Celebrating the rich historical roots of Sephardic culture in Los Angeles, this lecture-recital features small ensembles performing modern renditions of music heard in the community between the 1930s and 1980s.
Renowned pianist and pedagogue Victor Rosenbaum, for many years the head of the Piano Department at New England Conservatory, gives a masterclass to UCLA piano students. Works performed and workshopped include piano concerti.
Daniel Szabo debuts new music at the Blue Whale. His upcoming album, recorded in April of 2018 at The Bridge Studio in Glendale, California, was written for a unique instrumentation combining woodwind sextet with string quartet and jazz rhythm section. In “Visionary,” Szabo features an outstanding line-up of musicians and such as Sara Andon, Charlie
In this one-person musical show, Cantor Mendelson, a master storyteller, paints a picture of 1950’s Borough Park, Brooklyn. It was a time when Jews would flock to the synagogue to hear the golden voices of cantors as if it were a concert hall.
As a launch to UClezLA, a free screening of the Emmy award-winning documentary “In the Fiddler’s House” is offered. In this film, Itzhak Perlman gets personal and shares his musical journey of rediscovery of Jewish folk music – called ‘Klezmer’. Perlman’s joy in performing with the world’s finest klezmer musicians is palpable, and the music is infectious.
Tamir Hendelman’s jazz piano studio performs selections by Shorter, Jobim, Mingus, Coltrane, Ravel, Porter, Ellington, Brown and more.
Ethnomusicology/Musicology Graduate Students present papers on topics ranging from migration to protest songs to ethnic minority rock music.
Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara is a native Angelino Chicano musician, singer and songwriter, a record producer of Chicano rock and roll and rock en español compilations, and a performance artist, poet, short story writer, historian, journalist, and activist. His newly published book Confessions of a Radical Chicano Doo-Wop Singer (University of California Press, 2018) is a moving memoir of his life and a compelling counter-history of the city of Los Angeles.
Esteemed alumni of both UCLA and AJRCA will share songs which give voice to the women of the Bible, telling classic stories through new lenses.
American solo cellist, chamber musician, conductor, composer and pedagogue Emilio Colón will host a masterclass with UCLA cello students. The distinguished guest artist will share his wisdom about string technique and shed new light on musical interpretation while unlocking issues that students may struggle with.
