THIS EVENT HAS PASSED
Nov 12 2019

Wadada Leo Smith: Playing Ankhrasmation

Wadada Leo Smith, Installation view Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only, June 12–August 28, 2016, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Photo: Brian Forrest.
masterclasses
Room 1151

In this participatory workshop, internationally acclaimed composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith introduces performers into the art of the Ankhrasmation symbolic language. While the language is extremely precise in terms of the relationship between discrete musical events, performers are invited to explore the meaning of the various symbols and colors. This event is a collaboration with the Global Jazz Studies Program and Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA.

Wadada Leo Smith is a 2019 UC Regents Lecturer at UCLA. The Regents’ Lecturer program of the University of California was instituted in 1962 to encourage rare and valuable interaction between gifted non-academics and the university community.

Wadada Leo Smith: Four Symphonies (Excerpt from performance on December 17, 2017 at The Lab in San Francisco)

Play

Register in advance for this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event.

RSVP via Eventbrite

Attending this Program?

Ticketing

This event is FREE! No RSVP required. Early arrival is recommended.

PARKING

Self-service parking is available at UCLA’s Parking Structure #2 for events in Schoenberg Music Building and the Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center. Costs range from $1 for 20 minutes to $20 all day. Learn more about campus parking.

ACCESSIBILITY

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is eager to provide a variety of accommodations and services for access and communications. If you would like to request accommodations, please do so 10 days in advance of the event by emailing ADA@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu or calling (310) 825-0174.

PHOTOGRAPHY

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music welcomes visitors to take non‐flash, personal‐use photography except where noted. Share your images with us @UCLAalpert / #UCLAalpert on Twitter + Instagram + Facebook

FOOD & DRINK

Food and drink may not be carried into the theaters. Thank you!