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Antonio Sanchez & Migration in concert

Five-time Grammy Award winner Antonio Sanchez is one of the most sought-after drummers in the international jazz scene. He has performed and recorded with some of the most renowned jazz artists, including Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Michael Brecker and...

Los Cenzontles in concert

Since coming together in 1993, Los Cenzontles has combined music and dance performance with social activism by bringing Latino traditions together and promoting pride, dignity, and cultural understanding. As described by the New York Times, Los...

Eliane Elias Trio in concert

Described by Jazziz Magazine as “an artist beyond category,” Eliane Elias is a multi-Grammy winner pianist, singer, and composer whose distinctive musical style blends virtuosic instrumental jazz, classical, and compositional skills with...

Vijay Iyer Sextet in concert

Arts UC Merced Presents is thrilled to welcome the Vijay Iyer Sextet to Merced for a free concert on Saturday, April 28th at the Merced College Theatre (3600 M St., Merced, CA). Iyer is a Grammy-nominated composer-pianist described by Pitchfork as...

Kaumakaiwa Kanaka'ole in concert

Kaumakaiwa brings to the stage an immense talent as a singer, chanter, and dancer as well as a deep understanding of her Hawaiian culture and her place as a modern, transgender (mahu wahine) Hawaiian in this contemporary world. She seamlessly melds...

Alice Bag in concert

Alice Bag is a punk rock singer, musician, author, educator and feminist archivist. Alice was lead singer and co-founder of The Bags, one of the first wave of punk bands to form in the mid-1970's in Los Angeles, CA. Her self-titled debut solo...

Ladysmith Black Mambazo in concert

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is an a capella singing group from South Africa that has declared its mission as “singing for peace live around the world.” For the past fifty years, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has been bringing joyous and stirring...

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy in concert

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is a high-profile swing revival band from Southern California. Since 1989, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has performed at a wide variety of venues and on various shows including the Super Bowl, “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno...

Black N Blue Boys / Broken Men

Dael Orlandersmith is a distinguished African American playwright, actress and poet who won the prestigious Obie Award for “Beauty’s Daughter” as well as being a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her play “Yellowman” in 2002...

Lula Washington Dance Theatre

The highlight of our programming during the Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 seasons was undoubtedly the visit by the internationally renowned Los Angeles-based dance company Lula Washington Dance Theatre. Choreographer Lula Washington founded this...

Whiffenpoofs of Yale University in concert

Yale University’s famed a capella singing group made its University of California debut on the UC Merced campus. The group was very generous with its time, visiting two local high schools and the Merced Multicultural Arts Center, and even broke...

Love Letters

This season opened with a two-person play “Love Letters” starring Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter, renowned actors best known for their roles as the former-hippie parents of Michael J. Fox in the 1980s sitcom “Family Ties.”...

Othershore New York Contemporary Dance Company

OtherShore is an exciting dancer-led company in New York that has brought together directors, dancers, composers and visual artists in order to develop and broaden their artistry. Central to OtherShore, is that a core group of dancers, with...

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