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Acclaimed music faculty and gifted students from the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music in a free performance.

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music presents award-winning students directed by UCLA jazz great faculty members.

Talented students from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television's Department of Theater celebrate the 100th anniversary of Frank Sinatra's birth this weekend at the Ralph Freud Playhouse with a musical extravaganza.

Ely Guerra, an internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter from Mexico, came to UCLA to meet with students, discuss issues with a Spanish class studying Mexican cultures and perform in a free concert as a UC Regents Lecturer.

Three ensembles — Prota, Kyodo Taiko and Yukai Daiko — merge their distinctive styles.

Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadeva and Dave Holland fuse jazz and Indian classical music.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra’s high-tech touring truck visits campus 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Traditional eastern European music goes eclectic and contemporary.

UCLA Byzantine art history and archaeology professor Sharon Gerstel has devoted much of the last year to studying how architectural changes in Byzantine churches enhanced the performance of religious music.

The legendary jazz guitarist is recognized as an international ambassador for the art form.

Multimedia performance will include live music by Ron McCurdy Quartet.

Refik Anadol’s recent collaboration with LA Phil and Esa-Pekka Salonen ''Visions of America:Amerique Audio/Visual Performance'' has been selected by Prix Ars Electronica jury to be screened during Ars Electronica Animation Festival in Linz, Austria. 

The school has risen rapidly since its creation in 2007 with a visionary $30 million gift from the Herb Alpert Foundation.

The Henry J. Bruman Summer Chamber Music Festival, a popular annual series of free concerts, opens July 28 at UCLA with the Westside Chamber Players performing.

Individual tickets for all upcoming shows by the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA go on sale on Friday. Tickets may be purchased via cap.ucla.edu, Ticketmaster or directly through the UCLA Central Ticket Office.

The jazz legend mentored musicians, and in this spirit the virtuoso grad students study with modern masters like Herbie Hancock and Kenny Burrell, and in turn share their expertise with thousands of students in local schools.

“Pitch Perfect 2” making you crave a cappella? Check out these performances by Bruin groups.

A little-known piano in Schoenberg Hall, a gift from the estate of actor Edward G. Robinson, bears the signatures of some of the 20th century’s greatest composers and musicians.

The Ralph J. Bunche Center will host a conversation with John Densmore, writer, actor and drummer for the iconic rock group, The Doors, from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13 at the Faculty Center Hacienda Room.

The Fowler Museum at UCLA presents a free two-part concert of Anatolian and classical Persian music at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 7.

UCLA's Bridges East and West Music Festival, May 2-8, is a cultural exchange and collaboration between musicians from China and the United States. 

Spring Sing, an annual showcase for talented students, features a top-tier selection of performers who compete for top honors. This year's event will be held May 16 at Pauley Pavilion.

Raymond Knapp has been selected for the 2015 Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship. Knapp will complete a one-month residency in Bogliasco, Italy, where he will complete his latest book on Haydn and American popular music.

India Carney, a senior at UCLA and a singer at major campus events, was selected as one of 20 finalists vying to win the eighth season of NBC’s “The Voice.”

Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month in April with a series of free events presented by UCLA's Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies.