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Music Academy and Dance Academy students perform celebrated choreography paired with musical masterworks. The performance will also feature original works created by Dance Academy artists that showcase the improvisation and composition skills essential for a professional career in dance.

Music Academy and Dance Academy students perform celebrated choreography paired with musical masterworks. The performance will also feature original works created by Dance Academy artists that showcase the improvisation and composition skills essential for a professional career in dance.

This concert of two weighty masterworks explores the ever-evolving relationship between soloist and orchestra. In Concerto for Orchestra, Bartók treats each orchestral section as a virtuosic soloist, passing the spotlight between instruments. In Elgar’s Violin Concerto, a single musician soars above the ensemble, amplified by the supporting orchestration.

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 — High Definition Chamber Music at Zipper Hall

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

Colburn invites audiences of all ages and abilities to join us for a new series where music and listeners are set free from traditional concert expectations. These concerts celebrate music as a space where everyone belongs, featuring sensory-friendly elements and a supportive environment that encourages connection, expression, and fun. Join us for a free, 40 minute musical experience where families may come and go as needed. This is a supportive, judgment-free space where movement, vocalization, and occasional excitement is understood and embraced.

Music Academy students show off their talent in this intimate weekly recital series. This performance will be livestreamed.

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

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.

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

Renowned Baroque violinist Shunske Sato guest directs the Colburn Baroque Ensemble and Tesserae Baroque in works by Telemann, Zelenka, Boccherini, and Haydn. This will be Colburn Baroque Ensemble's third collaboration with Tesserae

Music Academy students show off their talent in this intimate weekly recital series. This performance will be livestreamed.

Grief becomes melody. Exile becomes rhythm. Reinvention becomes art. Across four works and more than a century, this program traces the alchemy at chamber music's heart: the transformation of lived experience into something that outlasts it. Stravinsky dazzles with wit and invention. Smetana devastates with loss made audible. Gabriela Ortiz gives exile a voice that burns with color and urgency, and Ravel crowns the evening in shimmering, irresistible light. 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.

“A Night at the Opera” puts a fresh, playful spin on operatic favorites, using just four cellos to bring big drama to an intimate setting. Iconic works such as Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro and Bizet’s Carmen are reimagined alongside lyrical and virtuosic showpieces. Remarkable solo artists on their own, as a quartet the Galvin Cello Quartet delivers a program that’s vibrant, engaging, and full of unexpected charm.

The Galvin Cello Quartet leads an in-depth masterclass with Colburn students, offering a rare glimpse into the artistic, creative, and learning process of their instrument.

Library Live invites audiences into the Colburn Library to enjoy intimate programs of chamber music performed by Colburn students. This series creates a close, immersive experience that brings you nearer to the music and the musicians who bring it to life.

Music Academy students show off their talent in this intimate weekly recital series. This performance will be livestreamed.

In a rare Zipper Hall appearance, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Maestro Ernst H. Katz Chair of Conducting Studies at Colburn, curates and conducts an exploration of dynamic and daring contemporary chamber music. Salonen, who will be joined by Salonen Conducting Fellow Mert Yalniz, will lead Colburn’s talented Conservatory musicians in electrifying contemporary masterworks from the 20th century and beyond. Don’t miss this must-see night of bold new sounds and musical surprises. This performance will be livestreamed.

The award-winning Trio Azura gives their final performance as Colburn Ensemble-in-Residence. Hailed for their “intelligence and imagination” and “profound emotion” (Gramophone), the ensemble has captivated audiences since forming at the School in 2022. Now award-winning YCA Jacobs Fellows, they conclude their residency with a program of striking artistry, seamless chemistry, and expressive depth that includes the world premiere of a Colburn-commissioned work by composer Carter Pann. 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.

Camerata Pacifica — High Definition Chamber Music at Zipper Hall

Music Academy students show off their talent in this intimate weekly recital series. This performance will be livestreamed.

Movement is the central theme for this exhilarating concert of programmatic works. Turina’s vivid Danzas fantásticas incorporates Spanish dance melodies. The sensual “Dance of the Seven Veils” from Strauss’s opera Salome depicts a frantic final dance while Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé ballet suite illustrates a happier ending. Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 rounds out the program with its dance-like drive and infectious rhythms. 

Join us for an evening of artistry and inspiration as Colburn’s acclaimed faculty take the stage to perform Debussy and Enescu duets and a Schubert piano trio.

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

Presented as part of Music Restored: The Ziering-Conlon Center for Exiled and Suppressed Composers, this performance shines a light on extraordinary chamber works silenced by the Nazi regime. Arrive early to enjoy a pre-concert talk with James Conlon and Adam Millstein. This performance will be livestreamed.

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

Experience an evening of exceptional chamber music performed by students from the Colburn Conservatory of Music. Set in LA Fine Violins’s new exhibition and performance space, this recital offers an opportunity to hear rising young artists in an intimate setting where every detail, gesture, and musical conversation can be fully appreciated.

Matthias Pintscher returns to lead LACO in a program that moves from darkness to light. Haydn‘s “Trauer” Symphony opens with an intensity and emotional gravity unusual for its time. Its nickname “Mourning” was earned by a slow movement of such beauty that Haydn reportedly requested it be played at his own funeral.

Music Academy students show off their talent in this intimate weekly recital series. This performance will be livestreamed.

The Community School’s Youth Wind Symphony, led by Eleanor Núñez, Rafael and Luisa DMH Foundation Director of Bands, and the Youth Wind Ensemble, led by Emma Johnson, perform thrilling works for brass, winds, and percussion. 

Brass and Percussion students from the Conservatory of Music show off their talents in this intimate recital featuring a delightful mix of repertoire.

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

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

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. 

The end of the year brings exhaustion, change, and goodbyes, and it's often when commitment is hardest to hold onto. Join Dance faculty Katherine Cowgill and guests from the LA dance world for a conversation about what it means to finish strong, how our choices affect those around us, and how a community carries each other through to the end.

Led by director Adrian Dunn, the Community School’s choral program presents an evening of vibrant works for voice. This performance will be livestreamed.

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 Music Academy students. This performance will be livestreamed.

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

Years of dedicated practice and performance culminate in a dazzling display by graduating Music Academy students. Join the Community School’s Suzuki violin and cello students for their Spring Festival. 

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

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