Beethoven and Count von Waldstein. Presented by the UCSC Music Department.
7:30 p.m. – Music Center Recital Hall
$12 general, $10 seniors, $8 students
459-2159
Wednesday, February 28
Small Jazz Ensembles: Bird Song
The ensembles incorporate bird song into musical performance. Guest artist, jazz saxophonist, Bradley Hecht joins bassist/director Stan Poplin in a performance of songs about birds incorporating interplay with bird song. Including Bye Bye Black Bird by Henderson/Dixon, and Conference of the Birds by Dave Holland arranged by Stan Poplin. Presented by the UCSC Music Department.
7:30 p.m. – Music Center Recital Hall
$10 general, $8 seniors, $6 students
459-2159
Friday–Saturday, March 2–3
UCSC Orchestra
Guest conductor Yair Samet conducts the Orchestra in The Overture from Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Haydn’s Symphony No. 82 ("The Bear"), and the Piano concerto No. 2 by Saint-Saens with the winner of the 2006 Concerto Competition, pianist Alan Blank. Presented by the UCSC Music Department.
7:30 p.m. – Music Center Recital Hall
$10 general, $8 seniors, $6 students
459-2159
Friday–Sunday, March 2–4 and
Thursday–Sunday, March 8–11
Perfect
A fashion model has everything: a boyfriend, a career, a loyal best friend. But when a freak accident leaves her disfigured, she goes from being the beautiful center of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists. Her life seems ruined and pointless until she meets Brandy Alexander, Queen Supreme, one operation away from becoming a real woman. Freely adapted from Chuck Palahniuk's darkly humorous novel Invisible Monsters, with his permission, by UCSC student Brittany Knupper. Directed by student Nicole Jost.
7 p.m. (Sundays at 3 p.m.) – Experimental Theater, Theater Arts Center, UCSC
$10 general, $8 seniors, $8 students
459-2159
Sunday, March 4
UCSC Latin American Ensembles: Voces and Taki Ñan
Performing South American folk pieces representing Quechua, Iberian, and African cultural traditions and utilizing authentic instruments and performance practices. Guest artists will give a special presentation of typical creole dances such as the Cueca and Marinera. Presented by the UCSC Music Department.
7:30 p.m. – Music Center Recital Hall
$10 general, $8 seniors, $6 students
459-2159
Wednesday, March 7
The UCSC Wind Ensemble and Big Band in a joint concert present a musical feast. Works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gordon Jacob, Duke Ellington, and more featuring UCSC trombone instructor Wayne Solomon as a special guest soloist performing the T-Bone Concerto by Johan de Meij. Bring your appetite! Presented by the UCSC Music Department.
7:30 p.m. – Music Center Recital Hall
$10 general, $8 seniors, $6 students
459-2159
Friday, March 9
Concert Choir: Favorites from the Opera
Join the UCSC Concert Choir in a program of favorite opera arias and choruses featuring great operatic moments from Verdi, Leoncavallo, Gounod, Wagner, and Mozart. In particular, excerpts from Mozart's The Magic Flute will provide a glimpse of UCSC's upcoming production of the full opera in late May-early June. Jacques Desjardins conducts. Presented by the UCSC Music Department.
7:30 pm - Music Center Recital Hall
$10 general, $8 seniors, $6 students
459-2159
Sunday, March 11
A John Cage Retrospective
Professor Leta Miller directs UCSC’s Contemporary Music Ensemble. Presented by the UCSC Music Department.
7:30 p.m. – Music Center Recital Hall
FREE
459-2787
Wednesday, March 14
UCSC Classical Guitar Ensemble
Various groups of classical guitar students perform ensemble works, including trio, quartet, sextet, and large ensemble repertoire by Leo Brouwer, Jack Vees, Christopher Pratorius, Gerald Garcia, and featuring Scenes from Ellis Island by Benjamin Verdery, as well as traditional music from various folk cultures. Mesut Özgen directs. Presented by the UCSC Music Department.
7:30 p.m. – Music Center Recital Hall
Free
459-2787
MARY PORTER SESNON ART GALLERY
The following exhibits run through January 28, 2007.
December 6 - January 28, 2007
Intimate Landscape
Curated by Frank Galuszka in collaboration with Chris Winfield Gallery, Carmel Sesnon Gallery (closed for winter break December 17-January 2)
Wednesday, January 10
Public Reception
Painters: Roger Anliker, Noah Buchanan, Eduardo Carrillo, Russell Chatham, Fred Dalkey, Martha Erlebacher, Charles Griffin Farr, Christine Hanlon, Eric Holzman, Andrea Johnson, David Ligare, Peter Loftus, Jennie McDade, Jim McVicker, David Molesky, John Moore, Graham Nickson, Charles Schmidt, Helen Miranda Wilson and Jack Zajac.
5–7 p.m.
December 6–January 28, 2007
Laura Parker: Taste of Place
Sesnon Project Space (closed for winter break December 17–January 2)
Wednesday, January 10
Public reception
"Soil Tasting" events to be held during the public reception, and on January 24 from 3–5 p.m. in collaboration with the UCSC Farm & Garden. An installation promoting awareness of the farmer as artist and the value of farmlands and open spaces.
5-7 p.m.
About the Sesnon
Sesnon Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday noon to 5 p.m. The gallery is located at Porter College and is wheelchair accessible. Admission is free and parking is free on Saturdays. Group tours are available by appointment. Parking permits are available weekdays at the main campus entrance kiosk for $5.50/day and $2.00 at the Porter College lot between 5-8:30 p.m. for special events. For more information please call 831-459-3606 or visit http://arts.ucsc.edu/sesnon/.
