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Pacific Symphony plays at Costa Mesa’s Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Pacific Symphony working with UCI public health experts on COVID-19 plan

New protocols ensure safety of musicians unable to play together as an orchestra since March

Holiday gifts, Anteater-style

Our 2018 guide can help you shop for everyone on your list

In Perfect Harmony

By adopting Santa Ana High School, the UCI Symphony Orchestra has composed an outreach program that is ‘bigger than music’

C’mon get happy: Upbeat songs by female singers dominate the charts, UCI study finds

But researchers also see an increase in sadder tunes in recent years

Stephen Tucker, UCI

Orchestral homage

Concert highlighting African American composers will cap conference for college conductors, kick off Black History Month

Music vs. Alzheimer’s

Favorite songs from a person’s past can ease depression, agitation and other symptoms of dementia, says a UCI researcher who donates iPods to nursing homes

Clayton Garrison

Inaugural dean of UCI arts school dies at 93

Clayton Garrison, founding dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University of California, Irvine, died July 27 at the age of 93. He was a visionary stage director, choreographer and theater professor who left a lasting imprint on UCI and what’s now known as the Claire Trevor School of the Arts.

Getting in tune with patients

Matt Fradkin, a fourth-year student in UC Irvine’s School of Medicine, was doing research at CHOC Children’s Hospital when he saw firsthand how music could relieve a patient’s suffering. A boy of about 7 with cancer had been lying in bed complaining constantly of pain when a music therapist entered his room and began playing […]

COSMOS trains new generation of scientists

High school students take part in a highly competitive summer program that lets them live on campus and learn about university life.

Renaissance of the Russian guitar

From Russian guitars to classical lute, John Schneiderman plucks his way through musical history.