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The Grand Hotel Tartarus, a New Opera by Richard Danielpour
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Six guests appear at an ornate hotel with no idea how they got there. The gracious and aristocratic hotel manager, Mr. Lucian, promises to fulfill all their earthly desires if they remain. In this new opera by Richard Danielpour, the guests will have one night only to ponder a choice that will affect them for eternity.
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The Spring Festival of World Music
The Spring Festival of World Music
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music programs its Spring Festival of World Music annually, featuring our world-renowned ensembles supported by our Department of Ethnomusicology.
The Spring Festival of World Music
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Richard Danielpour’s Opera The Grand Hotel Tartarus Is Not Just Any Luxury Hotel
Opera UCLA to premiere this new opera May 17, 19, 21 & 23 at the Freud Playhouse at UCLA Grammy Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour found the inspiration he needed for his new opera in Las Vegas. It was mid-February of 2020 and he had been invited to give a series of lectures and masterclasses at
A Special Gift for Mother's Day
What are you getting your mother for Mother’s Day? A card, chocolates, flowers, perhaps a bottle of champagne? Well, what about endowing a scholarship in her name? This year, two alumnae of UCLA’s school of music had scholarships endowed in their names by their sons. Dana Gordon established the Diane K. Gordon Memorial Undergraduate and
Recording Bernstein's "Touches" on Bernstein's Piano
UCLA music composition student and pianist Sydney Wang boarded a plane bound for Indiana this past March. The destination: Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. The objective: record a 40-minute long album of Leonard Bernstein’s music on the composer’s own piano. Executive produced by Wang’s longtime collaborator Henry Thuss, an audio engineering student at Indiana
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1:00pm
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classical, lectures-symposia, screenings, talks
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Synagogue: Cantors, Opera Singers, and Jewish Performance Culture
A Conference and Program at UCLA May 19-21, 2024 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Synagogue, Conference Presentations will now be held at UCLA Hillel, 574 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024. Hillel is across the street from UCLA Parking Structure 2. The Ancient Law: A Cine-Concert will now be held at
UCLA Hillel
May
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5:00pm
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world-music
Music of Iran
Students enrolled in the Iranian Music minor will collaborate with their instructors and other professional musicians to perform Iranian Classical music. Directed by Dr. Shahab Paranj, the newly created Iranian Ensemble performs pieces by Iranian classical composers from different eras, including Darvish Khān, Jalil Andalibi, Parviz Meshkatian, Bijan Kamkar, and Shahab Paranj. Iranian Ensemble Pejman
Schoenberg Hall
Departments
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EthnomusicologyEthnomusicologyThe study of musical traditions from around the world through hands-on performance training and academic study.
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MusicMusicThe study of Western classical music with specializations in performance, composition, conducting, and music education.
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MusicologyMusicologyThe scholarly study of the histories, cultures, and critical interpretations of music and music-making.
Programs
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Global Jazz StudiesGlobal Jazz StudiesA cross-disciplinary curriculum pairing music performance, studio instruction and musicianship courses with African American Studies.
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Music IndustryMusic IndustryA practical program helping students discover and prepare for music-related careers though coursework, events, and internship opportunities.
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