Wednesdays@7
Wednesdays@7 continues the mission of experimentation and innovation set forth in 1967 by music department founders Will Ogdon, Robert Erickson and Thomas Nee.
Don't miss this chance to hear San Diego's most innovative music in one of the region's most prestigious concert series.
Tickets are free for ALL students.
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WEDS7 Mark Dresser, Gradience Quartet
Wednesday, October 28th, 2026 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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General Admission: $20
UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10
All Students: Free with ID
All tickets will be scanned at the door.
Following their stunning world premiere at The Stone in NYC in September 2025, Mark Dresser’s Gradience Quartet makes its highly anticipated debut at UC San Diego. Bringing together a strikingly unconventional instrumentation, the ensemble fluidly blurs the boundaries of genre and traditional musical parameters.
Yet, beyond the structural innovation of their compositions, the defining force of this quartet is their profound emotional and improvisational synergy. Their performance promises a rare, captivating chemistry where distinct sonic worlds merge with breathtaking intimacy and power.
Gradience Quartet:
Mark Dresser – acoustic bass
DoYeon Kim – gayageum, vocals
Cory Smythe – electro acoustic piano
Sara Schoenbeck – bassoon
Mark Dresser is a Grammy nominated, internationally renowned bass player, improviser, and composer. At the core of his music is an obsession and commitment to expanding the sonic, musical, and expressive possibilities of the contrabass.
He has recorded over one hundred-fifty CDs including ten CDs as composer/bandleader, seven solo recordings and a DVD. His solo recording, “Tines of Change” was listed in the “Best Recordings of 2023” by Downbeat Magazine. His latest, solo recording In the Shadow of A Mad King features a duo with the late great poet Jerome Rothenberg, (Tzadik 2024).
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WEDS7 Susan Narucki, soprano
Wednesday, November 4th, 2026 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10
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Soprano Susan Narucki presents an evening of vocal chamber music, assisted by Leanna Keith, flute, Robert Bui, cello, and others.
The concert features the world premiere of Cassandra, a 25 minute work for soprano, flute and cello, written by San Diego composer Adam Greene.
Green writes "Cassandra is a setting of ... the famous mad scene in Agamemnon by Aeschylus. Cassandra was the Trojan priestess doomed to tell prophecies that would not be believed or understood.... There is nothing really "mad" about this Cassandra, of course. Not only does she tell the truth, the truth is terrifying."
Also on the program, Susan will be joined by soprano Kirsten Ashley Wiest in a performance of Alba Potes' TRINOS, for two acapella sopranos. TRINOS was one of the works featured on Susan and Kirsten's critically acclaimed release on NEW FOCUS.
Finally, Susan will be joined by pianist Kyle Adam Blair in a set of songs written by Clara Schumann.
Additional works to be announced.
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WEDS7 red fish blue fish
Wednesday, November 18th, 2026 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Concert Hall
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UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10
All Students: Free with ID
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WEDS7 Aiyun Huang, percussion, performs Yedegari, Lou, and Reynolds
Wednesday, December 9th, 2026 7:00 pm
Conrad Prebys Music Center Experimental Theater
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UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, Alumni: $10
All Students: Free with ID
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Most Department of Music events are general admission, FREE and open to the public. Ticketed performances are listed above and available for sale online or via the Music Box Office: (858) 534-3448.
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ACCESSIBILITY:
1. If you require special assistance or adaptive services, I.e. audio description, captioning/sign language interpreting, listening devices, and or locating the accessible entrances/exits, please notify Jessica Flores (j3flores@ucsd.edu) immediately so we can arrange for the services to be in place.
2. The UC San Diego campus is an Aira Access Location. To read more about the Aira service, please visit osd.ucsd.edu/resources/aira.html.
PLEASE NOTE: NO LATE SEATING. Guests arriving late may be turned away or will be asked to enter between pieces.
In an effort to conserve resources and reduce paper waste, we post our event programs as electronic documents on this page (see listings). If you are not at a computer, you can easily access this page by scanning the QR code at right (for iPhones we recommend using the built-in camera app). Programs for past events dating back to October 2008 are available in our events archive with links below.
PLEASE NOTE: As an experimental and new music department, much of our music is very intimate and quiet, for this reason, we request that students preparing concert reports refrain from writing or rustling papers during events. We also respect the artistry of our musicians and adhere to a strict policy of NO LATE SEATING. Guests arriving late may be turned away or will be asked to enter between pieces.
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