With the Super Bowl dominating this weekend’s activities for many, a group of musicians—current students, alumni and faculty—from The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts are having their own…
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Film Fridays: CalArts @ Capitol Records
The Film Fridays segment appears every Friday and features films and videos from students, faculty and alumni of the six schools at CalArts. This week’s Film Fridays selection is a…
Continue reading »CalArts Anurans to perform ‘Concerto for Active Frogs’
On Saturday (May 14) the CalArts Anurans ensemble will perform Anne LeBaron’s Concerto for Active Frogs at the first Hear Now Festival in Venice, Calif. The piece was first performed…
Continue reading »Seen (& Heard) @ CalArts: Experimental Sound Practices
On Dec. 2, composition students from the Experimental Sound Practices (ESP) program at The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts presented a concert of newly minted experimental pieces at…
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 »AH! Opera Launches Participatory, Multimedia Site
AH! Keening Parasites from CalArts Music on Vimeo. One of the most anticipated works in REDCAT’s new season is the world premiere of AH! opera no-opera (Sept. 16-18). Presented by…
Continue reading »From Dawn to Dawn: Erik Satie’s Vexations
Erik Satie’s Vexations (1893) for solo piano starts with the middle “C.” Sounds simple enough, right? But give it a minute, and then the 52-beat (104 eighth notes) piece gets…
Continue reading »On the Bleeding Edge: NOW Festival Opens Today at REDCAT
Now in its sixth year, the New Original Works (NOW) Festival opens tonight at REDCAT in L.A.’s Walt Disney Concert Hall. For the next three weeks, eight different Los Angeles-based…
Continue reading »CalArts Student on America’s Got Talent
Tonight CalArts student Charles Dorsey (Music 10) made his national television debut on the NBC show America’s Got Talent at 9 p.m. The young singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist, taped his audition, but unfortunately…
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