UC Davis Events Calendar

The Jazz Combos of UC Davis concert feature six combos and showcases over 40 student musicians. The Combos will perform in ensembles such as the Aretha Franklin Ensemble, the Herbie Hancock Ensemble, the Latin Jazz Ensemble, and the Snarky Puppy Ensemble.

Jácam Manricks, director
Free

After a ten-year hiatus, the Chamber Singers of UC Davis return to the stage under the direction of Caleb Lewis, lecturer and director of choirs. The singers perform a program of traditional and contemporary works.

Caleb Lewis, director
Free (a Shinkoskey Noon Concert)

Jácam Manricks, director
$12 Students and Children | $24 Adults (Open Seating)

Free (a Student Recital)

Rita Sahai, director
Free

Campus Community Book Project

Emily Harris, Lecturer, Department of Design, will give a talk on her MFA thesis, which developed and implemented a plan to use nontraditional educational techniques of adventure and play to develop women's creativity and to empower them to become committed leaders. Presented as a part of James Housefield's Design 1 class, but open to the public.

The 2018-2019 book project features a year-long program around The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Douglas Abrams. For a complete listing of events, visit ccbp.ucdavis.edu. 

Free

Free

Michael Sand and Phebe Craig, directors
Free (a Shinkoskey Noon Concert)

Free

Works by Sophia Dussek, Marcel Tournier, Ami Ma’ayani, and Lou Harrison.
Free (a Shinkoskey Noon Concert)

Music on the Orient Express—
Scriabin: Seven Piano Preludes arranged for Clarinet and Piano
Debussy: Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Poulenc: Sonata for Two Clarinets
Edward Hines: Yeni Makam No. 4 for Clarinet and Percussion with Chris Froh, percussion
Leo Weiner: Peregi Verbunk
Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in F Minor with John Cozza, piano
$12 Students and Children | $24 Adults (Open Seating)

Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major
Laurie San Martin: New Work
Beethoven: String Quartet in E Minor, op. 59, No. 2
Min-Young Kim and Matilda Kaul, violins
Jessica Thompson, viola
Thomas Kraines, cello
$12 Students and Children, $24 Adults (Open Seating)

Works by graduate student composers of UC Davis, including Addie Camsuzou, Sam Clark-McHale, Aida Shirazi, Ryan Suleiman, and Sarah Wald. A founding member of the Naumburg Award winning Lydian Quartet, with whom she played for over 20 years, Rhonda Rider is now a member of the celebrated piano trio Triple Helix. Ms. Rider’s chamber music and solo recordings have been nominated for Grammy Awards and cited as Critic’s Choice in both the New York Times and Boston Globe.
Free (a Shinkoskey Noon Concert)

Ellen Ruth Rose, viola | Rhonda Rider, solo cello
Founded in 1985 by a consortium of composers and musicians, EARplay is dedicated to the performance of new chamber music. EARplay offers audiences a unique opportunity to hear eloquent, vivid performances of some of today’s finest chamber music. EARplay has performed over 550 works by more than 300 composers in its 33-year history, including 140 world premieres and 80 new works commissioned by the ensemble. Visit the EARplay archives to learn more about EArplay’s rich history.
Free (a Shinkoskey Noon Concert)

[Pre-concert talk with the composers at 2:15 pm.]
Derek Keller: California Tableaux
Sacramento-based composer Derek Keller calls his multi-media California Tableaux opera “a kaleidoscopic look at California’s cultural mixtures from the era of Sir Francis Drake and his alleged landing on the Marin County coast in the late 1570s, to our most contemporary era.”
$12 Students and Children, $24 Adults (Open Seating)

Ryan McGuire, bass and voice | Richard Chowenhill, guitars
Jared Redmond, piano | Joshua Carro, percussion
Works by student composers of UC Davis: Josiah Catalan, Sam Clark-McHale, Grant Cottier, Jonathan Favero, Adam Strawbridge, and Joseph Vasinda.
Free (a Shinkoskey Noon Concert)

Robin Fisher and Jenny Matteucci, soprano
Burr Phillips, baritone
with Daniel Lockert, piano
Music of Bernstein, Sondheim, Blitzstein and more!
Free (a Shinkoskey Noon Concert)