The UCLA Department of Music offers a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this fall. Programs include faculty and student recitals and performances of high artistic accomplishment in various genres, as well as visiting artists of national and international renown.

 

Programs are subject to change. For updated information and confirmation of events, the public may call 310-825-4761 or visit www.schoolofmusic.ucla.edu. 

 

For ticketed events, contact the UCLA Central Ticket Office at 310-825-2101 or www.tickets.ucla.edu. Campus parking is available for $11 (all-day); short-term parking is also available (payable at pay stations). For events at Schoenberg Hall, park in Lot 2 (enter the campus at Hilgard and Westholme avenues), and for events at Royce Hall, park in Lot 4 (enter the campus at Sunset Boulevard and Westwood Plaza).  

 

 

 

 

 

CONCERTS & PRODUCTIONS           

 

Wednesday, Oct. 24

8 p.m.

chambermusic@ucla

James Miller, trombone

Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building

Tickets: $12; $5 UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

 

James Miller, trombonist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and a UCLA professor of trombone, will present a recital in collaboration with pianist Kanae Matsumoto. Miller will feature his own compositions for electronics and instruments, as well as other virtuosic works for the trombone, in a multimedia-filled evening.

 

 

Thursday, Oct. 25

8 p.m.

Neal Stulberg, conductor

Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building

Tickets: $12; $5 UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

 

UCLA Philharmonia continues the Eric Zeisl recording project with performances of "Little Symphony" and "November." The program also includes Gioacchino Rossini's Overture to "Semiramide" and Dmitri Shostakovich's teenage masterpiece, Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10.

 

 

Wednesday, Nov. 7

8 p.m.

Larry Sutherland, conductor

Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building

Tickets: $12; $5 UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

 

Under the direction of Larry Sutherland, the UCLA Wind Ensemble will perform David Maslanka's "Tears"; Oliver Waespi's Suite No. 1 for wind ensemble; Charles Ives' "Tryptich"; Joaquin Turina's "La procession du Rocio"; and Yasuhide Ito's "Gloriosa." Sutherland served as director of bands and professor of music at California State University, Fresno, from 1969 to 2006. He is currently an adjudicator for World Projects Productions in England, Australia and the United States and is the artistic director for World Projects' International Band and Orchestra Festivals at Carnegie Hall and Disney Hall.

 

 

Sunday, Nov. 18

2 p.m.

The Hammer Museum and the UCLA Music Department present:

Hammer Museum

Free

 

Inspired by the multifaceted tale of the biblical figure Salome, this music and cinema event presents works ranging from the avant garde to high camp and from the scandalous to the sublime. This work is done in conjunction with the Hammer's exhibition "A Strange Magic: Gustave Moreau's Salome."

 

 

Wednesday, Dec. 5

8 p.m.

Dean Anderson and Ryan Dudenbostel, conductors

Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building

Tickets: $12; $5 UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

 

UCLA Symphony's outstanding doctoral students conduct symphonic favorites, such as Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3 in A minor ("Scottish"), Op. 56, and Jean Sibelius' Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39.

 

 

Thursday, Dec. 6

8 p.m.

Gary Gray, clarinet

Neal Stulberg, conductor

Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building

Tickets: $12; $5 UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

 

UCLA Philharmonia presents a showcase of orchestral color featuring UCLA faculty clarinetist Gary Gray. The program includes Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 99 in E-flat major; Aaron Copland's "Clarinet Concerto"; Alberto E. Ginastera's "Panambi" Suite, Op. 1a; and Richard Strauss' Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28.

 

 

Saturday, Dec. 8

7 and 9 p.m.

Donald Neuen and Rebecca Lord, conductors

Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building

Tickets: $12; $5 UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

 

Accompanied by instrumentalists, the UCLA Chorale, University Chorus and Chamber Singers present their holiday repertoire, including J.S. Bach's "Magnificat" and John Rutter's "Gloria."

 

 

Sunday, Dec. 9

2 p.m.

Gloria Cheng, director

Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Music Building

Free

 

Don't miss this chance to hear the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music's resident contemporary music ensemble under the direction of acclaimed Grammy-winning faculty pianist Gloria Cheng.