Events for April 2026 – Page 66 – The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Sound Patterns – Winter Choral Concert

Join the UCLA Chamber Singers and UCLA Chorale for their Winter Concert at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church.   This event is made possible by the David and Irmgard Dobrow Fund. Classical music was a passion of the Dobrows, who established a generous endowment at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to make

Winter Percussion Ensemble

The UCLA Percussion Ensemble is comprised of students performing from the ever-growing volume of percussion ensemble literature and presents one public performance each quarter.   This event is made possible by the David and Irmgard Dobrow Fund. Classical music was a passion of the Dobrows, who established a generous endowment at The UCLA Herb Alpert

Winter Saxophone Studio Recital

Join Dr. Jan Berry Baker and her students as they present an evening of works showcasing the saxophone.   This event is made possible by the David and Irmgard Dobrow Fund. Classical music was a passion of the Dobrows, who established a generous endowment at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to make programs

James Miller and Friends

Join UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Professor James Miller for an evening of music featuring the trombone with guest artists Jan Berry Baker, Clayton Cameron, Daniel Gledhill, Alex Iles and Aron Kallay.   About James: James Miller is the Associate Principal Trombone with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a position he has held since 1999.

Just Pain

A concert featuring electronics, live instruments, and the audience as musicians. ….contesting efficiency-driven economies that operationalize the categorical individuation of pain for profit and in appeals to justice, JUST PAIN remixes acute and chronic intensities in a vibrationally amplified process community , creating an interactive feedback experience that challenges the ‘treatment’ of pain as a promise of

Michael Mayo Vocal Workshop

Michael Mayo Vocal Workshop Thursday, Jan. 25, 6:00pm – 9:00pm Band Room – SMB 1345 Michael Mayo, cutting-edge contemporary vocalist, composer/arranger, looper, will be offering a workshop, hosted by Luciana Souza and Michele Weir. • With a BA from New England Conservatory of Music, he was only the 3rd vocalist to be included in the

Encounters with Schoenberg and Stein: A Symposium

This year is Arnold Schoenberg’s 150th birthday, and the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna is coordinating and promoting events worldwide to mark the occasion. This half-day symposium is dedicated to new directions in Schoenberg scholarship that will consist of two sessions, divided by a coffee break, and followed by a reception. One session will showcase

Reggae Relations: Black and Indigenous Confluences in Hawai’i

Reggae has become so normalized in Hawai‘i that it is often associated with local or Native Hawaiian people instead of Black people. Simultaneously, reggae is often not considered Hawaiian music because it does not sound “Native Hawaiian enough.” Indigenous reciprocal relationality is one way to move beyond the limiting frameworks of authenticity and appropriation regarding cultural mixture. Black and Indigenous relationality in reggae in Hawai‘i illustrates this well.