CalArts hosts the West Coast premiere of Iannis Xenakis’ rarely staged opera, Oresteia, on Sunday, Nov. 7 at The Wild Beast Pavilion. The expatriated Greek/French-naturalized composer and architect (1922-2001) is…
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Music Student’s Work to be Premiered by the Minnesota Orchestra on Friday
It’s an incredibly difficult task for a contemporary composer to have a musical composition performed by a major American symphony orchestra. But one CalArts student composer, Taylor Brizendine (Music BFA…
Continue reading »The Wild Beast Concert Series: Strauss, Mozart and Gabrieli Under the Stars–Rain or Shine
CalArts kicks off the inaugural season of The Wild Beast Concert Series, presented by Levitt Pavilions, tomorrow night (Oct. 23) on the Institute’s Valencia campus. Music faculty member Mark Menzies…
Continue reading »Students Build Instrumental Interfaces CalArts-STEIM Exchange
[singlepic id=1049 w=480 h= float=] [nggallery id=100] Editor’s note: Stephanie Smith (Music MFA 11) recently returned from participating in the STEIM music residency in Amsterdam. 24700 asked her to recap…
Continue reading »Coatroom Concerts Captivate Audiences
The Little William Theater Festival of New Music has been taking place every Saturday afternoon since August in the Hammer Museum’s …coatroom. The festival is part of Machine Project’s year-long residency at…
Continue reading »Seen @ CalArts: Mini Sleep Concert
With the long, busy weeks ramping up as the fall semester unfolds, students at The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts find different ways to multitask–like attending a chamber…
Continue reading »CalArts Mourns the Loss of Composer, Performer, Artist Arthur Jarvinen
CalArts students, staff and faculty and countless colleagues alike are mourning the loss of composer-performer Arthur (Art) Jarvinen, a longtime faculty member of The Herb Alpert School of Music at…
Continue reading »CalArts Students in Amsterdam for Electro-Instrumental Music Residency
Since 2007, the Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music (STEIM) in Amsterdam and CalArts’ Experimental Sound Practices (ESP) program have participated in an exchange program in which a group of CalArts graduate…
Continue reading »CalArtians at the Angel City Jazz Festival this Weekend in Los Angeles
The Angel City Jazz Festival—which kicks off on Saturday for a week-long run—is a non-commercial jazz and new music festival featuring the music of both established and emerging jazz artists….
Continue reading »CalArtian Musicians to Make the Santa Monica Pier Carousel Glow
[nggallery id=92] This year’s Glow festival, an all-night cultural experience and festival, is set to kick-off this Saturday from 7 pm-3 am in Santa Monica, where the beach, pier and…
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