The UC Davis Department of Music offers many free community events showcasing a diverse range of contemporary and traditional musical styles. April brings a continuation of the Thursday Noon Concerts series, which includes performances by tenor Ian Howell and ’ūd player Taiseer Elias, artist-in-residence; master classes with cellist Jeffrey Solow and vibraphonist Stephan Harris, Blue Note recording artist; and a Picnic Day concert with the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra.

For more events information, to receive a Department of Music season brochure or to join the department mailing list, call 530-752-0948 or visit music.ucdavis.edu/events.

Read on for a complete schedule of free April events.

•    Tue, April 1, 12:05 p.m., Room 115, Music Building
Noon Concert: Jeffrey Solow, cello, with Ayke Agus, piano. Works by Haydn, Schumann, Bruch, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Davidoff.

•    Tue, April 1, 3:05 p.m., Room 105, Music Building
Master Class: Jeffrey Solow, cello. Observers welcome.

•    Thu, April 3, 12:05 p.m., Room 115, Music Building
Noon Concert: Bharati Soman, soprano, with Margaret Kapasi, piano, and Rachel Howerton, horn. Includes works by Rachmaninoff, Scarlatti, Reger, Brahms and Schubert.

•    Thu, April 10, 12:05 p.m., Rumsey Rancheria Grand Lobby, Mondavi Center
Noon Concert: Percussion Festival, Chris Froh, director, with the UC Davis Percussion Ensemble performing works by Christopher Rouse, Lucas Ligeti, Terry Longshore and Brett Reid, and the UC Davis Samba School drumming in the traditional Brazilian style.

•    Thu, April 10, 3 p.m., Rumsey Rancheria Grand Lobby, Mondavi Center
Master Class/Clinic: Vibraphonist Stefan Harris, Blue Note recording artist. Observers welcome.

•    Fri, April 11, 3:30 p.m., Room 115, Music Building
Senior Recital: Ikhlas Haleem, baritone, with Mindy Lew, piano. Works by Faure, Brahms, Quilter, Finzi, Harty and Bellini.

•    Tue, April 15, 12:04 p.m., Room 115, Music Building
Junior Recital: Tyra Dennis, soprano, with Vanessa Chen, piano.

•    Wed, April 16, 3:30 p.m., Room 115, Music Building
Junior Recital: Amanda Perry, violin.

•    Thu, April 17, 12:05 p.m., Main Theatre, Wright Hall
Noon Concert: Ian Howell, tenor, and friends. Works by Buxtehude, Handel, Erlebach and Pablo Ortiz, plus lute songs.

•    Fri, April 18, 3:30 p.m., Room 115, Music Building
Junior Recital: John Abdallah, violin, with Narmina Sultanova, piano. Works include Kreisler’s Praeludium and Allegro (in the style of Pugnani), J.S. Bach’s Gavotte en Rondeau from Partita No. 3 in E Major (BWV 1006), and Beethoven’s Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, op. 30, no. 2.

•    Fri, April 18, 4:30 p.m., Room 115, Music Building
Junior Recital: Isabel To, soprano, with Amanda Ou, piano. A program comprising French-, English- and Italian-language sets: works by André Campra, Ernest Chausson and Claude Debussy; three songs set to Emily Dickinson’s poems by John Duke; and works by Antonio Caldara, Ottorino Respighi and Alessandro Scarlatti.

•    Sat, April 19, 1 p.m., Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center
UC Davis Symphony Orchestra: Picnic Day Performance, D. Kern Holoman, conductor. Best works of the season, featuring undergraduate musicians and composers.

•    Tue, April 22, 1 p.m., TCS Lobby, Art Annex
Lecture: Stefan Moore, Merce Cunningham’s sound editor, on Cunningham’s commissioning of composers, such as John Cage and David Tudor, and current sound production techniques. Sponsored by the Department of Technicultural Studies.

•    Wed, April 23, 3:30 p.m., Room 115, Music Building
Rhythm Workshop: Artist-in-residence Taiseer Elias, ’ūd.

•    Thu, April 24, 12:05 p.m., Main Theatre, Wright Hall
Noon Concert: Artist-in-residence Taiseer Elias, ’ūd.

•    Wed, April 30, 3:30 p.m., Room 115, Music Building
Senior Recital: Amanda Boardman, soprano, with Laura Snell, piano. Works by Fauré, Milhaud, Schubert, Strauss and Mozart.