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Composer Portrait: The Music of Stanley Walden (Milken Center Chamber Music Series)

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Composer Portrait: The Music of Stanley Walden (b. 1932)

4 PM Sunday February 16, 2025

Lani Hall; UCLA

From Milken Center Artistic Director Neal Stulberg:

Stanley Walden (b. 1932) has led a remarkably rich musical life: clarinetist with the New York Philharmonic, composer of concert, opera, stage and film music; filmmaker, writer, improvisation expert, educator and more. Walden has written for some of the great American musicians and orchestras of our time, including pianists Robert Levin and Gilbert Kalish, singers Jan DeGaetani and Reri Grist, cellist Joel Krosnick, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra and Louisville Orchestra. He co-wrote the music for the notorious 1969 musical “Oh! Calcutta!” with Peter Schickele.

Performed by UCLA students, faculty and alumni, this Composer Portrait concert showcases Walden’s enormous range as a chamber composer and includes some of his Jewish-themed works, including Variations on a Yiddish Theme for string quartet and Sh’mah for violin and cello. Now a resident of Palm Springs, the composer will be joining us for the concert and will discuss his career from the stage, interspersed with showings of video clips from some of his staged productions.

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A Stanley Walden sampler

Sh’mah for violin and cello

“The Goldberg Variations” (a 2014 musical)

“The Singular Life and Voice of Composer Stanley Walden” 90th birthday tribute article, Palm Springs Desert Sun

Chutzpah!  A Video Autobiography of Stanley Walden’s Life and Career

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MILKEN CENTER CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES  2025

4 PM Sunday, January 12, 2025 — COMPOSER PORTRAIT:  THE MUSIC OF PAUL SCHOENFIELD

1 PM Sunday, February 2, 2025 — ISRAELI ART SONG WITH IRIS MALKIN AND SPECIAL GUEST IDO ARIEL 

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ON THE ROAD - Ventura at Temple Beth Torah - registration details coming soon

4 PM Sunday,  March 9,  2025  COMPOSER PORTRAIT: THE MUSIC OF STANLEY WALDEN  

4 PM Sunday,  April 27,  2025  COMPOSER PORTRAIT: THE MUSIC OF PAUL SCHOENFIELD

 

Like most of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s programs, this event is FREE! Register in advance for this event via the link below. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.  Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Early arrival is recommended. Registrants receive priority up until 15 minutes before the event, and after that time any open seats will be released to patrons on our waitlist.

While Inside the Venue:

No Food or Drink allowed in the theater.