Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for an evening of Original Narrative, Poetry, and Music in English by Naveed Perkins. This world premiere performance is co-sponsored by the Armenian Music Program and the Gramian-Emrani Center for Iranian Music. About the Program: Heaven’s Garden exists through the persistence of memory, my memory, and
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for a program of music by Charles Tomlinson Griffes, featuring songs for soprano and baritone, flute and piano, and solo piano repertoire. The program highlights Griffes’s poetic, impressionistic, and coloristic musical language across a range of vocal and instrumental works, offering audiences an opportunity to encounter both
In-person conference at UCLA, April 19-21, 2026 Jews’ longstanding involvement with film and television has drawn much attention from scholars and the general public alike, raising the question of the significance of Jewish heritage and Jewishness more broadly for these creative endeavors, both on screen and behind the scenes. Given the centrality of music to
In-person conference at UCLA, April 19-21, 2026 Jews’ longstanding involvement with film and television has drawn much attention from scholars and the general public alike, raising the question of the significance of Jewish heritage and Jewishness more broadly for these creative endeavors, both on screen and behind the scenes. Given the centrality of music to
In-person conference at UCLA, April 19-21, 2026 Jews’ longstanding involvement with film and television has drawn much attention from scholars and the general public alike, raising the question of the significance of Jewish heritage and Jewishness more broadly for these creative endeavors, both on screen and behind the scenes. Given the centrality of music to
In advance of the 2 PM Sunday, March 15 performance of Handel’s 1739 oratorio, “Israel in Egypt” in UCLA’s Royce Hall, please join us online at 10 AM Thursday, March 12 for a Milken Center panel discussion titled Faith, Frogs and the Sublime: Understanding Handel’s “Israel in Egypt.” Interspersing recorded portions of the work with our discussion,
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. PROGRAM – COLOR PROGRAM – BLACK & WHITE
We wrap up Winter Jazzfest with Clayton Cameron’s Jazz Combo and the Gluck Jazz Combo, performing under the direction of Duane Benjamin.
Charley Harrison leads his Jazz Combo and Jazz Orchestra on stage, along with Regina Carter’s Ginger Smock String Jazz Ensemble and Jesus Guzman’s Jazz Combo in the second concert of Winter Jazzfest.
The concert features the Roberto Miranda’s Jazz Combo, alongside the Commercial Studio Music Ensemble under the direction of Duane Benjamin, highlighting versatility and professional performance practices. The Charles Mingus Ensemble and Contemporary Jazz Ensemble, both directed by Hitomi Oba, honor jazz tradition while pushing boldly into modern sounds and concepts.
