School of Music

On Sunday Oct. 13, the Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art and Sound (SASSAS) celebrates the 20th anniversary of its sound. concert series with a final edition at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook. This edition of sound. features more than 25 artists and musicians drawn...

One of the highlights of the 2019 CalArts Weekend (Oct. 11-12) is Saturday’s evening event: Propositional Music: David Rosenboom Portrait Concert. This Wild Beast Concert Series performance honors the work of David Rosenboom, dean of The Herb Alpert School of Music, who steps down in May...

CalArtians are among the performers in the 2019 edition of the Angel City Jazz Festival, held Wednesday, Oct. 2 to Sunday, Oct. 13 at various Los Angeles venues. Founded in 2008 and described as LA’s “most adventurous jazz festival,” the festival is a celebration of cutting-edge jazz, with an...

Alternative rock band Cilience performs tonight (Thursday, Sept. 26), at The Mint in Los Angeles. Formed in 2016 at CalArts, Cilience includes band members Ian Stahl (Music MFA 17) on vocals and guitar, drummer Michael Anetsberger (Music MFA 17), Michael “Janzie” Janz (Music MFA 19) on synths...

Ryan Bancroft (Music BFA 11, MFA 13) has been named the new principal conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW). He will formally begin September 2020, succeeding Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård, who assumed the role in 2012. Bancroft first worked with BBC NOW conducting...

CalArtians are featured in the lineup of nine new contemporary works at the 16th annual New Original Works (NOW) Festival, running from July 25-Aug. 10 at REDCAT in Downtown Los Angeles.  Each summer, the NOW Festival transmogrifies REDCAT into a cornucopia of dance, music, theater and...

Presented by California Institute of the Arts’s (CalArts) pioneering World Music Program in collaboration with the DW Music Foundation (DWMF)and Latin Percussion (LP)   For the First Time in its 30+ Year History this Free Family Event Expands to Feature Two Stages, Twice the...