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Past Events Spring Quarter 2003
“Signed” – Autographed Books from College Library
Staff Collections
March 25 – April 18, 2003
Library staff
contributed their favorite books autographed by both children and
adult authors and illustrators to this exhibit. These included works
by Arnold Lobel, Mercer Mayer, Leo and Diane Dillon, Andrew Young,
Ray Bradbury and others.
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Classical
Guitarist Jan Pochop
Tuesday, April 15, 4-5pm |
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Jan Pochop returned to Powell for his first solo concert here.
Included were lovely renditions by composers such as J.S.
Bach. Guimaráes, Tárrega, Yocoh, Joplin and
Domeniconi.
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55th Annual Robert B. and Blanche Campbell Student Book Collection
Competition
Winning Collections
April 18 – May 9, 2003 The
winning book collections by graduate and undergraduate students
were on display in Powell.
The names of the winners and their collections are listed on the
Campbell website:
http://www.library.ucla.edu/committees/campbell/text/win.htm
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SuperDevoiche,
the UCLA Bulgarian Women's Choir
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Tzvetanka
Varimezova, Director
Wednesday, April 23, 4-5pm |
After more than two years, SuperDevoiche returned to Powell
Library and drew a standing room only crowd. Under the expert
direction of Tzvetanka Varimezova, they performed hauntingly
beautiful three to six part arrangements of traditional and
modern Bulgarian folk songs.
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The Ciro Zoppo Research Fellowship Concert
Divine Love: Music from a Seventeenth Century Convent
Kate Bartel, Director, Olivia Mather, Caroline O’Meara, Erica
Scheinberg, Jacqueline Warwick, Cecilia Sun, and Nina Treadwell
Friday, May
2, 8pm
Performed by
members of the Department of Musicology, this concert celebrated
through music and commentary the work of Chiara Margarita Cozzolani,
a seventeenth century Milanese nun. Her motets, composed for the
nuns of S. Radegonda, offered a unique glimpse into female monastic
piety in Early Modern Italy.
The concert
was made possible by a generous grant from the family of Professor
Ciro Zoppo.
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The
Enemy Alien Files: Hidden Stories of World War II
May 9 - June 27, 2003
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exhibit from the National Japanese American Historical Society
explored the wrenching experiences of thousands of Germans,
Italians, and Japanese in the U.S. and Latin America who were
excluded, interned, and deported during World War II. Photographs,
texts, oral histories, and artifacts documented this little-known
episode of American history and invite comparisons with present-day
domestic and world events. Many groups and individuals contributed
artifacts to the exhibit cases. View the exhibit flyer.
and read the May 18th opening ceremony report. |
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The “Contenance Angloise: “Two Centuries of English Music
Musica Humana: The UCLA Early Music Collective
Louis Niebur, Elizabeth Altman, Martin Daughtry, Amy Frishkey, Jonathan
Greenburg, Sara Gross, Gordon Haramaki, Barbara Hui, Caroline Polk
O’Meara, Holley Replogle, and Erica Scheinberg.
Friday May 30, 8pm
Musica Humana ended their fourth season at UCLA with a rich vocal
ensemble concert. Beginning in the late 13th century, English music
developed along a path independent of the rest of Europe. This unique
sound, known as the "Contenance Angloise" on the Continent,
reveled in rich luxurious harmonies and playful rhythms. Some of
the best, spanning from the earliest polyphonic English works to
the finest large-scale cathedral pieces, were featured. Included
were works by composers such as Pycard, Morely, Cornysh, Robert
Johnson, Henry V and Anne Boleyn. Crowning the evening was a stirring
“Magnificat by John Taverner and gorgeous harmonies of John
Sheppard’s “Filiae Hierusalem.”.
The concert was featured as L.A. Weekly’s classical “pick
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Historical
Ballroom Dance
"6th Annual Jane Austen Dance at UCLA"
Saturday, May 31, 2003, 8pm – Midnight
There was a large turnout for the third in a series of three historical
dances held in the Rotunda this year. Special guest teacher John
Hertz provided expert background and instruction in Regency period
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Student Exhibits
The following two exhibits were done as projects for Professor Paul
Von Blum’s class, Honors 20: Art as Social Commentary.
Unlocking the Voices: African American Murals
May 28 – June 4, 2003
Lorna Wilson, Nicole Mumey and Rachel Zelaya, curators
In the Rotunda, this exhibit featured laser color images of ten Los
Angeles murals by African American artists. The murals chosen gave
a history of some prominent African Americans as well as illustrated
conflicts endured. Artists depicted were Elliot Pinkney, Charles Freeman,
Charles White, Charles Alston, Hale Woodruff, and Nola Olabisi.
Student
Activism: Protests Against The Wars Throughout the Years
June 2 – 8, 2003
Erlinda Santiago and Kristin Fauth, curators
Utilizing facsimile flyers and photos from the UCLA Archives, this
exhibit in the ground floor stacks chronicled UCLA student activisim
from World War II to the present. It also included UCLA sophomore
Carmen Winant’s art. |
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