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Daniel Mitchell '22 (CCS Music Composition) will present his senior composition recital on May 19, 2022 at 8:00pm in the UCSB Music Building, Geiringer Hall. 

Gina Pletschet '22 (CCS Music Composition) will present Graphically Personal, a CCS Music Composition senior recital, on May 15, 2022 at 5:00pm at the Music Bowl. 

Adam Schmieder will present his CCS Music Composition Senior Recital in the CCS Art Gallery space, on May 14th at 4:30pm.

Cassandra Chow '22 (CCS Music Composition) will present Always Yours, a CCS Music Composition senior recital, on May 14, 2022 at 1:30pm in the Music Building Room 1145. 

Sophie Lacson '22 (CCS Music Composition) will present her senior composition recital on May 10, 2022 at 7:00pm in the Old Little Theater.

Silicon Valley Requiem is a composition based on the requiem mass but replacing the liturgical environment with the public theater of Tech CEOs. A trio of synthesized male voices singing Gregorian chant melodies is paired with two live female performers singing statements regarding their actions on earth to a monolithic adjudicating soprano projected above. The application of contemporary technology on medieval plainchant creates a plethora of complex philosophical questions. What does it mean for non-humans to sing a text fundamental to the human condition, mortality, and the afterlife? If a techno-utopia is being sold to us by icons of Silicon Valley here on earth, are we living a post-human existence?

Prof Slam challenges UCSB professors to share their research in just 3 minutes

Jennifer Koh and Davóne Tines

During Open House, CCS will be hosting information tables, student panels, and a few mock classes for prospective and admitted students! Learn more about why CCS is a unique program within the UC system that empowers experiential learning. Home to eight majors, get to know our community and find out what makes CCS an exciting place for passionate students.

Join the Library for an evening of music from the 1890s performed by Hancock’s California Orchestra to celebrate the launch of the Library's Early Recordings Initiative (ERI).