Anoushka Shankar
A singular figure in the Indian classical and progressive world music scenes, sitar player Anoushka Shankar’s outstanding musicianship is marked by a calligraphic dexterity and profound emotion.
A singular figure in the Indian classical and progressive world music scenes, sitar player Anoushka Shankar’s outstanding musicianship is marked by a calligraphic dexterity and profound emotion.
The UCSB Department of Music will present a Guest Artist Masterclass led by musician and composer Anthony Plog on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 from 11 am-12 pm in Room 1219, then from 12-1:30 pm in Room 1145 in the UCSB Music Building. Members of the UCSB Brass Performance Class will perform.
Anthony Plog has had a rich and varied international career in music—as a composer of operas, symphonic music, and chamber works; as an orchestral musician, soloist, and recording artist; and as a brass teacher and coach at some of the great music conservatories internationally and now online to students around the world.
How will the climate crisis affect our community? What are we seeing? What can we do? This forum will look at the impacts for our region overall and focus on two areas of impacts: sea-level rise and human health effects.
As part of the World Music Series, Santa Barbara-based Ensamble Vientos Del Sur (Winds of the South Ensemble) will perform a fusion of different Latin American styles such as rumba, bolero, and cumbia on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 12 pm in the UCSB Music Bowl. Delighting audiences of Southern California for more than a decade, the band’s contagious rhythms invite the audience to dance. Hugo Macario, Jose Elizarraraz, and Robert Gutierrez perform on guitar, charango, zampoñas, quena, cajon, and congas. The World Music Series is co-presented by the UCSB MultiCultural Center and the Ethnomusicology Program in the Department of Music.
All ages are invited to enjoy a performance featuring artist Chris Kallmyer and friends activating the sculptural instrument in the "Ensemble" exhibition; interactive family guides, including musical scores and recipes; bell-inspired art activities in the Family Resource Center; pop-up musical moments; and refreshments.
You’ve been asking about the conservation of the Bixby Ranch—the largest land deal in Santa Barbara’s recent history. A $165-million donation from Jack and Laura Dangermond has preserved 25,000 acres of pristine land of the central California coast. Come learn more about it!
Join us for a dialogue between Ruth Hellier-Tinoco (Music) and Jessica Nakamura (Department of Theater and Dance) about Hellier-Tinoco’s new book, Performing Palimpsest Bodies: Postmemory Theatre Experiments in Mexico. Refreshments will be served. Performing Palimpsest Bodies proposes the concept of palimpsest bodies to interpret provocative theatre and performance experiments that explore issues of cultural memory,
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is pleased to announce the opening of its latest exhibit, Rum Running, Sailors & Prohibition. Many of the exhibited items are on loan from the Maritime Museum of San Diego. Additional artifacts and material highlight local rum running in Santa Barbara, one of the busiest places in California during Prohibition. The exhibit tells the story of rum, the part it played in the rich history of sea-going men and its connection to Santa Barbara. Covering more than 400 years, the exhibit illustrates the new world’s first distilled spirit, from its origins on 17th century Caribbean sugar cane plantations to the role of slavery.
Sips & Nibbles, a benefit for Food From The Heart at the El Paseo Courtyard in downtown Santa Barbara.
Dr. Danielle Fosler-Lussier, Professor of Musicology at Ohio State University, will present a public lecture, “Musical Diplomacy and the Nature of Soft Power,” on Thursday, April 18, 2019 from 5-6:30 pm in Karl Geiringer Hall on the UCSB campus. The event will be presented as part of the 2019 Geiringer Lecture Series and sponsored by the Geiringer Lecture Fund.
Writers of all levels are invited to participate in this informal exploration of the Museum's galleries as an impetus to writing. Each session is led by a visiting writer/facilitator who begins with a conversation and prompts, partially inspired by works on view. Participants are free to write on their own and then reconvene as a
In honor of the debut of the Avengers Endgame we'll be hosting Marvel Trivia Night. We will be offering wine by the glass and bottle but no tasting flights. We have Santa Barbara Popcorn and cheese plates will be available to order from Brass Bear Brewing. Prizes will be awarded for each round and a grand prize at the end of the evening. Hope to see you there.
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