Music
Thursday May 5/2
David L. Abell Piano Master Series featuring HieYon Choi
Thu 5/2 • 6PM PDT
Lani Hall
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as we welcome pianist HieYon Choi for the Spring installment of our 2023/24 David L. Abell Piano Master Series, a concert series which features renowned artists visiting UCLA to perform and work with our...
Friday May 5/3
UCLA Wind Ensemble in Concert
Fri 5/3 • 8PM PDT
Schoenberg Hall
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for the first Spring Quarter performance of the UCLA Wind Ensemble. The UCLA Wind Ensemble is the premier wind band at the University of California, Los Angeles. Comprising both graduate and undergraduate...
Saturday May 5/4
Doric String Quartet (Chamber Music at the Clark)
Canceled Sat 5/4 • 2PM - 4PM PDT
UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Seats for the Doric String Quartet concert will go on sale at 12 noon on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. $40 General Public/$10 current UCLA students with valid UID. Please note, seats are very limited and will sell out within minutes. The program includes...
Sunday May 5/5
Yehudi Wyner: A 95th Birthday Concert
Sun 5/5 • 4PM PDT
Lani Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
The Lowell Milken Center I Music for American Jewish Experince celebrates the 95th birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer and pianist Yehudi Wyner with a concert of his chamber music. Awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for his Piano...
Thursday May 5/9
Spring Undergraduate Composers Concert
Thu 5/9 • 8PM PDT
Schoenberg Hall
Join us for performances of original compositions by UCLA undergraduate composition students.
Friday May 5/10
Music Alive in the Archive: Celebrating the Music and Legacy of Rev. Tom Kurai
Fri 5/10 • 1PM PDT
Lani Hall - Schoenberg Music Building
Join us for an afternoon of music and memories to celebrate UCLA’s acquisition and digitization of Rev. Shuichi Thomas Kurai’s audiovisual holdings. Rev. Tom was a well-known taiko teacher and performer in the greater Los Angeles area as well as a...
Tuesday May 5/14
Spring Graduate Composers Concert
Tue 5/14 • 8PM PDT
Schoenberg Hall
The graduate-level students of the UCLA Department of Music Composition Area showcase their latest works. Join us for a variety of creative, unique, and emotive pieces.
Friday May 5/17
Ocean Harvest, The Rez Metal Pop-Up
Fri 5/17 • 6PM - 7:30PM PDT
UCLA Bruin Plaza
UCLA American Indian Studies Center, along with Anthropology and Herb Alpert School of Music is supporting this Metal music pop-up event with guest performers Alliance, The War Pig, One Way Sky and Ocean Harvest.
Music of Turkey and Korea
Fri 5/17 • 7PM PDT
Schoenberg Hall
The Music of Turkey Ensemble and the Music of Korea Ensemble showcase traditional music from these regions on the same stage. In the Music of Turkey Ensemble class, students learn to perform the vocal and instrumental repertoire from art music,...
The Grand Hotel Tartarus Opera Premiere
Fri 5/17 • 8PM PDT
Freud Playhouse
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 for eternity if they remain. In this new opera by Richard Danielpour, the...
Saturday May 5/18
Music of China and Thailand
Sat 5/18 • 7PM PDT
Schoenberg Hall
The Music of China Ensemble and Music of Thailand Ensemble showcase traditional music from these regions on the same stage. The Music of China Ensemble performs arias from Kun opera of the 15th century, silk-and-bamboo music from the Shanghai area,...
Sunday May 5/19
SouLA A Cappella
Sun 5/19 • 6PM - 9PM PDT
Northwest Campus Auditorium
SouLA A Cappella is the largest Chinese a cappella group in UCLA. The annual spring concert is one of the major ways of spreading our influence and bringing more diversity to the UCLA community
The Grand Hotel Tartarus
Sun 5/19 • 8PM PDT
Freud Playhouse
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 for eternity if they remain. In this new opera by Richard Danielpour, the...
Monday May 5/20
UCLA Jazz Combos and Ensembles Concert 1
Mon 5/20 • 7PM PDT
Schoenberg Hall
UCLA student combos and ensembles directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards, contemporary works, and pop songs, as well as compositions by the faculty directors and the students.
The Ancient Law: A Cine-Concert
Mon 5/20 • 7:30PM PDT
Royce 314
The Ancient Law is a special cine-concert event, with live original music composed and performed by world-renowned klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals and celebrated silent film pianist Donald Sosin. Ewald André Dupont's 1923 silent film The Ancient...
Tuesday May 5/21
UCLA Jazz Combos and Ensembles Concert 2
Tue 5/21 • 7PM PDT
Schoenberg Hall
UCLA student combos and ensembles directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards, contemporary works, and pop songs, as well as compositions by the faculty directors and the students.
The Grand Hotel Tartarus
Tue 5/21 • 8PM PDT
Freud Playhouse
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 for eternity if they remain. In this new opera by Richard Danielpour, the...
Wednesday May 5/22
The Bake/Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts
Wed 5/22 • 1PM PDT RSVP
Schoenberg Music Building 1230 (Green Room)
The UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive in partnership with the UCLA Digital Library Program is thrilled to announce the launch of the Bake / Jairazbhoy Digital Archive of South Asian Traditional Music and Arts. Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy (Founding Chair of the...
UCLA Jazz Combos and Ensembles Concert 3
Wed 5/22 • 7PM PDT
Schoenberg Hall
UCLA student combos and ensembles directed by world-class jazz artists will be performing well-known jazz standards, contemporary works, and pop songs, as well as compositions by the faculty directors and the students.
Thursday May 5/23
Music of Java and Armenia
Thu 5/23 • 7PM PDT
Schoenberg Hall
The Music of Java Ensemble and the Armenian Music Ensemble showcase traditional music from these regions on the same stage. The Music of Java Ensemble centers on the music of Central Javanese gamelan, a percussion-dominated musical ensemble...
The Grand Hotel Tartarus
Thu 5/23 • 8PM PDT
Freud Playhouse
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 for eternity if they remain. In this new opera by Richard Danielpour, the...
Friday May 5/24
UCLA Gluck Musicians Year End Showcase Concert
Fri 5/24 • 11AM PDT
Schoenberg Hall
Join us for the culmination of the 2023-24 Gluck Fellows Program. The Gluck End of Year Showcase Concert features performances from many different UCLA Gluck Ensembles for an audience of K-12 students from partner schools throughout the Los Angeles...
Tuesday May 5/28
Spring Woodwind Chamber Concert
Tue 5/28 • 6PM PDT
Lani Hall
Led by UCLA Woodwind Area Faculty, the Woodwind Chamber Ensemble course provides UCLA music students with the opportunity to prepare and present an intimate evening of small ensemble music featuring members of the woodwind family.
Collaborative Piano Spring Class Concert
Tue 5/28 • 7PM PDT
Ensemble Room: Evelyn & Mo Ostin Music Center
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.
Thursday May 5/30
Music of The Old Time String Band, Klezmer Music Ensemble and African American Music Ensemble
Thu 5/30 • 7PM PDT
Schoenberg Hall
The Old Time String Band, Klezmer Music Ensemble, and African American Music Ensemble showcase music from these traditions on the same stage. The Old-Time String Band Ensemble, formerly the Anglo-American Ensemble, performs traditional music of...
Friday May 5/31
Spring Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band Concert
Fri 5/31 • 8PM PDT
Schoenberg Hall
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for the final joint wind band concert of the 2023-2024 Academic Year.
Saturday June 6/1
Fourth Annual Day of Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture
Sat 6/1 • 11AM PDT
Schoenberg Music Building
Join us for the Fourth Annual Day of Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture presented by the Armenian Music Program. The Armenian Music Program at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music provides an in-depth exploration of Armenia’s rich musical heritage,...
Music of India and Mexico
Sat 6/1 • 7PM PDT
Schoenberg Hall
The Music of India Ensemble and the Music of Mexico Ensemble showcase traditional music from these regions on the same stage. The Indian Music Ensembles focus on the performance of Indian classical music on the sitar and tabla. These are group...
Sunday June 6/2
Music of Bali and Music and Dance of Ghana
Sun 6/2 • 4PM PDT
Schoenberg Hall
The Music of Bali Ensemble and Music and Dance of Ghana Ensemble showcase traditional music from these regions on the same stage. The Music of Bali Ensemble features gamelan (the generic Indonesian word for orchestra) music and dance. The Balinese...
Monday June 6/3
Spring Percussion Ensemble Concert
Mon 6/3 • 8PM PDT
Schoenberg Hall
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for the final Percussion Ensemble concert of the 2023-2024 academic year.
Wednesday June 6/5
21st Annual Benno Rubinyi Piano Undergraduate Student Competition
Wed 6/5 • 5PM PDT
Ensemble Room: Evelyn & Mo Ostin Music Center
Join us as undergraduate student pianists compete for top honors, each performing two classical selections for a panel of judges.
Spring Choral Concert
Wed 6/5 • 8PM PDT
St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for the final Choral Studies Concert of the 2023-2024 .
Spring Symphony Concert
Wed 6/5 • 8PM PDT
Schoenberg Hall
Founded in 2002, UCLA Symphony is UCLA’s campus-wide orchestra, drawing its membership from throughout the university community and performing a full spectrum of symphonic repertoire. Join us for their final concert of the 2023-2024 academic...