Events at UCF

Events By Tag: “Music”

  • Taste of UCF | Passport to Culture

    Student Union: Pegasus Ballroom

    Taste of UCF is a cultural immersion highlighting cultural dance and cuisine from 15 countries across the globe. This year's theme is "Passport to Culture". Join us August 21, 2018, at 11am inside the Student Union Pegasus Ballroom and explore the many cultures that are represented on campus. Special Performances by Sala South Hawaiian Group, RUCKUS and Sports Club Council. ...

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  • Faculty Recital: Ayako Yonetani, violin

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    Dr. Ayako Yonetani presents a faculty violin recital with guest pianist, Dr. Cheryl Tchanz. Yonetani is a world-renowned voilinist and a full professor of violin and viola at UCF. She is also a member of Japan's premier chamber ensemble, Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo. Dr. Tchanz is an award-winning pianist who is an active soloist and chamber musician with a special interest ...

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  • Guest Artist Recital: Shelby VanNordstrand, soprano and Mary Perkinson, violin

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    Guest Artists Shelby VanNordstrand, soprano and Mary Perkinson, violin are joined by UCF faculty members, Jeremy Hunt, tenor and Steven Chicurel-Stein, piano in a special recital. VanNordstrand and Perkinson join our UCF faculty from the University of Nebraska Omaha. Soprano Shelby VanNordstrand has appeared as a soloist with a wide range of ensembles and companies; including Lorin Maazel's Castleton Festival, ...

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  • Faculty Wind Quintet Recital

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    Members of the UCF Music faculty present a recital of wind quintet music. Keith Koons, clarinet Jamie Strefeler, oboe Nora Lee Garcia, flute Yoon Joo Hwang, bassoon Benjamin Lieser, horn Free and open to the public, no ticket required.

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  • Faculty Recital: Thad Anderson, percussion

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    Dr. Thad Anderson presents a faculty percussion recital. Anderson is a versatile performer and pedagogue with focused interests that include contemporary music, composition, design, electro-acoustic music, conducting, and technology. He specializes in the creation and performance of new music through commissioning and collaborating with composers. Some of these projects have produced new works by Paul Lansky, Marc Mellits, Zack Browning, ...

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  • Faculty Recital: Jamie Strefeler, oboe

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    UCF Oboe Professor, Jamie Strefeler presents a recital with guest pianist Cheryl Tschanz. Featuring Guest Faculty Artists Luis Araya, trumpet and Yoon Joo Hwang, bassoon.with works by Telemann, Dutilleux and Mozart. Free and open to the public, no ticket required.

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  • Guest Artist Recital: Maria Lyapkova, piano and Meghan Bennett, flute

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    Guest pianist and flutist Dr. Maria Lyapkova and Dr. Meghan Bennett perform a duo recital. They received their DMA degree in Collaborative Piano and Flute Performance from The University of Texas at Austin. Free and open to the public, no ticket required.

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  • Flying Horse Big Band Concert (Recurring Event)

    Nicholson School of Communication: 101

    The chart-topping Flying Horse Big Band is part of the Jazz Program at the UCF School of Performing Arts. Under the direction of saxophonist and American jazz musician, Jeff Rupert, the Flying Horse Big Band performs at festivals and concert halls regionally and nationally. Their new album "The Bat Swings" has been topping national jazz charts. $10, $5 for students, ...

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  • UCF Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble II Concert

    Visual Arts Building: Auditorium

    The UCF Concert Band and the UCF Jazz Ensemble II present a concert featuring each ensemble. The UCF Concert Band is an open ensemble comprised of both music majors and non-majors from across the UCF campus. Jazz Ensemble II is a standard instrumentation big band that performs a varied repertoire of standard literature as well as new pieces composed and ...

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  • Jazz Chamber Groups Concert

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    Concert featuring UCF Jazz Chamber groups and combos. UCF has two Jazz Chamber Groups (quartets to sextets) that perform a wide variety of jazz repertoire and show off the improvisation skills of our UCF music students. The Jazz Chamber groups perform frequently around Central Florida. Free and open to the public, no ticket required.

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  • Faculty Recital: Luis Fred, trombone

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    UCF Trombone Professor, Luis Fred, presents a recital. Featuring faculty guest artist, Thad Anderson, percussion. Luis F. Fred was appointed Assistant Professor of Trombone at the University of Central Florida in 2017. Mr. Fred was principal trombone of the Puerto Rico Symphony (1998-2017) and professor of trombone at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music (2001-2017). He has extensive symphonic experience ...

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  • UCF Symphony Orchestra Concert

    Vero Beach High School: Auditorium

    The UCF Symphony Orchestra performs with Vero Beach and Eau Gallie High School Orchestras. Free and open to the public, no ticket required.

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  • Youth Bands of Orlando Concert (Recurring Event)

    Visual Arts Building: Auditorium

    Middle and High School students from across Central Florida perform in concert as the Youth Bands of Central Florida. Free and Open to the Public, no ticket requried.

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  • UCF Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band Concert

    Edgewater High School: Auditorium

    The UCF Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band will present their first concert of the year at Edgewater High School. The UCF Wind Ensemble is comprised of approximately 50 of the finest wind and percussion students at the University of Central Florida. Performing literature of the highest caliber. the Wind Ensemble presents two to three concerts per semester at local, regional ...

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  • Faculty Recital: Eladio Scharron, classical guitar

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    UCF classical guitar professor, Dr. Eladio Scharron, presents a recital in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Eladio Scharrón was born in San Sebastián, Puerto Rico into a family of guitarists well known in the island. He is a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico where he studied with guitarist-composer Ernesto Cordero. After obtaining the B.A. in music, he went ...

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  • The Jazz Professors play The Birth of the Cool

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    Performance of the groundbreaking Miles Davis album from 1949 and 1950. Featuring Miles Davis, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, Jumior Collins, John Lewis, Max Roach and more! $20 per person, $5 for students, Free for UCF students with ID.

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  • Saxophone Quartet Recital

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    UCF and Georgia Southern University Saxophone Quartets perform a joint recital. Free and open to the public, no ticket required.

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  • Collide Contemporary Music Series: The Kraken Quartet

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    The Kraken Quartet (percussion) perform a guest artist recital as part of the Collide Contemporary Music Series. A massive force of percussion and electronics, The Kraken Quartet is a genre-crossing group known for its highly energetic and engaging performances. Since their formation in 2012, the Austin-based group has been heralded for merging elements of math rock, minimalism, indie, post-rock, electronica, ...

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  • Faculty Recital: JoAnne Stephenson, soprano and Robin Jensen, piano

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    UCF voice faculty member, JoAnne Stephenson, soprano presents a recital with Robin Jensen, paino. Free and open to the public, no ticket required.

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  • Jazz Chamber Groups Concert

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    Concert featuring UCF Jazz Chamber groups and combos. UCF has two Jazz Chamber Groups (quartets to sextets) that perform a wide variety of jazz repertoire and show off the improvisation skills of our UCF music students. The Jazz Chamber groups perform frequently around Central Florida. Free and open to the public, no ticket required.

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  • UCF Chamber Winds Concert

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    Student musicians from the UCF Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Bands perform chamber works for winds featuring graduate conducting students. The UCF Wind Ensemble is comprised of approximately 50 of the finest wind and percussion students at the University of Central Florida. Performing literature of the highest caliber. The Wind Ensemble presents two to three concerts per semester at local, regional ...

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  • Guest Jazz Performance: Jerry Weldon in Concert

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    Guest Jazz Artist Jerry Weldon, Tenor sax performs with Kyle Koehler on Hammond Organ, Marty Morell, drums, and Bobby Koelble, guitar. $20, $5 for students with ID, Free for UCF students with ID

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  • UCF String Ensemble Concert

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    Free and open to the public, no ticket required.

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  • A Perfect Circle

    CFE Arena

    Alternative rock supergroup, A Perfect Circle, will bring their new tour to CFE Arena on Tuesday, October 30 at 7:30 PM. They will be performing songs from their newly released album, Eat The Elephant. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster outlets, by calling 800-745-3000 or at the CFE Arena Box Office. Sign up for the CFE Arena Cyber Club to ...

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  • Flying Horse Big Band Concert (Recurring Event)

    Nicholson School of Communication: 101

    The chart-topping Flying Horse Big Band is part of the Jazz Program at the UCF School of Performing Arts. Under the direction of saxophonist and American jazz musician, Jeff Rupert, the Flying Horse Big Band performs at festivals and concert halls regionally and nationally. Their new album "The Bat Swings" has been topping national jazz charts. $10, $5 for students, ...

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