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Graduation Spotlight Series: Soprano Isabelle Knowles ’25 Hits a High Note with her UC Irvine ExperienceGraduation Spotlight Series: Soprano Isabelle Knowles ’25 Hits a High Note with her UC Irvine Experience
Knowles graduates with a B.Mus. in vocal performance and professional recording credits By Christine Byrd Isabelle Knowles is graduating this June with more than just a bachelor of music in vocal performance. She already has experience working with a Grammy-winning producer and making a...
Mari Kimura to Present at Osaka Expo 2025Mari Kimura to Present at Osaka Expo 2025
UC Irvine Department of Music professor brings cutting-edge sensor technology in cross-cultural performance Mari Kimura, Ph.D., professor of music in UC Irvine’s Ph.D. program in Integrated Composition and Technology (ICIT), will be featured next week in Breathing Media: Traditional Japanese...
2025 Medici Circle Scholars2025 Medici Circle Scholars
UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts names 14 new Medici Circle Scholars UC Irvine Arts is pleased to announce the 2025 Medici Circle Scholars. These scholarships allow recipients to extend their education beyond the classroom, collaborating with academics and artists in the...
Seven UC Irvine Arts Educators Receive the U18 Faculty Professional Development AwardSeven UC Irvine Arts Educators Receive the U18 Faculty Professional Development Award
The recognition provides opportunities for U18 faculty to enhance pedagogy UC Irvine and the University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT) recently announced awardees of the Unit 18 Faculty Council on Professional Development for the 2024–25 academic year, including seven U18...
UC Alianza MX Awards $150K for Binational Music and Community ProjectUC Alianza MX Awards $150K for Binational Music and Community Project
Led by faculty from UC Irvine and UC San Diego, Cauces Sónicos explores collaborative artmaking and education across the U.S.–México border. IRVINE, Calif., May 12, 2025 — Funded with a Latino Studies Research Project award from the University of California Alianza MX Initiative, Cauces Sónicos...
A Voice for Angelica A Voice for Angelica
M.F.A. candidate Abigail Mesel discusses her role in UCI Opera’s production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica: A Q&A Session On Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 8 p.m., the UC Irvine Department of Music, the UCI Opera and the UCI Symphony will present Giacomo Puccini’s Suor Angelica at the Irvine...
UC Irvine Music Students to Perform at Segerstrom HallUC Irvine Music Students to Perform at Segerstrom Hall
Nathaniel Chao and Yang Lu join a professional orchestra for Messiah in America, a Broadway-style production by Millennial® Choirs & Orchestras on May 8 UC Irvine undergraduate music students Nathaniel Chao and Yang Lu will be performing with the orchestra for Messiah in America, an exciting...
Gramophone's Video of the Day Highlights Dr. Irene Messoloras' Professional Choir
Reclaiming Sound
UC Irvine Professor Mari Kimura Honored with Prestigious SEAMUS AwardUC Irvine Professor Mari Kimura Honored with Prestigious SEAMUS Award
The Claire Trevor School of the Arts at UC Irvine proudly announces that Professor Mari Kimura, a trailblazing violinist, composer and researcher, has been named the recipient of the 2025 SEAMUS Award. This prestigious honor, presented by the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States...
Professor Darryl Taylor Releases DEAR FRIENDS AND GENTLE HEARTS with Louise Toppin Professor Darryl Taylor Releases DEAR FRIENDS AND GENTLE HEARTS with Louise Toppin
The album explores the artistry of African American Art Song through a collaboration 30 years in the making Professor Darryl Taylor from the Department of Music at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts has released Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts, a collaborative album with Louise Toppin,...
CTSA Research & Innovation and Theater of Community Faculty and Graduate Student 2024-25 Research & Innovation Grants CTSA Research & Innovation and Theater of Community Faculty and Graduate Student 2024-25 Research & Innovation Grants
Creative Research in the Arts Now in its fourth year, the UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) Department of Research and Innovation continues to prioritize projects that feature cutting-edge research and interdisciplinary collaborations with potential for external recognition and...
Finding Light Finding Light
UCI Music and UCI MIND Join Forces for a Profound Musical Journey into Alzheimer’s On Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 8 p.m., the UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Music and UCI MIND will present Finding Light: Alzheimer’s Stories by Robert S. Cohen at the Irvine Barclay...
Songs of LightSongs of Light
Daniel Keeling shares his relationship with Alzheimer’s as he performs with UC Irvine Chamber Singers at the Irvine Barclay Theatre: A Q&A session On Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 8 p.m., the UC Irvine Department of Music and UCI MIND will present Finding Light: Alzheimer's Stories by...
$1 Million Endowment Aspires to Build Musical Bridges $1 Million Endowment Aspires to Build Musical Bridges
Business leader and philanthropist Jong Sup Kim views music as a universal language that bridges communities and enhances lives. With a $1 million gift, he aims to help the UC Irvine Department of Music at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) extend its impact, both locally and globally...
Creative CommunitiesCreative Communities
How Claire Trevor School of the Arts clubs cultivate belonging and equity beyond the classroom and across campus By Diana Kalaji At UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA), students’ success goes beyond main-stage productions, choral performances and thesis exhibitions. With...
Full STEAM AheadFull STEAM Ahead
How three women double majoring in the arts and sciences draw from it all By Diana Kalaji At UC Irvine, a convergence of artistic talent and scientific inquiry thrives. Meet Cassidy Doan, Isabella Cao and Brenna Farrell. What do these three students have in common? Besides relying on...
The UC Irvine Chamber Singers Release Holiday EPThe UC Irvine Chamber Singers Release Holiday EP
Celebrate the holidays with classical hymns in Winter Night The UC Irvine Chamber Singers release their first holiday EP, Winter Night, on Friday, November 29, 2024. Produced by Signum Records, the musical collection features four songs with an available single, Gabriel’s Message, featuring...
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