Events for April 2026 – Page 111 – The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Stevenson Lecture – Spain and Spanish America in Early US Entertainment Culture, 1783–1801 with David Garcia

Robert Stevenson presented a fascinating historiographical comparison of music historians of the United States and of Latin America in a lecture titled “Philosophies of American Music History,” delivered at the Library of Congress in 1969. Stevenson initiated his comparative critique by stating that “all historians of music in the United States insist on beginning ethnocentrically

El Circo Anahuac: An Aztec Opera

Written primarily in English and Spanish with several Nahuatl names and references, this Aztec opera tells the tale of the birth of the twin volcanoes outside Mexico City. In addition, El Circo Anahuac is presented with a twist: a modern circus troupe tells the classic tale!