UCTV

University of California Television (UCTV) is making a host of videos available on its website —

uctv.tv/life-of-the-mind — during this period of social distancing. Among them, with descriptions courtesy of UCTV (text written by the UCTV staff):

“On the Bridge: The Beginnings of Contemporary Percussion Music”: Composer John Cage (below right) remarked that “percussion is revolution.” The percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments aside from the human voice. In this talk, renowned conductor and virtuoso percussionist Steven Schick traces the history and applications of percussive music.

“Resilient Love in a

Time of Hate”: New Orleans native Sunni Patterson is an internationally known poetry artist and activist who has focused her music and poetry on “reaching, teaching and healing.” She emphasizes that personal and cultural understanding begins with shedding preconceptions and listening. Patterson is joined in conversation by UC Santa Barbara scholar and author George Lipsitz and by Connecticut College professor David Kyuman Kim.

Coddon writes the Union-tribune’s Arts+culture Newsletter, published every Thursday. Portions are published in this column. To get the newsletter in its entirety, sign up for it at sandiegouniontribune.com/ utartsculture.