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10/19/2026

This week's Shinkoskey Noon Concert presents The Mighty Wallops featuring Bobby Waller, voice, guitar and songwriter; Matt Albright, trombone; Portia Njoku, tuba; and Peter Halldorf, drums. The ensemble came together in 2024 over a shared love for early jazz and blues. After woodshedding the songs of Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, and Lead Belly, they started reinventing contemporary pop hits in 1920s style (a la Postmodern Jukebox) and composing their own quirky originals. Join us on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 12:05pm in the Ann E. Pitzer Center. Free and open to all.
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10/13/2026

This week's Shinkoskey Noon Concert features Carrie Hennessey, soprano; Jennifer Reason, piano; and Susan Lamb Cook, cello; performing works by Jules Massenet and Charles Gounod as well as Amy Beach, Stephanie Ann Boyd, Griffin Candey and Rebecca Clarke. Join us Thursday, Oct. 15 at 12:05 p.m. in the Ann E. Pitzer Center. Free and open to all.
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10/08/2026

Congratulations to Professor Juan Diego Díaz! His 𝑬𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒍: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂 has been published by the Oxford University Press.

This is the first study to examine four communities — the Tabom in Ghana, the Brésiliens in Togo, the Agudas in Benin, and the Amaros in Nigeria — in tandem to underscore their transnational connections within West Africa, Brazil, and the Black Atlantic.

Díaz is Associate Professor of Music and the Director of the UC Davis Hemispheric Institute on the Americas, as well as Director of Capoeira Ensemble.

10/06/2026

This week's Shinkoskey Noon Concert features Artu Duo, pianist Garret Ross and cellist Ruth Marshall, a classical music duo, who has toured extensively, playing concerts in Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Oregon, Montana, Washington, New York, California, Minnesota, and Louisiana. They gave their debut at Carnegie Hall, playing a complete program in the Weill Recital Hall. Their program includes Claude Debussy's Cello Sonata, L. 135, Gabriel Fauré's Cello Sonata No. 1, op. 109 and Astor Piazzolla's Le Grand Tango." Thursday, Oct. 6 at 12:05 p.m. in the Ann E. Pitzer Center. Free and open to all.
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09/22/2026

The Gorman Museum of Native American Art at UC Davis presents "Gifts from the Heart: New Acquisitions at the Gorman" which opens on Sept. 23. Showcasing new gifts from private collections across the country, the exhibition features a selection of artworks by more than 40 artists in a range of media including sculpture, painting, prints, mixed media, ceramics, basketry and carving. Runs through March 14, 2027.

09/21/2026

On Thursday, Oct. 1, the Department of Music kicks off the 2026-2027 academic year celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Ann E. Pitzer Center. The day's Shinkoskey Noon Concert features Chris Froh, percussionist, and Natsuki Fukasawa, pianist, performing alongside their students, including pianist Angelina Melis, a double major in music and human development. The program includes Japanese Traditionals: "Sakura" and "Oedo Nihonbashi" with Sarah Siu. Graduate student composer Guang Yang's "Wooden Skeleton’s Whimsical" (a premiere) featuring Megan Shieh (B.A., music ’08), and Eric Whitacre’s "Sleep" (arranged). Natsuki Fukasawa will perform Johannes Brahms’s Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, accompanied by Igor Veligan, violin; and Mike Dahlberg, cello. Join us at the Pitzer Center at 12:05 p.m. for this musical celebration. Free and open to all.
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09/18/2026

Placement opportunities for the Department of Music's instrumental and choral ensembles begin next week. From Mariachi to Bluegrass to jazz to concert choir to symphony orchestra, the department offers a wide range of music ensembles for students to participate in -- open to all UC Davis students, you do not have to be a music major to join an ensemble. Scroll through webpage for info about each ensemble and how to sign up for placement. Visit arts.ucdavis.edu/music/ensembles
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08/31/2026

Evie Ladin, who has been the guest caller at numerous end-of-quarter Campus Square Dances hosted by the Dept. of Music's Bluegrass and Old Time String Band, will be performing with her band, Keith Terry and Erik Pearson, on Thursday, Sept. 3 at Davis Odd Fellows. Performance begins at 7:31pm with doors opening at 7:01pm. Details: davislodge.org
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08/04/2026

The UC Davis Department of Music is looking for a career stage manager, who has:
Experience stage-managing a music performance.
Experience working with and leading a crew that has a variety of experience levels, including student crew members.
Experience acting in one or more of the following capacities in a performance setting: light board operator, live-audio mixing engineer, or video technician. Experience operating power tools, hand tools, and pneumatic equipment within safety guidelines.
Experience working with a wide variety of users, including regional, national, or internationally-known artists. Experience using electronic scheduling software, as well as diagram-making software (examples include Vectorworks, OmniGraffle, VISIO, CAD, Google Sketch).
Details and to apply: arts.ucdavis.edu/music
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06/15/2026

The “National Masterwork Chorus,” which features nearly 70 singers from UC Davis and approximately 20 singers from the Granite Bay High School (directed by UC Davis music alum Susanna Peeples), will perform in Stern Hall, Carnegie Hall in New York on Saturday, June 20 at 1 pm. The ensemble will perform Rosephanye Powell’s "The Cry of Jeremiah" which the UC Davis and Granite Bay singers recently performed at the Mondavi Center. Featuring a guest orchestra and Dr. Rosephanye Powell as narrator, UC Davis Professor of Teaching Nicolás Alberto Dosman will serve as conductor. Presented by the collaborative concert producer, National Concerts, this special concert program likely represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the students performing.
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