A two-day symposium and dramatic prequel to the world premiere of JUANA, the opera based on the novel “Sor Juana’s Second Dream,” by UCLA Professor Alicia Gaspar de Alba, and presented by Opera UCLA. Click here to visit the symposium website. Click here to visit the Day 1 Event. Saturday November 23 Royce 314 10am-12pm –
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.
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.
Fay Victor, an improvising vocalist, composer, lyricist, and educator, will perform in concert with UCLA students who have worked with her during the week of her residence.
In a time of global warming, this lecture amplifies the indigenous Mah Meri’s concerns regarding environmental degradation by examining ecoperformativity in their song, music, and dance traditions.
Join a discussion of the past, present, and future of live music, music education, the music industry, and the creative economy in West LA. Share ideas with artists, organizers, taste makers, educators, business people, fans, and others who help music thrive in our neighborhoods.
The UCLA Percussion Ensemble will present a concert of pieces composed by Pulitzer Prize nominees, winners, and other honorees including William Bolcom, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Morton Gould, Stephen Hartke, Jennifer Higdon, and Christopher Rouse.
The Marine Band is America’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization. Founded in 1798, the band has performed for every U.S. President since John Adams. Known as “The President’s Own” since the days of Thomas Jefferson, the Marine Band’s mission is to provide music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
A two-day symposium and dramatic prequel to the world premiere of JUANA, the opera based on the novel “Sor Juana’s Second Dream,” by UCLA Professor Alicia Gaspar de Alba, and presented by Opera UCLA.
UCLA choirs present music representing all aspects of the holiday season. From grand arrangements of carols for over 150 singers to beautiful miniatures from the French tradition. The program features music from the Armenian, Jewish, Christian and Secular traditions accompanied by organ, violin and piano.
