Upcoming Events

We think your workday needs a little intermission. So log off for an hour, grab your lunch to-go, tell your favorite coworker, and catch a free, live concert on the Colburn School Plaza. Concerts at Colburn is a weekly musical performance that will be each Tuesday at noon, starting April 7 - May 5. Concerts at Colburn shine a spotlight on this iconic arts and culture institution in DTLA, while also showcasing the talents of their students. Concerts in Colburn are presented in partnership with DTLA Alliance and the Colburn School.

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

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.

Experience the talent and charm of MacArthur Genius Grant-winning pianist Jeremy Denk as he leads a dynamic exploration of Beethoven’s last sonata, written after he had become completely deaf. Part performance and part discussion, this engaging examination of Piano Sonata No. 32 will delve into work’s boundary-pushing orchestration, innovative musical structure, and vivid emotions. Jeremy’s New York Times bestselling memoir Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons will be available for purchase before the concert. Get the book signed by the author after the show!

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

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

This conductorless chamber orchestra comprised of talented young musicians brings to life a rich program of orchestral works by Aaron Copland, Ottorino Respighi, and Franz Schubert. This performance will be livestreamed.

Dance Dialogues is a three-part series with Ballet Faculty Katherine Cowgill and guests from the LA dance world, which explores important topics through discussion rooted in personal experience. Today's discussion features artist Caroline McAlister and focuses on helping parents to better understand and support their young artists in the fine and performing arts. 

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

As part of Earth Week, Caltech and the Colburn School will co-host In Nomine Terra Calens: A musical and scientific reflection on the warming Earth. It will weave scientific insight and live performance into a shared exploration of the climate crisis. This event is now sold out. However, there are always no-shows. Patrons without tickets will be invited to join the standby line and allowed into the hall 10 minutes before curtain, if space is available.

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

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

MacArthur Genius Grant-winning pianist Jeremy Denk joins Colburn faculty and students in this program of electric quintets. Opening the concert is Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds, a work that masterfully balances the piano against oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon. Edward Elgar’s Piano Quintet starts on an eerie tone before modulating towards a brighter, more symphonic end. In between these masterworks is Valerie Coleman’s Tzigane, which was inspired by Ravel’s similarly named Hungarian rhapsody for violin. This performance will be livestreamed.

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. 

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 work.

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

BLARF is comedian and actor Eric André’s musical project. Most people know Eric as an actor and surreal, boundary-pushing comedian; fewer know Eric as a bona fide musician who attended the prestigious Berklee School of Music, where he specialized in upright bass. Film Scores for Films That Don’t Exist is Eric's new album on Stones Throw Records. Inspired by composers such as Ennio Morricone and Vangelis, Eric enlisted a full orchestra and recorded in Los Angeles and Budapest to bring his compositions to life. This performance will mark BLARF’s live debut of the album.

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

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

BLARF is comedian and actor Eric André’s musical project. Most people know Eric as an actor and surreal, boundary-pushing comedian; fewer know Eric as a bona fide musician who attended the prestigious Berklee School of Music, where he specialized in upright bass. Film Scores for Films That Don’t Exist is Eric's new album on Stones Throw Records. Inspired by composers such as Ennio Morricone and Vangelis, Eric enlisted a full orchestra and recorded in Los Angeles and Budapest to bring his compositions to life. This performance will mark BLARF’s live debut of the album.

We think your workday needs a little intermission. So log off for an hour, grab your lunch to-go, tell your favorite coworker, and catch a free, live concert on the Colburn School Plaza. Concerts at Colburn is a weekly musical performance that will be each Tuesday at noon, starting April 7 - May 5. Concerts at Colburn shine a spotlight on this iconic arts and culture institution in DTLA, while also showcasing the talents of their students. Concerts in Colburn are presented in partnership with DTLA Alliance and the Colburn School.

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

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

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

Dance Dialogues is a three-part series with Ballet Faculty Katherine Cowgill and guests from the LA dance world, which explores important topics through discussion rooted in personal experience. Today's guest is Jessica Gadzinski and the discussion focuses on how to embrace yourself and your body every day.

Led by Adrian Dunn, the Community School’s choral program presents an evening of vibrant works for voice. This event is now sold out. However, there are always no-shows. Patrons without tickets will be invited to join the standby line and allowed into the hall 10 minutes before curtain, if space is available. This performance will be livestreamed.The event is now sold out. However, there are always no-shows. Patrons without tickets will be invited to join the standby line and allowed into the hall 10 minutes before curtain, if space is available. Livestream tickets are still available,

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

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

Years of dedicated practice and performance culminate in a dazzling display by graduating students. 

Join the Community School’s Cello Choir, Cello Ensemble, Violin Ensemble, String Ensemble, and String Orchestra for their annual spring performance. 

Years of dedicated practice and performance culminate in a dazzling display by graduating students. 

Join the Community School’s Suzuki violin and cello students for their Spring Festival. 

Join us as we confer degrees at the Conservatory of Music's 2026 Commencement. The ceremony will feature a keynote address by Concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony and Colburn Alumnus Kevin Lin; remarks from graduating students Bianna Bell (Undergraduate Speaker) and Jason Moon (Graduate Speaker); and student performances.

We think your workday needs a little intermission. So log off for an hour, grab your lunch to-go, tell your favorite coworker, and catch a free, live concert on the Colburn School Plaza. Concerts at Colburn is a weekly musical performance that will be each Tuesday at noon, starting April 7 - May 5. Concerts at Colburn shine a spotlight on this iconic arts and culture institution in DTLA, while also showcasing the talents of their students. Concerts in Colburn are presented in partnership with DTLA Alliance and the Colburn School.

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

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

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

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.

This spring, our Musical Theatre Workshop has been singing, dancing and acting their way through beloved musicals while also deepening skills in solos and duets from the musical theatre cannon. See the product of their hard work and talent! 

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

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

Russell Steinberg is joined by 11 superb professional musicians to perform two large chamber works and several premieres. The featured work, Wall Cycle, is a new song cycle for soprano, oboe, and strings based on seven short, stunning poems by Lia Purpura. The other large work on the program is Mulholland Fantasies, a piano quartet in five movements. The piece is an interior journey inspired by Mulholland Drive and the way it divides the city of Los Angeles.  Pianist Yevgheniy Milyavskiy will premiere Haftorah I and II, short pieces based on familiar Jewish tropes. Haftorah I presents the tropes in a virtuoso toccata of emotions—joyful, playful, even righteously disputatious. Haftorah II goes a bit deeper. It evokes the mystery and deeper feeling "inside" the tropes.