Photo by Haniyeh Safaei / Staff 
The concert began with a performance by Endpin Point. / Photo by Haniyeh Safaei / Staff 
Pianist Junko Nojima and vocalist Darryl Taylor. / Photo by Haniyeh Safaei / Staff 
Darryl Taylor. / Photo by Jon Reyna / Staff 
Pianist Nina Scolnik. / Photo by Jon Reyna / Staff 
Yuliya Minina (left) and Frances Young Bennett (right) perform “Ave Maria.” / Photo by Haniyeh Safaei / Staff 
Vocalist Frances Young Bennett. / Photo by Jon Reyna / Staff 
Pianist Lorna Griffitt and cellist Sarah Koo Freeman. / Photo by Jon Reyna / Staff 
Pianist Kei Akagi addressed the audience before his piece. / Photo by Haniyeh Safaei / Staff 
From Left to Right: Yuliya Minina, Ivan Wang, Jenia Kobylyanska and Sarah Koo Freeman. / Photo by Jon Reyna / Staff 
Pictured: Ribbon with the Ukranian flag colors. A number of performers attached the ribbon to their instrument in solidarity with the ongoing crisis affecting the country. / Photo by Jon Reyna 
The Musicians received a standing ovation after the last performance. / Photo by Haniyeh Safaei / Staff
UC Irvine’s Department of Music held a fundraising concert called “#StandWithUkraine” on April 22 at the Winifred Smith Concert Hall, with the goal of raising $100,000 by June 1 for the UCI Ukraine Emergency Response Fund. Read the article here.
You can donate to the UCI Ukraine Emergency Response Fund before June 1 here.
Haniyeh Safaei and Jon Reyna are the 2021-22 Photography Editors. They can be reached at photo@newuniversity.org.