The UCLA Department of Music is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this spring. 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, April 17
8 p.m.
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Roger Bourland Farewell Concert
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
Come celebrate the 60th birthday and upcoming retirement of UCLA music professor Roger Bourland. The program includes chamber music and songs composed by Bourland and performed by faculty artists Juliana Gondek, Antoinette Perry, Movses Pogossian, Guillaume Sutre and Richard O'Neill and guests.
Monday, April 22
8 p.m.
UCLA Percussion Ensemble
Theresa Dimond, director
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Free
The UCLA Percussion Ensemble presents an evening of contemporary music. Works will include "Yobel" by Jesse Ayers, "Away Without Leave" by Bob Becker, "Apple Blossom" by Peter Garland, "Streamline" by Gene Koshinski, "Adaptation" by Nathan Daughtrey and "Volume Pig" by Garreth Farr.
Wednesday, April 24
8 p.m.
Undergraduate Composers Concert
Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Music Building
Free
The performance will feature original works by undergraduate music composition majors.
Thursday, April 25
8 p.m.
UCLA Philharmonia
Erick Jovel, trumpet (Atwater Kent Concerto Competition winner)
Vocal soloist TBA
Neal Stulberg and Dean Anderson, conductors
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
The UCLA Philharmonia will perform Mahler's Symphony No. 4 in G major, Johann Wilhelm Hertel's Trumpet Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major and the world premiere of Manuel Calzada's "La Garita del Diablo."
Thursday, May 9
8 p.m.
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UCLA Camarades
Fred Sherry, cello
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
Renowned cellist Fred Sherry teams up with distinguished UCLA string faculty and students for a vibrant chamber music program of works by Stravinsky, Foss and Schoenberg — plus a special tribute to Elliott Carter, including the West Coast premiere of Carter's String Trio. Also performing: Movses Pogossian and Ambroise Aubrun (violins), Richard O'Neill (viola) and Inna Faliks (piano).
Tuesday, May 14
8 p.m.
Graduate Composers Concert
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Free
Enjoy an evening of original works by graduate music composition majors.
Wednesday, May 15
8 p.m.
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EclectSax
Douglas Masek, saxophone
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
Douglas Masek performs with piano, strings, woodwinds and electronic soundscapes. The performance will feature the music of Mark Carlson, Jerry Grant, Radames Gnatalli and Maria Newman.
Thursday, May 16
8 p.m.
UCLA Philharmonia
Minh Nguyen, piano (Atwater Kent Concerto Competition winner)
Neal Stulberg and Ryan Dudenbostel, conductors
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
The UCLA Philharmonia will perform a variety of works, including Colin McPhee's Nocturne for chamber orchestra, Debussy's "La Mer" and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30.
Monday, May 20
8 p.m.
Brass Ensemble
Jens Lindmann, director
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Free
8 p.m.
Opera UCLA
The Dove and the Nightingale
Roger Bourland, music
Mitchelle Morris, libretto
Orchestra Room, Schoenberg Music Building
Free
Enjoy the first workshop readings of a new opera about Angela Peralta, the "Mexican Nightingale," renowned for her stunning voice and vivid personality off stage and on. The cast will include UCLA music professors Vladimir Chernov and Juliana Gondek and UCLA vocal students. (Please note: Seating is extremely limited. Tickets will be given out free on a first-come, first-served basis one hour before each workshop reading begins.)
This production is made possible by the generosity of the Maxwell H. Gluck Foundation.
Wednesday, May 22
8 p.m.
UCLA Wind Ensemble
Larry Sutherland and Ryan Dudenbostel, conductors
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
For its final concert of the year, the UCLA Wind Ensemble will perform the music of Dmitri Shostakovitch, Paul Hindemith, Roberto Sierra and Richard Wagner.
Wednesday, May 29
8 p.m.
UCLA Symphonic Band
Gordon Henderson, conductor
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Free
Tuesday, June 4
8 p.m.
UCLA Chorale | University Chorus | UCLA Philharmonia
Choral Masterwork: Mendelssohn’s 'Elijah,' Op. 70
Michael Dean, baritone (UCLA Music chair)
Maria Fortuna, soprano
Todd Strange, tenor
Donald Neuen, conductor
Royce Hall
Tickets: $25; $15 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
Felix Mendelssohn's dramatic oratorio on the life of the Old Testament prophet Elijah will be performed by more than 200 singers from the UCLA Chorale and University Chorus, with the UCLA Philharmonia and guest soloists.
This monumental performance is made possible through the generous support of Malwarebytes Inc.
Wednesday, June 5
7 p.m.
Camarades Concert
Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Music Building
Free
This performance will feature varied works performed by string faculty and students.
Wednesday, June 5
8 p.m.
UCLA Symphony
Mira Khomik, violin
Dean Anderson and Ryan Dudenbostel, conductors
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
This UCLA Symphony performance will feature Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47.
Saturday, June 8
8 p.m.
UCLA Chamber Singers
Donald Neuen, conductor
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
This program will feature the UCLA Chamber Singers, with graduate choral conductors and guest artists, performing a variety of chamber music pieces.
Sunday, June 9
2 p.m.
Contempo Flux
Gloria Cheng, director
Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Music Building
Free
Enjoy chamber music from the 20th and 21st centuries performed by student members of Contempo Flux.
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