Events for April 2026 – Page 103 – The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Naming, Understanding, and Playing with Metaphors in Music – Day 2

Join the Practice-based Experimental Epistemology Research Lab for a two-day symposium, organized by The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s PEER Lab & Durham University Music Department on April 29-30, 2022. This event aims to spark conversation on how metaphorical language shapes our understanding of not only music and sound but one another and the world.

Naming, Understanding, and Playing with Metaphors in Music – Day 1

Join the Practice-based Experimental Epistemology Research Lab for a two-day symposium, organized by The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s PEER Lab & Durham University Music Department on April 29-30, 2022. This event aims to spark conversation on how metaphorical language shapes our understanding of not only music and sound but one another and the world.

UCLA Faculty Composer’s Concert

The esteemed faculty of the UCLA Composition area showcase their latest original compositions, including works by faculty Peter Golub, Kay Rhie, Ian Krouse, and Richard Danielpour, with performances by notable guest artists and student musicians from the department of music.

Distinguished Lecture Series with Makoto Harris Takao

Makoto Harris Takao etches out a broad narrative of the developing musical practices and identities of Japanese Christian (kirishitan) communities that began to take shape in the early decades of their formation. It also speaks to the broader need for intercultural methodologies that facilitate a more nuanced understanding of “Western” music as produced, interpreted, and reformed by entanglements of the early modern world.