Events for September 2026 – Page 2 – The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Spring Jazzfest, Concert 3

UCLA student combos and ensembles directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards, contemporary works, and pop songs, as well as compositions by the faculty directors and the students.

Screening: The Gathering: Roots & Branches of Los Angeles Jazz

The Gathering: Roots & Branches of Los Angeles Jazz chronicles a multi-generational music project started in 2005 by Jesse Sharps, one of the great composers to come out of the progressive improvised music scene of Los Angeles and an early bandleader of Horace Tapscott’s Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra. It focuses on the Leimert Park district

Gender Amplified 20 (GA20) Convening

A two-day convening celebrating 20 years of Gender Amplified’s work advancing women and gender-expansive persons in music production, audio engineering, and emerging music technologies. The event will bring together students, artists, educators, producers, technologists, and industry leaders through performances, workshops, panels, demonstrations, and community engagement opportunities.

Gender Amplified 20 (GA20) Convening

A two-day convening celebrating 20 years of Gender Amplified’s work advancing women and gender-expansive persons in music production, audio engineering, and emerging music technologies. The event will bring together students, artists, educators, producers, technologists, and industry leaders through performances, workshops, panels, demonstrations, and community engagement opportunities.

Jonathan Hepfer, Percussionist: “Sisyphus as Artist”

Join us for the second of six workshops as part of the Modal Interchange: Conversations on 21st-Century Performance Practices series with Jonathan Hepfer, percussionist and artistic director of Monday Evening Concerts, who will join Wendy Richman (Academic Lecturer and Director of uclaFLUX at UCLA) in a conversation about how to develop as a working artist.

Copyright and Music Law Update: A Report from the Litigation Trenches

Music and copyright protection are at the forefront of the music industry in AI-music creation and streaming. Hear the latest from leading music attorney Richard Busch as he discusses cutting-edge court cases, issues in the music copyright field, and his experience in protecting musicians and their rights. Q&A and reception to follow.

Gender Amplified 20 (GA20) Convening

A two-day convening celebrating 20 years of Gender Amplified’s work advancing women and gender-expansive persons in music production, audio engineering, and emerging music technologies. The event will bring together students, artists, educators, producers, technologists, and industry leaders through performances, workshops, panels, demonstrations, and community engagement opportunities.

Pianist Vicki Ray: Concert Curation IS Composition!

Join us for the first of six workshops as part of the Modal Interchange: Conversations on 21st-Century Performance Practices series with Vicki Ray, a Los Angeles based composer and pianist, who will join Wendy Richman in a conversation about concert programming and commissioning new works. Concert Curation IS Composition! Every musician presenting a concert is:

Eclipse String Quartet with William Kanengiser

Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for an evening in historic Schoenberg Hall featuring the Eclipse String Quartet and renowned guitarist William Kanengiser in “The British Invasion,” a dynamic concert of recent works for guitar quintet presented as part of their student composer residency.