Entitled “(About) England,” the first UCLA Wind Ensemble concert of the academic year comprises music about England and the United Kingdom by composers that are not entirely (or not at all) English or British themselves.
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
Dr. James Lent leads his class of pianists in a varied concert featuring works for piano duet, piano duo, piano quartet, violin and piano, voice and piano, piano concertos, and other unique combinations!
Come join Peabody Award winning author and UCLA Professor David Leaf in an event celebrating the release of his critically-acclaimed book God Only Knows: The Story of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys and the California Myth. Originally released in 1978, the new edition of what’s been called “The Beach Boys bible” has been massively updated. With
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.
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.
The UCLA Philharmonia heralds in the Fall quarter with a program of dance-inspired music from across the globe. Tonight’s program includes the Hungarian-inspired Galánta Dances by Zoltán Kodály, Halloween tone-poem Danse Macabre by Saint-Säens, the sensuous Danzón No. 4 by Mexican composer Arturo Marquez, Leonard Bernstein’s Three Dance Episodes from “On the Town,” The Bamboula: Rhapsodic Dance For Orchestra by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Richard Strauss’s “Dance of the Seven Veils” from “Salome,” and the famous “Bolero” by Maurice Ravel.
Hear + Việt + Film: a Symposium on Trans-Vietnamese Music in Film is a two-day event bringing together scholars, filmmakers, and composers for a critical reassessment of music in Vietnamese film. Featuring lecture panels, film screenings, and Q&A sessions, the event seeks to bridge transnational as well as transdisciplinary perspectives on this global medium. It
Renowned pianist Ilya Poletaev conducts a masterclass for UCLA student pianists and performs as part of The David L. Abell Piano Masters Series.
Movses Pogossian’s faculty recital celebrates the Naxos release of his “Hommage à Kurtág” CD. In addition to the recording of György Kurtág’s complete Signs, Games, and Messages for solo violin, the CD also includes companion pieces by Gabriela Lena Frank, Kay Rhie, Jungyoon Wie, and Aida Shirazi, inspired by the great Hungarian composer’s music. Generously commissioned by Justus and Helen Schlichting, they will receive world premieres at the concert, performed alongside several Kurtág miniatures. Also on the program: Zoltan Kodaly’s folk-inspired masterpiece, Duo for Violin and Cello (with distinguished Scottish cellist Niall Brown), and a selection of Béla Bartók’s Duos with UCLA Music Education violin students Kayla Phan, Yidan Sun, Yoosung Lee, Emily Taylor, Raina Markham, Kayla Lee, and alumnus Sam Lorenzini.
