What's Current in
Music
Image
![Portrait of professor Isabel Bayrakdarian at an awards ceremony](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-12/isabel-bayrakdarian-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=Y1ItYPi8)
Professor and opera singer Isabel Bayrakdarian, November 2023
Image
![Two pianists play facing each other on a darkened stage](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-11/Titanium-hero-opt.jpg?itok=y1qEznuI)
Photo Credit
Courtesy photo
Vicki Ray and Aron Kallay have been playing together for about a decade.
Image
![Headshots of Benjamin Brecher and Samuel Mungo bookend vintage image of an opera playbill cover](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-05/opera-brecher-mungo-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=U8GHhRlL)
Photo Credit
Courtesy photo
Benjamin Brecher, far left, and Samuel Mungo, far right, co-created the version of Gustave Kerker's opera "Burning to Sing" for UC Santa Barbara's music department.
Image
![A couple dances to cumbia in the film Yo Soy No Guapo](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-04/film-still-Yo-Soy-No-Guapo-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=Bmv08rMJ)
“Yo No Soy Guapo,” 2018, directed by Joyce Garcia