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

Lecturer - Performance Studies
Wendy Richman
Violist Wendy Richman has been celebrated internationally for her compelling sound and “absorbing,” “fresh and idiomatic” interpretations with “a brawny vitality” (The New York Times, The Washington Post). As soloist
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Jan 21 Wed
8:00pm
Free
contemporary
Richard Danielpour - A Platinum Jubilee
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as we celebrate the 70th birthday of Distinguished Professor Richard Danielpour.
Schoenberg Hall Learn More
Jan 31 Sat
8:00pm
Free
classical, contemporary
20th Annual UCLA Philharmonia All-Star Concert
Each year, the All-Star competition provides Music Department students with the opportunity to audition for the privilege of performing as soloists with the UCLA Philharmonia, the school’s flagship orchestra. Join
Schoenberg Hall Learn More
Mar 2 Mon
6:00pm
Free
chamber-music, contemporary
UCLA Flute Studio in Recital
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and the students of the UCLA Flute Studio as they present an evening of new works written by fellow HASOM composition students.
Recording Studio, Ostin Music Center Learn More
Inna Faliks Premieres Concerto for Minimoog Synthesizer
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
Opera UCLA's The Turn of the Screw Explores Themes of Puppetry, Control.
The opera, which revolves around a governess who encounters ghosts while acting as a caretaker for two children, experiments with themes of constantly being puppeted, said assistant director Katya Lynch. 
Opera UCLA revives haunting classic to new ears with ‘The Turn of the Screw’
From the Daily Bruin: Based on Henry James’ 1898 novella of the same name, the story follows a governess sent to a remote estate to care for two children whom