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Symphony

UCLA Philharmonia string section on stage performing.

Symphony

Founded in 2002, UCLA Symphony is UCLA’s campus-wide orchestra, drawing its membership from throughout the university community and performing a full spectrum of symphonic repertoire. It meets Wednesday evenings from 7:15 to 9:45 PM, performs one concert per quarter, and is open to all UCLA undergraduates, graduate/professional school students, faculty, staff, and affiliates. Concerts are in Schoenberg Hall; Symphony is led by advanced MM and DMA conducting majors, supervised by the UCLA conducting faculty. UCLA Symphony may be taken for credit.

Upcoming Classical and Contemporary Performances

EXPLORE ALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS
EXPLORE ALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS
EXPLORE ALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC EVENTS
Sep 24 Thu
7:00pm
Free
chamber-music, classical
Mike Lee in Recital
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and Professor Mike Lee for an evening of music featuring the fortepiano.
Recording Studio, Ostin Music Center Learn More
Sep 29 Tue
8:00pm
Free
chamber-music, classical
Anna Marie Wytko and Amanda Arrington in Concert
  From lush melodies and jazz-inflected rhythms to music born of war, resilience and cultural memory, this concert takes audiences on a journey across continents and musical traditions. The musical
Schoenberg Hall Learn More
Oct 1 Thu
5:00pm
Free
conference, contemporary, lectures-symposia, opera
Opera | Black | Queer — Day 1
A Symposium at UCLA October 1-3, 2026 This three-day symposium welcomes scholars, practitioners, and students to join the international Black Opera Research Network (BORN) for papers, a workshop, a performance,
Lani Hall Learn More
Lily Chen-Hafteck Receives UCLA Global Education Award
Professor Lily Chen-Hafteck won a Global Education Award to develop a master’s in global music education.
Review of Inna Faliks's Album "Stranger Things"
From Textura — The title of Inna Faliks’s 2023 book Weight in the Fingertips: A Musical Odyssey from Soviet Ukraine to the World Stage could function equally for her latest
A Legacy in Blue and Gold: Unveiling the new Fierberg Family Band Room
By Robert Baker Marching band is community. It is family. It is life. Just ask Joel and Karen Fierberg. Music alum Joel Fierberg marched at UCLA from 1978 to 1982.