Category: Ensembles – Music Deptartment
Review: UCLA Philharmonia Shines at Mahlerthon
From the LA Times: “Neal Stulberg led an intense, brilliant, riveting performance of Mahler’s most agitated symphony, the 80-minute Sixth (known as the “Tragic”).”…
Third Annual Day of Armenian Music to Feature Noted Armenian Composer, Artur Avanesov
In 2013, the Armenian Music Program was launched at UCLA with a single ensemble-in-residence, the string quartet VEM. The ensemble performed on campus and conducted a few outreach programs in…
VEM Ensemble Sets out on 2023 Eastern U.S. Tour
The VEM Ensemble of the Armenian Music Program at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is coming to Detroit, Boston and Montreal as part of a tour sponsored by…
Concert at UCLA Honors One Man’s Acts of Righteousness and Bravery during the Holocaust
The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is proud to present the west coast premiere of a new musical…
Professor Melissa Bilal Joins Armenian Music Program as Its Full-Time Associate Director
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr.
Melissa Bilal, an internationally recognized ethnomusicologist, sociocultural anthropologist,
and social historian, as the full-time Associate Director of the Armenian Music Program.
Creating Innovative Alternatives to Ensemble Instruction
A rapid transition to remote instruction proved challenging for music faculty and students around the country. Ensemble performance opportunities core to music curricula were suddenly thrown into question. The School of Music Faculty and department chairs collaborated to devise an unconventional, cross-departmental alternative.
Finding a Path in L.A.'s Booming Music Industry
UCLA Pianist Gloria Cheng and three of the members of Cheng’s ensemble UCLA Flux are featured in this issue of San Francisco Classical Voice which discusses the vibrancy of Los Angeles contemporary music scene.
UCLA Trumpet Students Shine at National Trumpet Competition in Lexington, KY
Graduate student Ellen Shinogle, with her accompanist Matthew Tong, took first prize in the Blackburn Trumpets Graduate Solo Division.
Mirror Spectator - The VEM Ensemble to take a North American tour
READ: The VEM Ensemble is the cornerstone of the Armenian Music Program at UCLA, and features school of music students and alumni. The ensemble begins its North American tour on March 27 in Detroit, with stops in Montreal, Boston, and Glendale and Altadena, California.