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FOCUS ON FACULTY: UCSB English professor and scholar Patricia Fumerton has dedicated her life to discovering and unveiling the history of 16th and 17th century English broadside ballads. She speaks on how she got interested in her field of study, the online database English Broadside Ballad Archive, and her plans for the future.
UCSB Professor of Arabic language and literature, Dwight Reynolds, previews his book, The Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus, in this audio interview.
A Student Spotlight on Molly McAnany, a fourth-year double major in political science and english. McAnany shares her passion for music, classic literature, and educating others. She is able to combine all of these passions in her radio show on KCSB, “Shamrocked,“ where she airs Irish music and poetry.
The HFA sat down with Connor Long, the producer Through My Ears, a new podcast by UCSB’s Department of Music. Long discusses his original intent and message behind the podcast, as well as his hopes for how it can continue to grow in the future.
Steven Gross, a professor of French Horn who heads the Woodwind, Brass and Percussion program at UC Santa Barbara, is currently the only full-time horn professor within the University of California system. In a recent phone interview, he discussed the career journey that led him to UCSB, as well as his latest projects.
Earlier this spring the HFA held a creativity contest with the prompt “Stories That Matter.“ Please celebrate their talent with us and learn more about the winning students and the stories they told with their work in poetry, prose, music, videos, visual art, and photography.
Earlier this spring, UC Santa Barbara’s Division of Humanities and Fine Arts conducted a creativity contest on the theme “Stories That Matter.“ Explore the winning pieces in the video and music categories, including “What Would You Say” by Delenn Jadzia, “Days—An Experimental Narrative” by Jesse Camacho, “HAWAII” by Andy Arciaga, “First Love” by Jim Dyson, and “Canary” by Delenn Jadzia.
UC Santa Barbara’s music department is adapting online teaching methods to create virtual solo and chamber music sessions in light of COVID-19 social distancing measures.
Since 1998, Pastor Victor Bell has been leading the Gospel Choir at UCSB. In an interview, he speaks about his career, his passion for gospel music, and his relationship with his students in the UCSB Gospel Choir.
Fabio Rambelli, the chair of Religious Studies at UC Santa Barbara, organized a series of workshops exploring the music, dance, costumes, and history of Gagaku, the music and dance of the Japanese Imperial Court. The workshops, held last week, were led by the Hideaki Bunno Gagaku Ensemble, a small group of renowned musicians from Japan.
The UCSB Percussion Ensemble gave its performance for the quarter at Karl Geiringer Hall last week. The program, titled “Mostly Mallets, almost entirely featured compositions which were written and arranged for keyboard percussion instruments like the xylophone, marimba and vibraphone.
After over a decade a service, Jamie Birkett is leaving his position as the Technical Director for the Department of Theater and Dance.
UCSB Music faculty took to the stage of Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall last week to perform two world premiere compositions from composer Elena Ruehr. Ruehr, who studied at the University of Michigan and Julliard, is a lecturer of music at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Guggenheim Fellowship for the Creative Arts awardee.
Cesar Favila, a UCLA musicologist who specializes in Central America, recounted moving stories of nuns who sang in convents in Mexico in the 1600s as he shared his latest research with a UC Santa Barbara audience last week.
On Sunday, carillonist and Music Department Lecturer Wesley Arai performed a carillon recital to celebrate Storke Tower’s 50th anniversary. In an interview, Arai discussed the his experience as a carillon master. Dean John Majewski opened the event with remarks about the significance of Storke Tower and its carilion in campus history and culture.
During the Khmer Rouge reign of terror in Cambodia, possessing popular music was resulted in an immediate death sentence. Music archivist Nate Hun speaks to a UC Santa Barbara audience about his goal to recover and digitally restore vinyl recordings of Cambodian popular music from that lost era.
At a club fair at UCSB, film student Spencer Williams was immediately drawn to InterVals A Cappella, a student-run music club. “I was so drawn into the vibe. Everyone is cool,” he said. For the last four years, Williams has focused on his film and media education and his a cappella group. As he is set to graduate soon, he reflects on the profound impact being a part of his a cappella group had on his life and what it has taught him as he steps into a new future.
Alex Meinhof is a second-year student majoring in philosophy at UC Santa Barbara. He is involved in the music scene on campus and works at UCSB’s radio station, KCSB-FM, which serves as both a means of entertainment of place of community for students. Meinhof recently spoke to HFA about his experience in this interview.
A little curiosity about a Music course in UCSB’s College of Creative Studies leads Phillip Mitchell to reunite with a classmate from his past. In this piece, Mitchell explores this long-lost connection, what has changed about it, and what significance of his old friend’s passions.
Performing songs from the Jazz Age like “Ladybird,” by Tadd Dameron, and “My Shining Hour,” by John Coltrane, The Matt Perko Quintet captivated a UC Santa Barbara audience during a recent performance for the weekly World Music Series, put on by the UCSB Department of Music and the MultiCultural Center. Wednesdays, outside at the Bowl, or inside when it rains.
