New and Old Works Since 1953 the Noon Concert Series has featured a variety of performance from Music students, faculty, and guest musicians. 11:55 - Doors Open 12:15 - Start FREE admission

Matthew Sadowski, Director

The Chieftains cap 57 years of music making with a tour for the ages. Beloved by fans for bringing the elegant simplicity and fiery virtuosity of Irish folk music into a wide array of musical contexts—including collaborations with Ry Cooder, Mick Jagger, Bon Iver, and traditional musicians from Mexico—the six-time Grammy winners are equally at home in a grand concert hall or an after-hours pub...

UC Berkeley’s new-music ensemble-in-residence comprises contemporary music specialists from throughout the Bay Area, directed by UC Berkeley Music Department faculty member David Milnes. Eco Ensemble was founded in 2011 and in recent seasons has performed works by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kaija Saariaho, and Martin Matalon. This performance features works by music department faculty composers Franck...

The Tony Award-winning co-creators of the cult rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch take the stage for an evening of songs and stories. Stephen Trask wrote the music and lyrics, and John Cameron Mitchell created the title role when the show premiered off-Broadway more than 20 years ago, portraying the “internationally ignored” East German transgender singer fronting a struggling rock band. The...

Program: Liszt/Années de pèlerinage

Presented by the UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice.

In this talk, interdisciplinary artist Autumn Knight discusses how a series of performance projects use text and/or improvisation as strategies for survival within the institutional space. Looking at recent and ongoing works, Knight will discuss the breadth of concerns at work (or play) in this practice: psychoanalysis, public space, institutional boundaries, performative authority. Knight is also thinking through cultivating avatars, employing choreography, and withholding as communication. 

Space, interaction, improvisation Music 203 students present new music Since 1953 the Noon Concert Series has featured a variety of performance from Music students, faculty, and guest musicians. 11:55 - Doors Open 12:15 - Start FREE admission

TDPS and the New Play Reading Series present Sombras, Nada Mas, envisioned and written by Megan Xotchilt Espinoza. Bienvenida is undergoing the transition between a life where she suffered from dementia and a death where she is able to remember everything. We journey through her granddaughter, Soledad's, and her relationship in time to understand when the forgetting began.

Choreographer Nicolas Blanc leads dancers from the Joffrey Ballet in a lecture demonstration about his new work, Beyond the Shore, which was developed at Cal Performances two seasons ago and will receive its debut on Fri, Mar 6 in Zellerbach Hall. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, RSVP on the Cal Performances web page where you can also purchase performance tickets.