Events for August 2026 – Page 173 – The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

UCLA BruinTech

Join us for our UCLA BruinTech Lunchtime Session: “How are Careers Changing and How AI and Search are Changing the World.” Thursday, October 18, 12:00-1:00 pm Young Research Library, West Electronic Classroom Free — Register on Eventbrite Here   Summary:  Abundant forecasts predict large shifts in both the nature and availability of whole categories of

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,

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”.