In addition to practicing secular rumba drumming, students of this course study the sacred rhythms of Santeria and learn to sing the songs of the Orishas in the Yoruba dialect of Lucumi. Come hear the culmination of their work at this public performance!
This is a CSP99 event.
Music on a Friday Afternoon (or "MOFA") is an informal recital series where students showcase the music they've been practicing throughout the semester. A long-standing tradition in the Music Department, MOFAs allow students to gain performance experience while connecting with peers and community members.
This is a CSP99 event.
Directed by Shawn Costantino, the Jazz Ensemble meets weekly to rehearse, learn basic jazz theory, and practice improvisational skills. Jazz enables people of diverse cultures, nationalities, and backgrounds to come together and communicate through the common language of music. Regularly playing to a full house, the ensemble brings the best of jazz to Bird Studio once every semester, with past performances including music by Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie, Thad Jones, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Henry Mancini, Stevie Wonder, and many others.
Students of Junko Ueno Garrett will perform works by Chopin, Mozart, Gershwin, Beethoven, Durand, and Piazzolla. Featuring Kevin Grundy, Linjing He, Haobin Huang, Calvin Lesko, Will Saffran, Alex Twomey, Jiaqian Wu, and Iris Zhang.
Students of MUSC257 will premiere new works for viola, double bass, and percussion. Performed by faculty artists Michael Larco, Ted Botsford, and Yuri Inoo.
Program
Rain - Nina Marguglio
Finch - Nico Bluffin
Closed - Jonah Propp
Couch Piece - Alex Twomey
Whimsy - Raiah Rofsky
Sleep 0634 - Alessandro Bonomi
This is a CSP99 event.
This concert is made possible by the Benjamin H. Culley Fund.
Violinist Lyndon Johnston Taylor is Occidental College's Benjamin H. Culley Teaching Artist in Residence and the principal second violinist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Joined by pianist and Walla Walla University professor Jinhyang Park, Taylor will present works by Eugène Ysaÿe, Henri Wieniawski, Astor Piazzolla, and Sergei Prokofiev. This concert is made possible by the generous support of the Benjamin H. Culley Fund.
Program (Click to listen to a YouTube sample)
Program
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 - W.A. Mozart
III. Rondeau: Tempo di Menuetto
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 - J.S. Bach
IV. Presto
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 - Felix Mendelssohn
I. Allegro molto appassionato
II. Andante
III. Allegretto non troppo — Allegro molto vivace
Michael Kwan, violin
Alan Geier, piano
Dr. Lyndon Taylor, teacher
Program
Capricho Àrabe - Francisco Tàrrega
Autumn Leaves - Joseph Kosma
Like Someone in Love - Jimmy Van Heusen
Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
Cissy Strut - The Meters
Pride and Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Warriors - Thin Lizzy
Max Peng, guitar
Riner Scivally, guitar
Pablo Nukaya, bass
Olivia Oosterhout, drums
Luis Figueroa, guitar
Program
Andante in C Major, K. 315 - Wolfgang A. Mozart
Deep Blue - Ian Clarke
Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 - J.S. Bach
Aria for Flute and Piano - Eugene Bozza
Icicle for Solo Flute - Robert Aitken
Variations on a Theme by Rossini - Frederic Chopin