For more information about Winter 2008 events, please contact Jenaro Ordonez, Arts Events Asst. Manager at 831-459-2787 or by email at artsevents@ucsc.edu.
Gabriela León: Sunday Walk to the Zócalo of Oaxaca
January 29 - March 8, 2008
Opening Reception: Tuesday, January 29, 4:30-6pm, Sesnon Gallery
Artist Talk: Tuesday, January 29, 6:00-7:30pm, UCSC Oakes Acad 105
This exhibition is a multi-media artistic response to the popular revolt and resistance that unfolded in Oaxaca in 2006 and the first traveling solo exhibition outside of Mexico for artist Gabriela León. Some of the elements of the exhibition will consist of a "barricade dress" made of barbed-wire, tire treads and mattress springs found amidst the detritus; a video projection of the artist wearing the dress walking among protestors and police; a sound installation that evokes the voices of the crowds; and tarps inspired by the temporary living structures during the lengthy protest. A bilingual catalogue is available for purchase. Major support for the exhibition comes from the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC Mexus) and artbeam. The exhibition was organized by UC Riverside Sweeney Art Gallery and curated by director Tyler Stallings. Additional support was made possible by the Charles Griffin Farr Fund.
Thursday–Sunday, February 7–10
Thursday–Saturday, February 14–16
Random With A Purpose 16
Annual Showcase of Student Choreography and Dance
Student dancers, choreographers, and designers present their popular annual show — running for 16 years. Get your tickets early! Presented by the Theater Arts Department.
7 p.m. (all performances) - Second Stage Theater, UCSC
$10 general, $8 seniors, $8 students
RESERVED SEATING
Friday, February 8
Indian Classical Music Series
Kartik Seshadri, sitar
We welcome world-renowned sitar virtuoso and foremost disciple of Ravi Shankar to UCSC. The L.A. Times calls Seshadri’s playing “breathtaking” and London’s Songlines Magazine says he “stands out among sitarists for his clarity and intricate rhythmic sensibility.” Presented by the Music Department.
7:30 p.m. - Music Center Recital Hall, UCSC
$10 general, $8 seniors, $6 students
Saturday, February 9
Boccherini’s Bacchanale
Elisabeth Leguin, violoncello
This pre-Valentine’s Day celebration of the gallant and courtly chamber music of Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805) features sensuous cello sonatas and the famed String Quintet in E. Presented by the Music Department and the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, Linda Burman-Hall, artistic director.
7:30 p.m. - Music Center Recital Hall, UCSC
Saturday, February 16
Family Performance
Hansel and Gretel
UCSC Opera Workshop
Director Brian Staufenbiel opens the world of opera to children of all ages with Humperdinck’s classic opera based on the fairy tale by the Grimm brothers. The lyrical music will transport the whole family to a ‘once-upon-a-time-land’ where magic is the order of the day. Staged in English with piano. Sara Hancock, guest conductor. Presented by the Music Department.
11 a.m. & 1 p.m. - Music Center Recital Hall, UCSC
FREE
Friday–Saturday, February 22–23
Winter Orchestra Concert
Yair Samet, guest conductor, with Samuel Araya, cellist, performing Elgar’s Cello Concerto; Mozart’s Symphony No. 35; and excerpts from this spring’s opera The Consul by Menotti. Presented by the Music Department.
7:30 p.m. - Music Center Recital Hall, UCSC
$10 general, $8 seniors, $6 students
Friday–Sunday, February 22–24
UCSC African-American Theater Arts Troupe
The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman vs.
Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae
by Karani M. Leslie
Victoria, a young black woman with a lucrative but empty job at a high-tech company, claims in court that degrading images of black women created by two 19th-century plantation slaves are ruining her career. Directed by Don Williams.
Presented by the Theater Arts Department.
7 p.m. (Sunday at 3 p.m.) - Second Stage Theater, UCSC
$14 general, $11 seniors, $11 students
Friday–Sunday, February 22–24
Thursday–Sunday, February 28–March 2
Subject B’s Confession
It’s 2016, and everything has gone wrong. All U.S. citizens and legal visitors have been injected with Radio Frequency Identification Chips that enable the Department of Homeland Security to track their every action — and even their thoughts. The only hope for redress lies in the hands of three courageous women working out of a cybernetics lab in northern Mexico. Written by James Bierman. Directed by Ted Warburton.
Co-presented by Theater Arts and Digital Arts New Media.
7 p.m. (Sunday at 3 p.m.) - Experimental Theater, UCSC
$14 general, $11 seniors, $11 students
Friday, February 29
Saturday, March 1
UCSC Chamber Singers
Love Song Serenade
Join the Chamber Singers in an evening of lyrical music with the California premiere of Conrad Susa’s latest work for chorus, harp, and flute: Love-Song Serenade on poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Nicole Paiement, artistic director/conductor. Presented by the Music Department.
Pre-concert talk with Nicole Paiement at 7 p.m.
Concert 7:30 p.m. - Music Center Recital Hall, UCSC
$10 general, $8 seniors, $6 students
Friday–Sunday, February 29–March 2
Thursday–Sunday, March 6–9
Helen of Egypt
In Euripides’ strange, rarely staged play, the Trojan War is over. Helen, who caused it all by leaving her husband for a Trojan lover, insists she never went to Troy. She has spent the war in Egypt, longing only for her beloved Menelaus to come rescue her. Mike Ryan directs the premiere of this new version by Mary-Kay Gamel, with original music by Phil Collins and original choreography by Sommer Ulrickson. Presented by the Theater Arts Department.
7 p.m. (Sundays at 3 p.m.) - Mainstage Theater, UCSC
$14 general, $11 seniors, $11 students
Sunday, March 2
UCSC Jazz Ensembles
Small jazz ensembles stand alone in concert performing with director and bassist Stan Poplin. Presented by the Music Department.
7:30 p.m. - Music Center Recital Hall, UCSC
$10 general, $8 seniors, $6 students
Friday, March 7
UCSC Wind Ensemble:
Make a Joyful Noise
The Wind Ensemble shares the stage with the UCSC Big Band with music by Shostakovich, Steven Bryant, David Gillingham, and others. Conducted by Robert Klevan. Presented by the Music Department.
7:30 p.m. - Music Center Recital Hall, UCSC
$10 general, $8 seniors, $6 students
Saturday, March 8
UCSC Concert Choir
The Concert Choir performs sacred music written by some of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Program features Johannes Brahms’ elegiac Geistliches Lied and the poignant Cantique de Jean Racine by Gabriel Fauré are paired with Felix Mendelssohn’s cantata Psalm 95, a powerful multi-movement work for chorus and soloists. Presented by the Music Department.
7:30 p.m. - Music Center Recital Hall, UCSC
$10 general, $8 seniors, $6 students
Wednesday, March 12
Classical Guitar Ensemble in
Rhapsody for Guitar Orchestra
The Z.o.o. guitar duo, formed by Peter Constant (Australia) and Marion Schaap (Netherlands), will be accompanied by the UCSC Classical Guitar Ensemble in an exciting program of works by Richard Charlton, Jack Vees, Christopher Pratorius, Gerald Garcia, Mauro Giuliani, and Johann Sebastian Bach. Mesut Özgen directs. Presented by the Music Department.
7:30 p.m. - Music Center Recital Hall, UCSC
FREE
Saturday, March 15
Latin American Ensembles: VOCES and TAKI ÑAN
Grandes Exitos de la Nueva Canción /Nueva Cancion’s Greatest Hits
This concert will feature pieces by the foremost Nueva Canción composers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Cuba. Represented in the program will be Víctor Jara, Violeta Parra, Atahualpa Yupanqui, and Silvio Rodriguez, among others. The broad Nueva Canción category encompasses diverse styles of music, ranging from traditional folkloric to urban popular styles. Diana Nieves, director. Presented by the Music Department.
7:30 p.m. - Music Center Recital Hall, UCSC
$10 general, $8 seniors, $6 students
Event Preview
Interventionist conference, exhibitions planned for spring 2008
UC Santa Cruz will host a three-day conference and month-long series of interventionist exhibitions entitled Intervene! Interrupt! Rethinking Art as Social Practice in May 2008. A series of exhibitions featuring the work of participating artists will run concurrently with the conference, hosted by: the Art department and the Sesnon Gallery at UCSC; the LAB, San Francisco; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose. Intervene! Interrupt! will foster exchange between scholars, innovative regional and international artists and curators, through panel presentations, performances and indoor and outdoor exhibitions. There will be a Wikipedia dedicated to real-time collaboration and exchange between participants. The conference will generate a publication documenting the scholarly and artistic work emerging from this event.
Conference dates at UCSC: May 15 - 17, 2008
Sesnon Exhibition dates: April 16 - May 17
The LAB Exhibition dates: May 1 - 24
ICA San Jose Exhibition dates: March 28 - May 17
Special VPS Seminar at UCSC: May 14
For more information, visit http://may2008.artintervention.org/.
