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6:00 PM - Community School Orchestras

8:00 PM - Monday Evening Concerts: Transforming Time

11:30 AM - Performance Forum

8:00 PM - Camerata Pacifica Presents: Sancho and Handel

5:00 PM - Music Academy Young Artist Performance

8:00 PM - Colburn Orchestra: Mahler's Symphony No. 2

11:00 AM - A Special Announcement from LACO and Colburn

7:00 PM - Studio Recital: Viola

11:30 AM - Performance Forum

2:00 PM - Chamber Forum

7:30 PM - Trionfante Music Presents: Talon Smith’s Sonata in C minor, Op. 2 - Los Angeles Premiere

12:00 AM - Colburn Band Day

1:00 PM - Master Class: Awadagin Pratt, Piano

6:30 PM - Candlelight Downtown LA Presents: Neo-Soul favorites featuring songs by Prince, Childish Gambino, and more

8:45 PM - Candlelight Downtown LA Presents: The Best of Joe Hisaishi

5:00 PM - Recovered Voices: Dinner and Concert Package

7:00 PM - Recovered Voices: The Music of Poland

11:30 AM - Performance Forum

12:00 PM - A celebration of Bach's birthday: Community School students perform Bach

5:00 PM - Music Academy Young Artist Performance

7:00 PM - Colburn Orchestra: Concerto Forum

12:00 AM - Library Learning Lab: Inspiring Young Minds

4:00 PM - Master Class: Afendi Yusuf, Clarinet

7:00 PM - Book Soup Presents: Sloane Crosley, in conversation with Alex Edelman, discusses and signs Grief Is For People

8:00 PM - Piano Spheres: Thomas Mellan: Collective Hysteria

11:30 AM - Performance Forum

6:30 PM - Candlelight Events Presents: Rings and Dragons

7:00 PM - Colburn Presents: Kerson Leong, Violin

8:45 PM - Candlelight Downtown LA Presents: Tribute to Rihanna

11:00 AM - Master Class: Kerson Leong, Violin

12:00 PM - A celebration of Bach's birthday: The Colburn Baroque Ensemble

8:00 PM - Colburn @ St. Paul

2:00 PM - Counterpointe

3:00 PM - Colburn Chamber Music Society: Afendi Yusuf, Clarinet

5:00 PM - Counterpointe

5:30 PM - Liana Cohen Foundation Presents: 29th International Liana & Ruben Cohen Music Competiton Winners

6:00 PM - Faculty Recital: Connie Sheu, Guitar

12:00 AM - Library Learning Lab: Poetry Week at Colburn

11:30 AM - Performance Forum

8:00 PM - Camerata Pacifica Presents: Bach, Stravinsky, Poulenc, Bartók

7:00 PM - Colburn Baroque Ensemble

Community School Orchestras

February 23, 2025

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Zipper Hall

Community School

Led by Eleanor Núñez, the Community School's orchestras present a rich program of varied work.

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Monday Evening Concerts: Transforming Time

February 25, 2025

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Zipper Hall

Guest Presenters

The world premiere of Tyshawn Sorey’s major new piano work.

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Performance Forum

February 27, 2025

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Thayer Hall

Conservatory

Performance Forum

Experience great artistry as students from the Conservatory of Music perform solo and chamber works in this weekly recital series. Performance Forum is generously underwritten by Alice Steere Coulombe. This performance will be livestreamed.

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Camerata Pacifica Presents: Sancho and Handel

February 27, 2025

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Zipper Hall

Guest Presenters

Camerata Pacifica artists are representative of the world’s finest, bringing to our stage their highly individual personalities for dynamic performances of music that span the huge, eclectic range of the chamber music repertoire

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Music Academy Young Artist Performance

March 1, 2025

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Thayer Hall

Music Academy

Music Academy Young Artist Performance

Music Academy students show off their talents in this intimate recital series featuring a delightful mix of repertoire. This performance will be livestreamed.

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Colburn Orchestra: Mahler's Symphony No. 2

March 2, 2025

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Colburn Orchestra

The Colburn Orchestra joins forces with the Los Angeles Master Chorale for a breathtaking performance of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony led by Earl Lee in his LA debut. Bold and passionate, Symphony No. 2 explores the concepts of life and death using a large orchestra, organ, choir, church bells, offstage brass ensemble, and more.

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A Special Announcement from LACO and Colburn

March 4, 2025

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Zipper Hall

Colburn Campus

Join LACO and the Colburn School for a special announcement that includes the unveiling of LACO's 2025-26 season. Please join us for the announcement and performances by LACO and Colburn musicians.

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Studio Recital: Viola

March 5, 2025

7:00 pm - 8:15 pm

Zipper Hall

Conservatory

Students of Colburn Faculty Tatjana Masurenko show off their talents in this intimate recital, featuring a delightful mix of repertoire.

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Performance Forum

March 6, 2025

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Thayer Hall

Conservatory

Performance Forum

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Chamber Forum

March 7, 2025

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Thayer Hall

Conservatory

Chamber Forum

Students from the Conservatory of Music present dazzling chamber works in this intimate recital series. This performance will be livestreamed.

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Trionfante Music Presents: Talon Smith’s Sonata in C minor, Op. 2 - Los Angeles Premiere

March 7, 2025

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Thayer Hall

Guest Presenters

Award-winning, 22-year-old pianist and composer Talon Smith will perform his newly published masterpiece, “Sonata in C minor, Op. 2” for solo piano, showcasing his unique voice, mastery of the piano, and ability to evoke emotion through music. Talon will also perform two of Chopin’s greatest masterworks—Polonaise-Fantaisie and Ballade in F minor. He will then take us on a vivid musical journey through Mussorgsky’s epic magnum opus, Pictures at an Exhibition.

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Colburn Band Day

March 8, 2025

All Day

Olive Rehearsal Hall

Community School

Join the second annual Colburn Band Day! This daylong event features rehearsals with Director of Bands, Eleanor Nunez, master classes with Colburn’s renowned faculty, and a culminating performance in Zipper Hall.

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Master Class: Awadagin Pratt, Piano

March 14, 2025

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Thayer Hall

Master Classes

Pianist Awadagin Pratt leads an in-depth master class with Colburn students, offering a rare glimpse into the artistic, creative, and learning processes.

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Candlelight Downtown LA Presents: Neo-Soul favorites featuring songs by Prince, Childish Gambino, and more

March 14, 2025

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Zipper Hall

Guest Presenters

Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Los Angeles. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Prince, Childish Gambino, Lauryn Hill, SZA, and more, under the gentle glow of candlelight.

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Candlelight Downtown LA Presents: The Best of Joe Hisaishi

March 14, 2025

8:45 pm - 10:15 pm

Zipper Hall

Guest Presenters

Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Los Angeles. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Joe Hisaishi at Zipper Concert Hall under the gentle glow of candlelight.

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Recovered Voices: Dinner and Concert Package

March 15, 2025

5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Colburn Café and Zipper Hall

Colburn Orchestra

Join us in the Colburn Café for a delectable Polish-themed four-course dinner before enjoying a concert of chamber orchestra works by Recovered Voices composer Mieczysław Weinberg.

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Recovered Voices: The Music of Poland

March 15, 2025

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Zipper Hall

Recovered Voices

Despite being a friend and contemporary of Shostakovich, Mieczysław Weinberg and his musical genius went unrecognized for much of the 20th century due to Soviet-Era suppression. This concert highlights three of Weinberg’s more than 150 works: a playful flute concerto, a concertino for violin and string orchestra, and a dramatic chamber symphony. This performance will be livestreamed.

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Performance Forum

March 20, 2025

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Thayer Hall

Conservatory

Performance Forum

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A celebration of Bach's birthday: Community School students perform Bach

March 22, 2025

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

Colburn Café

Community School

Join students from the Community School of Performing Arts for a free performance of works by Bach in the Colburn Café, in celebration of Bach's birthday.

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Music Academy Young Artist Performance

March 22, 2025

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Thayer Hall

Music Academy

Music Academy Young Artist Performance

Music Academy students show off their talents in this intimate recital series featuring a delightful mix of repertoire. This performance will be livestreamed.

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Colburn Orchestra: Concerto Forum

March 22, 2025

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Zipper Hall

Colburn Orchestra

Under the batons of Salonen Fellows Mert Yalniz and Aleksandra Melaniuk, soloists from the Conservatory perform concerto movements with the Colburn Orchestra. The program features clarinet, viola, horn, and violin virtuosos in works by Rossini, Walton, Strauss, and Shostakovich. This performance will be livestreamed.

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Library Learning Lab: Inspiring Young Minds

March 24, 2025 - March 27, 2025

All Day

Colburn Library

Colburn Campus

From concepts to concert: create a road map for leading elementary school audiences. Led by trombonist and educator Callan Milani (Conservatory ’11), this 3-part presentation will take participants through the entire process of creating content for an educational and entertaining musical program for young listeners, including the performance of a Symphony for Schools concert.

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Master Class: Afendi Yusuf, Clarinet

March 25, 2025

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Thayer Hall

Master Classes

Clarinetist Afendi Yusuf leads an in-depth master class with Colburn students, offering a rare glimpse into the artistic, creative, and learning processes.

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Book Soup Presents: Sloane Crosley, in conversation with Alex Edelman, discusses and signs Grief Is For People

March 26, 2025

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Zipper Hall

Guest Presenters

Sloane Crossley discusses her memoire Grief Is For People, which was named a Best Book of the Year by Vogue, TIME, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Esquire, NPR, Elle, Library Journal, LitHub, Oprah Daily, Publishers Weekly, Chicago Public Library, Kirkus, Bookpage, The Independent, and New Statesman.

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Piano Spheres: Thomas Mellan: Collective Hysteria

March 26, 2025

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Thayer Hall

Guest Presenters

Emerging Artist Thomas Mellan presents Collective Hysteria: a celebration on Pierre Boulez’s 100th birthday.

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Performance Forum

March 27, 2025

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Thayer Hall

Conservatory

Performance Forum

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Candlelight Events Presents: Rings and Dragons

March 28, 2025

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Zipper Hall

Guest Presenters

Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Los Angeles. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Rings and Dragons at Zipper Concert Hall under the gentle glow of candlelight.

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Colburn Presents: Kerson Leong, Violin

March 28, 2025

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Thayer Hall

Colburn Presents

Kerson Leong, described by the Toronto Star as “not just one of Canada’s greatest violinists but one of the greatest violinists, period," performs a dynamic program of sonatas by Poulenc, Fauré, Boulanger, and Franck. This performance will be livestreamed.

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Candlelight Downtown LA Presents: Tribute to Rihanna

March 28, 2025

8:45 pm - 10:15 pm

Zipper Hall

Guest Presenters

Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Los Angeles. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Rihanna at Zipper Concert Hall under the gentle glow of candlelight.

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Master Class: Kerson Leong, Violin

March 29, 2025

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Thayer Hall

Master Classes

Violinist Kerson Leong leads an in-depth master class with Colburn students, offering a rare glimpse into the artistic, creative, and learning processes.

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A celebration of Bach's birthday: The Colburn Baroque Ensemble

March 29, 2025

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Colburn Café

Conservatory

In celebration of Bach's birthday, the Colburn Baroque Ensemble will perform works by Bach in the Colburn Café.

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Colburn @ St. Paul

March 29, 2025

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church

Conservatory

Colburn @ St. Paul

Talented ensembles and soloists from the Conservatory of Music present programs of beloved classical works.

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Counterpointe

March 30, 2025

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

2245. L.A. Dance Project's studio and performance space

Dance

Counterpointe

Music Academy and Dance Academy students perform celebrated choreography paired with musical masterworks. This year's centerpiece is Bach Figures—created by renowned neo-baroque choreographer Catherine Turocy, set to Bach's beloved cello suites, and featuring baroque-era costumes. Also on the program is a new film: a collaboration between Dance Academy students and Trudl Zipper Dance Institute Artistic Director Janie Taylor, to be screened with live accompaniment. This performance will be livestreamed.

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Colburn Chamber Music Society: Afendi Yusuf, Clarinet

March 30, 2025

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Zipper Hall

Colburn Chamber Music Society

Cleveland Orchestra principal clarinet Afendi Yusuf has become an in-demand soloist and chamber musician thanks to his “clear, liquid tone, pitch-perfect intonation, and effortless technique” (Chicago Classical Review). The Conservatory alumnus returns to the Colburn stage for a program of quartets and quintets by Brahms, Villa-Lobos, and Penderecki.

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Counterpointe

March 30, 2025

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

2245. L.A. Dance Project's studio and performance space

Dance

Counterpointe

Dance Academy and Music Academy students perform celebrated choreography paired with musical masterworks. This year's centerpiece is Bach Figures—created by renowned neo-baroque choreographer Catherine Turocy, set to Bach's beloved cello suites, and featuring baroque-era costumes. Also on the program is a new film: a collaboration between Dance Academy students and Trudl Zipper Dance Institute Artistic Director Janie Taylor, to be screened with live accompaniment. This performance will be livestreamed.

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Liana Cohen Foundation Presents: 29th International Liana & Ruben Cohen Music Competiton Winners

March 30, 2025

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Zipper Hall

Guest Presenters

The 29th International Liana & Ruben Cohen Music Competition was set up in memoriam of Colburn alumni Liana & her brother Ruben Cohen, piano & [...]

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Faculty Recital: Connie Sheu, Guitar

March 30, 2025

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Thayer Hall

Faculty Recitals

Experience the talent and creativity of Colburn’s distinguished faculty artists as they perform their own curated programs with friends and students. This concert features guitar works by Bach, Ivan Jevtic, Gnattali, and Liptak.

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Library Learning Lab: Poetry Week at Colburn

March 31, 2025 - April 3, 2025

All Day

Thayer Hall

Colburn Campus

Have you ever wanted to write a poem or learn more about poetry? National Poetry Month is the perfect time. Join us for a week of reading, writing, and performing poetry led by Professor Sean Pessin, Colburn School and Cal State Northridge Faculty.

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Performance Forum

April 3, 2025

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Thayer Hall

Conservatory

Performance Forum

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Camerata Pacifica Presents: Bach, Stravinsky, Poulenc, Bartók

April 3, 2025

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Zipper Hall

Guest Presenters

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Colburn Baroque Ensemble

April 4, 2025

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Thayer Hall

Conservatory

Baroque composers such as Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, and more are spotlighted in this intimate performance of masterworks. This performance will be livestreamed.

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