Past Events Winter 2005

Classical Guitarist Payam Larijani

Thursday, January 27, 2005

Afternoon Concert - 4 pm

Returning for his fifth season in a family celebration of his recently beginning doctoral studies at Claremont McKenna, UCLA alum Payam Larijani was joined by vocalist and violinist Marika Dvorak in a combination classical and jazz guitar program. Payam played favorites by such composers as Villa-Lobos, Yocoh, Albeniz, Torroba, de Falla, J.S. Bach, Satie, Narvaez and Sor. He accompanied Dvorak in “Autumn Leaves” by Johnny Mercer, “Black Orpheus” by Luis Bonfa and Wes Montgomery’s “Four on Six.” His encore for the audience of sixty plus in attendance was Tárrega's “ Recuerdos de la Alhambra.”

Photos by C. Brown

“More Than Meets the Eye: Photography by Henry Lim and Amanda Whiting”

February 1 – March 12, 2005

Music Library staff member Henry Lim and Amanda Whiting contributed the digital photos seen throughout the UCLA Library central Web pages. The exhibit featured thirty examples of their work, including many taken at UCLA and surrounding environs. Some of Lim’s photos may be seen at: http://www.henrylim.org/DigitalPhotographs1.html

Molecular Sciences, UCLA, 2002	Kerckhoff,  UCLA, 2002

Photos by Henry Lim

2nd Annual Romeo and Juliet Italian Renaissance Ball

Saturday, February 12, 2005

It was a full house with 127 dancers filing the Rotunda. Special instruction was provided by Professor Emeritus Emma Lewis Thomas as many of the students attending were from GE Cluster 23B class, “Inside the Performing Arts.” During two interludes, harpsichordist Melody Horner played selections from the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. There were also Shakespeare readings by UCLA students.

3rd Annual President’s Ball

Saturday, March 5, 2005

105 participants learned dances such as the waltz, polka, mazurka, gallop, schottische, redowa and Virginia Reel. Students from GE 23B attended this dance as well. Graduate students from the Department of Music provided interludes, playing music for oboe, bassoon, and clarinet by Mozart, Beethoven, and Clementi in the East Rotunda. The guest musicians were Amy Gillick, bassoon, Benjamin Mitchell, clarinet, and Ryan Zwahlen, oboe.