The UCLA concert bands present their final concert of the 2024–25 academic year, opening with the UCLA Symphonic Band, an ensemble comprising students from across the university conducted by UCLA alumnus Dwayne Milburn. Los Angeles is home to more ethnic Koreans than any other city outside Korea, and this week our friends at the LA
In Celebration of the Promise Chair in Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture at UCLA This event celebrates the establishment of the Promise Chair in Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music —a historic milestone that deepens the university’s commitment to the study and performance of Armenian music. Made
Music Performance by Miqedem Yaron Cherniak, Shai Sol, Jamie Hilsden, and Leat Sabbah Tuesday, May 27, 2025 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Lani Hall at the UCLA Schoenberg Music Building 445 Charles E Young Dr E Please register here After registering, you will be emailed an RSVP confirmation. If you do not receive your email
UCLA Symphony concludes its 2024-25 season with a concert showcasing the virtuosity of this remarkable, campus-wide ensemble and conducted by our two graduate orchestral conducting majors, Samuel Chung and Gan Xiong. The Saint Saëns Organ Symphony is a glittery orchestra showpiece which will feature the Schoenberg Hall organ in the hands of master’s student Emma
A Conversation with Doris Berger, Hans Vaget, and Alex Ross, moderated by Lily E. Hirsch, with music performance by UCLA Professor of Piano, Inna Faliks. To honor Thomas Mann’s 150th birthday anniversary and to celebrate the West Coast premiere of Tod Machover’s opera, Schoenberg in Hollywood (which explores the hypothetical scenario of Schoenberg composing for Hollywood), this
Experience the complete cycle of Arnold Schoenberg’s four string quartets in captivating performances by the acclaimed Webern Quartet at 4 p.m. & 7 p.m. Hailed by The New Yorker’s Alex Ross for revealing “the through line of Schoenberg’s personality, which is by turns impassioned, whimsical, savage, melancholy,” the Webern Quartet brings their fresh interpretation to
Schoenberg in Hollywood is a high-spirited, affectionate homage to one of the most influential artistic figures of the 20th century.
The UCLA Wind Ensemble opens its second concert of the winter quarter with Óscar Navarro’s celebratory Downey Overture, written originally for the Downey Symphony Orchestra here in the Los Angeles area. Two recent compositions by young American composers follow: Nicole Piunno’s beautiful With Love and Grace and Henry Dorn’s Harper’s West, named for Dorn’s daughter
The Gluck End of Year Showcase Concert features performances from many different UCLA Gluck Ensembles for an audience of K-12 students from partner schools throughout the Los Angeles area. Since 1996, the UCLA Gluck Fellows Music Program has been the beneficiary of a generous grant from the Max H. Gluck Foundation, which enables our
The Selma Moidel Smith Recital series celebrates and honors former UCLA music student Selma Moidel Smith. This year’s recital features Davide Di Rienzo, an exceptional piano doctoral student in the School of Music who will perform works by Selma Moidel Smith, Franz Liszt, and Kaitlin Webster-Zuber. Learn more about Selma Moidel Smith on her website.
