Distinguished guest artists mezzo soprano Megan Ihnen, violist Michael Hall and the Villiers String Quartet will perform concerts and work with music students in March as part of the Shpachenko and Friends Chamber Music Festival. Megan Ihnen Known for their…
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A new composition titled Double Klondike (2018) by Kevin J. Garnica was recently premiered on campus. Yafei Lin and Vernon Snyder, performing as the Lin-Snyder Duo, debuted the piece at the CPP Piano Ensemble concert in November. Snyder is an…
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Service-learning courses in the music department give Cal Poly Pomona students an opportunity to work with the university’s community partners such as the Pomona Unified School District. The classes also enable the students to extend the learn-by-doing approach beyond the…
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The Cal Poly Pomona Department of Music’s Spring 2019 series of events includes concerts, master classes taught by virtuosos and a musical theater workshop of Lin Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights.” The series will feature exceptional student performances and appearances…
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The Department of Music recently acquired and installed a state-of-the-art audio recording console that puts Cal Poly Pomona’s studio on the same level as many famous and renowned facilities worldwide. Music Professor Arthur Winer secured funding for the addition of…
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The Cal Poly Pomona Department of Music kicks off its Fall 2018 series of events with a performance of the CPP Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Winds. The concert is at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 17 and features the works…
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By Christina Manuel Alejandro Barajas, the winner of the 2018 CPP Concerto Scholarship Competition, will perform a solo piece for the CPP Philharmonic Orchestra and String Ensemble concert. The third-year music education student will showcase “Concerto No. 1” by Chin…
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Katherine “Kat” Cabula began writing songs as a teen, composing her tune “It Rains in California” while still a high school senior at Ribét Academy in Los Angeles. When she was looking to continue her education, she wanted a university…
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Music Professor Nadia Shpachenko was awarded the Aaron Copland Fund For Music and the Alice M. Ditson Fund at Columbia University recording grants for her upcoming 2019 album “The Poetry of Places.” Shpachenko recorded her “Poetry of Places” album at Skywalker Sound in August…
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Cal Poly Pomona music students finished a recent singing competition on a high note, winning awards in three categories. Nine voice majors participated in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Los Angeles chapter’s annual Student Auditions Collegiate Division event…
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