2014 Herb Alpert Award Winners Honored at Annual Luncheon
The Herb Alpert Foundation hosted its annual luncheon for the 2014 recipients of the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts on Friday (May 9) in Santa Monica. The program, which…
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Category: Music
EventMay 8 - 9, 2014
Digital Arts Expo Returns to CalArts
The CalArts Digital Arts Expo, a two-day event that explores the latest in technology-based art, interactive audio-visual experiences and digital performance, returns to CalArts on Thursday and Friday (May 8-9)….
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EventMay 4, 2014
CalArts Voice Class Performs Robert Ashley Opera at Machine Project
This Sunday (May 4) at noon, the Playing the Voice: Contemporary Vocal Techniques, Repertoire and Performance class at CalArts, led by faculty Carmina Escobar, will stage a rendition of the late Robert Ashley’s…
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EventMay 2 - 4, 2014
CalArts World Music and Dance Festival at The Wild Beast
The CalArts World Music and Dance Festival brings an eclectic mix of West African drumming, song and dance, Persian, Middle Eastern and Hindustani music, Balinese and Javanese gamelans, and crossover…
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EventMay 5, 2014
Graduating Music Students Perform at The Troubadour
On Monday (May 5), graduating students from The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts perform at the legendary West Hollywood live music venue The Troubadour. Called the CalArts Soundstream, the…
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EventApril 25 - 26, 2014
Single Wing Turquoise Bird Performs at USC
This weekend (April 25-26), the University of Southern California’s Visions and Voices initiative welcomes Single Wing Turquoise Bird (SWTB) for two performances and a workshop. The pioneering multimedia ensemble, which…
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EventApril 25, 2014
Sekula’s ‘The Forgotten Space’ Screens At ‘Performance Space(s)’ Conference at CalArts
This week, the International Society for the Study of Environment, Space and Place holds its 10th annual conference, Performance Space(s), at CalArts. As part of the conference, the late CalArts…
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CalArts Student Creates Video for Tears for Fears’ Animal Collective Cover
When the British new wave band Tears for Fears (TFF) hit the international music scene in the 1980s, Lionel Williams, a BFA 4 student in the School of Art, wasn’t…
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EventApril 19, 2014
Reunion Concert Celebrates 25 years of Recordings at Capitol Studios
This Saturday (April 19), The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts celebrates 25 years of CalArts-Capitol Records jazz recordings with a special outdoor concert. Returning to play at the Wild…
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John Luther Adams Awarded Pulitzer Prize in Music
Composer and CalArts alumnus John Luther Adams (Music BFA 73) was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Music and its accompanying $10,000 award on Monday (April 14) for his orchestral…
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