FLUX Contemporary Music Ensemble - The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

FLUX

Contemporary Music

Ensemble

UCLAFLUX

uclaFLUX

Course Information:
Music C175/485

Director: Gloria Cheng

uclaFLUX is devoted to the performance of chamber music from the 20th and 21st centuries. We explore and embrace new performance approaches and techniques associated with the dynamic, ever-evolving languages of contemporary music. In preparing to perform and produce quarterly concerts, students learn innovative modes of expression, interact directly with composers, and develop skills in concert promotion, production, and entrepreneurship. Repertoire is chosen according to enrollment, though pre-formed groupings are welcomed. Interested students must be in attendance on Day One, when instrumentalists, singers, and conductors are invited to audition.

Meet the Director

Distinguished Adjunct Professor - Contemporary Music, Performance Studies
Gloria Cheng
In recital and on recording, pianist Gloria Cheng is devoted to creating multidimensional collaborations that explore meaningful interconnections amongst composers. She has been a recitalist at the Ojai Festival, William
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Dec 5 Fri
8:00pm
Free
classical, contemporary
UCLA Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band
The UCLA Symphonic Band performs for the first time this academic year and the first time with conductor Justin McManus, recently appointed director of athletic bands, associate director of bands,
Schoenberg Hall Learn More
Dec 6 Sat
2:00pm
Free
chamber-music, contemporary
uclaFLUX Fall Concert
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for the first uclaFLUX concert of the 2025-2026 academic year. uclaFLUX is devoted to the performance of chamber music from the 20th
Lani Hall Learn More
Dec 7 Sun
6:00pm
Free
classical, contemporary
Guitar Ensemble and Studio Recital
The End-of-quarter Guitar Recital will feature solo, chamber, and ensemble performances by guitar students, alumni, and faculty, conducted by Dr. Mircea Gogoncea.
Lani Hall Learn More
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On November 15, 2025, Casa da Música in Porto hosted the world premiere of Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for Minimoog Synthesizer and Orchestra, a groundbreaking work that bridges electronic and classical traditions. The
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