School of Music

Concluding its three-year run, El Acercamiento/The Approach brings together Cuban and American artists in a series of collaborative events across Havana, Los Angeles and Miami. Students from Havana’s Instituto Superior de Arte and San Alejandro and California Institute of the Arts...

Presented by The Herb Alpert School of Music at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), the first concert of the season also celebrates CalArts Weekend and the inauguration of new president Ravi S. Rajan.

Presented by the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Pioneering World Music Program, Festival Features Indonesian, Persian, Indian, and African Music, Dance, and more.

Ravi S. Rajan, Dean of the School of the Arts at Purchase College, and a highly regarded artist whose work reaches across disciplines, has been selected as the fourth president of California Institute of the Arts. Rajan begins his tenure June 1, 2017.

“The Jory Prum Scholarship for Sounds that Redefine Normal” will support exceptional young artists in the Music Technology and Experimental Sound Practices Programs.

An evening of African music and dance celebrates CalArts’ President Steven Lavine’s 29 years of exceptional leadership. The concert is free; the evening also includes a multicultural-themed cuisine under the stars for $50.