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Choruses of UC Davis:
“Music of the Living”
Nicolás Dosman, director

March 13, 2026 - 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Nicolás Dosman Colin Minigan James R. Larkins Pablo Ortiz Kurt Rohde

Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center

In a program of music written entirely by living composers, the choruses at UC Davis perform choral works ideal for the fine acoustics of the Pitzer Center. The repertoire incorporates several different choral traditions and languages, from Latin to Korean and Portuguese. The program concludes with “World O World” from the “Djesse” music project by the five-time Grammy Award-winning composer Jacob Collier.

Program

Concert Choir: SSAA

Abbie Betinis: Lumen (2012)
Pablo Ortiz: Movement XI from Notker (2012 / adapted 2026)
Daniel Afonso: Boa Noite, Minha Gente (2024)
James Larkins: Our Two Souls PREMIERE
Jacob Narverud: Ad Astra (2019)

Chamber Singers

Hyo Won-Woo: ”Cum Sancto Spiritu” from Gloria
Kurt Rohde: Prophet of the Past [a broken rondeau] PREMIERE
Colin Minigan: Flowers PREMIERE
Rosephanye Powell: Non nobis, Domine (2017)

Combined Choruses

Jacob Collier: World O World (2018)

$12 Students and Children, $24 Adults (Open Seating)

Ann E. Pitzer Center, Davis, CA

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March 13, 2026 - 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Nicolás Dosman Colin Minigan James R. Larkins Pablo Ortiz Kurt Rohde

Ann E. Pitzer Center, Davis, CA

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Faculty Profile

Nicolás Dosman
Associate Professor of Teaching, Director of Choirs
Undergraduate Advisor (last names A-M)

July 5, 2023

Advising appointments available via Zoom by appointment. Please email Professor Dosman to request an appointment; immediate advising appointments are available via Zoom 11am –1 pm on Monday, Sep. 30. Regular office hours (in person) are 2–3 pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Room 130, Music Building

Office Hours: 2–3 pm, W and Tr

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Student Profile

Colin Minigan

June 8, 2021 B.A. Music: Skidmore College M.M. Music Composition: Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Colin Minigan (b. 1994) is a Massachusetts-born composer whose recent music is concerned with natural phenomena, and the relationship between static and fluid elements of musical composition and performance. In addition to composition Colin spent time studying ethnomusicology and uses this perspective to inform his compositions. Colin has frequently collaborated on dance projects with performances throughout the United States and is an administrator and curator of the Xsection Film Festival, a festival aimed at promoting interdisciplinary collaboration between dance, science, and film.

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James R. Larkins

James Larkins in a gray shirt with a gray tie and a light blue rob with a gold stole. He's looking sideways and the background is a light brick building.

July 22, 2022

James R. Larkins (b. 1999) is a composer and cellist from North Carolina whose music explores the space between structural precision and musical spontaneity. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music and chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied composition under Allen Anderson, Stephen Anderson, and Lee Weisert, and studied cello under Brent Wissick.

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