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Rita Sahai Recipient of a Hind Rattan (Jewel of India) Award

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Rita Sahai, Lecturer in Music and Director of the UC Davis Hindustani Vocal Ensemble, has been selected as a recipient of a Hind Rattan (Jewel of India) Award, which is given annually by the Welfare Society of India to accomplished Indians living abroad.

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Juan Diego Díaz Awarded the Helen Roberts Prize
Society for Ethnomusicology

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UC Davis Department of Music Professor Juan Diego Díaz has been awarded the Helen Roberts Prize by the Society of Ethnomusicology for the most significant article in the field of ethnomusicology published in the previous year. Diaz received his prize for his article “From Claves Ethnotheory to Clave Theories: A Path Toward Decolonizing Music Analysis,” which was published in the journal Ethnomusicology, the flagship journal in Ethnomusicology. 

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UCD Music Student and Alumni Participate in CALCAP Chamber Music Workshop

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UC Davis Department of Music undergraduate student Zoe Plateau and music alumni Annamarie Bosco, Andrew Hudson, Larry Lozares, Avery Snyder, Ben Saetern, Natalie Laurie, Katie Gorden, Asa Stern, Laura Zhang and Oscar Santamaria were participants in this year’s CALCAP Chamber Music Workshop held at California State University, Sacramento. 

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Pablo Ortiz’s Distinguished Music Career

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Words matter, and to Pablo Ortiz — Distinguished Professor of Music at UC Davis — they are vital to his music.