Assistant Professor Ania Vu leads Ussachevsky Memorial Festival of Electroacoustic Music Feb. 6 & 7
Hear music of Barber and Beethoven Feb. 21 with Genevieve Feiwen Lee and guest artist Tobias Werner
Faculty and friends present a Fête Musicale on Feb. 22
PCO performs Prokofiev with Matthew Chang '27, Feb. 27 & Mar. 1
All performances are free with open seating. No tickets are required unless noted.
Beethoven's Better Fifth and Ninth
Friday, January 30, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building
Eva Chen ’27, violin; Aria Wang ’27, violin; with Genevieve Feiwen Lee*, piano
Two sonatas by Beethoven for piano and violin, “Spring” and “Kreutzer”
Ussachevsky Memorial Festival of Electroacoustic Music: Lecture-Presentation
Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 2:30 p.m.
Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building
James Díaz, composer-in-residence, offers a lecture and presentation of his work.
Ussachevsky Memorial Festival of Electroacoustic Music: Concert 1
Friday, February 6, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building
Ania Vu, director/piano; James Díaz, composer-in-residence; Cerulean S. Payne-Passmore, voice and electronics; Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano; Tom Flaherty, cello; Sara Parkins, violin; and Joti Rockwell, bubble wrap and live electronics
Music for humans and electronics by composer-in-residence James Díaz, Cerulean S. Payne-Passmore, Bobby Ge, Tonia Ko, Kyong Mee Choi, and Tom Flaherty.
Ussachevsky Memorial Festival of Electroacoustic Music: Concert 2
Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building
Ania Vu*, director/piano; James Díaz, composer-in-residence; Rachel Rudich, flute; Kenneth Foerch*, saxophone; Genevieve Feiwen Lee*, piano; Erica Hou and Robert Darling, percussion
Music for humans and electronics by Ania Vu, Leah Reid, Peter Shin, Kaija Saariaho, and composer-in-residence James Díaz.
Student Recital
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Building
Students perform a variety of selections that they have studied with faculty during the semester
Barber and Beethoven
Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Bridges Hall of Music
Tobias Werner, cello; Genevieve Feiwen Lee*, piano
Music by Barber, Beethoven, and Mélanie Bonis
Fête Musicale
Sunday, February 22, 2026 at 3 p.m.
Bridges Hall of Music
Rachel Rudich*, flute; Francisco Castillo*, oboe; Kathryn Nevin, clarinet; Carolyn Beck*, bassoon; Kira Blumberg*, viola; Maggie Parkins*, cello; Gayle Blankenburg*, piano; Jennie Jung*, piano; Kyungmi Kim, piano; and Phillip Young*, piano
Music by Greg Anderson, Rebecca Clarke, Jean Françaix, Bohuslav Martinů, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Pomona College Orchestra
Friday, February 27, 2026 at 8 p.m.
Bridges Hall of Music
Eric Lindholm*, conductor; Matthew Chang ’27, violin, winner of the 2025 PCO Concerto Competition
Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Respighi's Fountains of Rome, and works by Debussy and Lili Boulanger. (This program will repeat on Sunday, March 1 at 3 p.m.)
*Pomona College Music Department faculty performers
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