BLOOD DRIVE Camino Real Marketplace Tuesday, June 1 1:30pm - 6:00pm in the Bloodmobiles near the Movie Theater To make an appointment visit www.blood4life.org using sponsor code 1388 or call (805)542-8500. We are thanking donors with a limited edition Vitalant Baseball Cap! If you have received the COVID-19 vaccine there is NO waiting period before

Undergraduate composer William Stout will present a senior Bachelor of Music recital with pianist William Geiler on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 4 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The program will include original compositions by Stout, including Bachelor Jam, Vignette, Three Short Pieces for Solo Piano, Excursions, Eye of the Storm, Two Etudes for Electric Bass, Tribulation, and Sol/Luna. Stout is a student of UC Santa Barbara Lecturer Dr. Andrew Tholl.

For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2225

Construction Finish Carpentry takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 1 to June 10. These classes will be held 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.

Course number: CTV NC002 (CRN 21669)
Date: Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 1 to June 10
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Online live video using Zoom
Class cost: Free

Undergraduate violist Soha Sadeghinejad will present a virtual senior Bachelor of Music recital with pianist Erik Lawrence on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The program will include Johannes Brahms' Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120; Franz Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821; Maria Theresia von Paradis' Sicillienne; and Maurice Ravel's Pièce en forme de Habanera. Sadeghinejad is a student of UC Santa Barbara Lecturer Jonathan Moerschel.

For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2229

Kids Draw Architecture Returns with “Sketch Your Communities” Event

We observe a great amount of matter plugging into Black Holes. Where does it go? It is a simple question, but there is no consensus among scientists about the answer. In this lecture, presented by the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at UC Santa Barbara, Author and Professor Carlo Rovelli will describe what we know about the inside of a black hole, and current ideas to make sense of what we do not yet know about these most astonishing objects that fill the universe.

Graduate violinist Shirley Shang will present a virtual Master of Music recital with pianist Dr. Ya-Ting Liou on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music’s YouTube channel. The program will include Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Gabriel Fauré's Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13; and Camille Saint-Saëns' Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor. Shang is a student of UC Santa Barbara Lecturer Ertan Torgul.

For further details visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2223

Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) will sponsor free virtual presentations for people interested in better understanding Medicare.

Directed by Jonathan Moerschel, the UCSB Chamber Players will present a recital on Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The program will include Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 74 “Harp;" Johannes Brahms' Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87; Caroline Shaw's Entr’Acte for String Quartet; Johannes Brahms' Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120; Augusta Read Thomas' Cantos for Slava (cello and piano); Wilhelm Friedemann Bach's Duo in F for two violas; Igor Stravinsky's Petrouchka – Reduction for piano duet (1911, rev. 1947); Claude Debussy's Petite Suite for piano ensemble; the premiere performance of an arrangement of John Williams' War Horse by UC Santa Barbara student Max Dei Rossi; an arrangement of Miles Davis' All Blues by Thomas H. Graf; and the "Chaconne" from Malcom Arnold's Brass Quintet.

For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2227

Get your free Explore Ecology Cleanup Kit at Goleta Beach!

Get your free cleanup kit!

Get your free cleanup kit!

Get your free cleanup kit!

The Seventh Schism: Lucid Ooey Gooey | Virtual Performance Art Festival
Friday, June 4, 2021 @ 5pm PST
live on YouTube

The Department of Music will present a virtual Corwin Series Concert, "Synesthesias - New Music at UCSB 2: Graduates," on Friday, June 4, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The spring Corwin Series program will showcase recent multimedia, mixed, and acousmatic works written within the last year by UC Santa Barbara Composition graduate students. The concert will feature works by Drew Flieder, Raphael Radna, Rodney DuPlessis, Mathew Owensby, Alexandra Jones, Dariush Derakhshani, Kramer Elwell, Stewart Engart, and Mason Hock.

Artwork: "Masking" by Rivkah Simcha

For further details visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2231

The Department of Music will present a Corwin Chair Series Lecture featuring composer Elsa Justel on Friday, June 4, 2021 at 11 am PDT via Zoom. Justel will discuss her works, influences, and compositional aesthetic.

Zoom link: tinyurl.com/CorwinSP21
Meeting ID: 841 2398 4807
Passcode: Corwin

Welcome to Pulse Art Club where tunes and visual Artists meet up to show audience members their works and how music moves the artist through their medium.

Welcome to Pulse Art Club where tunes and visual Artists meet up to show audience members their works and how music moves the artist through their medium.

Undergraduate vocalist Soohyun Ryu (soprano) will present a junior Bachelor of Music recital with pianist Pinshu Yu on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 4 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The program will include Il pleure dans mon coeur and C'est l'extase from Claude Debussy's Ariettes Oubliées; "Du Gai Soleil" from Jules Massenet's Werther; Schwanenlied, Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass, and Gondellied from Fanny Mendelssohn's Sechs Lieder, Op. 1; “S’altro che lacrime” from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito; Lullaby (Spi Ditya Mayo), Op. 16, No. 1 from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Six Romances; as well as The Year's at the Spring, Ah Love, But a Day, and I Send My Heart Up to Thee from Amy Beach's Three Browning Songs, Op. 44. Ryu is a student of UC Santa Barbara Associate Professor Dr. Isabel Bayrakdarian.

For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2226

While we are eager to bring Basil's Big Bash back to its full glory, the 2021 Bash will be a virtual event in a safe, online space. Join us and tune in on Saturday, June 5th, 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Directed by Victor Bell, the UCSB Gospel Choir will present a concert titled "Where Are They Now?" on Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. Alumni and present members will speak on where they are now and the impact Gospel Choir has had on their lives infused with gospel music.

For more information visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2228

On June 5th at 10:00 a.m. via Zoom, the Santa Barbara Fiber Arts Guild welcomes guest presenter, Lesley Roberts. Lesley will be talking about her art practice and the way she sees her work transforming the community in which she lives. Register at https://www.sbfiberarts.org/