Events for April 2026 – Page 77 – The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

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Freedom First

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Concert featuring jazz artist and political activist Keith LaMar, who is an African American man on death row falsely accused of murder in the Lucasville Prison Uprising in Youngstown, OH.  He has caught international attention and has become a symbol of the injustices of the Criminal Justice System.  A symphonic work by UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology graduate student Dexter Story was commissioned for this historic concert. The concert will also feature the Freedom First Ensemble featuring Albert Marquès and new UCLA Global Jazz Studies faculty member Salim Washington on saxophone.

Nexus: Ethnomusicology and Education

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Distinguished professor Patricia Campbell offers observations of ethnomusicology’s evolving commitment, often through collaborative efforts with teachers, to understanding and activating on questions of music, education, and culture for learners of every age, experience, and circumstance.

UCLA Jazz Combos and Ensembles Concert 1

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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: Jazz Combo directed by Charley Harrison The UCLA World Jazz and Intercultural Improvisation Ensemble directed by

Khon: Thai Masked Dance and Music

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In celebration of the 190th anniversary of Thailand-U.S. diplomatic relations, eighteen master musicians and dancers from the Royal Thai Fine Arts Department will perform khon (masked dance drama) in Schoenberg Hall.

Bubby’s Kitchen: A One-Woman Musical

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Macgowan 1340 Written, Created, and Starring Shira Ginsburg and inspired by the heroic actions of resistance her grandparents took against the Nazis as Partisans as they survived years in the forests of Belarus on bravery, camaraderie and the sheer will to live, Bubby’s Kitchen is the story of one young woman’s struggle to live up

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