Upcoming Events

November 2025

Colburn Conservatory Brass Recital

Friday, November 14, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:15 pm, Zipper Hall
Free, no tickets required

Colburn Conservatory Brass Recital

Friday, November 14, 2025
7 pm, Zipper Hall

Students of Colburn Conservatory Brass Faculty show off their talents in this departmental recital, featuring a delightful mix of repertoire.

Suzuki String Program Information Session

Saturday, November 15, 2025
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm, Olive 270
Free, registration not required

Suzuki String Program Information Session

Saturday, November 15, 2025
12:30 pm, Olive 270

Join the Community School of Performing Arts for a midday Suzuki String program information session, presented by our esteemed faculty. Learn more about private lessons, group classes, and enrollment for new beginning students. The session will include special performances from our Suzuki students.

Suzuki String Program Information Session

Saturday, November 15, 2025
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Olive 270
Free, registration not required

Suzuki String Program Information Session

Saturday, November 15, 2025
1 pm, Olive 270

Join the Community School of Performing Arts for a midday Suzuki String program information session, presented by our esteemed faculty. Learn more about private lessons, group classes, and enrollment for new beginning students. The session will include special performances from our Suzuki students.

Music Academy Showcase

Saturday, November 15, 2025
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Music Academy Showcase

Saturday, November 15, 2025
5 pm, Thayer Hall

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

Colburn at St. Paul

Saturday, November 15, 2025
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church
Free, no tickets required

Colburn at St. Paul

Saturday, November 15, 2025
8 pm, Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church

Talented ensembles and soloists from the Conservatory of Music present programs of beloved classical works. This concert features works by Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Spohr, Rachmaninoff, and Kodaly.

ViolaPlus: A String-Centric Celebration

Sunday, November 16, 2025
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Thayer Hall
Tickets: $20, $35

ViolaPlus: A String-Centric Celebration

Sunday, November 16, 2025
3 pm, Thayer Hall

Enjoy an afternoon of chamber music masterworks in which the rich, dark sound of the viola plays a central role. Directed by renowned violist Tatjana Masurenko, ViolaPlus returns with another rousing program featuring Tatjana herself, Colburn students, and vocalist Alexandra Hotz. This performance will be livestreamed.

Library Live: 21st Century Colburn

Monday, November 17, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Colburn Library
Free, registration required

Library Live: 21st Century Colburn

Monday, November 17, 2025
7 pm , Colburn Library

Join us for an evening of chamber music written by Colburn music theory faculty Jordan Nelson and Noah Meites, and former faculty Sarah Gibson. Hear what is happening in the world of contemporary music right here, right now. From “tiny, tangled world” to “As they Say”, this is the music being written for your generation that you don’t want to miss! Curated by Jordan Nelson and performed by Colburn students and guest artists the Aperture Duo, it will be an exciting evening of music that will open your ears to the future.

Performance Forum

Thursday, November 20, 2025
11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Performance Forum

Thursday, November 20, 2025
11:30 am, Thayer Hall

Experience great artistry as students from the Conservatory of Music perform solo and chamber works in this weekly recital series. This performance will be livestreamed.

Camerata Pacifica Presents: High-Definition Chamber Music

Thursday, November 20, 2025
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Zipper Hall
Tickets: $75

Camerata Pacifica Presents: High-Definition Chamber Music

Thursday, November 20, 2025
8 pm, Zipper Hall

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

Chamber Forum

Friday, November 21, 2025
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Chamber Forum

Friday, November 21, 2025
2 pm, Thayer Hall

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

Library Live: Conservatory Chamber Ensemble Performances

Saturday, November 22, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm, Colburn Library
Free, registration required

Library Live: Conservatory Chamber Ensemble Performances

Saturday, November 22, 2025
1 pm, Colburn Library

Talented students from the Conservatory of Music perform artfully curated programs of dynamic chamber works.

Music Academy Showcase

Saturday, November 22, 2025
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Music Academy Showcase

Saturday, November 22, 2025
5 pm, Thayer Hall

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

Afternoon Tea and Chamber Music – Habsburg Harmonies: Haydn, Ligeti, and Brahms

Sunday, November 23, 2025
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm, Colburn Café
Tickets: $40

Afternoon Tea and Chamber Music – Habsburg Harmonies: Haydn, Ligeti, and Brahms

Sunday, November 23, 2025
2:30 pm, Colburn Café

Enhance your Habsburg Harmonies: Haydn, Ligeti, and Brahms concert experience with a delightful afternoon tea at the Colburn Café before the show. Enjoy a variety of finger sandwiches, scones, and pastries while you are served your choice of delectable tea.

Habsburg Harmonies: Haydn, Ligeti, and Brahms

Sunday, November 23, 2025
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Thayer Hall
Tickets: $25, $40

Habsburg Harmonies: Haydn, Ligeti, and Brahms

Sunday, November 23, 2025
4 pm, Thayer Hall

Travel across the centuries in this program of vibrant chamber works rooted in the rich Austro-Hungarian musical tradition. First, Haydn’s “Quinten” string quartet masterfully darts from major to minor as each movement transforms and embellishes the central theme. The winds then take center stage for Ligeti’s whimsical Six Bagatelles, a piece saturated with Hungarian folk melodies, before two violins, two violas, and a cello close out the concert with Brahms’s radiant and warm String Quintet No. 1. This performance will be livestreamed.

Community School Orchestras in Concert

Sunday, November 23, 2025
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Zipper Hall
Tickets: $12

Community School Orchestras in Concert

Sunday, November 23, 2025
6 pm, Zipper Hall

The Community School's orchestras—led by Eleanor Núñez, Rafael and Luisa DMH Foundation Director of Bands, Colburn Youth Sinfonietta and Colburn Youth Orchestra Director, and Conducting Instructor—present a rich program of varied works.

December 2025

An Artist's Next Chapter: Ray Ushikubo Debuts the 1741 Guarneri "Playfair" Violin

Wednesday, December 3, 2025
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, Zipper Hall
Free, tickets required

An Artist's Next Chapter: Ray Ushikubo Debuts the 1741 Guarneri "Playfair" Violin

Wednesday, December 3, 2025
2 pm, Zipper Hall

Experience the brilliance of Ray Ushikubo in a recital marking his debut on a remarkable instrument, the c. 1741 “Playfair” Violin, an outstanding example of the work of Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri “del Gesù,” on generous loan from Colin Maki Inc. This performance will be livestreamed.

Performance Forum

Thursday, December 4, 2025
11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Zipper Hall
Free, no tickets required

Performance Forum

Thursday, December 4, 2025
11:30 am, Zipper Hall

Experience great artistry as students from the Conservatory of Music perform solo and chamber works in this weekly recital series. This performance will be livestreamed.

Community School Winter School Recital

Friday, December 5, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Community School Winter School Recital

Friday, December 5, 2025
7 pm, Thayer Hall

This end-of-semester School Recital series showcases talented instrumentalists and vocalists from the Community School of Performing Arts.   

Community School Winter School Recital

Friday, December 5, 2025
8:30 pm - 10:30 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Community School Winter School Recital

Friday, December 5, 2025
8:30 pm, Thayer Hall

This end-of-semester School Recital series showcases talented instrumentalists and vocalists from the Community School of Performing Arts.   

Community School Concert Band and Wind Ensemble

Saturday, December 6, 2025
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Zipper Hall
Tickets: $12

Community School Concert Band and Wind Ensemble

Saturday, December 6, 2025
6 pm, Zipper Hall

The Community School’s Concert Band and Wind Ensemble—led by Eleanor Núñez, Rafael and Luisa DMH Foundation Director of Bands, Colburn Youth Sinfonietta and Colburn Youth Orchestra Director, and Conducting Instructor—perform thrilling works for brass, winds, and percussion.

Cultural Landscapes: Smetana’s Má vlast

Saturday, December 6, 2025
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, The Wallis
Tickets: $27.50, $38.50

Cultural Landscapes: Smetana’s Má vlast

Saturday, December 6, 2025
7:30 pm, The Wallis

Led by renowned German conductor Kevin John Edusei, the Colburn Orchestra returns to The Wallis with a lavish program spotlighting the rich cultural heritages of its composers. The concert opens with Ernest Bloch’s Jewish-inspired masterpiece Schelomo, an intense and poignant rhapsody that casts the cello as King Solomon and the orchestra as a world full of temptation. Bedřich Smetana’s Má vlast ("My Country") then invites the audience on a journey through Bohemia’s countryside and lore in a rousing, atmospheric love letter to his Czech homeland.

Community School Honors Chamber Recital

Sunday, December 7, 2025
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Community School Honors Chamber Recital

Sunday, December 7, 2025
1 pm, Thayer Hall

Top students from the Ed and Mari Edelman Chamber Music Institute present an evening of chamber works. 

SING JOY! Community School Winter Choral Concert

Sunday, December 7, 2025
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Zipper Hall
Tickets: $12

SING JOY! Community School Winter Choral Concert

Sunday, December 7, 2025
6 pm, Zipper Hall

Led by Adrian Dunn, the Community School’s choral program presents SING JOY!,  a joyful celebration of music, community, and the season. Join the Colburn Children’s Choir, Youth Chorus, and Concert Choir for an evening that’s filled with hope, light, and togetherness. This performance will be livestreamed.

Adult Vocal Recital

Monday, December 8, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Mayman Hall
Free, no tickets required

Adult Vocal Recital

Monday, December 8, 2025
7 pm, Mayman Hall

Colburn’s adult voice students show off their talents in this departmental recital, featuring a delightful mix of repertoire. 

Adult Flute Choir

Monday, December 8, 2025
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Adult Flute Choir

Monday, December 8, 2025
7:30 pm, Thayer Hall

Flute students from the Community School will perform repertoire especially composed and arranged for the instrument. 

Chamber Forum

Tuesday, December 9, 2025
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Chamber Forum

Tuesday, December 9, 2025
2 pm, Thayer Hall

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

Canadian Brass Holiday Extravaganza

Tuesday, December 9, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Zipper Hall
Tickets: $50, $65, $75

Canadian Brass Holiday Extravaganza

Tuesday, December 9, 2025
7 pm, Zipper Hall

This holiday season, the Canadian Brass will be decking the halls in DTLA. A beloved tradition for 50 years and counting, the Grammy-winning ensemble’s joyful holiday program is a must-see for music lovers of all ages. This showstopping concert is filled with playful arrangements of festive favorites, heartwarming holiday hijinks, and bold brass sounds. Experience Canadian Brass’s “unbeatable blend of virtuosity, spontaneity, and humor” (Washington Post) as they celebrate the season in LA’s favorite hall for chamber music.  

LACO Master Class Series: Richard Goode, Piano

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, tickets required

LACO Master Class Series: Richard Goode, Piano

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
11 am, Thayer Hall

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

Community School Winter School Recital

Friday, December 12, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Community School Winter School Recital

Friday, December 12, 2025
7 pm, Thayer Hall

This end-of-semester School Recital series showcases talented instrumentalists and vocalists from the Community School of Performing Arts. 

Community School Winter School Recital

Friday, December 12, 2025
8:30 pm - 10:30 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Community School Winter School Recital

Friday, December 12, 2025
8:30 pm, Thayer Hall

This end-of-semester School Recital series showcases talented instrumentalists and vocalists from the Community School of Performing Arts. 

Colburn Winter Dance Celebration

Saturday, December 13, 2025
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Zipper Hall
Tickets: $35

Colburn Winter Dance Celebration

Saturday, December 13, 2025
2 pm, Zipper Hall

Colburn’s Tap, Modern Dance, Ballet, and Dance Academy students will dazzle in their December performance featuring new choreography and beloved masterworks.

Trudl Zipper Dance Institute Family Day

Saturday, December 13, 2025
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Colburn Plaza
Free, no reservations required

Trudl Zipper Dance Institute Family Day

Saturday, December 13, 2025
3:30-5 pm, Colburn Plaza

This fall, we’re celebrating our Trudl Zipper Dance Institute families with special events that bring our community together, highlight our students, and create opportunities to connect and explore.

Colburn Winter Dance Celebration

Saturday, December 13, 2025
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Zipper Hall
Tickets: $35

Colburn Winter Dance Celebration

Saturday, December 13, 2025
5 pm, Zipper Hall

Colburn’s Tap, Modern Dance, Ballet, and Dance Academy students will dazzle in their December performance featuring new choreography and beloved masterworks.

Music Academy Showcase

Saturday, December 13, 2025
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Mayman Hall
Free, no tickets required

Music Academy Showcase

Saturday, December 13, 2025
5 pm, Mayman Hall

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

Community School Winter School Recital

Saturday, December 13, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Community School Winter School Recital

Saturday, December 13, 2025
7 pm, Thayer Hall

This end-of-semester School Recital series showcases talented instrumentalists and vocalists from the Community School of Performing Arts. 

Community School Winter School Recital

Saturday, December 13, 2025
8:30 pm - 10:30 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Community School Winter School Recital

Saturday, December 13, 2025
8:30 pm, Thayer Hall

This end-of-semester School Recital series showcases talented instrumentalists and vocalists from the Community School of Performing Arts. 

Community School Winter Honors Recital

Sunday, December 14, 2025
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Zipper Hall
Pay What You Can

Community School Winter Honors Recital

Sunday, December 14, 2025
1 pm, Zipper Hall

Selected through a rigorous and competitive audition process, top students from the Community School take the stage in a recital showcasing solo and chamber music.

Adult Jazz Concert

Sunday, December 14, 2025
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm, Mayman Hall
Free, no tickets required

Adult Jazz Concert

Sunday, December 14, 2025
5:30 pm, Mayman Hall

Musical Director Liz Kinnon leads Colburn's Adult Jazz Workshops in a mix of swing, blues, be-bop, and Latin-flavored tunes. Repertoire includes standards by such icons as Vince Guaraldi, Duke Ellington, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, and others. 

Academy Virtuosi

Sunday, December 14, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Zipper Hall
Pay What You Can

Academy Virtuosi

Sunday, December 14, 2025
7 pm, Zipper Hall

This conductorless chamber orchestra comprised of talented young musicians brings to life rich programs of orchestral works.

Suzuki Holiday Celebration

Wednesday, December 17, 2025
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Zipper Hall
Free, no tickets required

Suzuki Holiday Celebration

Wednesday, December 17, 2025
6 pm, Zipper Hall

Join the Community School’s Suzuki violin and cello students, who will perform a festive program of holiday favorites and other selections. 

Musical Theatre Winter Performance

Sunday, December 21, 2025
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Zipper Hall
Free, no tickets required

Musical Theatre Winter Performance

Sunday, December 21, 2025
5 pm, Zipper Hall

The Sunday Musical Theatre Workshop is pleased to present ensemble songs from Cabaret, Sweet Charity and Rent as well as solos and duets from the musical theatre cannon.

January 2026

Camerata Pacifica Presents: High-Definition Chamber Music

Thursday, January 15, 2026
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Zipper Hall
Tickets: $75

Camerata Pacifica Presents: High-Definition Chamber Music

Thursday, January 15, 2026
8 pm, Zipper Hall

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

Music Academy Showcase

Saturday, January 17, 2026
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Music Academy Showcase

Saturday, January 17, 2026
5 pm, Thayer Hall

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

Community School Winter String Concert

Saturday, January 17, 2026
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Zipper Hall
Free, no tickets required

Community School Winter String Concert

Saturday, January 17, 2026
7 pm, Zipper Hall

Join the Community School’s String Ensemble and String Orchestra for their annual winter performance. 

Faculty Recital: Fiato Quartet and Micah Yui, Piano

Sunday, January 18, 2026
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm, Thayer Hall
Pay What You Can

Faculty Recital: Fiato Quartet and Micah Yui, Piano

Sunday, January 18, 2026
12 pm, Thayer Hall

Experience the talent and creativity of Colburn’s distinguished faculty artists as they perform their own curated programs with friends and students. This concert, programmed in honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day, features quartet and quintet works by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, George Walker, and Florence Price. 

Performance Forum

Thursday, January 22, 2026
11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Performance Forum

Thursday, January 22, 2026
11:30 am, Thayer Hall

Experience great artistry as students from the Conservatory of Music perform solo and chamber works in this weekly recital series. This performance will be livestreamed.

Music Academy Showcase

Saturday, January 24, 2026
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Music Academy Showcase

Saturday, January 24, 2026
5 pm, Thayer Hall

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

Romantic Realms: Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Bruckner

Saturday, January 24, 2026
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Royce Hall, UCLA
$23.64, $50.87, and $58.87

Romantic Realms: Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Bruckner

Saturday, January 24, 2026
7 pm, Royce Hall, UCLA

Under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen, Colburn's Maestro Ernst H. Katz Chair of Conducting Studies, the Colburn Orchestra brings to life Bruckner’s sweeping "Romantic" Symphony: a vivid narrative of medieval knights, the enchantment of nature, and the thrilling drama of forest hunts. Joining Esa-Pekka on the program are Salonen Conducting Fellows Aleksandra Melaniuk and Mert Yalniz, with Yalniz conducting the world premiere of his own orchestral composition. Lizst’s bold and playful symphonic poem Les Préludes opens the concert.  

Delirium Musicum Debut

Monday, January 26, 2026
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, Zipper Hall
$51 to $101

Delirium Musicum Debut

Monday, January 26, 2026
7:30 pm, Zipper Hall

Delirium Musicum, the 21st-century musical phenomenon, ignites Los Angeles in 2026 at Zipper Hall. The fearless ensemble of 13 virtuosos breathes fire into works from the Baroque to the music of tomorrow, redefining classical music as the new red-hot experience. Celebrating their new Warner Classics album Cabinet of Curiosities, the program unfolds as an imaginative patchwork—an Advent calendar for listeners—where each piece opens a thrilling new window into another musical universe.

Performance Forum

Thursday, January 29, 2026
11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Thayer Hall
Free, no tickets required

Performance Forum

Thursday, January 29, 2026
11:30 am, Thayer Hall

Experience great artistry as students from the Conservatory of Music perform solo and chamber works in this weekly recital series. This performance will be livestreamed.

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