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Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion
Chico State's independent student newspaper

The Orion
Chico State senior recording arts major Alex Montes de Oca started playing the upright bass about three years ago, though he started on a five-string electric in high school. Photo credit: Chelsea Jeffers

Chico State Crossroads: Student musicians discover new direction from education

Trevor Whitney // November 16, 2014
Seniors Carlos Rivera and Alex Montes de Oca are on separate musical journeys that have led them both to the same place: an introduction to jazz, their instruments and themselves.
"Armed Domestic Security" is one of the visuals from Mitchel Davidovitz's project, "Window of Normalization," which debuted during the The New Music Symposium Thursday night. Photo Courtesy of Mitchel Davidovitz.

Composers present new works at student symposium

Michael Quiring // February 28, 2014
Chico State students performed original compositions during the first of three nights of the New Music Symposium.
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