In advance of the 2 PM Sunday, March 15 performance of Handel’s 1739 oratorio, “Israel in Egypt” in UCLA’s Royce Hall, please join us online at 10 AM Thursday, March 12 for a Milken Center panel discussion titled Faith, Frogs and the Sublime: Understanding Handel’s “Israel in Egypt.” Interspersing recorded portions of the work with our discussion,
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
We wrap up Winter Jazzfest with Clayton Cameron’s Jazz Combo and the Gluck Jazz Combo, performing under the direction of Duane Benjamin.
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.
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.
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for the final percussion ensemble concert of the 2025-2026 season.
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as we welcome the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” Woodwind Quintet for a masterclass in the intimate Lani Hall. About the Ensemble: Founded in 1996, The U.S. Army Band Woodwind Quintet is one of the Army’s premier chamber ensembles. An element of The United States Army
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 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
