Bird Studio (Booth Hall)

The Oxy Chamber Music program, coached by Gloria Lum and Stephanie O'Keefe, is made up of two divisions: Chamber Ensembles and Oxy New Music.

In addition to practicing secular rumba drumming, students of this course study the sacred rhythms of Santeria and learn to sing the songs of the Orishas in the Yoruba dialect of Lucumi. Come hear the culmination of their work at this public performance!

This is a CSP99 event.

Music on a Friday Afternoon (or "MOFA") is an informal recital series where students showcase the music they've been practicing throughout the semester. A long-standing tradition in the Music Department, MOFAs allow students to gain performance experience while connecting with peers and community members.

This is a CSP99 event.

Directed by Shawn Costantino, the Jazz Ensemble meets weekly to rehearse, learn basic jazz theory, and practice improvisational skills. Jazz enables people of diverse cultures, nationalities, and backgrounds to come together and communicate through the common language of music. Regularly playing to a full house, the ensemble brings the best of jazz to Bird Studio once every semester, with past performances including music by Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie, Thad Jones, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Henry Mancini, Stevie Wonder, and many others.

Students of Junko Ueno Garrett will perform works by Chopin, Mozart, Gershwin, Beethoven, Durand, and Piazzolla. Featuring Kevin Grundy, Linjing He, Haobin Huang, Calvin Lesko, Will Saffran, Alex Twomey, Jiaqian Wu, and Iris Zhang.

Students of MUSC257 will premiere new works for viola, double bass, and percussion. Performed by faculty artists Michael Larco, Ted Botsford, and Yuri Inoo.

Program

Rain - Nina Marguglio
Finch - Nico Bluffin
Closed - Jonah Propp
Couch Piece - Alex Twomey
Whimsy - Raiah Rofsky
Sleep 0634 - Alessandro Bonomi

This is a CSP99 event.

This concert is made possible by the Benjamin H. Culley Fund.

Violinist Lyndon Johnston Taylor is Occidental College's Benjamin H. Culley Teaching Artist in Residence and the principal second violinist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. 

Joined by pianist and Walla Walla University professor Jinhyang Park, Taylor will present works by Eugène Ysaÿe, Henri Wieniawski, Astor Piazzolla, and Sergei Prokofiev. This concert is made possible by the generous support of the Benjamin H. Culley Fund.

Program (Click to listen to a YouTube sample)

Program

Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 - W.A. Mozart
         III. Rondeau: Tempo di Menuetto

Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 - J.S. Bach
        IV. Presto

Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 - Felix Mendelssohn
        I. Allegro molto appassionato
        II. Andante
        III. Allegretto non troppo — Allegro molto vivace

Program

Capricho Àrabe - Francisco Tàrrega
Autumn Leaves - Joseph Kosma
Like Someone in Love - Jimmy Van Heusen
Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
Cissy Strut - The Meters
Pride and Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Warriors - Thin Lizzy

Max Peng, guitar
Riner Scivally, guitar
Pablo Nukaya, bass
Olivia Oosterhout, drums
Luis Figueroa, guitar