In this conversation with UCLA musicologist Nina Eidsheim, trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser Wadada Leo Smith discusses his original compositional language called Ankhrasmation, which he first realized in 1967.
Founded just this year, Moniker Brass received the prestigious honor of being accepted to the American Brass Quintet Seminar at the 2019 Aspen Music Festival.
This program of lectures and concert honors the musical contributions of Morteza Neydavoud (1900-1990), an Iranian Jewish composer who was a pivotal figure in the development of Iranian music in the first half of the twentieth century.
American cornetist, trumpeter, and composer Graham Haynes discusses the theory and concept of Conduction®: The practice of conveying and interpreting a lexicon of directives to modify or construct sonic arrangement or composition.
Guest teacher Rose Corrigan, principal bassoonist of the Pacific and the Pasadena symphonies, joins UCLA bassoonists and faculty in a discussion and demonstration of her creative approach to the instrument.
The Arizona Wind Quintet presents a chamber music masterclass for student ensembles and will perform selections from their program Homenaje a México, which features music by all Mexican composers, celebrating diverse compositional styles and influences.
The Formosa Quartet performs George Enescu’s monumental and rarely heard Octet, Op. 7 and Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 76 No. 6 with professor of cello Antonio Lysy and several strings students.
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra hosts a dynamic and informative masterclass featuring the RSNO’s principal horn, trombone, and tuba players.
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.
The Mohindar Brar Sambhi Endowed Chair in Indian Music presents a lecture by Tejaswini Niranjana, which focuses on the manifestations of musicophilia in Mumbai from the late 19th century to the present.
