BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//University of Florida | College of the Arts - ECPv6.17.5.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:University of Florida | College of the Arts X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://arts.ufl.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for University of Florida | College of the Arts REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T213000 DTSTAMP:20260928T212955Z CREATED:20260928T212745Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T212955Z UID:32939-1792697400-1792704600@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:UFPA and the Young Dancer's Workshop Present: RUBBERBAND - Vic's Mix DESCRIPTION:Montreal’s RUBBERBAND puts on a performance equal parts joyful and jaw dropping. Vic’s Mix draws from the very best of choreographer Victor Quijada’s work\, combining the athleticism of hip-hop\, the refinement of ballet\, and the boldness of contemporary dance into thrilling\, high-energy movement\, turning each beat into a kinetic conversation between styles that seem to defy gravity. With humor\, heart\, and breathtaking physicality\, there’s truly something for everyone. \n\n\n\nQuijada brings Vic’s Mix to the University of Florida’s Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (UFPA) as part of the 2026 Young Dancer’s Workshop Welcome Event & Opening Concert\, hosted by the University of Florida and Santa Fe College’s dance programs. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/ufpa-and-the-young-dancers-workshop-present-rubberband-vics-mix/ LOCATION:Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts\, 3201 Hull Road\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32607\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/RUBBERBAND-event-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T203000 DTSTAMP:20261013T161825Z CREATED:20261010T012459Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T161825Z UID:33309-1792697400-1792701000@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Wind Symphony Concert DESCRIPTION:Wind Symphony’s second concert of the season. \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nUniversity of Florida Wind Symphony: Made in America\n\n\n\nDr. Archie G. Birkner IV\, conductor \n\n\n\nWorks by Bernstein\, Corigliano\, Kaminsky\, and Williams URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/wind-symphony-concert/ LOCATION:University Auditorium\, 333 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/10/IMG_2866.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T203000 DTSTAMP:20261010T011529Z CREATED:20261010T011528Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261010T011529Z UID:33305-1792611000-1792614600@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Symphonic Band Concert DESCRIPTION:Symphonic Band’s second concert of the season. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/symphonic-band-concert/ LOCATION:University Auditorium\, 333 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T203000 DTSTAMP:20261010T011249Z CREATED:20261010T011246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261010T011249Z UID:33301-1792524600-1792528200@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Concert Band Concert DESCRIPTION:Concert Band’s first performance of the season! An American patriotic themed program. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/concert-band-concert/ LOCATION:University Auditorium\, 333 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T190500 DTSTAMP:20260928T182913Z CREATED:20260920T232933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T182913Z UID:32727-1792519200-1792523100@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Visiting Artist Lecture: Rachel Mayeri DESCRIPTION:The School of Art + Art History presents the Visiting Artist Lecture Series. \n\n\n\nJoin us for an artist talk and Q&A with Rachel Mayeri on Tuesday\, October 20 at 6:15 p.m. in Fine Arts B (FAB) 103. \n\n\n\nRachel Mayeri is a Los Angeles-based artist working at the intersection of art and science\, educated at Brown University and University of California\, San Diego. Her videos\, installations and writing projects explore topics ranging from the history of special effects to the human animal. She is known for her multi-year series of artworks about nonhuman primates entitled Primate Cinema. The first\, “Baboons as Friends\,” was created in collaboration with primatologist Deborah Forster and shown at the Mill Valley Film Festival in California\, Abandon Normal Devices in Liverpool and Art Laboratory Berlin. Commissioned by Arts Catalyst\, she designed a film expressly for chimpanzees. The film\, called “Apes as Family\,” subsequently exhibited at Sundance\, Berlinale\, Ars Electronica and Microwave Media Art Festival in Hong Kong. As part of Getty’s 2024 PST Art: Art & Science Collide\, she created a three-channel video installation at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institute of Oceanography\, “R/P FLIP R.I.P.\,” about a Cold War research vessel built to rotate 90 degrees. As a Guest Curator of the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles\, she designed the permanent kinetic exhibition “Miracles and Disasters in Renaissance and Baroque Theater.”  \n\n\n\nA pioneer in art-science\, Mayeri’s projects are featured in books such as Interspecies: Art\, Science\, and the Animal (2024); The Art-Science Symbiosis (Springer 2024); and The Routledge Companion of Biology in Art and Architecture (2017). She is the recipient of numerous accolades and grants including the Major Arts Award from Wellcome Trust and a Creative Capital Media Grant\, and has held residencies at Djerassi\, Banff New Media Institute and the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA). She is currently Professor of Media Studies at Harvey Mudd College\, where she teaches courses in Animal Media Studies\, Nonhuman Media Art and Art & Biology. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/visiting-artist-lecture-rachel-mayeri/ LOCATION:Fine Arts Building B (FAB)\, 400 SW 13th St\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/VAS-RM-CAL-TV-copy-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T130000 DTSTAMP:20261018T204202Z CREATED:20261018T203216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261018T204202Z UID:33593-1792497600-1792501200@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:UF Center for Arts in Medicine Graduate Program Overview: Director and Current Student DESCRIPTION:Join Center for Arts in Medicine Graduate Recruitment Specialist Michelle Wilder Rivers\, current student Stacey Von Busch\, and director Ferol Carytsas for an overview of opportunities in the field of arts in health\, Arts in Medicine graduate programs\, the admissions process\, and learn alongside other prospective students. \n\n\n\nAlternative Date\n\n\n\nThursday\, September 10 at 2:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nSchedule a One-on-One Chat\n\n\n\nRather schedule a one-on-one chat? Book a time for a personalized overview here: \n\n\n\n \n \n Book a Time \n\n\n\n\nNo matter where you are in your decision-making process\, we’re happy to connect. Choose the experience that best fits your needs or take advantage of both. \n\n\n\nFinal Review for Spring 2027 is November 1. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/uf-center-for-arts-in-medicine-graduate-program-overview-director-current-student/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/10/UF-Center-for-Arts-in-Medicine-Graduate-Program-Overview-Format.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T150000 DTSTAMP:20261014T173429Z CREATED:20261014T173414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T173429Z UID:33563-1792330200-1792335600@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Dr. Danielle Moreau Faculty Percussion Recital DESCRIPTION:Featuring works by Emma O’halloran\, Michio Kitazume\, Hugo Morales Murguia\, Thad Anderson\, Molly Herron\, and David Crowell. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/dr-danielle-moreau-faculty-percussion-recital/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/10/DanielleMoreau_10.18.26_CotA.jpg.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T174500 DTSTAMP:20261006T024042Z CREATED:20260811T183836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T024042Z UID:31731-1792255500-1792259100@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Guest Artist Recital: Tze-Ying Wu and Jacob Coleman DESCRIPTION:Program \n\n\n\nSonata No. 1 for Viola and Piano (1955) Bohuslav MartinůI. Poco andante (1890-1959)II. Allegro non troppo \n\n\n\nLet Down by Radiohead Christopher O’Riley(b. 1956) \n\n\n\nin manus tuas for Solo Viola (2009) Caroline Shaw(b. 1982) \n\n\n\nFantasy for Solo Viola (2014) Ellen Taaffe Zwilich(b. 1939) \n\n\n\nSonata No. 1 for Viola and Piano (1926) Nikolai Roslavets(1880 – 1944) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Tze-Ying Wu is an Associate Professor of Viola and String Education at the University of Kentucky and the director of the UK String Project. Before joining the University of Kentucky\, she was the founding director of the Sturgis Music Academy (now ASO String Academy) of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Wu earned her Doctor of Music and Master of Music degrees in viola performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University\, studying under Professor Atar Arad. She has also worked closely with Mimi Zweig and Dr. Brenda Brenner as a violin/viola instructor at Indiana University String Academy. Her undergraduate studies culminated in a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from National Taiwan Normal University. \n\n\n\nDr. Wu’s performance experience includes playing with orchestras such as the Lexington Philharmonic\, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra\, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra\, and Singapore Symphony Orchestra. As a dedicated chamber musician\, she performs extensively with her harp trio\, the Formosa Trio. The trio recently premiered commissioned works by Zhou Tian and Hsieh Tsung Jen at the American Harp Society’s 2023 Summer Institute at Colburn School and gave a recital at the National Taichung Theater in Taiwan. Their performances have also graced the stages of the 13th World Harp Congress in Hong Kong\, the University of Illinois\, Western Illinois University\, Central Michigan University\, Shanghai Concert Hall\, and the National Concert Hall in Taipei. Their album\, “First Impression\,” was released in 2018. \n\n\n\nIn addition to her academic year commitments\, Dr. Wu contributes her expertise during the summer as a faculty member at the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts and the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute. She is an active member of the American String Teachers Association and the American Viola Society\, and she currently serves as the board president for the National String Project Consortium. In recognition of her contributions to music education\, Dr. Wu was honored with the Outstanding Educator Award by the Kentucky Chapter of the American String Teachers Association in 2024. \n\n\n\nA native of Athens\, Georgia\, pianist Jacob Coleman is Associate Professor of Piano and Collaborative Piano at the University of Kentucky School of Music. As a collaborator\, Dr. Coleman has performed with artists such as Franklin Cohen\, David Kim\, Jeff Nelsen\, Leone Busye\, Amy Porter as well as the Zohn Collective and Kenari Quartet. He has served as an official pianist for the Mid-South Flute Fest\, National Trumpet Competition\, ProjetoBone Brasil (2019)\, and Muestra Internacional de Clarinete de Panamá (2019). Coleman has also frequently appeared at the North American Saxophone Alliance and International Double Reed Society conferences. \n\n\n\nPrior to coming to Kentucky Dr. Coleman taught at the University of Southern Mississippi\, where he directed the Collaborative Piano Program and created a new doctoral degree. From 2014-2016\, he served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. For six summers\, he was a member of the piano staff at the Meadowmount School of Music founded by Ivan Galamian. Dr. Coleman holds degrees from The University of Texas at Austin (DMA\, Collaborative Piano)\, University of Oregon (MM\, Collaborative Piano)\, and University of Georgia (BM\, Piano Performance). His primary teachers were Richard Zimdars\, David Riley\, and Anne Epperson. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/guest-artist-recital-tze-ying-wu-and-jacob-coleman/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/08/ViolaDay_GuestRecital.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T160000 DTSTAMP:20261013T181021Z CREATED:20261012T233850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T181021Z UID:33439-1792245600-1792252800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Living with Others: The Art and Ecology of a Multi-species Future | Program I DESCRIPTION:Living with Others is a speaker series organized by Eury Kim\, Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design\, with support from the Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere (CHPS)\, the Department of English\, and the Department of Gender\, Sexuality and Women’s Studies. The series aims to build ways of learning that go beyond aesthetic experience and demonstrate how art practices generate knowledge alongside traditional forms of humanities research. Programming will include artist talks and nature walks designed to engage students\, staff\, faculty and the broader Gainesville community with life that thrives on campus grounds. Activities will focus on caring for plants and animals in nearby swamps and wetlands\, including Lake Alice and the Harn Museum of Art. \n\n\n\nProgram I: Lee Pivnik\n\n\n\nLee Pivnik is an artist living in Miami\, Florida. He creates drawings\, sculptures\, and installations that explore interspecies relationships. Pivnik draws inspiration from animals\, insects\, and plants in South Florida\, imagining futures of mutual care rather than extraction. He is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design’s Sculpture program. \n\n\n\nProgramming for Living with Others is made possible by our sponsors. We are grateful for the support provided by the Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere (CHPS)\, the Department of English\, and the Department of Gender\, Sexuality\, and Women’s Studies at the University of Florida. \n\n\n\nLiving with Others | Program II Information\nProgram II: Cornelius Tulloch and Arsimmer McCoySaturday\, November 14 at the Lake Alice viewing area. \n\n\n\n \n \n View Program II URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/living-with-others-the-art-and-ecology-of-a-multi-species-future-program-i/ LOCATION:Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art\, 3259 Hull Rd\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32608\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/10/3840x2160-1-resize-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T180000 DTSTAMP:20261006T023825Z CREATED:20260811T180057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T023825Z UID:31721-1792229400-1792260000@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:UF Viola Day DESCRIPTION:UF Viola Day 2026\n\n\n\nJoin Dr. Lauren Hodges and her students on Saturday\, October 17\, 2026\, for a full day of viola playing\, learning\, and fun at the University of Florida School of Music! \n\n\n\nDesigned for middle school\, high school\, and college students\, the UF Viola Day offers an exciting opportunity to experience the vibrant music community at the University of Florida. \n\n\n\nA Day Full of Viola! \n\n\n\nOur special guest artist\, Dr. Tze-Ying Wu of the University of Kentucky\, will present a mindfulness class\, viola masterclass\, and guest artist recital with pianist Jacob Coleman. \n\n\n\nProspective UF students will have the opportunity to participate in a group scale and technique class and a masterclass with Dr. Lauren Hodges. \n\n\n\nYoung violinists ages 12–18 can discover the viola through our half-day Violin to Viola Lab\, led by Dr. June Xu of the Gainesville Orchestra. Participants will have the chance to try the viola for the first time\, and a limited number of instruments will be available for students who do not own and instrument. \n\n\n\nTeachers and professional musicians are welcome to audit the day’s events. \n\n\n\nAll participants will have the chance to:\n\n\n\n\nPlay in a huge viola ensemble\n\n\n\nParticipate in group classes and masterclasses\n\n\n\nExplore mindfulness and musicianship\n\n\n\nEnjoy a guest artist recital and viola concert\n\n\n\nTour the UF School of Music with UF School of Music Ambassadors\n\n\n\nLearn more about studying music at the University of Florida\n\n\n\n\nWho can participate?\n\n\n\nUF Viola Day is geared toward viola students and young musicians ages 12–30\, including: \n\n\n\n\nMiddle school students\n\n\n\nHigh school students\n\n\n\nCollege students\n\n\n\nYoung professionals\n\n\n\n\nViolinists ages 12–18 are especially invited to participate in the Violin to Viola Lab and experience the viola for the first time! \n\n\n\n*Minors must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of the event. \n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\nSaturday\, October 17\, 20269:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nUniversity of Florida School of MusicMusic Building435 Newell DriveGainesville\, FL 32611 \n\n\n\nHave questions? Contact host Dr. Lauren Hodges at lbhodges@ufl.edu. We can’t wait to welcome you to UF Viola Day 2026! URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/uf-viola-day/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/08/viola_day_website-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T153000 DTSTAMP:20261013T163041Z CREATED:20260906T154432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T163041Z UID:32375-1792141200-1792251000@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:HESCAH Symposium | Creative Commodities: Art\, Ecology\, and the Spanish Empire DESCRIPTION:View Full-Size Event Poster\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nThis two day symposium brings together twelve scholars of colonial Latin America at the University of Florida to explore the intersections of art\, environment\, materiality\, and colonialism. The invitees work across disciplines including art history\, history\, and Spanish literature and language. This HESCAH event will feature two days of panels plus a keynote roundtable discussion to conclude the event\, titled “Beyond the Beautiful: Lessons from the Ecocritical Study of Spanish Colonial Art and Culture” at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday\, October 17. \n\n\n\nSchedule: Friday\, October 16\n\n\n\n9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.\n\n\n\nCoffee and Conversation \n\n\n\n9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.\n\n\n\nWelcome and Opening RemarksDerek Burdette\, Associate Professor of Art History\, University of Florida \n\n\n\n10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. | Panel 1\n\n\n\n“Mapping the Liquid Landscape of Early Colonial Mexico”Savannah Esquivel\, Assistant Professor of Art History\, University of California\, Riverside \n\n\n\n“Las raíces humanas de los colorantes novohispanos: productores de grana cochinilla en Oaxaca\, siglo XVIII.”Huemac Escalona Lüttig\, Associate Researcher\, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas\, Universidad Nacional de México (UNAM)\, Unidad Oaxaca. Talk to be delivered in Spanish. \n\n\n\n“Tecali in Translation: The Place of Stone in Colonial Mexico”Brendan McMahon\, Assistant Professor of Medieval and Early Modern Studies\, University of Michigan \n\n\n\n11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nLunch \n\n\n\n1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | Panel 2\n\n\n\n“Cotton to Feather: Palampore Aesthetics in Amazonia”Juliana Fagua Arias\, Ph.D. Candidate in the History of Art\, Cornell University \n\n\n\n“Highlands of Ruin and Remedy: Plants\, Agency\, and Subaltern Ecologies in Caribbean Coffee Landscapes”Paul Niell\, Associate Professor of Art History\, Florida State University \n\n\n\n“Gather to Burn: Working Wax in the Colonial Philippines”Dana Leibsohn\, Alice Pratt Brown Professor of Art\, Smith College \n\n\n\n2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nCoffee Break \n\n\n\n3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. | Panel 3\n\n\n\n“A Matter of Taste: Salt\, Ritual\, and Ceremony in Colonial Mexico”Paul Ramírez\, Associate Professor of History\, Northwestern University \n\n\n\n“Salt\, Sicily\, and the Colonial Waterscape”Elizabeth Kassler-Taub\, Assistant Professor of Art History\, Dartmouth College \n\n\n\nSchedule: Saturday\, October 17\n\n\n\n10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.\n\n\n\nCoffee \n\n\n\n10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Panel 4\n\n\n\n“Capitalist Logic and Artistic Production in the Villa Imperial de Potosí”Maya Stanfield-Mazzi\, Professor of Art History\, University of Florida \n\n\n\n“The Art of Logistics in the Global Spanish Empire”Daniel Nemser\, Associate Professor of Spanish\, University of Michigan \n\n\n\n“Captured Spanish Sea Charts as English Imperial Commodities”Juliet Wiersema\, Professor\, Art and Art History\, University of Texas\, San Antonio \n\n\n\n12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nLunch \n\n\n\n2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Keynote Conversation\n\n\n\n“Beyond the Beautiful: Lessons from the Ecocritical Study of Spanish Colonial Art and Culture”A moderated conversation between all invited speakers URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/hescah-symposium-creative-commodities-art-ecology-and-the-spanish-empire/ LOCATION:Emerson Alumni Hall\, 1938 W University Ave\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32603\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/10/HESCAH-Creative-Commodities.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T180000 DTSTAMP:20261005T213113Z CREATED:20261005T213112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261005T213113Z UID:33193-1792085400-1792087200@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Piano Ensemble Mini Recital DESCRIPTION:The first of two recitals given by students in piano ensembles coached by Dr. Hsiang Tu. This 30-minute program will feature works by J.S. Bach\, Lutoslawski\, Rachmaninoff\, and Stravinsky. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/piano-ensemble-mini-recital/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T191500 DTSTAMP:20260810T183159Z CREATED:20260810T183157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260810T183159Z UID:31637-1791916200-1791918900@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Pipe Organ Demonstration DESCRIPTION:Members of the UF organ studio demonstrate the “sights and sounds” of the Andrew Anderson Memorial Pipe Organ housed in the University Auditorium. Join us on the auditorium stage as studio members play musical selections and discuss how the pipe organ works. Open to all! URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/pipe-organ-demonstration-2/ LOCATION:University Auditorium\, 333 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/08/UA-Organ-Pipes-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T163000 DTSTAMP:20261008T195246Z CREATED:20260928T163634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T195246Z UID:32835-1791732600-1791736200@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Gator Horn Choir Fall Concert DESCRIPTION:The Gator Horn Choir will present its annual Fall Concert on Sunday\, October 11\, at 3:30 p.m. in MUB 101. Directed by Paul Basler\, the ensemble will also feature guest conductors Owen Nestor and Abraham Sulin. The program includes works by Constantin Homilius\, Paul Basler\, Jerome Kern\, Owen Nestor\, Mario Mora\, Harold Arlen\, James Naigus\, and Alan Menken. Admission is free and open to the public\, and a reception will follow the performance. \n\n\n\nConcert Program \n\n\n\nConstantin Homilius (1840-1918)Quartet in Bb\, Op.38Allegro \n\n\n\nPaul Basler (b.1963)SuiteIntroductionWaltzInterludeWhirl \n\n\n\nJerome Kern (1885-1954)\, arr. Lowell ShanAll the Things You Are \n\n\n\nOwen Nestor (b.2006)Out of the Blue (premiere performance)Owen Nestor\, conductor \n\n\n\nMario MoraDon AlfredoAbraham Sulin\, conductor \n\n\n\nHarold Arlen (1905-1986)\, arr. Russell L. RobinsonOver the Rainbow \n\n\n\nJames Naigus (b.1987)Second Dawn \n\n\n\nAlan Menkin (b.1949)\, arr. Marc PapeghinBelle (from Beauty and the Beast) \n\n\n\nGator Horn Choir \n\n\n\nGrace Barrett\, Hana Coggin\, Cole Colhouer\, Heidi Dillon\, William Forbes\, Brennan Gould\, Owen Nestor\, Jeb Oertli\, Ella Price\, Jocelyn Pritchard\, David Reyes-Munoz\, Naomi Shpaner\, Philip Shuler\, Alessandra Skarshinski-Fred\, Cole Spencer\, Abraham Sulin\, Luigi Vechiatto\, Harrison Zunkel \n\n\n\nPaul Basler\, Director URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/gator-horn-choir-fall-concert/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/gatorhornchoir_concert.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T143000 DTSTAMP:20260810T200724Z CREATED:20260810T200722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260810T200724Z UID:31665-1791725400-1791729000@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Guest Organ Recital: Neil Harmon DESCRIPTION:Guest artist Neil Harmon will perform on the historic Andrew Anderson Memorial Organ housed in the University Auditorium. Harmon teaches at Brigham Young University\, where he serves as Coordinator of Organ and Carillon Studies. Join us for a wonderful afternoon of organ music! URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/guest-organ-recital-neil-harmon/ LOCATION:University Auditorium\, 333 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/08/UA-Organ-Pipes-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261007T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261007T210000 DTSTAMP:20260928T213659Z CREATED:20260928T213657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T213659Z UID:32951-1791401400-1791406800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:UF Brass Band DESCRIPTION:Join the University of Florida School of Music for an extraordinary evening of brass music by the UF Brass Band in their opening concert\, “Kingdom of Dragons”. Featuring works by Philips Sparke\, Ben Hollings\, John James Powell\, Dorothy Gates\, T.J. Powell\, and Philip Harper. Whether you’re a longtime brass band enthusiast or experiencing this unique instrumentation for the first time\, this program promises to leave you wanting more! \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact Dr. Danielle VanTuinen\, director of the UF Brass Band. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Danielle VanTuinen\n \n\n \n \n \n Associate Professor\n \n \n \n \n \n Brass\n •\n School of Music\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n dvantuinen@arts.ufl.edu URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/uf-brass-band/ LOCATION:University Auditorium\, 333 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/Kingdom-of-Dragons.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261006T125000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261006T155000 DTSTAMP:20260916T195650Z CREATED:20260914T195455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T195650Z UID:32579-1791291000-1791301800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Jonathan Shames Piano Masterclass and Orchestra Clinic DESCRIPTION:The University of Florida School of Music welcomes pianist and conductor Jonathan Shames\, who will present a piano recital\, piano masterclass\, and orchestra clinic during his residency.  \n\n\n\nPiano Masterclass: Tuesday\, October 6 at 12:50 p.m. in MUB 101 \n\n\n\nOrchestra Clinic: Tuesday\, October 6 at 1:55 p.m. in Steinbrenner Band Hall  \n\n\n\nAbout the Artist Jonathan Shames leads a wide-ranging musical career as pianist\, conductor and artist-teacher. Since 2004 the Director of Orchestral Studies and Artistic Director of OU Opera at the University of Oklahoma\, Mr. Shames has introduced Oklahoma audiences to a wide range of contemporary works\, including Lori Laitman’s Scarlet Letter\, Luigi Nono’s Il Canto sospeso\, and Louis Andriessen’s De Tijd. He has premiered orchestral and piano works of Joël-François Durand\, Betsy Jolas\, Stephen Hartke and Daniel Asia; his recordings of Asia’s Scherzo-Sonata for Piano\, dedicated to him\, and of Anthony Brandt’s opera The Birth of Something\, which he recorded with Houston’s Musiqa Ensemble\, are available on Amazon Music. Mr. Shames has collaborated frequently with the Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate\, including a staging of Tate’s masque Clans with costuming by Chickasaw designers at the Chickasaw Nation’s Te Ata Theater in Ada\, Oklahoma\, and with Mr. Tate as vocal soloist. Mr. Shames also shares the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Recording for his work on William Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence and Experience. \n\n\n\nMr. Shames’ work as a teacher occupies an important place in his musical life. He taught piano at Oberlin\, Rutgers\, and Cornell and conducting at the University of Michigan and (currently) University of Oklahoma\, led the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras and Marrowstone Music Festival for eight years\, and continues to work as often as possible with youth orchestras\, pianists and conductors. At the University of Oklahoma\, he conducts opera and orchestra performances\, tours with the OU Symphony Orchestra and often collaborates with OU’s School of Dance in works such as Balanchine’s ballets on Prokofiev’s Prodigal Son\, Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. His conducting students have won international conducting prizes and positions in universities and music festivals both in the U.S. and abroad\, and OU Opera has been recognized often by the National Opera Association. Mr. Shames’ musical development included piano studies with Theodore Lettvin and Leon Fleisher\, conducting studies with Gustav Meier\, and a conducting fellowship at the Tanglewood Music Festival\, where he worked with Seiji Ozawa and Bernard Haitink. At age 19\, he was invited to join the Opera Company of Boston as opera coach\, pianist and conductor by the great impresario\, stage director and conductor Sarah Caldwell. He later toured Russia with Ms. Caldwell\, performing as pianist in Bernstein’s Age of Anxiety in Moscow\, St. Petersburg\, and Novosibirsk. Mr. Shames has performed and recorded as pianist with orchestras throughout the U.S. and Europe\, among them the Moscow Chamber Orchestra\, the Cologne Radio Symphony\, the Belgrade Radio and Television Symphony\, Boston Pops\, and Seattle\, Indianapolis and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras. Music directorships have included the Olympia and Wyoming Symphonies. Mr. Shames was a laureate of several competitions including the 1982 Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition; interviews and performances of his are featured in the widely-viewed documentary of the event. Mr. Shames studied philosophy as an undergraduate at Yale University. \n\n\n\nUpcoming projects for Mr. Shames include the world stage premiere of Maria Teresa Agnesi’s 1756 opera Il re pastore at the University of Oklahoma and recordings of the complete piano works of Joël-François Durand for the Kairos label. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/jonathan-shames-piano-masterclass-and-orchestra-clinic-2/ LOCATION:Multiple Locations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/JonathanShames_10.5.26_CotA-Calendar-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261006T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261006T130000 DTSTAMP:20260928T164824Z CREATED:20260928T164823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T164824Z UID:32821-1791288000-1791291600@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Arts in Health Careers: How Funding Partners Value Research and Evaluation DESCRIPTION:Join the University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine for a conversation bringing together arts in health practitioners\, research specialists\, and funding partners to share perspectives on how evidence\, evaluation\, and data inform their work. \n\n\n\nLearn more about practical approaches to assessing impact\, incorporating evaluation into arts in health initiatives\, communicating outcomes to stakeholders and funders\, and implementing research initiatives. \n\n\n\nA brief introduction to Arts in Medicine Graduate Programs will follow the presentation. \n\n\n\nModerator: Anna Carapellotti\, PhD\, UF Center for Arts in Medicine Faculty \n\n\n\nPanelists:• David Andersson\, Arts & Culture Team\, Bloomberg Associates• Cassie Belden\, MA\, Evaluations and Research Specialist\, UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine\, Center for Arts in Medicine Alumni• Sunil Iyengar\, PhD\, Director of Research & Analysis\, National Endowment for the Arts• Lisa Swanson\, MA\, ArtMobile Founder\, Ceramic Sculptor\, Teaching Artist\, Center for Arts in Medicine Alumni URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/arts-in-health-careers-how-funding-partners-value-research-and-evaluation/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/AIHCareers-How-Funding-Partners-Value-Research-and-Evaluation-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261005T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261005T210000 DTSTAMP:20260914T195612Z CREATED:20260906T162539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T195612Z UID:32401-1791228600-1791234000@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Jonathan Shames Guest Piano Recital DESCRIPTION:The University of Florida School of Music welcomes pianist and conductor Jonathan Shames\, who will present a piano recital\, piano masterclass\, and orchestra clinic during his residency.  \n\n\n\nPiano Recital: Monday\, October 5\, at 7:30 p.m. in MUB 101 Program features Copland’s Piano Variations\, Schubert’s Sonata in C minor\, D. 958\, Janacek Sonata\, X.I.1905\, and Chopin’s Mazurka in C minor\, op. 56\, no. 3 and Ballade No. 4\, Op. 52.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Artist Jonathan Shames leads a wide-ranging musical career as pianist\, conductor and artist-teacher. Since 2004 the Director of Orchestral Studies and Artistic Director of OU Opera at the University of Oklahoma\, Mr. Shames has introduced Oklahoma audiences to a wide range of contemporary works\, including Lori Laitman’s Scarlet Letter\, Luigi Nono’s Il Canto sospeso\, and Louis Andriessen’s De Tijd. He has premiered orchestral and piano works of Joël-François Durand\, Betsy Jolas\, Stephen Hartke and Daniel Asia; his recordings of Asia’s Scherzo-Sonata for Piano\, dedicated to him\, and of Anthony Brandt’s opera The Birth of Something\, which he recorded with Houston’s Musiqa Ensemble\, are available on Amazon Music. Mr. Shames has collaborated frequently with the Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate\, including a staging of Tate’s masque Clans with costuming by Chickasaw designers at the Chickasaw Nation’s Te Ata Theater in Ada\, Oklahoma\, and with Mr. Tate as vocal soloist. Mr. Shames also shares the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Recording for his work on William Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence and Experience. \n\n\n\nMr. Shames’ work as a teacher occupies an important place in his musical life. He taught piano at Oberlin\, Rutgers\, and Cornell and conducting at the University of Michigan and (currently) University of Oklahoma\, led the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras and Marrowstone Music Festival for eight years\, and continues to work as often as possible with youth orchestras\, pianists and conductors. At the University of Oklahoma\, he conducts opera and orchestra performances\, tours with the OU Symphony Orchestra and often collaborates with OU’s School of Dance in works such as Balanchine’s ballets on Prokofiev’s Prodigal Son\, Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. His conducting students have won international conducting prizes and positions in universities and music festivals both in the U.S. and abroad\, and OU Opera has been recognized often by the National Opera Association. Mr. Shames’ musical development included piano studies with Theodore Lettvin and Leon Fleisher\, conducting studies with Gustav Meier\, and a conducting fellowship at the Tanglewood Music Festival\, where he worked with Seiji Ozawa and Bernard Haitink. At age 19\, he was invited to join the Opera Company of Boston as opera coach\, pianist and conductor by the great impresario\, stage director and conductor Sarah Caldwell. He later toured Russia with Ms. Caldwell\, performing as pianist in Bernstein’s Age of Anxiety in Moscow\, St. Petersburg\, and Novosibirsk. Mr. Shames has performed and recorded as pianist with orchestras throughout the U.S. and Europe\, among them the Moscow Chamber Orchestra\, the Cologne Radio Symphony\, the Belgrade Radio and Television Symphony\, Boston Pops\, and Seattle\, Indianapolis and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras. Music directorships have included the Olympia and Wyoming Symphonies. Mr. Shames was a laureate of several competitions including the 1982 Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition; interviews and performances of his are featured in the widely-viewed documentary of the event. Mr. Shames studied philosophy as an undergraduate at Yale University. \n\n\n\nUpcoming projects for Mr. Shames include the world stage premiere of Maria Teresa Agnesi’s 1756 opera Il re pastore at the University of Oklahoma and recordings of the complete piano works of Joël-François Durand for the Kairos label. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/jonathan-shames-guest-piano-recital/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/JonathanShames_10.5.26_CotA-Calendar-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261002T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261002T190000 DTSTAMP:20261002T211319Z CREATED:20260928T183523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261002T211319Z UID:32923-1790960400-1790967600@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:[POSTPONED] One Million Counterextinctions\, Stage 2\, at Depot Park DESCRIPTION:[EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER] \n\n\n\nJoin the SAAH and other community members on Friday\, October 2 at Depot Park on the Hill to imagine infrastructure that will allow species local to Alachua County to survive the climate conditions they will face in 2045.One Million Counterextinctions is a multi-stage\, multi-year civic project led by Conrad Cheung (Assistant Professor of 3D + Extended Media) in partnership with Alachua County Commissioner Anna Prizzia and the Office of Resiliency.By 2045\, rising heat\, saltwater intrusion\, habitat loss and seasonal disruption will push dozens of local species past thresholds they can’t come back from. The species our lives depend on have no say in how cities build infrastructure; this project proposes a city-level prototype for designing multispecies infrastructure as a public\, non-expert process.At Depot Park\, attendees will be introduced to a local species and the specific climate scenario it faces by 2045\, and design a response by drawing or modeling a habitat\, system\, tool\, something no one has imagined yet. No expertise required and there are no single solutions; the event is free to the public\, open to all ages and attendees can drop in at any time.Every design created is credited to its maker and enters a permanent\, open-source public archive at counterextinctions.com — already home to more than 250 community-authored designs and counting — free for anyone to build. The project’s first installations\, selected from that archive\, will be fabricated at functional scale and sited on public land across Gainesville\, where the species they were designed for will test them as real infrastructure. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/one-million-counterextinctions-stage-2-at-depot-park/ LOCATION:Depot Park\, 874 SE 4th Street\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/Counterextinctions_COTAcalendar_omc.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T210000 DTSTAMP:20260928T211527Z CREATED:20260928T211525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T211527Z UID:32881-1790710200-1790715600@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Spectrum: Faculty Chamber Music DESCRIPTION:The opening concert of this year’s Spectrum: Faculty Chamber Music series features works by Sergei Rachmaninoff\, Margaret Bonds\, a North American premiere by Alessio Manega\, and Sergei Prokofiev’s Quintet in G minor. \n\n\n\nPerformers:Dr. Colleen Beucher\, sopranoDr. Peter Geldrich\, clarinetDr. Emily Hart\, oboeDr. Jonathan Helton\, saxophoneDr. Lauren Hodges\, violaDr. Janna Lower\, violinDr. Evan Mitchell\, pianoDr. Alexander Pershounin\, double bass URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/spectrum-faculty-chamber-music/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T200000 DTSTAMP:20260820T193934Z CREATED:20260820T193933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T193934Z UID:31991-1790622000-1790625600@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Online Masters in Music in Music Education Virtual Info Session DESCRIPTION:Are you passionate about advances in the practice of music education? Do you love learning about music\, music theory\, and new approaches to teaching and creativity? If so\, the online Master of Music in Music Education (MMME) program at UF may be the perfect fit for you.Learn more about this innovative program by participating in a live online information session\, presented by UF School of Music faculty and staff members.The presenters will discuss and answer questions about these topics and more:The contemporary\, multidisciplinary curriculumThe engaging online learning platformStudent interaction with our distinguished faculty and each otherAdmissions requirements and the application process URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/online-masters-in-music-in-music-education-virtual-info-session/ LOCATION:Zoom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260927T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260927T170000 DTSTAMP:20260914T201139Z CREATED:20260901T012830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T201139Z UID:32279-1790524800-1790528400@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Down the River\, Across the Pond DESCRIPTION:Program Overview: \n\n\n\nDelius’ Appalachia\, Variations on an Old Slave Song\, with UF Combined Choirs and Dr. Will Kesling URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/down-the-river-across-the-pond-2/ LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church\, 106 SW 3rd St\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32601\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/08/UFSO__FirstPresb_9.27.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T134000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T145000 DTSTAMP:20260921T143933Z CREATED:20260916T175404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260921T143933Z UID:32635-1790343600-1790347800@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Music Studies Colloquium Featuring Award Winning Scholar Dr. Benjamin Barson DESCRIPTION:You are warmly invited to attend our next installation of the Music Studies Colloquium featuring speaker Dr. Benjamin Barson\, who will present on his award winning book\, “Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons.” \n\n\n\nTalk Abstract: \n\n\n\nThis talk will take my recent book Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons. As a point of departure to discuss a central animating theme of the book rooted in political economy and human geography. I trace the structural importance and endurance of the plantation complex in the Caribbean and the U.S. South and especially those labor camps marked by the destructive and ecocidal properties of sugar production. I then consider how Black Atlantic music enunciated a counterpoint to these ecologies that challenged the plantation’s organization of land\, labor\, and social life. From the Haitian Revolution through Reconstruction and the emergence of early jazz\, I argue that music did more than register struggles against racial capitalism: it helped produce alternative social and ecological relationships—what I call the jazz commons. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:Benjamin Barson is a composer\, historian\, and musicologist. He is the Samuel L. Williams Endowed Assistant Professor of Music at Bucknell University. His book Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons (Wesleyan University Press\, 2024)\, is the recipient of several honors\, including the 2025 Robert M. Stevenson Award\, presented by the American Musicological Society. Barson received his PhD in Music from the University of Pittsburgh\, completed a Fulbright Garcia-Robles postdoctoral fellowship at the UABC in Mexicali\, Mexico\, and a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University’s Africana Studies & Research Center. As a baritone saxophonist\, Barson has performed with luminaries including Fred Ho\, Arturo O’Farrill\, Craig Harris\, and Geri Allen\, and at a wide range of national and international venues\, including the Kennedy Center\, the Guggenheim Museum\, CECUT in Tijuana\, and the Mesopotamian Water Forum – an event organized by ecological activists in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan. He is the winner of the 2018 Johnny Mandel Prize from ASCAP for his composition “Insurrealista.” Barson is also an activist\, and was a cultural organizer in the campaign to free political prisoner and Black power activist Russell Maroon Shoatz. \n\n\n\nBrassroots Democracy book prizes and distinctions: \n\n\n\n– Robert M. Stevenson Award (2025): Won from the American Musicological Society for hemispheric music scholarship.– Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista Outstanding Book Award (2026): Received from the Caribbean Philosophical Association for cross-disciplinary work.– Barry and Claire Brook Award: Presented by the CUNY Graduate Center’s Barry Brook Center.– MAAH Stone Book Award (2025): Named a finalist by the Museum of African American History.– Portia K. Maultsby Prize (2026): Honorable mentions from the Society for Ethnomusicology– Woody Guthrie Book Award (2026) Honorable Mention for the IASPM-US URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/music-studies-colloquium-featuring-award-winning-scholar-dr-benjamin-barson/ LOCATION:Grinter Hall\, 1523 Union Rd\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/09/For-COTA_Brassroots_Musicology_9.25.26_CotA.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T213000 DTSTAMP:20260914T201825Z CREATED:20260831T211519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T201825Z UID:32275-1790278200-1790285400@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Down the River\, Across the Pond DESCRIPTION:Pre-Concert Lecture at 6:45 p.m. \n\n\n\nProgram Overview: Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade in A minor\, Op. 33Howard’s Trombone Concerto with Jemmie Robertson on Trombone \n\n\n\nDelius’ Appalachia\, Variations on an Old Slave Song\, with Justice Yates\, Baritone and UF Combined Choirs & Dr. Will Kesling URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/down-the-river-across-the-pond/ LOCATION:University Auditorium\, 333 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/08/UFSO__UA_9.24.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260924T190000 DTSTAMP:20260909T024503Z CREATED:20260826T175715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T024503Z UID:32127-1790272800-1790276400@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:HESCAH Lecture | Dr. Nell Andrew "Dis-located Bodies: The Puppet in the Avant-Garde Imagination" DESCRIPTION:“Dis-located Bodies: The Puppet in the Avant-Garde Imagination”Dr. Nell Andrew\, Professor and Chair of Art History\, University of Georgia \n\n\n\nThis talk explores Dr. Andrew’s current research on the avant-garde’s playful and political mobilization of puppets\, marionettes\, dolls and masks in interwar Europe. Her work aims to expand the objects and methods of art history by focusing on the nature and actions of both material and ephemeral art objects; the sensory systems involved in perception and reception; the concept of abstraction; and the gendered bias of art historical formalism and modernist medium-specificity.The multi-disciplinary nature of Professor Andrew’s research has led her to probe disciplinary assumptions and traditions that separate the study of the arts and humanities. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/hescah-lecture-dr-nell-andrew-dis-located-bodies-the-puppet-in-the-avant-garde-imagination/ LOCATION:Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art\, 3259 Hull Rd\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32608\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/08/Dr.-Nell-Andrews-HESCAH.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260922T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260922T211500 DTSTAMP:20260826T133659Z CREATED:20260814T133808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T133659Z UID:31789-1790105400-1790111700@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Distinguished Pianist Series Recital: Hung-Kuan Chen DESCRIPTION:Top prize winner in the Arthur Rubinstein\, Busoni and Geza Anda International Piano Competitions\, the celebrated pianist Hung-Kuan Chen is currently on the faculty of The Juilliard School. He previously served as chair of the piano department of Shanghai Conservatory and was on the faculty of New England Conservatory as well as visiting professor at Yale School of Music. \n\n\n\nProgram:Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude “Nun Komm der Heiden HeilandBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29\, “Hammerklavier”Chopin: 3 Mazurkas\, Op. 59; Polonaise-Fantasy\, Op. 61\, and 2 Nocturnes\, Op. 62 \n\n\n\nMr. Chen’s visit is made entirely possible by funding from the Distinguished Pianist Series. Contact Dr. Hsiang Tu (hsiangtu@ufl.edu) for any inquiries. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/distinguished-pianist-series-recital-hung-kuan-chen/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/08/HKChen_DPS_9.22.26_CotA-Recital_REV.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260921T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260921T184500 DTSTAMP:20260814T133139Z CREATED:20260814T133137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T133139Z UID:31783-1790011800-1790016300@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Distinguished Pianist Series Masterclass: Hung-Kuan Chen DESCRIPTION:Top prize winner in the Arthur Rubinstein\, Busoni and Geza Anda International Piano Competitions\, the celebrated pianist Hung-Kuan Chen is currently on the faculty of The Juilliard School. He previously served as chair of the piano department of Shanghai Conservatory and was on the faculty of New England Conservatory as well as visiting professor at Yale School of Music. The masterclass will feature current piano students at UF. \n\n\n\nMr. Chen’s visit is made entirely possible by the funding from the Distinguished Pianist Series. Contact Dr. Hsiang Tu (hsiangtu@ufl.edu) for any inquiries. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/distinguished-pianist-series-masterclass-hung-kuan-chen/ LOCATION:UF School of Music\, 435 Newell Dr.\, Gainesville\, Florida\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/08/HKChen_DPS_9.21.26_CotA-Masterclass.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260920T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260920T141500 DTSTAMP:20260810T161039Z CREATED:20260810T161037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260810T161039Z UID:31567-1789911000-1789913700@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Carillon Recital: "Earth\, Wind\, & Fire" DESCRIPTION:Members of the University of Florida carillon studio perform on the 61-bell cast bell carillon housed in Century Tower. Feel free to bring lawn chairs\, blankets (and even a light lunch!) while you enjoy the performance. Program details may be found near the base of the tower. The best listening locations are at least 100 feet away from the tower — if you can see the bells at the top of the tower\, you’ve found a great place! URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/carillon-recital-earth-wind-fire/ LOCATION:Century Tower\, 375 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/08/Century-Tower-Landscape1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260918T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260918T203000 DTSTAMP:20260817T193032Z CREATED:20260810T182735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T193032Z UID:31631-1789759800-1789763400@arts.ufl.edu SUMMARY:Silent Movie Accompaniment DESCRIPTION:UF School of Music alumnus Matt Gender returns to the University Auditorium to accompany two short silent movies using the resources of the Andrew Anderson Memorial Pipe Organ. During the silent film era (mid-1890’s to the late 1920’s)\, the theatre organist would often provide improvised musical accompaniment as patrons enjoyed the drama unfolding on the screen. Tonight\, Gender will accompany two iconic horror-comedies: Haunted House (Buster Keaton) & Habeus Corpus (Laurel and Hardy). Join us for an evening of old-fashioned fun! \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Andrew Anderson Memorial Organ in the University Auditorium. URL:https://arts.ufl.edu/event/silent-movie-accompaniment/ LOCATION:University Auditorium\, 333 Newell Dr\, Gainesville\, Florida\, 32611\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://arts.ufl.edu/app/uploads/2026/08/Silent-Movie-Centennial.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR