Dagenais Smiley, violin and UC Davis lecturer in music
with Shinae Kim, piano

Program Includes

Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E Major, La primavera (“Spring”)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major (“Spring”)

This Shinkoskey Noon Concert is made possible with support from the Joy S. Shinkoskey Series of Noon Concert Endowment.​

A native of Northern California, Dagenais Smiley earned her bachelor 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.