Events for May 2026 – Page 87 – The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

The Late Style of Academic Disciplines

How does a discipline like musicology age? What habits of mind over time calcify into dogma and which tools begin to rust from un-use? How many forking paths can a discipline take before it runs out of fuel? What if there simply is nothing left to say and ultimately no one willing to listen? Is

Saxophone Masterclass with Kenneth Tse and Arno Bornkamp

World-renowned saxophonists Arno Bornkamp (Netherlands) and Kenneth Tse (USA)  will provide a masterclass for students of the saxophone. Kenneth Tse Widely recognized as one of the world’s leading classical saxophonists, Kenneth Tse is certainly one of the instrument’s outstanding proponents on any saxophone aficionado’s short list. He burst on the scene in 1996 as the winner of the

Diār

Please join us for an evening celebrating Iranian music. This innovative concert, curated by Shahab Paranj, features both pure Persian classical music and contemporary compositions influenced by that rich tradition. Iranian virtuoso musicians Sohrab Pournazeri and Pejman Hadadi join Shahab Paranj and the Iranshahr String Quartet in premieres of four new compositions by Richard Danielpour, Ian

Pearl Vaynman and Tina Shigeyama Student Recital

Pearl Vaynman, a voice student of Vladimir Chernov, and Tina Shigeyama, an oboe student of Jonathan Davis, present a Third Year Undergraduate recital. Please click the “Watch Livestream” link to view this recital online. This event is made possible by the David and Irmgard Dobrow Fund. Classical music was a passion of the Dobrows, who

Early Music Ensemble Concert

This program by the UCLA Early Music Ensemble explores music from the Spanish Empire during the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras. Our musical storytellers will depict feelings of love, loss, and power[lessness] on both inter-personal and national levels as a consequence of Spanish colonialism

Camarades, Winter Music Concert

“UCLA Camarades (“The Music of Friends”) is the title given to the chamber music program that is guided and driven by the String Department. It offers superior coaching to all ensembles incorporating strings, from trios to octets, with a special consideration to the rich string quartet literature. These endeavors of study and instruction are crowned

Music of China Winter Concert

The UCLA Chinese Music Ensemble, directed by Chi Li, performs its annual winter concert featuring traditional and contemporary music, including Chinese opera aria, zheng unison, qin unison, folk dance, and silk-and-bamboo music.

Kenneth Tse and Arno Bornkamp (saxophones) and Casey Dierlam Tse (piano) Recital

World-renowned saxophonists Arno Bornkamp (Netherlands) and Kenneth Tse (USA)  come together for an evening of exciting classical saxophone music.  Joined by pianist Casey Dierlam Tse, the program’s first half consists of traditional French repertoire alongside newly composed works by American and French composers. The second half of the program features both beautiful and dazzling trios, combining the forces of