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.
Music Academy students show off their talents in this intimate recital series featuring a delightful mix of repertoire. This performance will be livestreamed.
Talented ensembles from the Conservatory of Music present programs of beloved chamber works.
Anne-Marie McDermott and LACO musicians trace the familial and musical lineage of Afro-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and his daughter, pianist/composer Avril Coleridge-Taylor.
AVRIL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Idylle for Flute and Pianoforte, Op.21 SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 10 ERNEST CHAUSSON Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet
Flower is an immersive experience in movement storytelling that highlights intergenerational equity in the community of Oakland, California and demonstrates how dance can be used as a powerful tool to provoke social change. Following the film screening, Lisa Ling hosts a panel discussion with producers Misty Copeland and Leyla Fayyaz.
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.
The season opens with a virtuosic performance of Brahms’ 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.
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.
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.
Conservatory of Music violinist Adam Millstein and Colburn piano faculty Dominic Cheli perform the work of composers exiled by the Nazis and discuss how that suppression shaped the sound of film music. This performance will be livestreamed.
KORNGOLD Much Ado About Nothing Suite TANSMAN Sonatine for Violin and Piano CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Sonata Quasi una Fantasia, Op. 56 ROZSA Love Theme from Ben Hur WEINBERG Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes, Op. 47, No. 3