UCLA Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band
The UCLA Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band perform Igor Stravinsky’s “Octet” and Vaclav Nelhybel’s “Trittico”
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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.
Mostly Bernstein: Westside West Side
The UCLA Wind Ensemble opens its 2018–19 season by continuing its yearlong centenary celebration of American musician Leonard Bernstein, performing transcriptions of music from his two most famous Broadway shows, CANDIDE (1956) and WEST SIDE STORY (1957).
Restoring the Synagogue Soundtrack
Judah Cohen, widely published scholar of Jewish music, will trace America’s largely unknown role in Jewish musical developments of the nineteenth century. Interwoven with Europe’s musical development, the United States during this time made meaningful contributions to the rise of the professional cantor, the development of congregational singing, and the very creation of what we know today as “Jewish music.”
From India to Indiana: Melding Music
Nominated for its third Grammy in 2016, the ARC Ensemble presents a concert of music featuring the work of a Jewish composer from Czechoslovakia, Walter Kaufmann, who fled to Bombay with the rise of National Socialism. The discovery of his concert-works and Kaufmann’s extraordinary life are the touchstones of this event.
UClezLA
Come learn how to play Klezmer music from world-renowned Klezmer musicians, including Michael Alpert, Hankus Netsky, Pete Rushefsky, Lorin Sklamberg and Ilene Stahl! Grab your instrument and love of learning to be guided by some of the best Klezmer musicians and teachers in the United States today.
Westwood Village Concert Series – Persian & Afro-Cuban Ensembles
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. (**NOTE NEW LOCATION! Performance across the street from Barney’s Beanery, 1037 Broxton Avenue Westwood, CA 90024) Persian Music Ensemble*: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Afro-Cuban Ensemble: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Westwood Village Farmers Market,
Westwood Village Concert Series – Music of the Balkans 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.
Westwood Village Concert Series – China
Westwood Village Concert Series – Music of China Ensemble Thursday, October 11: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Westwood Village Farmers Market, Broxton Ave (Performance at Kinross Ave. where it meets Westwood Boulevard and Broxton Avenue) Free Admission Join us for a weekly music lunchtime concert series during October in the heart of Westwood Village. Concerts are free