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Picnic Day: Music Student Performance

Members of the bluegrass ensemble sit with their instruments (banjos, violins, guitars) on the lawn. The grass is very green and it is a very sunny day.

April 15, 2023 - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Bluegrass and Old Time String Band Mariachi Ensemble Brazilian Capoeira Ensemble Afro-Cuban Ensemble

Music Courtyard, Ann E. Pitzer Center

** Please note this event takes place in the outdoor music courtyard between the Music Building and the Ann E. Pitzer Center. **

Program

A few of our student groups, including our Bluegrass and Old Time String Band, Mariachi Ensemble, Afro-Cuban Ensemble, and Capoeira Ensemble, will perform, celebrating the many musics of the world!

Free

Ann E. Pitzer Center, Davis, CA

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April 15, 2023 - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Bluegrass and Old Time String Band Mariachi Ensemble Brazilian Capoeira Ensemble Afro-Cuban Ensemble

Ann E. Pitzer Center, Davis, CA

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Overview

Bluegrass and Old Time String Band
Scott Linford, director

A group of students play guitar, banjo, and a bucket bass painted with a cow pattern. They're having a good time singing too.

June 14, 2022

Course Information

MUS 157
Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:10–4:00 pm in Room 105, Music Building
2 units

Students will learn to play the high, lonesome sound of old time music from the Appalachian mountains and thereabouts. This genre includes dance tunes, songs, and ballads of British and West African influence. The ensemble will also make forays into more recent genres such as bluegrass, country, and folk music.

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Mariachi Ensemble

September 15, 2021

Mariachi UC Davis will focus on the study and performance of traditional mariachi music. Genres include Són Jalisciense, Canción Ranchera, Corrido, Huapango, Bolero, Polka, Joropo, Pasodoble, Vals Mexicano, and some contemporary mariachi song-styles.

This course requires the ability to play one of the standard mariachi instruments, which include violin, trumpet, guitarrón, vihuela, guitar, harp, or guitarra de golpe as well as the ability to sing at least at a choral level. Bring an instrument if you have one!

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Brazilian Capoeira Ensemble
Juan Diego Díaz, director

June 20, 2019 Juan Diego Díaz

* offered each quarter

To add the course, please email the instructor, or show up the first day and obtain the CRN from the instructor.

Overview

Afro-Cuban Ensemble
Brian Rice, director

March 6, 2018 Brian Rice

* offered Winter quarter only

To add the course, please email the instructor, or show up the first day and obtain the CRN from the instructor.

The Afro-Cuban Ensemble studies and performs music from the African-derived folkloric traditions of Cuba, the instruments and techniques of the Yoruba, Bantu, Arara and Iyesa drumming, and song traditions including the bembe, batá, guiro (chekere), as well as Cuban secular music such as Rumba, La Conga, Conga Santiago. Includes an introduction to the historical and cultural context of folkloric traditions and practices in Cuba.

Course Information

MUS 152
Meets Thursdays, 2:10–4:00 pm
2 units

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