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3:00 PM - Film Screening: ¡Viva Maestro!

11:30 AM - Performance Forum

7:00 PM - Faculty Recital: Tatjana Masurenko, Viola, and Fabio Bidini, Piano

5:00 PM - Music Academy Young Artist Performance

7:00 PM - See the Music, Hear the Dance

3:00 PM - Colburn Chamber Music Society: Andy Akiho, Percussion

11:30 AM - Performance Forum

11:30 AM - Colburn Baroque Ensemble

7:00 PM - Amplify Performance: Thomas Mesa, Cello

8:00 PM - Colburn @ St. Paul

3:00 PM - Faculty Recital: Keren Schweitzer, Flute

4:00 PM - Wilshire Boulevard Temple presents Recovered Voices

11:30 AM - Performance Forum

11:00 AM - Office Hours: Colburn Community Pop-Up

11:30 AM - Parent Info Session: Early Childhood Pathways

4:00 PM - Third@First: Colburn School Showcase

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1:30 PM - Colburn Chamber Orchestra

4:30 PM - Colburn Sinfonietta

7:30 PM - Colburn Youth Orchestra

7:30 PM - Carpathian Impressions: A Classical and Jazz Piano Evening

4:30 PM - Master Class: Sang Yoon Kim, Clarinet

11:30 AM - Performance Forum

7:00 PM - Community School Winter School Recital

8:30 PM - Community School Winter School Recital

5:00 PM - Music Academy Young Artist Performance

7:00 PM - Community School Winter School Recital

8:30 PM - Community School Winter School Recital

Film Screening: ¡Viva Maestro!

October 30, 2022

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Zipper Hall

Colburn Presents

When conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s international tours are disrupted by deadly protests across his native Venezuela, he faces the challenge of a lifetime. Join us for a special screening of this documentary and a Q&A with director Ted Braun.

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Performance Forum

November 3, 2022

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Thayer Hall

Conservatory

Performance Forum

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.

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Faculty Recital: Tatjana Masurenko, Viola, and Fabio Bidini, Piano

November 3, 2022

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Thayer Hall

Faculty Recitals

Experience the talent and creativity of Colburn’s distinguished faculty artists as they perform their own curated performances with friends and students. This concert features works by Shostakovich, Telemann, Krenek, and more. This performance will be livestreamed.

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Music Academy Young Artist Performance

November 5, 2022

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Thayer Hall

Music Academy

Music Academy Young Artist Performance

Music Academy students show off their talents in this intimate recital series featuring a delightful mix of repertoire. This performance will be livestreamed.

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See the Music, Hear the Dance

November 5, 2022

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Zipper Hall

Dance

Karina Gonzalez and Harper Watters, leading dancers with Houston Ballet, join Conservatory of Music musicians for an evening of choreography by Houston Ballet Artistic Director Stanton Welch and Colburn Dance Dean Silas Farley. The program will include a special segment focused on the creative process behind Farley's Rococo Variations, Op. 33, which is set to Tchaikovsky's virtuoso cello score. This performance will be livestreamed.

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Colburn Chamber Music Society: Andy Akiho, Percussion

November 6, 2022

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Zipper Hall

Colburn Chamber Music Society

Steel pannist Andy Akiho is an innovative, Grammy-nominated composer known for his boundary-pushing music. He joins forces with the Colburn Contemporary Ensemble, directed by Ted Atkatz, for a concert of his own works. This performance will be livestreamed.

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Performance Forum

November 10, 2022

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Thayer Hall

Conservatory

Performance Forum

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.

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Colburn Baroque Ensemble

November 12, 2022

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Colburn Café

Conservatory

Visit the Colburn Café on November 12 to be transported back in time to 18th-century Germany, with a free performance by the Colburn Conservatory Baroque Ensemble. For one day only, the Ensemble will become the Colburn Conservatory Collegium Musicum, presenting a series of works by Johann Sebastian Bach and recreating his famous performances with the Leipzig Collegium Musicum in the Café Zimmerman.

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Amplify Performance: Thomas Mesa, Cello

November 12, 2022

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Thayer Hall

Amplify

Lauded as “one of the most charismatic, innovative, and engaging performers of his generation,” cellist and first prize Sphinx Competition winner Thomas Mesa is an in-demand soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, and educator. This performance will be livestreamed.

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Colburn @ St. Paul

November 12, 2022

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church

Conservatory

Colburn @ St. Paul

Talented ensembles from the Conservatory of Music present programs of beloved chamber works.

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Faculty Recital: Keren Schweitzer, Flute

November 13, 2022

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Thayer Hall

Faculty Recitals

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Wilshire Boulevard Temple presents Recovered Voices

November 13, 2022

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Wilshire Boulevard Temple

Recovered Voices

A concert of newly discovered music by Jewish composers whose careers and lives were disrupted or destroyed during the Holocaust. Curated by Adam Millstein and performed by musicians from the Colburn Conservatory of Music, part of the Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices at the Colburn School.

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Performance Forum

November 17, 2022

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Thayer Hall

Conservatory

Performance Forum

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.

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Office Hours: Colburn Community Pop-Up

November 19, 2022

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Colburn Plaza

Colburn Campus

Office Hours

Enjoy coffee, treats, and conversation at our monthly pop-ups on the plaza. Learn more about events and resources on campus, catch a performance, and meet others in the Colburn community.

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Parent Info Session: Early Childhood Pathways

November 19, 2022

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Thayer Hall

Colburn Campus

Office Hours

Come learn more about the next steps in your child’s musical journey in the Colburn Community School of Performing Arts and the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute. Watch presentations and performances from various programs for young students including Group Piano, Dance, Drama, Suzuki, and more!

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Third@First: Colburn School Showcase

November 19, 2022

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

First United Methodist Church

Colburn Presents

Get a taste of the incredible talent at the Colburn School during this vibrant showcase of music. Students from the School will perform curated programs of varied work.

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Colburn Chamber Orchestra

November 20, 2022

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Zipper Hall

Community School

Led by Maxim Eshkenazy, the Community School’s chamber orchestra presents a rich program of varied work.

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Colburn Sinfonietta

November 20, 2022

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Zipper Hall

Community School

Led by Maxim Eshkenazy, the Community School’s sinfonietta presents a rich program of varied work.

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Colburn Youth Orchestra

November 20, 2022

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Zipper Hall

Community School

Led by Maxim Eshkenazy, the Community School’s youth orchestra presents a rich program of varied work.

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Carpathian Impressions: A Classical and Jazz Piano Evening

November 22, 2022

7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Zipper Hall

Guest Presenters

Carpathian Impressions features a blend of classical and jazz piano music based on the Carpathian Valley’s thousand-year-old musical heritage. The program introduces the diverse, heartbreaking, peaceful, and virtuosic nature of this ancient cultural treasure. On the wings of familiar melodies by Liszt, Bartók, and Kodály plus improvisations inspired by the traditions of Central Europe, Hungarian classical pianists Éva Polgár and László Borbély and jazz pianist Gábor Varga take their audiences on a sensational journey.

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Master Class: Sang Yoon Kim, Clarinet

November 28, 2022

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Zipper Hall

Master Classes

Clarinetist Sang Yoon Kim leads an in-depth master class with Colburn students, offering a rare glimpse into the artistic, creative, and learning processes. Sang Yoon Kim is the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra principal clarinet and a Conservatory alumnus.

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Performance Forum

December 1, 2022

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Thayer Hall

Conservatory

Performance Forum

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.

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Community School Winter School Recital

December 2, 2022

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Thayer Hall

Community School

CSPA School Recitals

This end-of-semester School Recital series showcases talented instrumentalists and vocalists from the Community School of Performing Arts.

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Community School Winter School Recital

December 2, 2022

8:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Thayer Hall

Community School

CSPA School Recitals

This end-of-semester School Recital series showcases talented instrumentalists and vocalists from the Community School of Performing Arts.

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Music Academy Young Artist Performance

December 3, 2022

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Thayer Hall

Music Academy

Music Academy Young Artist Performance

Music Academy students show off their talents in this intimate recital series featuring a delightful mix of repertoire. This performance will be livestreamed.

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Community School Winter School Recital

December 3, 2022

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Thayer Hall