Based on fieldwork in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Dr. Razia Sultanova examines the resilience of normal social and religious life amidst ongoing turmoil, questioning the potential for art and culture to flourish.
“Seriously Unserious:” Ridiculousness and the Art of Black Popular Music Remixing Jasmine Henry (she/her) is an assistant professor of musicology and Wolf Humanities Center fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests include Black electronic dance music, independent music production, and Afrofuturism. Her current book project focuses on the history of Black urban club
Inna Faliks is known the world over as an adventurous and passionate concert pianist. But few know her journey. She was born in Odessa, Ukraine, part of the Soviet Union at the time. Her family fled Soviet repression and antisemitism, and endured a long journey that took them through Vienna, Rome, and ultimately to Chicago. Join
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as we continue the celebration of Arnold Schoenberg’s 150th birth anniversary with the screening of two documentaries about the famed composer, his music, and his era. About Through the Darkness : “Hilan Warshaw presents his powerful documentary Through the Darkness, the poignant story of a love triangle
Varése, Roldán, and Networks of Afro-Cuban musical instrument exchange: decolonizing Western percussion music through critical Instrumentation This paper uses two simultaneous works of percussion–“Ionisation” (1929-1931) by French-American composer Edgard Varèse (1883-65) and “Rítmicas” V and VI (1930), by Cuban composer Amadeo Roldán (1900-39)– to explore the construction of the borders between Western and “other” musics
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s celebration of Arnold Schoenberg’s 150th birth anniversary as we welcome guest pianist and composer Amy Williams. Williams will perform excerpts from Schoenberg student and UCLA alumnus John Cage’s seminal Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano. About Williams: Amy Williams is a composer of music that is
Specters of Survival and Persecution: Ghost Smuggling Ballads, Hauntology, and the Undocumented Migrant Experience Many ghost stories utilize themes of apparitions and haunting to elicit terror, warning listeners to abide by moral codes. However, since 2007, a phenomenon of Mexican corrido (ballad) composition, which I define as ghost smuggling ballads, shares a collective ghost story
In 2023-24, the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience examines a little-known but seminal artistic movement that profoundly influenced the development of Jewish art music in the 20th century, the St. Petersburg Society for Jewish Folk Music (1908-1917). Milken Center artistic director and UCLA director of orchestral studies Neal Stulberg has curated
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. Tonight’s concert will feature the following groups: The UCLA Gluck Jazz Combo directed by Duane Benjamin Jazz Combo directed by Clayton Cameron Jazz
Music + Data is a one-day symposium that brings together leading scholars in music, anthropology, and sound studies (broadly conceived) into dialogue with data science to consider the impact new technologies have on music cultures in global contexts past, present, and future. Through a series of roundtable discussions, presentations, and demos, we aim to situate
