Events for April 2026 – Page 95 – The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

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New Music and the Heterogeneous Sound Ideal: a Discussion with George E. Lewis

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The writings of African American composer Olly Wilson (1937-2018) exercised enormous influence in proposing an African American musical aesthetic in contemporary classical music. Wilson portrays Afrodiasporic music-making as exhibiting “shared conceptual approaches,” which he eventually subsumes under his notion of the “heterogeneous sound ideal…a fundamental bias for heterogeneity of sound rather than similarity of color

Don Letts: REBEL DREAD film screening and Q&A

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REBEL DREAD is the story of Don Letts, a first-generation British-born Black filmmaker, DJ, musician, and cultural commentator. The film frames Don’s story with the 1968 Enoch Powell ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech and the 2018 ‘hostile environment’ immigration policy. The film covers Don’s relationship with the nascent punk scene of the 1970s and 80s –

Robert M. Stevenson Lecture with Nadine Hubbs: “Country-Loving Mexican Americans: Inevitable Fandom and Dual Patriotism among Mexican American Country Music Lovers.”

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The Robert M. Stevenson Lecture in 2022 will be now be hosted on Zoom. Follow this Zoom link to join Nadine Hubbs’s Presentation. Country music has been strongly associated with Anglo-white Americans, but changing racial-ethnic understandings are rapidly redefining the genre. Hubb’s fieldwork with Mexican American country music lovers in California and Texas illuminates the

Masterclass with UCLA Alumna Soprano Angel Blue (M.M. ’08)

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Angel Blue will work with students from our opera program in a public masterclass. Using her unique blend of keen intelligence, charm, and helpful honesty, Angel will also entertain questions from the students about what they can expect from a career as an opera singer in today’s world. There is no charge for admission.

Inaugural Judith L. Smith Voice Recital Featuring UCLA Alumna Soprano Angel Blue (M.M. ’08)

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Soprano Angel Joy Blue, M.M. ’08, is the featured artist of the inaugural Judith L. Smith Voice Recital Series, celebrating talented vocalists and the distinguished tenure of UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Founding Dean Judith Smith. Angel Blue made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 2017 and returns to her alma mater for this special performance. Pianist Brain Zeger will accompany Angel. Angel and Brian will join us the following day as each will hold masterclasses for students of the Department of Music.

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