UC Davis Lecturer in Music Dagenais Smiley, violin
with John Cozza, piano

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Minor

Arvo Pärt: Fratres

Debussy: Violin Sonata in G Minor

Free (a Shinkoskey Noon Concert)

A native of Northern California, Dagenais Smiley earned her bachelor’s of music degree at the Oberlin Conservatory as a student of Milan Vitek and her master’s degree from USC under the instruction of Kathleen Winkler. She is proud to have worked under such notable conductors as Leon Fleisher, David Zinman, Robert Spano, Michael Tilson Thomas, and John Williams. She has participated in master classes given by Yuval Yaron, Kathleen Winkler, Alexander Barantschik, Fritz Gearhart, the Calder Quartet, and Glenn Dicterow.