Westwood Village Concert Series – Music of China Ensemble – 2018
Join us for a weekly music lunchtime concert series during October in the heart of Westwood Village. Concerts are free and open to the public.
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Benny Golson at UCLA
Benny Golson presents a jazz workshop/demonstration in celebration of the inauguration of the UCLA Global Jazz Studies IDP. Presented by The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and the Friends of Jazz at UCLA. Jazz icon Benny Golson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 25, 1929. Golson has played in the bands of Benny Goodman,
David L. Abell Piano Masters Series – Daria Rabotkina, piano
In the first Abell Piano Series of the year, hear pianist Daria Rabotkina in a recital of Schubert, Rachmaninoff and Paul Harvey Orandt. Later, watch as Rabotkina leads an educational masterclass with UCLA piano students.
Wonder Women Tech
Wonder Women Tech is once again hosting a large women and technology conference at the Long Beach Convention Center. Dr. Gigi Johnson, Exec. Director of our Center for Music Innovation, will be joining a panel on women and entertainment on the first day of this conference. Friday, Oct. 5 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM –
Opera UCLA: Bernstein’s SONGFEST
Opera UCLA participates in the Leonard Bernstein Centennial year with an evening dedicated to his theater music plus his late masterpiece SONGFEST, a collection of twelve beautiful settings of American poets. Scott Dunn will conduct the two piano version arranged by John Musto, and Victoria Kirsch will preside over the theater songs.
UCLA Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band
The UCLA Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band perform Ron Nelson’s “Homage to Perotin”, Shelley Hanson’s “Elegy for Albinoni”, and Paul Hindemith’s “Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber”.
UCLA Wind Ensemble Invitational
The UCLA Wind Ensemble performs Brian Balmages’ “Fanfare Canzonique”, Johann Sebastian Bach’s “My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish”, and David Maslanka’s “Symphony No. 4”.
UCLA Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band
The UCLA Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band perform Igor Stravinsky’s “Octet” and Vaclav Nelhybel’s “Trittico”
UCLA Wind Ensemble
The UCLA Wind Ensemble performs Percy Aldridge Grainger’s “Molly on the Shore” and “Lincolnshire Posy,” as well as Eric Whitacre’s “October.”
UCLA Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band feat. Grammy Award-winner Hila Plitmann
The UCLA Symphonic Band opens the concert with works by Cait Nishimura, Michael Daugherty, Frank Ticheli, and Alfred Reed. The UCLA Wind Ensemble follows with Timothy Mahr’s cheerful “Bright Side”, Jake Runestad’s wind transcription of his beloved choral work “Let My Love Be Heard”, and Michael Daugherty’s “Labyrinth of Love” for soprano and chamber winds, featuring Grammy Award winner Hila Plitmann.