Florence Bayz Music Series

2023-2024 Florence Bayz Music Series

The Florence Bayz Music Series offers online concerts, lectures, and presentations of academic research by Department of Music faculty, postdoctoral researchers, students, and international guest artists and scholars.

Deborah Wong, coordinator.

Events during the 2023-2024 academic year will be held in person at ARTS 157 on Wednesdays at 12 noon.

Events are free and open to the public.

Parking

Free parking is available in Lot 1 Blue for all events in the Florence Bayz Music Series. To reserve your free parking permit, follow the steps provided in the individual calendar listings below.

Winter Quarter

January 17

KUCR Faculty Deejays in Conversation, featuring Robert Perez, Deborah Wong, Ricky Rodriguez, and Jade Sasser and moderated by Elliot Fong.

January 24

Ian Dicke, “Democratizing Music Technology.”

January 31

A participatory performance of Terry Riley's iconic work, In C (1964), introduced by Prof. Ian Dicke.

February 7

Lars Hoefs, São Paulo State University, Campinas (Universidade Estadual de Campinas), "Expressions of Brazilian Identity through the Voice of the Cello: Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras.”

February 14

Valentine’s Day with the Chamber Singers, conducted by Ruth Charloff.

February 21

Francesco Milella (University College Dublin), “Italian Opera and the End of the Spanish Empire: Sounding Modernities in Mexico City between 1780 and 1830.”

February 28

Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta (University of Birmingham), “Thickening Something: Convergent Music, Affect, and Sociability on the Dancefloor.”

March 6

Student Performance and Composition Series, curated by Jonathan Keplinger

March 13

Daniel Martín Sáez (Universidad de Salamanca), “Mutilated Children at the Service of the Church: The Theological Controversy over the Castration of Singers.”