Events for March 2026 – Page 18 – The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

UCLA Wind Ensemble

The UCLA Wind Ensemble opens its second concert of the winter quarter with Óscar Navarro’s celebratory Downey Overture, written originally for the Downey Symphony Orchestra here in the Los Angeles area. Two recent compositions by young American composers follow: Nicole Piunno’s beautiful With Love and Grace and Henry Dorn’s Harper’s West, named for Dorn’s daughter

Spring Student Composers’ Concert – Night 2

The most ambitious concert yet by undergraduate and graduate composers of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Featuring: Kevin Bodhipak – Polygonía: Asymmetric Dances Sergey Nesterov – Introspects: I. Chaos Is Order Yet Undeciphered (oboe). II. Intrusive Monologue (cello) Sofia Dell’Agostino – Monologues Jacob Harrison – Valley of The Shadow Sean Kawanami – NAMI