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UCI Academic Senate Honors Music Professor Michael Dessen UCI Academic Senate Honors Music Professor Michael Dessen
The UCI Academic Senate recently presented the 2022-23 Distinguished Faculty Awards, the Senate's highest honors, to recognize the achievements of its members in research, teaching, mentorship, and service. The recipients were selected by the Committee on Scholarly Honors and Awards. Among the...
Kevin Appel Presents an Exhibition of New Paintings in New YorkKevin Appel Presents an Exhibition of New Paintings in New York
The Miles McEnery Gallery in New York City will present a solo exhibition of new paintings by Kevin Appel, professor of art and chair in the Department of Art at the UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated digital catalogue featuring text by Molly...
Two CTSA Graduate Students Made It to the Finals for UCI Grad SlamTwo CTSA Graduate Students Made It to the Finals for UCI Grad Slam
Grad Students from Dance and Music Pitched Their Research in Annual UCI Grad Student Competition By Sammy Merabet | Posted March 6, 2023 | Updated on March 12 On March 9, 2023, scholars from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts competed against students across the UCI campus to pitch their...
Professor Cyrian Reed on Creative Agency and Serving Her PurposeProfessor Cyrian Reed on Creative Agency and Serving Her Purpose
By Mia Hammett As a professional dancer, choreographer, and performance director, Cyrian Reed’s bold creative spirit naturally compels and commands attention. Reed’s educational, professional, and creative work is highly engaged with community, collectivity, and self-advocacy. Such elements...
Highlights from the African American Art Song Alliance conferenceHighlights from the African American Art Song Alliance conference
Last October, UCI’s Department of Music hosted the 25th anniversary African American Art Song Alliance conference. The four-day event took place at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts and was presented by the African American Art Song Alliance, an advocacy organization representing Black composers...
CTSA Faculty Named as Newkirk Fellows for 2022-2023CTSA Faculty Named as Newkirk Fellows for 2022-2023
The University of California, Irvine (UCI) has announced that two Claire Trevor School of the Arts faculty members have been selected as Newkirk Fellows for the 2022-2023 academic year. Jesse Colin Jackson, Associate Dean, Research and Innovation and Associate Professor in the Department of Art,...
New Recording: Lorna Griffitt and Haroutune Bedelian, Romantic Music of Robert, Clara and Johannes">
New Recording: Lorna Griffitt and Haroutune Bedelian, Romantic Music of Robert, Clara and Johannes
The Claire Trevor School of the Arts Department of Music is pleased to announce the release of a new recording of compositions for solo piano, and for piano and violin, by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms performed by pianist Lorna Griffitt and violinist Haroutune Bedelian. This...
Music’s Hidden Figures: Women at the PianoMusic’s Hidden Figures: Women at the Piano
Visiting scholar Joe Davies sheds new light on female musicians throughout history By Christine Byrd Clara Schumann was a 19th century piano virtuoso – a performer, composer, teacher and arranger. Yet for nearly a century after her death, she was recognized as little more than the wife of...
UCI's Creative EngineUCI's Creative Engine
Through art, dance, music and drama, UCI artists push boundaries and fuel innovation By Christine Byrd This winter, the Claire Trevor School of the Arts will treat audiences to riveting performances and thought-provoking exhibitions, all of which are the result of a thriving creative engine...
Living the DreamLiving the Dream
M.F.A. student Blake Elliott returns to UCI after following career aspirations in New York City By Christine Byrd For students dreaming of a career in theater, nothing beats working on a New York City stage. Just ask second-year M.F.A. student Blake Elliott, who returns to UCI this winter...
The Beall Center for Art + Technology presents Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary ArtThe Beall Center for Art + Technology presents Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art
DOWNLOAD THE PRESS KIT Difference Machines addresses the complex relationship between the technologies we use and the identities we inhabit Irvine, Calif., January 17, 2023 — The Beall Center for Art + Technology is pleased to announce Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in...
Professor David Trend seeks to cultivate DEI and accessibility in teaching and learningProfessor David Trend seeks to cultivate DEI and accessibility in teaching and learning
Professor of Art David Trend recently received a Confronting Extremism Award through the UCI Office of Inclusive Excellence. Rodrigo Lazo, Interim Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, announced the Confronting Extremism through Community, Thriving and...
The Photographer Undoing the Myth of AppalachiaThe Photographer Undoing the Myth of Appalachia
For Stacy Kranitz, replacing negative stereotypes with a triumphant counternarrative would be too easy. The Atlantic | Dec. 20, 2022 | By Andrew Aoyama Photographs by Stacy Kranitz Journalist Andrew Aoyama weaves a colorful story detailing historical perspectives and the latest work by...
Professor of Dance Jennifer Fisher Shares the History Behind Pointe ShoesProfessor of Dance Jennifer Fisher Shares the History Behind Pointe Shoes
Watch Professor of Dance Jennifer Fisher explain the history of pointe shoes on a segment of The Pointe Shop with Josephine Lee. A former dancer and actor, Professor Jennifer Fisher had careers as a travel writer, film critic, magazine editor, television critic, and media...
UCI Drama Professor Daphne Lei, Ph.D. Wins Distinguished Scholar AwardUCI Drama Professor Daphne Lei, Ph.D. Wins Distinguished Scholar Award
Daphne P. Lei (Ph.D. ’99), professor of doctoral studies in the UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) Department of Drama, has received the 2022 Distinguished Scholar Award for outstanding achievement in scholarship in the field of theatre studies. Presented by the American Society for...
The Highly Collective Work of ICIT’s “Circadian Etudes”The Highly Collective Work of ICIT’s “Circadian Etudes”
And the pursuit of ‘remote interconnectedness’ Inherent to UCI’s Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology (ICIT) Ph.D. program is collaboration; all projects to emerge from the ICIT program suggest a degree of collectivity and interactivity. Rather—the entire music-making process...
ICIT Alumnus Omar Costa Hamido publishes groundbreaking dissertation work on quantum computing and music.ICIT Alumnus Omar Costa Hamido publishes groundbreaking dissertation work on quantum computing and music.
When considering music and technology, most people probably do not think of the intersection between creative expression through music and new directions in quantum computing. The work of Omar Costa Hamido–a recent recipient of a doctoral degree from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts (Ph.D. in...
Behind the Scenes: New SlateBehind the Scenes: New Slate
From the audition to performance, Dance majors gain real-world experience By Isabella Granqvist It’s the beginning of the school year, and a line of students outside the dance studios in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) stretches on endlessly, filling up the walkways. At the front...
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