Jan Berry Baker has joined the UCLA Department of Music as the new Associate Professor of Music, She will be teaching saxophone and wind ensemble students. She is in demand as a solo and chamber music performer, and is an advocate of contemporary music.
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Associate Dean of Faculty Mentoring and Community Relations, Professor - Saxophone, Head of Woodwinds, Vice Chair of the Department of Music Performance, Education & Composition
Jan Berry Baker Canadian American saxophonist Jan Berry Baker has performed as a concerto soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician on many of the world’s great stages. Recent engagements have taken her across the…
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Dec 11 Thu
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An Evening with Jed Distler Composer-Pianist-Arranger-Gramophone magazine reviewer known as much for his wit and eloquence as for his original piano composition, Jed Distler shares an evening of performance, improvisation and conversation
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Dec 12 Fri
12:00pm
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Remembering Hormoz Farhat - Music, Scholarship, and Beyond Hormoz Farhat—composer, ethnomusicologist, and educator—was a pioneering figure in the academic field of Iranian music. In 1959, he founded The Music of Persia Performance Group, the first university-based ensemble dedicated to
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Dec 14 Sun
12:00pm
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Tribute to Ahmad Pejman Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for an evening honoring legendary Iranian composer Ahmad Pejman.
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