performing arts

Donation from philanthropist Elaine Krown Klein will support a distinguished faculty member as well as live performance, research, conferences and other schoolwide initiatives.

Some of the world’s most talented, up-and-coming young jazz musicians call UCLA home as students and fellows of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance.

The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture offers more than 150 public events for winter 2015.

For patients who have baffling problems with talking, breathing, singing or swallowing, the UCLA Voice Center for Medicine and the Arts can be an oasis in a desert of inconclusive tests, endless doctors’ appointments and despair.

UCLA professor emeritus of music Roger Bourland, a renowned composer and musician, will premiere his grand opera,  “La Paloma y el Ruiseñor,” at the Teatro Angela Peralta in Mazatlán, Mexico, on Nov. 14.

The Center for the Art of Performance is presenting a week-long interactive art installation on Royce Quad to build understanding between veterans and civilians. It’s being offered in conjunction with a multimedia theatrical production, “Basetrack Live.”

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s 2014-15 theater season features 13 events, including The Two Cities Project, and the Francis Ford Coppola One Act Marathon.

From concerts by guest performers and student ensembles to stunning exhibitions, the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture has more than 75 public events coming up this quarter.

Back by popular demand, Playwrights' Arena will present “Golden Tongues 2” —staged readings of plays from Spain's Golden Age, presented in contemporary English adaptations by L.A. playwrights — at UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

UCLA's historic theater was the setting for a special performance by singer Jason Mraz, who chose the venue because of how it inspires the young artists who perform there.

Professor Donald Neuen, longtime director of choral conducting and choral studies at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music, led his final concert on June 7 at Royce Hall.

It was a great night for UCLA TFT alum Robert L. Freedman at the 68th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 8. His musical, "A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder," was a four-time winner.

'Poems and Prayers' features the works of composer Mohammed Fairouz and was recorded at UCLA's iconic Royce Hall.

The 25-member cast of the upcoming Ray Bolger Musical Theater Program production of "Guys and Dolls" has been rehearsing six times a week -- four hours at a stretch -- for opening night on Thursday.

The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, which partners with UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music, is honoring President Bill Clinton for his support of music education for young jazz musicians for over two decades.

The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA has announced its 2014–15 program, featuring complex and collaborative work from renowned contemporary artists in music, theater, dance and spoken word.

In his May 6 performance, Bain will weave together spoken word, calypso, classical music and the voices of more than 40 characters to tell the story of his own wrongful imprisonment.

A new music festival making its debut in Los Angeles will put a much-deserved focus on the evolution of the contemporary ensemble.

Pianist Gloria Cheng, lecturer in the UCLA Department of Music, has been nominated for a Grammy Award. Her album, "The Edge of Light," (Harmonia Mundi) is under consideration for the award for best classical instrumental solo. Cheng won a Grammy in ...

The Hammer’s Arts ReSTORE LA: Westwood is a museum-led initiative to show was Westwood Village could become.

UCLA vocal studies chair Michael Dean coaches graduating seniors Shannon Foley and Ashley Yoon, who will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at commencement ceremonies on June 14 at Pauley Pavilion.

The 134 students taking Ken Kragen’s inaugural Music Industry 106 class, "Stardom Strategies for Musicians," are primed to expect the unexpected. It started on the first day of class, taught by the longtime music industry...