March 17, 2016
…first-year pharmacy students playing music, including Warren Yau on violin, Tiffany Cheng on cello and Josh Valdez on guitar. The three students later decided to join forces, and the musical group “Serotones” was born in the fall of 2015. At first, the group just played for fun. Then Yau, who…
April 30, 2015
…composer Rand Steiger, whose music is often inspired by environmental themes and frequently incorporates digital audio processing, has earned a 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship. UC San Diego composer Rand Steiger. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Steiger is among 175 recipients selected from a pool of 3,100 applicants to receive…
May 1, 2023
After writing songs for years, Nicky Youre ’21 finally landed a smash hit. In the spring of his senior year, he penned a fun, summertime tune that went through the … sunroof.
February 1, 2024
A graduate of UC Riverside with a bachelor’s degree in business economics, Rochelle manages financials and funds at the Department of Music. In this profile she talks about music, what she loves about UC San Diego and her perfect unscheduled day.
March 5, 2015
…Schick, who introduced the music (this year’s May 26 KPBS Members concert is also directed by Schick). Campus-KPBS Partnership Gives Inside Look at UC San Diego Arts Audience members reached into plastic buckets and grabbed handfuls of smooth stones. They would soon shake these stones as percussionists in a performance…
October 6, 2023
Researchers from the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute have helped create a text-to-music diffusion model for human-machine creativity.
May 1, 2023
Student-run radio station, KSDT, fosters a sense of community among UC San Diego students—and draws listeners from all over San Diego and other parts of the world.
January 31, 2013
Villa Musica Brings Together UC San Diego Faculty, Alumna, Preuss School UCSD Villa Musica strives to provide quality, accessible music education for San Diego community members of all ages and backgrounds. “Singing 1” was the course Fiona Chatwin wrote for UC San Diego Extension while pursuing her doctoral degree in…
January 29, 2015
…founded the Center for Music Experiment at UC San Diego in 1971. The center evolved into the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts. UC San Diego Celebrates Roger Reynolds’ 80th Birthday Pulitzer Prize-winning composer will be honored with a concert, symposium and exhibit In 1965, an ambitious young…
June 4, 2015
Music Department Scores First Two Endowed Chairs for Distinguished Faculty Conrad Prebys Concert Hall interior. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Local philanthropists support teaching, research and service activities through UC’s Presidential Match for Endowed Chairs UC San Diego’s Department of Music, founded by composers over 40 years ago,…
