UCLA Music of African Americans Ensemble Winter Concert
Join the UCLA Music of African Americans Ensemble in a virtual winter concert celebrating the rich musical heritage of sacred song in the African American Tradition.
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Society for Ethnomusicology Southern California and Hawaiʻi Chapter’s 62nd Annual Meeting
The 2021 Society for Ethnomusicology, Southern California and Hawaiʻi Chapter conference will be a two-day virtual event, 13 – 14 March, featuring panels, roundtables, and a recorded concert series featuring our community members.
Global Jazz Studies Vocal Night
Concert featuring vocal students of the Global Jazz Studies program
It Takes a Village: Redefining Stereotypes and Creating Opportunity out of Necessity
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is proud to welcome trombonist and conductor Isrea Butler, who is the Music Department Chair at North Carolina Central University and co-founder of the Gateways Brass Collective, a professional brass quintet dedicated to serving minority students that is sponsored by Conn-Selmer.
Sounds of the Scene: Creating Musical Scores for Visual Content
Join the Herb Alpert School of Music in partnership with the School of Theater, Film and Television for this collaborative panel event that features composers and filmmakers including UCLA alumni. The discussion will explore the creative development and process of capturing scenic emotion and atmosphere for visual content. For questions about this event, please email
Mizrahi Sacred Songs (Piyutim)—From Pulpit to Pop Chart I & II
Interactive presentations on Jewish Middle Eastern and North African (Mizrahi) piyut traditions. Come hear, study, and learn to sing several of these beautiful poetic songs, and gain an understanding of their shifting cultural significance throughout Jewish history and in Israeli pop and rock music today.
Mizrahi Sacred Songs (Piyutim)—From Pulpit to Pop Chart I & II
Interactive presentations on Jewish Middle Eastern and North African (Mizrahi) piyut traditions. Come hear, study, and learn to sing several of these beautiful poetic songs, and gain an understanding of their shifting cultural significance throughout Jewish history and in Israeli pop and rock music today.
Masterclass with Erin Rogers: How to Run an Ensemble
Join the UCLA Saxophone Studio as we feature a guest artist masterclass on “How to Run an Ensemble” with saxophonist and composer, Erin Rogers.
Test Kitchen: Decolonize Music Theory through Multi-Sensory Writing with Nina Eidsheim and Juliette Bellocq
What if we listened to music with our tongue, feet, or skin? In this interactive event, we will experiment with multi-sensory experience of music. Engaging with a writing model from PEER Lab graphic designer Julliet Bellocq and founder Nina Eidsheim can help us relate to our senses more fully, and deepen our relationship with music and ourselves.
Family Meal – Soundtrack to Creativity: Writing Process Mixtape
Listen to the music and insights that have carried Daphne Brooks, Farah J. Griffin & Gayle Wald through quarantine and through writing their just published and forthcoming books—Liner Notes for a Revolution, Read Until You Understand, and Democratic Rhythms— and reflect on the music that has done the same for you.