The 2nd Annual Wild Beast Concert Series returns to CalArts on Saturday (April 14), when the Institute’s brass players are featured in CalArts Brass Signals Day into Night at 6…
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KarmetiK Machine Orchestra Premieres Samsara at REDCAT
The KarmetiK Machine Orchestra, under the direction of music faculty Ajay Kapur and theater faculty Michael Darling, performs a new work, Samsara, at REDCAT on April 12-13. The ensemble, which…
Continue reading »CalArtians Collaborate on Julia Holter’s Moni Mon Amie Music Video
Los Angeles singer and songwriter, alumna Julia Holter (Music/IM MFA 09) released her latest album, Ekstasis, on March 8. Since then, the record has received critical acclaim from numerous critics, including the BBC, NPR Music…
Continue reading »Alumna Carey Lovelace Selected as Co-commissioner of U.S. Pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale
Last month, the Bronx Museum of the Arts was selected to present the U.S. Pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale, one of the oldest and most prestigious contemporary art exhibitions…
Continue reading »Electronic Music Pioneer Morton Subotnick & California E.A.R. Unit Revisit Iconic Works
[nggallery id=”243″] This Saturday (March 24), electronic music legend and former CalArts faculty Morton Subotnick returns to REDCAT with the California E.A.R. Unit to perform two of his well-known compositions: Silver…
Continue reading »Microtonal Music Fest Features Work by Wolfgang von Schweinitz
MicroFest—celebration of nonstandard tuning and the sonic beauty that falls “between the keys”—holds its next installation in Pasadena on Saturday (March 17) featuring the work of composer and CalArts faculty…
Continue reading »Faculty Member Ulrich Krieger Discusses Lou Reed 3D Album Project Tonight
CalArts faculty member Ulrich Krieger, a composer and member of the Lou Reed-helmed band, Metal Machine Trio (MM3), presents a new rendition on MM3’s 1975 album, Metal Machine Music. The world premiere of…
Continue reading »Keep an Eye Out for New CalArts Student Newspaper
The CalArts Eye, a brand-new, student-run newspaper celebrates its first printed issue with a launch party tonight (Feb. 28) in Tatum Lounge from 7-11 pm. The new publication covers creative…
Continue reading »John Cage’s 100th Birthday Celebration at REDCAT Feb. 15-16
[nggallery id=”234″] There’s been a number of performances of avant-garde pioneer John Cage’s music lately for a reason: 2012 marks the composer’s 100th birthday (Sept. 5, to be precise). As…
Continue reading »Two Minutes of John Cage’s Song Books
Last weekend, while much of America was at home watching the Super Bowl, a number of students, faculty and alumni from The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, took…
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