Anne LeBaron, harpist, composer and faculty member in The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, recently returned from a futurist music festival in Malmö, Sweden, where she and Critical…
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Heard at CalArts: the Alphonso Johnson Ensemble
There’s a daily overabundance of sights and sounds at CalArts, so every now and then we’ll capture them and post on 24700. Walking through the main gallery a few weeks…
Continue reading »West Coast Left Coast Festival Features Several CalArtians
The LA Phil’s three-week West Coast Left Coast music festival–which celebrates the spirit of “California’s creative rebels”–begins this weekend. Curated by Creative Chair John Adams and Music Director Gustavo Dudamel,…
Continue reading »Prog-Rock Musical at Machine Project Began as a CalArts Thesis
On Friday (Nov. 20) Machine Project in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles hosts the short musical comedy The Island of Florida: A Foundation Myth, written and starring John…
Continue reading »Jazz Studies Program Founder Charlie Haden at the LA Phil with Family and Friends
Jazz legend and CalArts’ Jazz Studies Program founder Charlie Haden revisits his bluegrass/country roots tomorrow night (Nov. 17) with an LA Phil concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown…
Continue reading »Ukrainian Artist-in-Residence Denis Kolokol Performs at the ROD
Denis Kolokol wraps up his six-week, CEC ArtsLink residency at CalArts with a concert tonight (Nov. 13) at Roy O. Disney Music Hall on the Institute’s campus. The Ukrainian-born–but Krakow,…
Continue reading »CalArts’ Experimental Music Yearbook Festival This Weekend
This weekend (Oct. 24-25), The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts launches a new experimental music concert series to showcase recent musical works from both American and international composers….
Continue reading »Pedro Eustache: A CalArts-Dudamel Connection
This week, Los Angeles has been celebrating the arrival of wunderkind conductor Gustavo Dudamel, who officially took the reins as conductor and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Composer…
Continue reading »DJ Waxturnal’s Electronica Roots in CalArts Pirate Radio
DJ Waxturnal serves as the nom de plume for Robert Loveren (Film/Video BFA 89). We recently asked him a few questions about his music, CalArts pirate radio and for a…
Continue reading »The E.A.R. Unit at this Year’s Carlsbad Music Fest
The above video is a performance of “The Light Within” by the E.A.R. at REDCAT in L.A. last year. Click here if you cannot see the video. The California E.A.R….
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