Events for April 2026 – Page 124 – The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

UCLA Gluck Fellows Showcase Concert

Join us for the culmination of the 2020-21 UCLA Gluck Fellows program. The Gluck Showcase Concert features performances from different UCLA Gluck Ensembles for an audience of K-12 students from partner schools throughout the LA area. 

A fantasy on five keyboards featuring David Kaplan, piano

Assistant Professor of Piano David Kaplan performs a program of keyboard fantasies, including new works by Anthony Cheung and Christopher Cerrone. Each new piece is paired with fantasy from the past: an unmeasured prelude by Louis Couperin, and the Mozart C minor fantasy, K. 475. The program culminates with Beethoven’s Sonata, Op. 110, in which sonata and fantasy forms meet.

Teaching from the Archive: A Workshop on Our Culture Resounds, Our Future Reveals: A Legacy of Filipino American Performing Arts in California

Join us for a workshop for educators on using the interactive e-book Our Culture Resounds, Our Future Reveals for classes along a range of topics from performing arts to Asian American studies. Authors and contributors will discuss how to engage students by pairing the text with online digital archival recordings for a multimedia learning experience centered around community voices.

Playing for Peace: Apple Hill String Quartet in a Masterclass and Round Table on Community Outreach

This virtual round table conversation is centered on Community Engagement and Outreach with the members of the Apple Hill String Quartet and its Executive Director Lenny Matczynski, The round table will incorporate an active conversation with the students and faculty of the Herb Alpert School of Music, and also feature a Chamber Music Masterclass featuring chamber groups from the UCLA Gluck Fellows Program.