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UCR Orchestra will perform this weekend with soprano Patricia Caicedo. The concerts feature Spanish and Latin American music. (UCR)

Classical repertoire celebrates Spanish, Latin American music

UC Riverside’s Orchestra has weekend performances focusing on Spanish and Latin American music, featuring soprano Patricia Caicedo. The May 20-21 concerts called “Canción con todos” (“A Song With Everyone”) are open to the public. General entrance tickets are $10; $8 for seniors and students; and $6 for children. Performances will...

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | | Arts / Culture
Ethan Castro, co-founder and CTE of EDGE Sound Research, works in his Riverside lab on Thursday, February 2, 2023. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Why the NBA is seeking technology built by UCR students and alumni

EDGE Sound Research, co-founded by a student and an alum, was one of seven companies from around the world selected for the NBA Launchpad program.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | | Arts / Culture
Beginning of an ayahuasca healing ceremony at the Takiwasi Center for Drug Addiction Rehabilitation and Research on Traditional Medicines in Tarapoto, Perú. (Photo courtesy of Takiwasi Center)

Music and ayahuasca’s role in treating substance use disorders in men

UC Riverside researcher finds the crucial role icaros, traditional Peruvian songs, play during ayahuasca healing ceremonies.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | | Social Science / Education
Black and white photo of the "Club Filarmónico Mexicano-Pueblo Colo." band. This photo is courtesy of the “Soundscapes of the People: A Musical Ethnography of Pueblo, Colorado” research.

NEH grant helps research Pueblo, Colorado’s music history 

Xóchitl C. Chávez, assistant professor of music at UCR, is a co-principal investigator.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | | Arts / Culture
Tagumpay Mendoza De Leon (UCR/Stan Lim)

Music lecturer recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts

For the past 20 years Tagumpay Mendoza De Leon has been teaching Filipino rondalla music at UCR.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | | Arts / Culture
Outpost Concert Series is back at the Culver Center of the Arts for the 2021-22 season

‘Adventurous Music for Curious Ears’

The 2021-22 Outpost Concert Series kicks off the five-concert season on Nov. 3.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | | Arts / Culture
~Nois will be performing at the Culver Center of the Arts in downtown Riverside on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (Photo courtesy of ~Nois)

Outpost Concert Series: Music that elevates the senses

Running Nov. 6 through April 2020, the series’ five programs will highlight music composed over the past 40 years.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | | Arts / Culture
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