The Music Department’s Holiday Gala is set for Wednesday, Dec. 4, and Thursday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall, located in the university’s Performing Arts Building. Tickets are on sale now, with discounts available for students, alumni, military personnel, and seniors.
An article about the launch of a youth orchestra by the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra mentioned the roles played by Lucy Lewis (music) and Nicholas Bratcher (former music faculty member) in the formation of the new musical program, and David Yaghoubian (history) was interviewed about the August 1953 coup in Iran.
Tickets are now on sale online for the U.S. premier of “The Next Whisky Bar,” which will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, April 24-25, at the university’s Performing Arts Recital Hall.
The CSUSB Chamber singers performed alongside Los Angeles Philharmonic in musical performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Dec. 19.
Quoted in recent news articles or publishing research are Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts emerita) and Brian Levin (criminal justice emeritus); Eugene H. Wong, Kevin P. Rosales and Lisa Looney (child development); Edna Martinez (associate vice president and administrator in charge of the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus) co-authored a study with Sharon Velarde Pierce (CSUSB public administration); and Jonathan Jay Dubois (anthropology).
Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts, emerita) is the project director for “Stand Against Hate: A Community and Performing Arts Concert,” which will be presented on Nov. 30 at the San Bernardino Valley College Auditorium.
Chair of the CSUSB music department, Lesley Leighton, an acclaimed conductor and singer, has left an indelible mark on the world of film and television soundtracks.
Jim Mulvihill (geography and environmental studies, emeritus) discussed the demolition of San Bernardino’s long abandoned Carousel Mall, and Nicholas Bratcher (music) directed the San Bernardino Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble at an April 30 performance.
Brian Levin (criminal justice), Stacey Fraser (music), Kristi Papailler (theatre arts) and Viktor Wang (education) were included in recent news coverage.