Events for September 2026 – Page 44 – The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

“Driven into Paradise”: Schoenberg in Los Angeles

“Driven into Paradise”: Schoenberg in Los Angeles   This online event panel gathers venerated historians, musicologists and composers to explore Schoenberg’s complex relationship with Los Angeles. An online discussion of the history and experience of Schoenberg in Los Angeles with scholars and artists.  The panel will include historian Kenneth Marcus (University of La Verne), musicologists

Webern Quartet Performs Schoenberg String Quartets

Experience the complete cycle of Arnold Schoenberg’s four string quartets in captivating performances by the acclaimed Webern Quartet at 4 p.m. & 7 p.m. Hailed by The New Yorker’s Alex Ross for revealing “the through line of Schoenberg’s personality, which is by turns impassioned, whimsical, savage, melancholy,” the Webern Quartet brings their fresh interpretation to

Bokani Dyer – A Glimpse into the World of South African Jazz

Bokani Dyer pays a visit to UCLA and the Global Jazz Studies Department to present a workshop and connect with young musicians. The event will be a multi-media presentation looking into a distinct dialect of the jazz language to familiarise audiences with the rich tradition of the music, its leading figures, the social contexts and