One of UC Davis’s highest priorities is the safety of its
students and all members of its community. UC Davis
prohibits all forms of sexual harassment and sexual violence,
including sexual assault, dating and domestic violence, and
stalking. Such conduct violates University policy and may
violate California law.
Professor Kurt E. Rohde’s composition seeking all that’s
still unsung will receive its world premiere at Brandeis
University performed by the Lydian String Quartet on
April 6.
Professor Carol A. Hess has recently received the Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Society for American Music, which
promotes music of the Americas. The presentation was made on
March 23 during the society’s annual conference.
Robert S. Bloch, UC Davis professor emeritus of music, died on
November 4 at age 89. He was a member of the faculty from 1974 to
2000, primarily teaching violin and music theory in addition to
giving concerts. The UC Davis Music Department remains
grateful for the musicianship Bloch shared on stage and in the
classroom. Theodore Karp, a prior faculty member (1963–73) who
went on to teach at Northwestern University, previously described
Bloch as “A quiet man with a ready, genial wit.” He was also
self-admittedly restless, which showed in the breadth of his
endeavors.
Miguel Petris (B.A. music, ’21) was recently selected for a
prestigious internship with Silkroad—the arts, education, and
social-impact nonprofit organization founded by Yo-Yo Ma in 1998.
Conductor-pianist Stephen Drury will talk about the
“Concord Sonata” by Charles Ives and then perform it. The
sonata (his second) is one of the most definitive American
piano works of the 20th century; each movement is named for
leading figures of the Transcendentalism movement of the 19th
century. 2024 is coincidentally the 150th anniversary of Ives’
birth.
Student chamber ensembles, the Samba School directed by faculty
member Brian Rice, and also the Bluegrass and Old Time String
Band directed by faculty member Scott Linford will perform
works in progress.
“State of Being” is an autobiographical concert experience
for one vocalist, Emily Thorner, and electronics. It is
comprised almost entirely of commissioned works written
specifically for Emily’s unique voice by a multi-national
lineup of living composers.
Program
Garrett Mendelow: Voices of Consequence
Kaley Lane Eaton: Bad News
Max Hundelshausen: (this sentence here fills the)
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