Kurt Rohde Joins Department Faculty
This fall composer/violist Kurt Rohde will join the UC Davis music department as assistant professor of composition. Rohde is artistic director and a founding member of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble and has taught composition at UC Santa Barbara. Upcoming performances include new works for pianist Sara Laimon and Sequitur, violinist Axel Strauss, and choral group Volti. The Adorno Ensemble will feature his music in a winter performance. Originally from New York, Rohde graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music and SUNY-Stony Brook.