Beyond the Song Generator: How UC San Diego Students Are Rethinking AI and Music
Three graduating researchers are building AI tools designed to collaborate with musicians, not replace them.
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Day of Dance Performances Celebrate Joy, Freedom and Second Chances
UC San Diego’s new “Day of Dance,” happening June 4-6 at the Epstein Family Amphitheater, presents original choreographed works by students in the Department of Theatre and Dance alongside a special dance team showcase called V12ION that will feature nearly 300 student dancers from across campus.
The Ocean You’ve Never Heard
What happens when a composer and oceanographer listen to the ocean together? An unconventional partnership at the University of California San Diego has led to new music inspired by sounds from the seafloor that humans have never heard before.
Live Performance Breaks the Digital Blur — and Reconnects You
What is it about live performance that draws people together? Professor of Practice and Broadway director Des McAnuff says our increasingly digital world has widened a gap in human connection—making theatre and dance especially powerful ways to foster shared experience.
Pinar Yoldas on Art, Science and a Planet Awash in Plastic
Pinar Yoldas, whose work will be featured in Gallery QI this spring, discusses her background, worldview and why art and science are inseparable.
2026 Wagner New Play Festival Debuts Three Original Graduate Student Productions
The Wagner New Play Festival at UC San Diego showcases original works developed by theatre and dance graduate students, brought to life through dynamic collaborations with artists across directing, acting, design, stage management and dramaturgy.
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