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

9th Annual Robert U Nelson Lecture: Sarah Taylor Ellis

The UCLA Robert U. Nelson Lecture Series, hosted by the Center for Musical Humanities, presents Sarah Taylor Ellis with a talk entitled “The Joy Factor: Embracing Musical Moments on German Stages” “Frozen meets Kurt Weill” (nachtkritik). Whether collaborating on an original musical for an inclusive theater in Berlin, an anthem for the Women’s March on

Otro Corazon 3: Queering Sor Juana

Photo: Sor Juana the Younger and the Elder, Digital Photograph by Alma López @ 2019 (Models: Alicia Gaspar de Alba as the Elder, and Alicia Billalobos, UCLA Chicana/o Studies alumna, as the Younger) A Symposium In Celebration of Alicia Gaspar de Alba’s 2026 Retirement and Lifelong Research on Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Hosted

The Music of Julius Hemphill

Join us for an evening of jazz saxophone as UCLA faculty and advanced students perform music from Julius Hemphill’s The Sextet Collection, under the direction of Alex Harding. Hemphill emerged in the 1980s as one of the premiere jazz composers of his era, offering an aesthetic model that contrasted with Wynton Marsalis’s neo-hard bob movement.

Celebrating Richard Danielpour

On January 21, the Iranshahr Orchestra, conducted by Stefan Lano and Shahab Paranj, will celebrate the 70th birthday of American composer Richard Danielpour. The program features violinist Aida Kavafian performing Fiat Lux, Danielpour’s violin concerto, as well as his Symphony for Strings. The concert also includes two works that reflect the composer’s Persian heritage: Songs