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Whether we’re listening to Bach or the blues, our brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the melodies make us feel, according to new research from UC Berkeley. For instance, Mozart’s jaunty Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major is most often associated with bright yellow and orange, whereas his somber Requiem in D minor is more likely to be linked to dark, bluish gray.
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Cal Performances kicks off 2013-14 season
April 23, 2013:
Next week: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Handel and Haydn Society.
From ‘Beat Street’ to Berkeley
March 19, 2013:
A visiting assistant professor in the music department, J. Griffith “Griff” Rollefson has carved out a unique specialty for himself in the world of musicology. He’s not just a go-to guy when it comes to the study of hip hop and its cultural impact. He’s the go-to guy in the field of European hip hop.
Exploring the world of silence, charted or not
February 5, 2013:
Drawing its inspiration from John Cage, a six-week OLLI course delves into art, music, film, neuroscience, bliss, edginess, paradox and more in what Susan Hoffman, OLLI’s director, calls “an experiment” in experiential learning.
A head for business, heart in ‘Great Gig in the Sky’
January 29, 2013:
A veteran of Cal Performances and the top-40 music scene, Sheri Showalter balances work and life with earthly gigs as HR director for Berkeley Law and vocalist for House of Floyd, a popular Pink Floyd tribute band.
Cal Performances hits high notes in year’s top-10 event rankings
January 10, 2013:
Four Cal Performances events were named in the San Francisco Chronicle’s 2012 list of best classical-music events.
New oral history online: Warren Hellman talks about Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
October 5, 2012:
Catch the late Warren Hellman talking about his Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in this video clip from The Bancroft Library’s Regional Oral History Office.
Fall 2012 coming attractions: Politics, rhinos and ‘the Ave’
August 28, 2012:
Hot topics and cultural lightning rods, Glass and Guthrie, sublimity and absurdity. It’s — what else? — the fall events season at UC Berkeley. Experts share their perspectives on topics ranging from health care to to the presidential election. A staging of the Philip Glass opera “Einstein on the Beach” and music from the Simon Bolivar youth ensemble are among the performing-arts treats.
Ojai North! kicks off Monday with free ‘Inuksuit’ at Faculty Glade
June 8, 2012:
Cal Performances’ Ojai North! series begins November 11 with a special event — Steven Schick conducting John Luther Adams’s expansive spatial work for 9 to 99 percussion and piccolo players — outside Hertz Hall.
Choruses round out students’ music education
November 2, 2011:
The music department’s University Chorus and Chamber Chorus offer opportunities for students to study and sing a rigorous repertoire of choral music. On Saturday, Nov. 5, the former will perform “Hail, Britannia!,” featuring British masterworks from the Renaissance to the 20th century.
The soundtrack of Berkeley
June 30, 2011:
California magazine’s summer music issue features “hillbillionaire” Warren Hellman, the culture of KALX, the scholarship of musicology, life in the Cal Band, and more.
Metropolitan Opera’s Victoria Livengood to join year-end concerts of University Symphony and University Chorus
April 28, 2011:
UC Berkeley’s University Symphony and University Chorus ensembles cap off every school year with a special collaborative concert, and this year’s May 6-7 fundraising performances promise to be especially powerful. Musical pieces will include composer Johannes Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, and both will feature internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Victoria Livengood of the Metropolitan Opera.
Gamelan instruments and courses attract an audience
April 11, 2011:
This is the 35th year that students at Berkeley have had access to this beautiful set of Javanese gongs, drums and xylophones known collectively as a gamelan. Today the music department’s most popular course offerings are based on these instruments.
Japanese singer Jero to receive Berkeley Japan New Vision Award
April 4, 2011:
Jero, a Japanese-African-American singer credited with reviving popular interest in Japan’s postwar sentimental ballads known as enka, will receive the 2011 Berkeley Japan New Vision Award from UC Berkeley’s Center for Japanese Studies in a private ceremony on campus Friday, April 8, and will perform a short, free concert at Wheeler Hall after receiving the award.
Vienna Philharmonic shares musical gifts with Cal students
February 28, 2011:
The world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic spent three days in residency at Cal Performances, sharing their mastery of European classical music with Bay Area audiences and in special sessions with UC Berkeley student musicians.
Vienna Philharmonic with Semyon Bychkov, conductor
February 22, 2011:
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performs in the Bay Area for the first time in over 20 years. The orchestra’s Berkeley residency offers a wonderful survey of beloved music from the Classical and Romantic eras to masterpieces of the 20th century.
Campus chorus unites and inspires
February 14, 2011:
The University Chorus is one of UC Berkeley’s hidden gems. It includes 70 singers – from novice to professional, undergrad to senior citizen – all eager to share their passion for making music. Journalism grad student (and chorus alto) Sade McDougal chronicles the group and its members in a short video.
Coming Attractions Spring 2011: A season of delight and wonder
January 24, 2011:
Spring semester is packed with rare treats for fans of the arts, including visits by world-class orchestra and ballet companies, a four-day music festival, talks by noted authors and a visit from the newest Supreme Court justice.
Cal Performances honors Earl Cheit, longtime trustee and friend of the arts
December 6, 2010:
For decades of service to Cal Performances and the arts, Professor Emeritus Earl Cheit took center stage at the end of Sunday’s Takacs Quartet concert in Hertz Hall. The arts organization honored Cheit, the founding chair of its Board of Trustees, with an award of distinction — and a performance of a Mozart quartet.
Fab Four headline at North Gate
November 10, 2010:
“Mad Day Out,” an exhibit of 25 never-before-exhibited photographs of the Beatles taken at random London locations one day in July 1968
Fall semester offers bounty of free arts programs
August 23, 2010:
The University of California, Berkeley, is opening up the campus this fall for free, public arts programming that will feature dance, music, prize-winning poets, fiction and non-fiction writers, multidisciplinary collaborations and debate about the role of art in the world today.
Jean Gray Hargrove, music library benefactor
July 27, 2010:
Jean Gray Hargrove, an alumna whose generosity helped build the campus music library that bears her name, died July 12 at her Berkeley home.
At campus health center, Tangy Voce provides ‘emotional therapy’ and a chance to sing during the workday
April 28, 2010:
For 10 years, Tangy Voce, a chorus made up of current and retired faculty and staff, has offered its members an opportunity to grow as musicians and gain confidence as singers.
Coming attractions: A short list of spring’s enriching experiences
January 25, 2010:
This semester’s calendar includes visits from a host of celebrated musicians, filmmakers, artists, and authors, and worldly thinkers.
