A lively interdisciplinary discussion about Jewish Music in America featuring a conversation between scholars Professors Sharon Avni (Linguistics, CUNY) and Laura Yares (Religious Studies, Michigan State University) with authors of a newly published collection of articles on contemporary Jewish music in the Journal for Synagogue Music.
World-renowned UCLA Global Jazz Studies faculty Tamir Hendelman and Justo Almario perform music by Kenny Burrell as well as their original compositions.
Eugene Friesen, cello virtuoso and faculty at Berklee College of Music and the author of “Improvisation for Classical Musicians,” conducts a masterclass helping string players develop and improve classical, improvisatory, and rhythmic techniques.
Three experts will present stories of the Ghanaian xylophone in celebration of the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive’s 60th Anniversary.
Concert featuring UCLA Jazz Combos, directed by Terence Blanchard, Clayton Cameron, Charley Harrison, Roberto Miranda, and Michele Weir. With special guests, the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble at UCLA.
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.
