Nancy Uscher is best known around the Institute as the provost–the senior academic administrator–for CalArts. What’s not as widely known is that she’s an accomplished violist and teacher as well….
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Bassist Charlie Haden and Director Reto Caduff Screen Rambling Boy at the Bijou
The documentary Charlie Haden: Rambling Boy will be screened tonight at the Bijou Theater at CalArts as part of the School of Film/Video’s Structuring Strategies class and screening series. Written…
Continue reading »2010 World Music and Dance Festival at CalArts
CalArts’ World Music and Dance Festival 2010, organized yearly by The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, kicks off tonight with a program of solo works and ensemble pieces…
Continue reading »John King’s Dice Thrown at CalArts this Weekend
John King’s Dice Thrown begins its two-day run at CalArts tomorrow (April 23-24). Based on the visual poem “Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard” by Stéphane Mallarmé, the…
Continue reading »Emergence of a ‘2-Headed Beast’ at CalArts
While the Wild Beast–CalArts’ new music pavilion–doesn’t make its official public debut until next month’s dedication, 22 of the Institute’s graduate composers are warming up the venue with an ambitious…
Continue reading »Heard @ CalArts: Lunchtime with Ravel
One of last week’s noon concerts in the Institute’s Main Gallery featured vocalists from The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts. We caught a few songs from Maurice Ravel’s…
Continue reading »CalArts CAP Master Class with The Airborne Toxic Event
Last week, the CalArts’ CAP 20 for 20 master class series continued with the LA-based band, The Airborne Toxic Event. Band members Mikel Jollett (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steven Chen (guitar,…
Continue reading »Vocalist Michiko Hirayama Lectures at CalArts, Sings Scelsi at REDCAT
The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts welcomed legendary vocalist Michiko Hirayama to campus on Monday to speak with students, faculty and others on music, her career and her…
Continue reading »Scuba Music at the CalArts Pool by Ulrich Kreiger and Clay Chaplin
Last Friday Ulrich Kreiger and Clay Chaplin, both faculty members of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, took over the CalArts’ pool for a performance of Krieger’s sound…
Continue reading »World Premiere of John King’s Dice Thrown Opera to Bow at CalArts in April
Composer and CalArts alumnus John King (Music BFA 76) returned to campus last week to help prepare for the World Premiere of his contemporary opera Dice Thrown, scheduled for April…
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