Cellist Ivan Law performing the Allegro con brio from Ludwig van Beethoven’s Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 during the Beethoven CellObration! presented by Professor Jennifer Kloetzel and the UCSB Cello Squad
Virtual Winter 2021 Concert Series Virtual concerts by UCSB Chamber Players, Lumina Choir, Cello Squad, Gospel Choir, Ensemble for Contemporary Music, and a special Corwin Chair Series concert After a preliminary venture into virtual concerts in Fall 2020, the Department of Music presented a Virtual Winter Concert Series in March 2021. The series included performances by the UCSB Chamber Players, UCSB Lumina Choir, UCSB Cello Squad, UCSB Gospel Choir, UCSB Ensemble for Contemporary Music, and a special Corwin Chair Series concert featuring works by Corwin Chair of Composition João Pedro Oliveira and Emeritus Corwin Chair of Composition Clarence Barlow. All performances were free and open to the public and were released as YouTube Premieres via the Department of Music’s YouTube channel from Thursday, March 11 to Thursday, March 18. Directed by Jonathan Moerschel, the UCSB Chamber Players kicked off the Virtual Winter 2021 Concert Series. In celebration of Women’s History Month, the concert featured three works by living female composers: violist Bridget Boland and cellist Lauren Chen performed Elena Ruehr’s Prelude Variations; cellist Britta Thomas and pianist Anjela Tokadjian performed Jennifer Higdon’s Nocturne; and the Young Artists String Quartet (violinists Gulia Gurevich and Anthony Navarro, violist Shirley Shang, and cellist Naomi Stoodley) performed Jessie Montgomery’s Strum. The program also included works by Claude Debussy, Johann Joseph Fux, Scott Joplin, Roger Chapman, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Paul Hindemith. Performers included undergraduate and graduate students from the UC Santa Barbara Chamber Music Program. Watch the video here. UC Santa Barbara Department of Music | Spring 2021 Newsletter | 15
