Meet the 2013 Alpert Award Winners
The Herb Alpert Foundation and CalArts have announced the winners of this year’s Alpert Award in the Arts. The five $75,000 grants are given to mid-career artists in the fields…
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Category: Music
EventMay 8, 2013
Jazz Trumpeter Gabriel Johnson Performs in Studio City Tonight
Trumpeter Gabriel Johnson (Music 06) performs with his all-acoustic band at Vitello’s in Studio City, Calif., tonight (May 8) at 8 pm. Performing songs from his recently released debut album Introducing Gabriel Johnson, he’ll…
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EventMay 9, 2013
Digital Arts and Technology Expo Combines Art and Engineering
Kinect the Sines from Colin Honigman on Vimeo. Update 5/9: Check out the CNET article on the Expo On Thursday (May 9), CalArts holds the Digital Arts and Technology Expo,…
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EventMay 4, 2013
Student Aims to Break Guinness World Record for Longest Freestyle Rap at CalArts
On Saturday (May 4), CalArts School of Theater student Austin Antoine (Theater BFA 13) will attempt to freestyle rap continuously for 14 hours to break the standing Guinness World Record of 13…
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EventMay 5, 2013
CalArtians Perform New Work on Peak Overlooking Los Angeles Basin
The Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) presents a free concert by international experimental duo MURAL at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook on Sunday (May 5)…
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EventApril 26 - May 5, 2013
A Six-Concert Celebration: World Music and Dance Festival 2013
On Friday night (April 26), the World Music and Dance Festival returns to CalArts, bringing together revered musical masters, their students and special guest performers in six concerts over the next…
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EventApril 22 - 23, 2013
REDCAT Doubleheader Features the Experimental Music of Christian Wolff
Tonight (April 22) and tomorrow night at 8:30 pm, REDCAT presents two evenings of music either composed or inspired by experimental music master Christian Wolff. A number of the works on both…
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EventApril 17, 2013
wild Up Performs Work By Brooklyn Contemporaries at REDCAT
Tonight (April 17) at 8:30 pm at REDCAT, critically acclaimed modern music collective wild Up presents a concert in conjunction with the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Brooklyn Festival. The ensemble will play a wide range…
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EventApril 17 - 24, 2013
Kingston University’s John Mullarkey is CalArts’ Theorist in Residence
John Mullarkey, professor of Film and Television Studies at Kingston University in London, is the School of Critical Studies’ new Theorist in Residence. Mullarkey is on campus this week to…
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EventApril 13, 2013
Wild Beast Concert Series: CalArts Large Ensemble Moves Beyond Conventional Jazz
On Saturday (April 13) at 5 pm, this year’s edition of the Wild Beast Concert series continues with an outdoor concert of new works performed by the CalArts Large Ensemble, an…
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