Music

DROP.TOWN Art Show 2015!

Don’t miss the DROP.TOWN Art Show! A group of Berkeley undergrads, graduate students, and alumni are working to develop the art/music community at Cal by building bridges and providing more opportunities to network, share, and learn from each other. Visit their Facebook page for more details. [ART SHOW]…
Yo Yo Ma

Cal Performances Announces 2014-15 Season

Season highlights include Yo-Yo Ma performing solo Bach at the Greek Theatre and a three-concert residency with Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; UCB students receive a 50% discount on single tickets.

ARC Announces 2014 Fellows

The Arts Research Center (ARC) has announced the selection of fellows for the 2014 ARC Fellows Program for UC Berkeley graduate students and faculty. The cohort, led by Professor Mary Ann Smart (Department of Music), includes faculty and students from a wide range of disciplines, including Architecture, Art Practice, Environmental Design, Ethnic Studies,…
Chris Atwood

Brett Fellowship’s Numero Uno seeks an Italian Studies Ph.D.

The first-ever fellowship award from the Philip Brett LGBT Fund was made this spring by a faculty committee choosing from a highly competitive field of 19 applicants. The winner was Chris Atwood, a Ph.D. student in Italian Studies.  He is currently working on his dissertation, which is entitled: “‘Wanting Home’:…
images from 2011 ogsi awards event

294 GSIs are celebrated as officially “Outstanding”

Of the many, many GSIs on campus, nearly 300 were singled out as Outstanding Graduate Student Instructors by the Graduate Division's GSI Center --- and 10 GSIs were given special recognition for their innovative solutions to teaching problems.
Jimmy Lopez

A nod from the Big Apple for a grad student composer

Jimmy Lopez Toward the end of September 2008, the New York Times reviewed a concert by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and mentioned, in the same breath, music by Rachmaninoff, Respighi, and a new work, “Fiesta!”  “by a young Peruvian composer, Jimmy López.”   Mr. López, 29, noted…