UCLA Dept. of Music spring concert calendar

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.music.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 $10 (all-day); short-term parking is also available (payable at pay stations).

For events at Schoenberg Hall and the UCLA Powell Library Rotunda, 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

Saturday, April 16 8 p.m.
'UCLA at Walt Disney Hall: A Celebration of World Music'
Neal Stulberg, director
Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles
Tickets: $36, $31, $27, $15
The UCLA Philharmonia makes its Disney Hall debut, performing a program of world music in celebration of the 50th anniversary of ethnomusicology at UCLA. The concert features the music of UC Regents' Lecturer and Mexican composer Arturo Márquez, UCLA faculty members James Newton and A.J. Racy, and Chinese composer Ge Gan-Ru. Performing with the UCLA Philharmonia will be Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, directed by UCLA faculty member Jesús Guzmán; a UCLA student jazz trio; and soloists A.J. Racy and Danilo Lozano, a UCLA alumnus. Tickets may be purchased at the UCLA Central Ticket Office or by calling 310-825-2101.

Monday, April 18 8 p.m.
UCLA Percussion Ensemble
Mitchell Peters, director
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Free
The ensemble will perform a variety of works, including Mantle Hood's "Implosion," Mark Ford's "Marimba Heritage," William Kraft's "Momentum," Carlos Chavez's "Toccata," Graham Fitkin's "Hook" and Tom Gauger's "Past Midnight."

Wednesday, April 20 7 p.m.
Camarades Chamber Music Recital
Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Music Building
Free
Enjoy an evening of chamber music masterworks, including works by Los Angeles composers.

Thursday, April 21 8 p.m.
chambermusic@ucla
UCLA Camarades Ensemble
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
UCLA Music faculty members Movses Pogossian (violin), Guillaume Sutre (violin), Richard O'Neill (viola) and Antonio Lysy (cello) join forces with their students in a program of masterworks by Los Angeles composers Schoenberg, Zeisl, Harrison, Bourland and Stravinsky.

Thursday, April 28 8 p.m.
UCLA Philharmonia
Henry Shin, conductor
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
UCLA doctor of musical arts candidate Henry Shin will conduct the world premiere of Hyunjong Lee's "Early Summer Sketch" (2010) and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 ("Pathétique").

Wednesday, May 18 8 p.m.
UCLA Wind Ensemble with Timothy Salzman
Timothy Salzman, William Plenk and Courtney D. Jones, guest conductors
James Miller, trombone
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
The performance will include works by John Mackey, Yotam Haber and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Thursday, May 19 8 p.m.
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'Ancient Echoes/Modern Sounds: The Music of Steve Reich and Yotam Haber'
Neal Stulberg, conductor
Rose Beattie, mezzo-soprano
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
Members of the UCLA Philharmonia perform Steve Reich's "Different Trains" for string quartet and tape and the American premiere of "Death Will Come and She Shall Have Your Eyes" for mezzo-soprano, strings and tape by Israeli American composer Yotam Haber. "Death Will Come" features soloist Rose Beattie, a UCLA doctor of musical arts graduate. (This event is sponsored by the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, the UCLA Mickey Katz Chair in Jewish Music, the Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at UCLA Hillel, the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, the Jewish Music Commission of Greater Los Angeles and the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles.)

Friday, May 20, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 21, 3 and 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 22, 3 and 8 p.m.
Opera UCLA
'Blood on the Dining Room Floor'
A Gertrude Stein Murder Mystery by Jonathan Sheffer
Friday performance only: Classical Singer Convention Westin LAX Grand Ballroom, sections C&D 5400 West Century Blvd., Los Angeles
Saturday and Sunday performances: Room 1343, Schoenberg Music Building
Free — R.S.V.P. required
It is the summer of 1933, and several macabre murders have rocked the small French hamlet where Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas share a country house. Are they up to the challenge of solving these crimes? Find out at the world premiere of the new chamber version of Sheffer's "Blood on the Dining Room Floor." Note: Extremely limited seating. R.S.V.P. required at www.music.ucla.edu ; click "events" and select desired date. (All productions of Opera UCLA are made possible through the generous support of the Maxwell H. Gluck Foundation.)

Thursday, May 26 8 p.m.
UCLA Philharmonia
Neal Stulberg, conductor
Chris Elchico, saxophone, Atwater Kent Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion/Harp
Concerto Competition winner Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
The program features Frank Martin's "Ballade" for saxophone and orchestra, Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor" and Brahms' Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68.

Friday, May 27 8 p.m.
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'Danción' Juliana Gondek, voice
Movses Pogossian, violin
Douglas Masek, saxophone
Abraham Laboriel Sr., electric bass guitar
Mari Falcone, piano
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
The program features Latin dance songs from México, the Caribbean and South America and the world premiere of original arrangements by Mari Falcone, Bill Cantos, Abraham Laboriel Sr. and special guests. The Angeles Saxophone Quartet (winners of the 2010 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition Gold Medal).

Tuesday, May 31 8 p.m.
University Chorus UCLA Chamber Singers
Rebecca Lord, Amber Kim and Rebecca Lord, conductors
Tickets: $12; $5 UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
The University Chorus and UCLA Chamber Singers perform various choral arrangements.

Wednesday, June 1 8 p.m.
UCLA Symphony
Henry Shin and Jorge Uzcátegui, conductors
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)
The UCLA Symphony will perform works including Barber's Overture to "The School for Scandal," Glass' Concerto for Four Saxophones, Bernstein's "Suite from 'On the Waterfront,'" and Gershwin's "An American in Paris." The concert will also feature the Angeles Saxophone Quartet (Andrew Barnhart, Chris Elchico, Umut Dursun and Ryan Weston), winners of the 2010 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition Gold Medal.

Saturday, June 4 8 p.m.
UCLA Chorale Angeles Chorale UCLA Philharmonia Opera UCLA
'Opera Choruses Gala II'
Donald Neuen, conductor
Vladimir Chernov, baritone
Gabriel Vamvulescu, bass
Royce Hall
Tickets: $20, $30, $40
Enjoy an evening of Russian and Italian opera favorites, featuring famed baritone and UCLA professor Vladimir Chernov, Romanian bass Gabriel Vamvulescu, student soloists and the combined choral forces of the UCLA Chorale and Angeles Chorale