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Smiles all around at rehearsal for the 6th Annual Day of Armenian Music. Join our star faculty for a celebration of music and selections from the newly released album “Stanzas in August: Armenian Music, New & Rediscovered”.
📅 Friday, May 22
🕒 3:00 p.m.
📍 Lani Hall
Smiles all around at rehearsal for the 6th Annual Day of Armenian Music. Join our star faculty for a celebration of music and selections from the newly released album “Stanzas in August: Armenian Music, New & Rediscovered”.
📅 Friday, May 22
🕒 3:00 p.m.
📍 Lani Hall
Looking back to our annual music industry capstone day! Aptly named “Hi-Fi”, our seniors showed us what they’ve worked on throughout their final year - from album releases, marketing proposals, to research projects, we are thrilled to see what their future holds!
Looking back to our annual music industry capstone day! Aptly named “Hi-Fi”, our seniors showed us what they’ve worked on throughout their final year - from album releases, marketing proposals, to research projects, we are thrilled to see what their future holds!
Opera UCLA’s production of Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride on Thursday night was a triumph—sung with aching beauty over Gluck’s sumptuous score. Visionary staging, dance, and modernist costuming brought new life to this ancient tragedy. Congratulations to the entire cast and creative team.
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NEXT PERFORMANCE
Saturday, May 16, 8:00 PM
Schoenberg Hall
Link in bio
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Congratulations to the Thursday cast!
Hannah Verduzco - Iphigénie
Leland Alexander - Oreste
Sam Song - Pylade
Adam Zeidler - Singing Thoas
Kyle Xu - Thoas
Lilliana Mindel - First Priestess
Sadie Habas - Second Priestess
Kazu Nakamura - The Scythian
Jacob Salzmann - The Priest of the Temple
Trinity Dela Cruz - Greek Woman
Leela Subramaniam – Diana
Priestess Chorus:
Milla Moretti, Amelia Birmingham, Thea Hsu, Shreya Goshal, Valerie Morris, Vibu Singh, Trinity Dela Cruz, Lilliana Mindel, Sophie Spier, Sadie Habas
Male Chorus:
Dustin Peng, Jacob Salzmann, Kazu Nakamura, Asher Bartfeld
Recorded Scythian Chorus:
Abdiel Gonzalez, Kevin Corrigan, Chris Hunter, James Callon, Elias Berezin, Jacob Salzmann, Kazu Nakamura
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Saturday, May 16 Cast:
Margaret Daly - Iphigénie
Leland Alexander - Oreste
Andres Delgado - Pylade
Kyle Xu - Singing Thoas
Adam Zeidler - Thoas
Lilliana Mindel - First Priestess
Sophie Spier - Second Priestess
Asher Bartfeld - The Scythian
Dustin Peng - The Priest of the Temple
Trinity Dela Cruz - Greek Woman
Leela Subramaniam - Diana
Opera UCLA’s production of Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride on Thursday night was a triumph—sung with aching beauty over Gluck’s sumptuous score. Visionary staging, dance, and modernist costuming brought new life to this ancient tragedy. Congratulations to the entire cast and creative team.
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NEXT PERFORMANCE
Saturday, May 16, 8:00 PM
Schoenberg Hall
Link in bio
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Congratulations to the Thursday cast!
Hannah Verduzco - Iphigénie
Leland Alexander - Oreste
Sam Song - Pylade
Adam Zeidler - Singing Thoas
Kyle Xu - Thoas
Lilliana Mindel - First Priestess
Sadie Habas - Second Priestess
Kazu Nakamura - The Scythian
Jacob Salzmann - The Priest of the Temple
Trinity Dela Cruz - Greek Woman
Leela Subramaniam – Diana
Priestess Chorus:
Milla Moretti, Amelia Birmingham, Thea Hsu, Shreya Goshal, Valerie Morris, Vibu Singh, Trinity Dela Cruz, Lilliana Mindel, Sophie Spier, Sadie Habas
Male Chorus:
Dustin Peng, Jacob Salzmann, Kazu Nakamura, Asher Bartfeld
Recorded Scythian Chorus:
Abdiel Gonzalez, Kevin Corrigan, Chris Hunter, James Callon, Elias Berezin, Jacob Salzmann, Kazu Nakamura
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Saturday, May 16 Cast:
Margaret Daly - Iphigénie
Leland Alexander - Oreste
Andres Delgado - Pylade
Kyle Xu - Singing Thoas
Adam Zeidler - Thoas
Lilliana Mindel - First Priestess
Sophie Spier - Second Priestess
Asher Bartfeld - The Scythian
Dustin Peng - The Priest of the Temple
Trinity Dela Cruz - Greek Woman
Leela Subramaniam - Diana
Meet your 2026 commencement speaker: Kiran Gandhi
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Better known as Madame Gandhi, she has produced eight albums of her own music, toured with M.I.A., and traveled to Antarctica to record the sound of melting glaciers. A musician and an activist, she is revered for her intellectual curiosity and creative fearlessness, redefining what it means to be an artist in the 21st century.
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Read more about her, link in bio.
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Photo Credit: Molly Matalon for The New York Times
Meet your 2026 commencement speaker: Kiran Gandhi
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Better known as Madame Gandhi, she has produced eight albums of her own music, toured with M.I.A., and traveled to Antarctica to record the sound of melting glaciers. A musician and an activist, she is revered for her intellectual curiosity and creative fearlessness, redefining what it means to be an artist in the 21st century.
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Read more about her, link in bio.
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Photo Credit: Molly Matalon for The New York Times
Iphigénie en Tauride follows the cursed House of Atreus in ancient Greece. With dramatic visual logic, mood, and atmosphere, we see Iphigénie’s journey as high priestess to the goddess Diana on the island of Tauride, where she is tormented by memory, duty, and the arrival of a peculiar prisoner.
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Ready to see it in action? Come catch a show, May 14 and 16 at 8:00 pm in Schoenberg Hall.
Iphigénie en Tauride follows the cursed House of Atreus in ancient Greece. With dramatic visual logic, mood, and atmosphere, we see Iphigénie’s journey as high priestess to the goddess Diana on the island of Tauride, where she is tormented by memory, duty, and the arrival of a peculiar prisoner.
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Ready to see it in action? Come catch a show, May 14 and 16 at 8:00 pm in Schoenberg Hall.
Noah Meites, composer and continuing lecturer in music theory, has just released his new album “Counting” with New Focus Records. A number of school of music faculty were also involved in the album’s production: Hitomi Oba, Jan Berry Baker, Dan Rosenboom, and Nick DePinna.
Noah Meites, composer and continuing lecturer in music theory, has just released his new album “Counting” with New Focus Records. A number of school of music faculty were also involved in the album’s production: Hitomi Oba, Jan Berry Baker, Dan Rosenboom, and Nick DePinna.
Is our Dean cool? Only one way to find out 👀
Come by our weekly “Drop in with the Dean” in his office, where you can talk about academics, express any concerns, or just have a casual chat. Check your email for more details!
(Spoiler: he is very cool.)
Is our Dean cool? Only one way to find out 👀
Come by our weekly “Drop in with the Dean” in his office, where you can talk about academics, express any concerns, or just have a casual chat. Check your email for more details!
(Spoiler: he is very cool.)
A few snapshots from the Hear Now Music Festival! The UCLA Philharmonia premiered 4 pieces (including a double concerto by Professor Ian Krouse) and had Professor Movses Pogossian join us on stage. Bravi tutti!
A few snapshots from the Hear Now Music Festival! The UCLA Philharmonia premiered 4 pieces (including a double concerto by Professor Ian Krouse) and had Professor Movses Pogossian join us on stage. Bravi tutti!
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