Events for March 2026 – The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Music of China, Winter Concert

The UCLA Chinese Music Ensemble, directed by Chi Li, performs its annual Winter concert featuring traditional and contemporary music, including Chinese opera aria, zheng unison, qin unison, folk dance, and silk-and-bamboo music. PROGRAM – COLOR PROGRAM – BLACK & WHITE

Winter Jazzfest, Concert 2

Charley Harrison leads his Jazz Combo and Jazz Orchestra on stage, along with Regina Carter’s Ginger Smock String Jazz Ensemble and Jesus Guzman’s Jazz Combo in the second concert of Winter Jazzfest.

Winter Jazzfest, Concert 1

The concert features the Roberto Miranda’s Jazz Combo, alongside the Commercial Studio Music Ensemble under the direction of Duane Benjamin, highlighting versatility and professional performance practices. The Charles Mingus Ensemble and Contemporary Jazz Ensemble, both directed by Hitomi Oba, honor jazz tradition while pushing boldly into modern sounds and concepts.

Ehnes Quartet – The Beethoven Cycle, I

This concert marks the first installment of this ambitious six-concert series. As the ensemble brings its signature interpretive depth, seamless collaboration, and profound musical insight to campus, this series celebrates Beethoven’s confident assertion of equality with Haydn and Mozart while unveiling innovative transformational processes.

From Cyclical Time and Prolongations to Text-Music Interactions and Virtual Networks: A Personal Retrospective on Turkish Makam Music Analysis

From Cyclical Time and Prolongations to Text-Music Interactions and Virtual Networks: A Personal Retrospective on Turkish Makam Music Analysis Lecture by Prof. Ozan Baysal Department of Musicology Istanbul Technical University Abstract: Over the past fifteen years, my research on Turkish makam music has been shaped by analytical approaches (beyond scale-based models) to time, structure, and

Composers Concert

Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for an evening of original works by UCLA undergraduate and graduate composers.   Click her for this evening’s program.