UCLA Dept. of Music offers concerts

The UCLA Department of Music offers a variety of events for the public's enjoyment throughout the year. 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.music.ucla.edu.

All concerts are at Schoenberg Hall on the UCLA campus, unless otherwise noted. For ticketed events, contact the UCLA Central Ticket Office at 310-825-2101 or www.tickets.ucla.edu.

Campus parking is available for $10 (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 those at Freud Playhouse, use Lot 3 (enter from Hilgard Avenue on the east side of campus, at Wyton Drive).

CONCERTS & PRODUCTIONS

Thursday, Jan. 14
8 p.m.
UCLA Philharmonia: 'All-Star' Concert
Neal Stulberg, Henry Shin and Jorge Luis Uzcátegui, conductors
Tickets: $12, $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

The UCLA Philharmonia presents its fifth annual "All-Star" concert, an evening of concerto performances featuring UCLA's finest student soloists.

Fridays, Feb. 5 and 12, 8 p.m.
Sundays, Feb. 7 and 14, 2 p.m.
Opera UCLA and UCLA Philharmonia: Francesco Cavalli's 'Giasone'
Steven Stubbs, conductor
Peter Kazaras, stage director
Reserved seating: $20, $10 for UCLA faculty and staff, $5 for students (with ID)

UCLA presents the West Coast premiere of Ellen Rosand's new critical edition of the 17th century's most popular opera, "Giasone," composed by Francesco Cavalli, with a libretto by Giacinto Andrea Cicognini. Both comical and serious, "Giasone" is a decidedly unusual take on the Jason and Medea story. (All productions of Opera UCLA are made possible through the generous support of the Maxwell H. Gluck Foundation.)

Monday, Feb. 8 8 p.m.
chambermusic@ucla: 'It's a Woodwind World 4'
Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12, $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

The woodwind faculty will present their annual program, with music by Mozart, Charles Koechlin and Bill Douglas and a premiere by faculty composer Mark Carlson. Performers include Sheridon Stokes (flute), Jonathan Davis (oboe), Gary Gray (clarinet), John Steinmetz (bassoon), Douglas Masek (saxophone) and Chris Cooper (horn); plus Neal Stulberg (piano) and top woodwind students.

Thursday, Feb. 18 8 p.m.
UCLA Philharmonia
Neal Stulberg, conductor
Tickets: $12, $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

The UCLA Philharmonia will perform Brahms' "Haydn Variations"; Martinu's Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani; Debussy's "Prélude à 'L'Áprés-Midi dun Faune'"; and Ginastera's "Variaciones Concertantes."

Wednesday, Feb. 24 8 p.m.
UCLA Wind Ensemble
Thomas Lee, conductor
Leo Sakomoto, conductor
Andrey Astaiza, guest conductor
Tickets: $12, $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

The UCLA Wind Ensemble will perform Joseph Schwantner's "...And the Mountains Rising Nowhere," Steven Stucky's "Fanfares and Arias" and Frank Zappa's "Dog Breath Variations."

Wednesday, Mar. 10 8 p.m.
UCLA Symphony
Helen Chon, Lois Kwak, Rebecca Lord, Anthony Maglione and Daniel Suk, conductors
Julia Barnett, flute
Tickets: $12, $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

The UCLA Symphony will perform Ravel's "Suite from 'Ma Mère l'Oye'" ("Mother Goose"), Mozart's Flute Concerto No. 1 in G, K. 313, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2 ("Little Russian"). UCLA's campus-wide orchestra performs under the direction of professor Donald Neuen's graduate student conductors.

Thursday, Mar. 11 8 p.m.
UCLA Philharmonia
Neal Stulberg, conductor
Tickets: $12, $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

This UCLA Philharmonia program will feature the winner of the Atwater Kent Strings Concerto Competition and Dvorak's Symphony No. 6.

Saturday, Mar. 13 7 and 9 p.m.
UCLA Chorale and UCLA Chamber Singers
Donald Neuen and Anthony Maglione, conductors
Tickets: $12, $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

The UCLA Chorale and UCLA Chamber Singers present a program of varied choral music.

COMING IN SPRING 2010
Friday, April 30, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 1, 8 p.m. Sunday, May 2, 2 p.m.
Opera UCLA, UCLA Philharmonia and UCLA Theater: Jonathan Dove — 'Flight'
Freud Playhouse, Macgowan Hall
Neal Stulberg, conductor (April 30, May 1)
Henry Shin, conductor (May 2)
James Darrah, stage director
Tickets: $17 for adults; $15 for seniors and UCLA faculty, staff and alumni; $7 for students. (For groups of 10 or more, tickets are $10 per person.)

UCLA presents the West Coast premiere of Jonathan Dove's celebrated opera "Flight." The opera, which premiered at Glyndebourne, England, in 1997 to enthusiastic critical acclaim, is a comedy with serious parts and is based on the experiences of a refugee stranded in an airport — whose story was also presented in the Tom Hanks film "The Terminal." (All productions of Opera UCLA are made possible through the generous support of the Maxwell H. Gluck Foundation. This event is co-sponsored by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.)