Mostly Kosher: Klezmer & Jewish Roots Music
Four members of L.A.’s very own Jewish roots ensemble, Mostly Kosher, present a workshop exploring their creative process of integrating klezmer and Yiddish music with various other musical styles.
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‘Klezfarad’: The Lerner – Moguilevsky Duo in Concert
Internationally recognized multi-instrumentalists Cesar Lerner and Marcelo Moguilevsky describe their music as ‘Klezfarad’, to reflect the Ashkenazi and Sephardic influences heard in their boundary-crossing repertoire.
Music as Psychotherapy in Early Modern France
Musicologist Melinda Latour, Assistant Professor at Tufts University, discusses music as psychotherapy in early modern France
UCLA Big Band Concert
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 Jazz Combos Concert
UCLA student Jazz Combos, directed by world-class jazz artists, explore composition and improvisation, with special guests the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble at UCLA.
Desire, Decorum, and Nostalgia: Musicalizing Femininity in cine mexicano (1931-1952)
Jacqueline Avila discusses the visual and aural representations of femininity and womanhood within the Mexican film industry, exposing the societal contradictions of contemporary Mexican culture, particularly the precarious position of women.
Yarn/Wire Residency
This two-piano/two-percussion ensemble kicks off their residency with a presentation of the repertory that they play and their experience as a touring ensemble, followed by a Q&A.
UCLA American Jewish Music Festival: Music Crossing Boundaries
Featuring artists from L.A. and beyond, the UCLA American Jewish Music Festival presents concerts, workshops and more featuring performances from classical to klezmer, tango to Tel Aviv, bluegrass to Broadway.
Early Music Ensemble Fall Concert: Celebrating Strozzi’s 400th Year
The Early Music Ensemble kicks off its 2019-20 season by celebrating the 400th baptismal year of Barbara Strozzi, featuring works by seventeenth-century Italian women.
Connecting Resonances: Global Interactions in the field of Sound
This presentation by artist and researcher Budhaditya Chattopadhyay aims to critically listen to the complex sound worlds of the Global South and its interaction with the Global North.