Events for April 2026 – Page 139 – The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Gone to the Village — Documentary Screening

Gone to the Village is a multifaceted and multidirectional documentary that chronicles the fusion of oral traditions, political authority, and national unity with the visual, musical, and performance arts of Asante. It is a unique and powerful documentary of the elaborate funerary rites for the Queen Mother of the Asante in Ghana.

Music of China Spring Concert 2020

The Music of China Ensemble, directed by Chi Li, performs a Zoom concert featuring traditional and contemporary music, including Chinese opera aria, folk song, folk dance, Zheng music, Qin music, Yangqin solo, Dizi solo, Liuqin solo, Quintet, and silk-and-bamboo music.

Bruce Adolphe featured in Jewish Music Masterclass

Composer Bruce Adolphe — known to millions of Americans from his public radio show Piano Puzzlers, which has been broadcast weekly on Performance Today since 2002 — has created a substantial body of chamber music and orchestral works inspired by science, visual arts, and human rights. Mr. Adolphe is also the resident lecturer and director of family concerts for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.