UCLA Dept. of Music offers concerts

The UCLA Department of Music offers a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this fall, including the UCLA Live event "Kenny Burrell: 80 Years Young," celebrating the life and career of the jazz legend and UCLA professor. 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

Thursday, Oct. 13
8 p.m.
UCLA Philharmonia — 'Shakespeare: The Bard as Muse'
Neal Stulberg, conductor
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

The UCLA Philharmonia presents a special program based around Berlioz's unique rendering of "Roméo et Juliette." The program features Weber's "Overture to Oberon"; Berlioz's orchestral music from "Roméo et Juliette," Op.17; Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet: Overture-Fantasie"; and Chihara's Suite from "The Tempest" (1980).

(This concert is part of "Shakespeare + Opera: Found in Translation?", a conference sponsored by the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.)

Wednesday, Nov. 9
8 p.m.
UCLA Wind Ensemble — 'Uncommon Valor'
Patrick Sheridan, director
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

Our brave Americans — on land, sea and in the air — are the true stars of this soulful tribute to our Armed Forces. We honor the courage of our service men and women and celebrate the American spirit with music by John Philip Sousa, Leonard Bernstein, Morton Gould and John Williams. It's a tribute filled with flag-waving fun!

Saturday, Nov. 12
7 p.m.
Jazz at UCLA Live
'Kenny Burrell: 80 Years Young'
Featuring special guests B.B. King, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Lalo Schifrin and others
Royce Hall
Tickets: From $25; $15 for UCLA students

Celebrate the life and career of influential performer, composer, bandleader and producer Kenny Burrell. This one-night-only all-star event features tribute performances by blues legend B.B. King, multi-Grammy-winning vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and pianist Lalo Schifrin, as well as the UCLA Philharmonia (conducted by Neal Stulberg), and new compositions by UCLA faculty composers Roger Bourland, Paul Chihara and Charley Harrison.

(Presenting sponsors: the Herb Alpert Foundation, Carole and Jim Barrall, and Jacqueline and Marvin Jubas)

Monday, Nov. 14
8 p.m.
chambermusic@ucla
Faculty Chamber Music Series — 'Mozart à Deux'
Guillaume Sutre, violin
Neal Stulberg, piano
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

Musicians will perform "Mozart á Deux: The Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Part 1" in the first of a three-part series of recitals. (The other recitals will take place Jan. 30 and May 14, 2012.)

Wednesday, Nov. 30
8 p.m.
UCLA Symphony
Natalya Kartashova, piano
Ryan Dudenbostel and Jorge Uzcátegui, conductors
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

The UCLA Symphony will perform works including Mozart's Overture to "Die Zauberflöte," K. 620; Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22; and Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88.

Thursday, Dec. 1
7:30 p.m.
UCLA Philharmonia — 'Beethoven Blast'
Neal Stulberg, conductor and pianist
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

The UCLA Philharmonia concert features Beethoven's Three Equale for four trombones, WoO 30; "Elegischer Gesang" for vocal quartet and string quartet, Op. 118; Quintet for Piano and Woodwinds in E flat, Op. 16; Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36; and Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92.

Saturday, Dec. 3
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Annual UCLA Holiday Choral Concert
Donald Neuen, conductor
Schoenberg Hall, Schoenberg Music Building
Tickets: $12; $5 for UCLA faculty, staff and students (with ID)

Enjoy the holiday repertoire sung by the UCLA Chorale, the University Chorus and the Chamber Singers, with instrumentalists