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Camarades

UCLA Camarades - Chamber String Ensemble

UCLA Camarades (“The Music of Friends”) is the title given to the chamber music program that is guided and driven by the String Department. It offers superior coaching to all ensembles incorporating strings, from trios to octets, with a special consideration to the rich string quartet literature. These endeavors of study and instruction are crowned by quarterly concerts and form the basis of the group’s essential experience on stage.

Comprised of UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music acclaimed string faculty and its most gifted students, UCLA Camarades is a versatile chamber ensemble that ranges from duos to full string orchestra. Since its inception in 2009, Camarades ensembles have performed at numerous chamber music series and venues throughout Los Angeles including UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall, LACMA’s Sundays Live, Trinity Lutheran Church in Manhattan Beach, the Dilijan Chamber Music Series at Zipper Hall, the Music Guild, as well as featured guests at the Los Angeles Philanthropic Committee for the Arts’ annual gala at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Residencies at international festivals in the summer of 2012 and 2014 – in Yerevan, Armenia, and Tuscany, Italy – were particularly enriching and memorable experiences.

String quartets recently formed within the UCLA Camarades program have also received distinctions in competitions, including, finalist in the Chesapeake Chamber Competition (2011), winners of the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle (2013), finalists at the Coleman Competition (2014).

Since 2013, Camarades has welcomed a graduate string quartet residency supported by a generous gift from an anonymous donor who created an Armenian Music Program at UCLA. The beneficiary, the VEM Quartet, has since enjoyed frequent and special outreach opportunities, including national and international performances.

Feb 16 Sun
4:00pm
Free
chamber-music, classical
Composer Portrait: The Music of Stanley Walden (Milken Center Chamber Music Series)
Four members of L.A.’s very own Jewish roots ensemble, Mostly Kosher, present a workshop exploring their creative process of integrating klezmer and Yiddish music with various other musical styles.
Lani Hall
Feb 18 Tue
3:00pm
Free
classical, contemporary
Duo HaLo - Masterclass and Recital
Acknowledged as one of today’s finest saxophone and piano duos, Duo HaLo has delighted audiences across the United States, showcasing programs with exciting new music from across the globe, but
Lani Hall
Feb 18 Tue
8:00pm
Free
classical, contemporary
Winter Graduate Composers' Concert
The graduate-level students of the UCLA Department of Music Composition Area showcase their latest works. Join us for a variety of creative, unique, and emotive pieces. This event is made
Ensemble Room: Ostin Music Center
A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-Winner Michael Abels
The compositions of Michael Abels are marked by eclectic themes and sounds, creating rich soundscapes that explore connections between global musical traditions. In 2023 he won the Pulitzer Prize for
67th GRAMMY Award Winners
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is proud to share that faculty and alumni were well represented at the 67th GRAMMY Awards. In all, thirteen faculty and six alums
Sinatra Sisters Donate Frank Sinatra's Celebrated Piano
From the Daily Bruin: A priceless piece of Frank Sinatra’s personal instrument collection has found a new home at UCLA.
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