Kaoru Kakizakai is an internationally-recognized shakuhachi player equally comfortable in the traditional Kinko style as well as contemporary music written expressly for his instrument.
Kaoru Kakizakai is an internationally-recognized shakuhachi player equally comfortable in the traditional Kinko style as well as contemporary music written expressly for his instrument.
This talk brings three scholars: one Quechua, one Yucateca-Maya, and an Esselen/Ohlone (Native Californian) who work on language revitalization and a California-based Mixtec Hiphop artist/performer and his DJ Una Isu: https://ww
This program catches three composers at the threshold of something new: Lili Boulanger's shimmering D'un matin de printemps paints the light of a season's first morning; Beethoven's Symphony No.
From J.S. Bach's motets to living composer Ola Gjeilo, choral composers have utilized the first musical instrument humans had — the human voice — to envision our innermost roots, the soul.
From Swing Era tunes of the 1930s and 40s, to the famous charts by Duke Ellington and Count Basie, the big bands of UC Davis always present an eclectic and invigorating concert.
Ensemble-in-residence at UC Davis, the Empyrean Ensemble presents engaging and eclectic programs, inviting audiences to experience new musical sensations delivered with high artistry by its extraordinary players — among the finest new music performers in California.
