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Brynn Albanese: Music is Medicine — Good Vibrations
Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025
11:10 a.m., Davidson Music Center, Room 218
Brynn Albanese, a violinist, certified music practitioner, and end-of-life doula, will explore the transformative power of sound and vibration through music and its profound impact on the medical field. She will examine why music evokes such strong emotional responses and discuss the role of intuition in this process. Additionally, she will contrast the experience of performing music with using it as a therapeutic service.
Free admission, parking permit required
Bennardo-Larson Duo Concert
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
7:30 p.m., Davidson Music Center, Room 218
The Bennardo-Larson Duo is a contemporary classical duo committed to the performance of forward-thinking works for violin and piano. Comprised of Maya Bennardo, violin, and Karl Larson, piano, the duo is dedicated to aesthetically diverse programming that illuminates new repertoire for their instrumentation alongside intrepid works from the past. The Bennardo-Larson Duo was formed in 2016 when they undertook the task of learning and performing Charles Ives’s complete works for violin and piano, which they presented on their annual ‘Ives of March’ concerts from 2017-19.
Their performance at Cal Poly will focus on contemporary performance techniques and recent collaborations with living composers.
Free admission, parking permit required
Mivos Quartet
Thursday, April 17, 2025
7:30 p.m., Perfoming Arts Center Pavilion
(6 p.m. pre-concert talk
)
Free admission, parking permit required
W. Terrence Spiller: All-Chopin Piano Recital
Friday, April 25, 2025
7:30 p.m. Performing Arts Center Pavilion
Music Professor Emeritus W. Terrence Spiller will explore a broad swath of Frédéric Chopin's works, including dances, a nocturne and concluding with his extraordinary set of Preludes, Op. 28.
- Tres Valses brillante, Op. 34
- Berceuse in D-flat Major, Op. 57
- Nocturne in F-sharp Minor, Op. 48 No.2
- Polonaise in F-sharp Minor, Op. 44
Tickets ($22 general, $12 students)