Experience great artistry as students from the Conservatory of Music perform solo and chamber works in this weekly recital series. This performance will be livestreamed.
Powerful X: Shine Your Light will celebrate the strength and resilience of women architects and allied professionals by shedding light on their achievements.
Guitarist Martha Masters leads an in-depth master class with Community School students, offering a rare glimpse into the artistic, creative, and learning processes. Masters achieved international recognition in 2000 when she won first prize in the Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition. Since then, she has been active as a solo recitalist, chamber musician, recording artist, concert soloist, and educator.
Music Academy students show off their talents in this intimate recital series featuring a delightful mix of repertoire. This performance will be livestreamed.
The season opens with a virtuosic performance of Brahms's beloved violin concerto, played by the 2022 Conservatory Concerto Competition winner. This romantic masterpiece is followed by Stravinsky's primal and percussive ballet The Rite of Spring. Join us in the lower lobby at 6 pm for an intimate pre-concert conversation with guest conductor Roderick Cox and Martin Beaver, violin faculty and the soloist's teacher.
BRAHMS Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Double GRAMMY® winner and Emmy-nominated recording artist John Beasley leads a smashing 15-piece big band, MONK’estra, which has performed more than 80 concerts around the world.
Grammy Award-nominated recording artist Arlo Parks in conversation with Lucy Dacus, discussing The Magic Border: Poetry and Fragments from My Soft Machine–a stunning debut book of poetry and a world-building companion to her sophomore album My Soft Machine.
Top chamber musicians lead an in-depth master class with Colburn students, offering a rare glimpse into the artistic, creative, and learning processes.
Experience the talent and creativity of Colburn’s distinguished faculty artists as they perform their own curated programs with friends and students. This concert spotlights the Community School’s esteemed instructors and features works by Mozart, Gluck, Ravel, Villa-Lobos, and more.
ENESCU Cantabile et presto I. Andante ma non troppo II. Presto Keren Schweitzer, Flute Hui Wu, Piano
MOZART “Ah! vous dirai-je, maman,” K. 265 Grace Huang, Piano
GLUCK Melodie from Orfeo ed Euridice (arr. Sgambati) Sam Grodin, Piano
ALBINONI Concerto St. Marco (arr. Pittel) I. Grave II. Allegro III. Andante IV. Allegro Harvey Pittel, Saxophone Mitsuko Morikawa, Piano
RAVEL Miroirs Teresa de Jong-Pombo, Piano
VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 Connie Sheu, Guitar Nita Baxani, Voice Keren Schweitzer, Flute
RAVEL Tzigane So Jin Kim, Violin
GOUNOD Air des bijoux (“Jewel Song”) Nita Baxani, Voice Henry Gronnier, Piano
BRUCH Kol Nidrei Elizabeth Wright, Cello Elizabeth Yaron, Piano (guest artist)
A work by Jerry Kalaf Jerry Kalaf, Vibraphone Riner Scivally, Guitar (guest artist)
Trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth leads an in-depth master class with Colburn students, offering a rare glimpse into the artistic, creative, and learning processes. Since the beginning of her career, Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth has championed the trumpet repertoire amongst audiences on all six continents, meriting the highest critical praise for her soulful, lyrical sound and collaborative approach to music-making. Tine’s ever-expanding repertoire ranges from the classical period to contemporary works and new commissions.
A program and ensemble of fizzing, daring, baroque brilliance, curated by Music Director and traverso virtuoso Emi Ferguson.
BACH – Prelude and Fugue, BWV 846 ANONYMOUS – Sonata “Chiquitana” No. IV, AMCh 264 ANONYMOUS – Preambulum ANONYMOUS – Fugado BACH – Trio Sonata No. 5, BWV 529 ANONYMOUS – Sonata “Chiquitana” No. XIV, AMCh 274 BACH – Prelude, BWV 847 ANONYMOUS – FUGA BACH – Trio Sonata No. 2, BWV 526 ZIPOLI – LA FOLIA ANONYMOUS – TOCCATA BACH – Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565
Artists: Emi Ferguson (Music Director)Katie HyunColeman ItzkoffMikael Darmanie
Violinist Augustin Hadelich leads an in-depth master class with Colburn students, offering a rare glimpse into the artistic, creative, and learning processes. Augustin Hadelich is one of the great violinists of our time. Known for his phenomenal technique, insightful and persuasive interpretations, and ravishing tone, he tours extensively around the world.
Come enjoy an intimate evening of anime classics as Young Steinway Artist George Ko plays a completely improvised setlist in Thayer Hall.
The LA community is invited to explore, be curious, pop in, and choose their own adventures at more than 10 participating cultural institutions. Stop by Colburn's Plaza for fun family activities, then visit our friends on Grand Avenue.
Root Progressions, named for the seminal method of jazz improvisation, explores the vibrant nexus of classical new music and experimental jazz.
First Set:Gloria Cheng, Solo PianoJon Jang, PianoHitomi Oba, Saxophone
Second set:Gloria Cheng, Solo PianoLinda May Han Oh, BassFabian Almaza, Piano
One of today’s leading trumpet soloists, Ting Thing Helseth’s technical mastery and soulful playing make her a must-see performer. Her unique approach to programming is on full display in this concert of boisterous chamber works for brass, woodwinds, strings, and piano. This performance will be livestreamed.
PHILIP GLASS Brass Sextet HINDEMITH Drei Stücke for Clarinet, Trumpet, Violin, Bass and Piano MARTINŮ La Revue de Cuisine for Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Violin, Cello, and Piano BÖHME Sextet for Trumpet and Brass Quintet SAINT-SAËNS Septet for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings
Students from the Conservatory of Music present dazzling chamber works in this intimate recital series. This performance will be livestreamed.
Violinist Adam Millstein and pianist Dominic Cheli will perform a one-hour selection of concert music by composers who shaped the sound of film music. All of the composers were from different parts of Europe and were forced into exile following the rise of the Third Reich due to their Jewish Heritage. The musical works and composers will be introduced from the stage with a guided musicological/historical “tour” by Mr. Millstein. All of the composers ended up working in Hollywood with the exception of Mieczysław Weinberg, who wrote prolifically for film in the Soviet Union. This performance will be livestreamed.
KORNGOLD Much Ado About Nothing Suite CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Sonata quasi una Fantasia TANSMAN Sonatine WEINBERG Moldavian Rhapsody for Violin and Piano
Leading guest dance artists collaborate with Conservatory musicians in an evening that illuminates the creative process. Joined by Joffrey Ballet guest artists dancing iconic works from their repertoire, Ashley Wheater, Artistic Director of The Joffrey Ballet, and Leslie Carothers, former Joffrey principal dancer and current Colburn faculty, will discuss beloved ballets, including Yuri Possokhov's Anna Karenina, which premiered at the Joffrey in 2019.This performance will be livestreamed.
Talented ensembles from the Conservatory of Music present programs of beloved chamber works.
Pianist Stephen Kovacevich leads an in-depth master class with Colburn students, offering a rare glimpse into the artistic, creative, and learning processes. With an international career spanning more than six decades, Stephen Kovacevich has become well-known for his innovative technical and musical interpretations, both on stage and in the recording studio.