Events for November 2025 › Classical › – The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Fall Undergraduate Composers’ Concert

Join us for a night of new music composed by UCLA undergraduate composition students! Among one of the most competitive schools for composition in the country, Herb Alpert School of Music boasts performances of music written by ferociously talented and exceptionally gifted young composers. Please come support their endeavors as we kick off the 2025-26

Malcolm Miller: Classical and Popular Music in Israel: Transcultural Dialogues and Contrasts

This talk/recital marks the launch of Classical and Popular Music in Israel (Eastman Studies/URP), with an illustrated introduction by British musicologist Malcolm Miller, surveying the volume and offering a concise orientation to Israeli art and popular music—transcultural dialogues, canon and identity, and performance contexts. The recital features Iris Malkin (mezzo-soprano), Neal Stulberg (piano), and Malcolm

UCLA Philharmonia

Please join us for UCLA Philharmonia’s second concert of the season, featuring Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony; the North American premiere of UCLA PhD graduate TomĂ s Peire Serrate’s “Borealis” (2020); and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5. Mozart Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 (“Prague”) TomĂ s Peire Serrate “Borealis” (2020) (North American premiere) Prokofiev Symphony No. 5

Advanced Vocal Literature & Diction Class Recital

The Advanced Vocal Literature class, featuring UCLA’s most advanced classical singers under the direction of Professor Juliana Gondek and collaborative pianist Victoria Kirsch, present an eclectic mix of English and American art songs from the 18th to the 21st centuries.

UCLA Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band

The UCLA concert bands present their first concert of the 2025–26 academic year, opening with the UCLA Symphonic Band, an ensemble comprising students from across the university conducted by Associate Director of Bands Justin McManus.

Camarades

UCLA Camarades (“The Music of Friends”) is the title given to the chamber music program that is guided and driven by the String Department. It offers superior coaching to all ensembles incorporating strings, from trios to octets, with a special consideration to the rich string quartet literature. These endeavors of study and instruction are crowned

UCLA Symphony

Founded in 2002, UCLA Symphony is UCLA’s campus-wide orchestra, drawing its membership from throughout the university community and performing a full spectrum of symphonic repertoire. Join us in Schoenberg Hall for our first concert of the 2025-2026 academic year.