Event Date
The UC Davis Chorus invites alumni to join them for this one-of-a-kind concert weekend, May 29 to 31!
The featured work of music will be Rosephanye Powell’s Cry of Jeremiah for narrator, orchestra, organ, and — of course — chorus in the splendid Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.
Featuring:
- UC Davis Symphony Orchestra
- Professor Nicolás Alberto Dosman, conductor and director of choirs at UC Davis
Dates: Friday, May 29, 2026 - Sunday, May 31, 2026
Times: See schedule below
Location: Mondavi Center, UC Davis Campus
Cost: $25 (includes sheet music and post-concert hosted bar reception)
REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. Please reach out to Phil Daley with any questions [email protected].
Schedule:
Friday, May 29, 2026
- 6 – 7 p.m. REGISTRATION (Lobby, Mondavi Center)
- 7 – 9 p.m. CHORUS-ONLY REHEARSAL (Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center)
Saturday, May 30, 2026
- 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. ORCHESTRA & STUDENT CHORISTERS-ONLY REHEARSAL
- [lunch on own]
- 2 – 3:45 p.m. TUTTI REHEARSAL w/Break (Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center)
Sunday, May 31, 2026
- 5 p.m. CHORUS-ONLY WARMUP (Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center)
- 7 – 9 p.m. CONCERT (Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center)
- Leonard Bernstein: Overture to Candide
- William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat Major ("Afro-American")
- Bernstein: "Make Our Garden Grow" from Candide <— with Alumni Chorus
- [Intermission]
- Rosephanye Powell: Cry of Jeremiah <— with Alumni Chorus
- Alumni-Chorus, Soloists, Faculty, and Music Philanthropist's Post-Concert Reception (Margaret Deterding Grand Tier Lobby, Mondavi Center)
We are also happy to announce the Concert Singers of UC Davis will travel to New York City to perform this work in Carnegie Hall on Saturday, June 20, 2026, at 1 p.m. with a hired orchestra and conducted by Professor Dosman. If you would like to become involved in this particular performance, please email Phil Daley, concert producer in the Department of Music, at [email protected].