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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Oct 1 Thu
5:00pm
Free
conference, contemporary, lectures-symposia, opera
Opera | Black | Queer — Day 1
A Symposium at UCLA October 1-3, 2026 This three-day symposium welcomes scholars, practitioners, and students to join the international Black Opera Research Network (BORN) for papers, a workshop, a performance,...
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Oct 2 Fri
12:00am
Free
conference, contemporary, lectures-symposia, opera
Opera | Black | Queer — Day 2
A Symposium at UCLA October 1-3, 2026 This three-day symposium welcomes scholars, practitioners, and students to join the international Black Opera Research Network (BORN) for papers, a workshop, a performance,...
Lani Hall Learn More
Oct 3 Sat
12:00am
Free
conference, contemporary, lectures-symposia, opera
Opera | Black | Queer — Day 3
A Symposium at UCLA October 1-3, 2026 This three-day symposium welcomes scholars, practitioners, and students to join the international Black Opera Research Network (BORN) for papers, a workshop, a performance,...
Lani Hall Learn More
"In Practice 2026" Features School of Music Graduates
The Chancellor’s Council on the Arts featured four members of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s class of 2026 in its magazine celebrating UCLA arts graduates.
Violin Performance Alumna Engages Community
From The Armenian Mirror-Spectator: Ani Sinanyan (2022), currently touring internationally as a solo violinist for the Piano Rhapsody concert series, took time from her schedule to perform at a public...
Alumnus Euan Shields Remembers Antonio Lysy
From BBC Magazine: Conductor Euan Shields remembers the profound influence of his late teacher, the American cellist Antonio Lysy. I first met Antonio Lysy at my undergraduate cello audition for...