Four-time Grammy Award-winning cello virtuoso Eugene Friesen conducts a masterclass on strategies for creativity and expression from his inspiring book, Improvisation for Classical Musicians, helping string players develop and improve classical, improvisatory, and rhythmic techniques.
UCLA student big bands directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards as well as compositions by the faculty directors and the students.
UCLA student big bands directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards as well as compositions by the faculty directors and the students.
This presentation examines the devotional song lyrics, musical instruments, and ritual practices of Sidis, Indians of African ancestry, as they forge intergenerational connections between African Muslim ancestor-saints and ‘descendant’-devotees in western India.
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Executive Assistant Logan Clark (Ph.D. ’17 UCLA) discusses career opportunities outside of academia and which skills acquired in doctoral research apply (or don’t) to the non-profit sector.
After a weekend of intensive workshops and bootcamps on best practices in community engagement with student chamber music groups of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Decoda, the affiliate ensemble of Carnegie Hall, will present their works-in-progress in an informal workshop performance for the public.
Professor William Kinderman hosts Grammy-winning American classical pianist Emanuel Ax, one of the world’s foremost pianists, in a conversation on Ax performing Brahms’ epic First Piano Concerto, a work which the beloved piano virtuoso will perform three times with the LA Phil following this event.
Vocalist Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell with his chamber ensemble will perform reimagined arrangements of their original and stylistically diverse settings of 20th century Yiddish modernist poetry, in addition to songs combining African American spirituals and the music of Jewish Eastern Europe.
Global Jazz Studies senior Steve Murillo performs in a combo for his senior recital.
Join the UCLA Tuba and Euphonium Studio for a celebration of the holidays, including decorations, great music performed by the tuba & euphonium students, with pizza and snacks outdoors following the concert.
