Join Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai and guitarist/luthier William Eaton for a dual lecture, joint conversation, and musical demo. Areas of discussion will include the negotiative aspects of collective improvisation, the practice of duetting across musical traditions, and the complex relationships between performer and instrument. WILLIAM EATON Eaton designs and builds innovative guitars and
This workshop is designed to introduce researchers to the main tools musicians and audio engineers use to make recordings. Expert audio engineer and pedagogue Jasmine Chen (Haim, Syd) will demonstrate and demystify some of the standard DAWs, and work with the audience to explore some of the features, constraints, and technical detail of digital recording. Catherine Provenzano,
Gentrification is often considered through a visual lens, where development, progress, and neighborhood change are seen. But what does gentrification sound like? In this talk, Allie Martin outlines a framework of “intersectional listening” in order to explore what gentrification sounds like in Washington, DC, specifically how Black people throughout the city are experiencing gentrification as a sonic, racialized process.
Music Creative non-profit The 100 Percenters will join UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to host a panel about how music creatives and executives can have a more productive relationship in the digital age. Tiffany Red is a multifaceted artist hailing from South Jersey. With a passion for music and community service, she has established
For half a century, a monolithic artistic policy has gone hand in hand with absolute political autocracy in North Korea. How did this emerge? This presentation explores debates among musicians and dancers in key North Korean journals during the 1950s and 1960s.
This final session invites participants into the discussion exploring the role music can play in building bridges of understanding, furthering social justice and promoting healing across communities. It is a continuation of the series, “Conversations on Music and Justice”, intended to explore these issues while welcoming the voices of our national audience.
To the Promised Land: Facilitating Mutual Healing Through Dialogue is a two-part discussion exploring the role music can play in building bridges of understanding, furthering social justice and promoting healing across communities. It is a continuation of the series, “Conversations on Music and Justice”, intended to explore these issues while inviting our national audience to participate in the discussion.
What role can music play in building bridges of understanding, furthering social justice and promoting healing across communities? This online three-part series, “Conversations on Music and Justice”, is intended to explore all of these issues while inviting our national audience to participate in the discussion.
The UCLA Wind Ensemble presents its first concert of winter quarter, joined by the community based Los Angeles Winds, Stephen Piazza, conductor. The program is anchored by musical works inspired by visual art. The UCLA Wind Ensemble opens the concert with Zhou Tian’s Petals of Fire, a response to Cy Twombly’s 1989 painting of
We are excited to welcome Sofya Gulyak to our David L. Abell Piano Master Series for Winter, 2023. Sofya Gulyak’s resume includes prizes from many prestigious piano competitions: she is a first-prize winner of William Kapell International Piano Competition in the U.S., Maj Lind Helsinki International Piano Competition in Helsinki, Tivoli Piano Competition in Copenhagen,
