UC Davis Department of Music Presents
Choruses of UC Davis at the Pitzer Center
Music of the Living
In a program of music written entirely by living composers, the choruses at UC Davis perform choral works ideal for the fine acoustics of the Pitzer Center. The repertoire incorporates several different choral traditions and languages, from Latin, to Haitian Creole, to Korean and Portuguese. The program concludes with “World O World” from the Djesse music project by the five-time Grammy Award-winning composer Jacob Collier.
This event is not eligible for a Mondavi Center subscription package or Student Rush. No refunds, exchanges, or event credit.
Program List
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Non nobis, Domine
Rosephanye Powell
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Cum Sancto Spiritu
Hyo Won-Woo
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Tchaka
Sydney Guillaume
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Ad Astra
Jacob Narverud
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Daniel Afonso
Boa Noite, Minha Gente
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World O World
Jacob Collier
About the Artists
Nicolás Dosman
Conductor
Nicolás Dosman
Nicolás Dosman is Director of Choirs at UC Davis. Previously, Dosman was the Director of Choral Studies and an associate professor of music at the University of Southern Maine. He was also the artistic director of the Community Chorus at South Berwick, the Chorus Master for the Portland Symphony Orchestra’s Magic of Christmas series, and Opera Maine. He began his collegiate teaching career as the Director of Choral and Vocal Activities at Colby College and worked as an adjunct voice professor at Molloy University.
Under his leadership, his choirs have appeared in Carnegie Hall, Merrill Auditorium, Vietnam, performed for the Governor of Maine and have been invited as a feature group at the ACDA and NAfME music conferences. Additionally, his choirs have recorded for a motion picture that is currently a semi-finalist for the American Prize in Choral Performance. He frequently conducts honor choirs and All-State choirs and has been invited to guest conduct in Vienna and Salzburg in 2024. Dosman has served as a choral clinician at Latin America choral festivals. He has also presented his research at national and international conferences.
His research includes choral pedagogy, social justice and policy in music education, and the evolution of gender and male recruitment in choral programs. He is currently under contract with Rowman and Littlefield to publish a choral pedagogy text in the coming months.