Join us for an inspiring evening of music as the LA Charity Choir celebrates its 10th anniversary. This special concert features a diverse program including pop songs, children’s music, art songs, and sacred choral works—highlighting the message of love and hope. Under the direction of Conductor Esther Kim, the event will showcase performances by the LA Charity Choir, special guests, and a children’s choir ensemble.
Explore everything our Community School of Performing Arts and Trudl Zipper Dance Institute have to offer before fall classes begin! Take a class, watch a performance, and meet the faculty at this fun-filled family event.
Join us for Summer Encounter’s culminating student performance, featuring theater, guitar, dance, singing, and more! Attendees are invited to a small reception in the Plaza following the concert. Summer Encounter is a two-week performing arts immersion program for rising fifth graders nominated from Colburn's partner LAUSD schools.
Colburn and Juilliard alumna Jun Asai presents her annual solo piano recital. The program begins with Schubert’s Impromptu op. 90, no. 1 in C minor, followed by Chopin’s Polonaise in F-sharp minor, op. 44. The second half of the program features Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Sonata No. 2.
Music Academy students show off their talents in this intimate recital series featuring a delightful mix of repertoire. This performance will be livestreamed.
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.
The season kicks off with three iconic orchestral works from classical music’s founding fathers. Opening the program is Bach’s beloved Orchestral Suite No. 3, which features one of the Baroque era’s most famous melodies: “Air on a G String.” Next, the rich sound of the clarinet takes centerstage in a lyrical concerto by Mozart, his only one written for the instrument. Ending the concert with a bang are the percussive marches and trumpet fanfares of Haydn’s energetic “Military” Symphony.
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A Major HAYDN Symphony No. 100 in G Major, “Military”
Composer, pianist, and organist George Walker, the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music, has a robust catalogue of brilliant and technically challenging pieces that are rarely performed. After falling in love with Walker’s music at first listen, Steinway Artist Alexandre Dossin began a passion project to record the composer’s complete collection of piano works. Hear these heartfelt interpretations of Walker’s music as Dossin plays selections from his critically acclaimed albums.
WALKER Prelude and Caprice WALKER Variations on a Kentucky Folk Song WALKER Piano Sonata No. 2 WALKER Spatials WALKER Spektra WALKER Piano Sonata No. 3 WALKER Guido’s Hand WALKER Piano Sonata No. 5
Talented ensembles and soloists from the Conservatory of Music present programs of beloved classical works.
This intimate afternoon concert explores the delicate balance of voices found in chamber music. The centerpiece of the program is Bach’s Art of Fugue. Interspersed between these dazzling dialogues are short pieces exploring Bach’s music through a contemporary lens. The conversation between past and present continues when Schumann’s imaginative “Fairy Tales” is paired with György Kurtág’s late 20th century response. Beethoven’s complex Grosse Fuge closes the performance.
BACH Art of Fugue, No. 1 GYÖRGY KURTÁG Aus der Ferne III BACH Art of Fugue, No. 7 SHULAMIT RAN Bach-Shards BACH Art of Fugue, No. 10 GUBAIDULINA Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H BACH Art of Fugue, No. 14 FANNY MENDELSSOHN Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano SCHUMANN Märchenerzählungen (“Fairy Tales”) for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano GYÖRGY KURTÁG Hommage à R. Sch for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano BEETHOVEN Grosse Fuge for String Quartet
Experience the talent and creativity of Colburn’s distinguished faculty artists as they perform their own curated programs with friends and students. This performance features works by Mendelssohn, Still, Yuko Uebayashi, and Feld.
MENDELSSOHN Sonata No. 3 in F Major STILL Suite YUKO UEBAYASHI Le moment du cristal FELD Sonata for Flute and Piano
Experience the talent and creativity of Colburn’s distinguished faculty artists as they perform their own curated programs with friends and students. This concert spotlights the Community School’s esteemed instructors.
Take a six-string world tour with Puerto Rican guitarist Leonela Alejandro, winner of the 2024 Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition. Delight in her endearingly powerful and energetic stage presence as she performs solo guitar works featuring Brazilian beats, laidback jazz club vibes, and everything in between.
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Tre Preludi mediterranei PAULO BELLINATI Coco de Alagoas (commissioned by the Augustine Foundation) PAULO BELLINATI Um Amor de Valsa RONALDO MIRANDA Appassionata TAKEMITSU Equinox EGÚRBIDA Vals en la menor JUAN SORROCHE Romanza ERNESTO CORDERO Pregunta REINHARDT Nuages (arr. Roland Dyens) LEO BROUWER Variations on a Theme of Django Reinhardt
The LA community is invited to explore, be curious, pop in, and choose their own adventures at more than 10 participating cultural institutions. Stop by Colburn's Plaza for fun family activities, then visit our friends on Grand Avenue.
Bursting with musical color and raw emotion, the first half of this program takes audiences on an immersive European adventure. The charming orchestration of Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso is infused with the sounds of Spain while the spirited Bohemian melodies of Dvořák’s Violin Concerto paint a vibrant picture of the Czech countryside. The concert culminates in a moody tone poem by Schoenberg that depicts a tragic tale of forbidden love.
RAVEL Alborada del gracioso DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto in A Major SCHOENBERG Pelleas und Melisande
Students from the Conservatory of Music present dazzling chamber works in this intimate recital series. This performance will be livestreamed.
Trudl Zipper Dance Institute Artistic Director Janie Taylor is joined by New York City Ballet principal dancer Sara Mearns for an evening that illuminates the creative process. The pair, alongside Colburn’s exceptional Dance Academy students, will dance and discuss Sonata for Saras, a piece they created together from different cities and premiered on the LA Dance Project digital platform. Talented young artists from the Colburn Conservatory will perform the accompanying music: Sonata for Piano and Clarinet by Olga Harris.
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 a pair of Dvořák piano trios.
Led by harpsichordist, organist, and musicologist Ian Pritchard, the Conservatory of Music’s Baroque Ensemble brings the music of the 17th– and 18th–century to life, performing masterpieces from one of the richest periods in music history.
The dynamic duo of violinist Adam Millstein and pianist Dominic Cheli performs works by innovative composers who profoundly impacted the trajectory of 20th century music.
KAPRÁLOVÁ Elegy JANÁČEK Violin Sonata SCHULHOFF Sonata for Solo Violin MARTINŮ Violin Sonata No. 2
Students of Colburn Conservatory Brass Faculty show off their talents in this departmental recital, featuring a delightful mix of repertoire.
Enjoy an evening of chamber music masterworks in which the rich, dark sound of the viola plays a central role. Directed by renowned violist Tatjana Masurenko, Viola Plus returns with another rousing program featuring Tatjana herself, Colburn faculty and students, and special guests.
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.
HAYDN String Quartet Op. 76, No. 2 LIGETI Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet BRAHMS String Quintet No. 1 in F Major
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.
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.