live LIBRARY
invites audiences into the Colburn Library to enjoy intimate programs of chamber music. Featuring Colburn’s talented students, distinguished faculty, and guest artists, this new concert series o ers a rich variety of performances—from Baroque gems to contemporary works. Taking place on select Saturday afternoons and Monday evenings during the season, Library Live creates a close, immersive experience that brings you nearer to the music and the musicians who bring it to life. All performances will be free, but capacity is limited.
Conservatory Chamber Music Concerts
November 22 and April 4 at 1 pm
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TO SOUND: GUITARIST LEONELA ALEJANDRO LIVE
Sunday, October 19 at 3 pm
Thayer Hall
Tickets: $20, $35
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
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.
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VIANO QUARTET ALBUM RELEASE PARTY
Monday, October 20 at 7 pm
Thayer Hall
Free, Tickets Required
Join the award-winning Viano Quartet for the launch of their new album, Voyager. The quartet, formed at Colburn in 2015, will perform selected works from the album, including compositions by Beethoven, Alistair Coleman, and Debussy. The intimate concert will be followed by a celebratory reception.
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GRAND AVENUE ARTS: ALL ACCESS
Saturday, October 25, 11 am–4 pm
Colburn Campus
Free, No Tickets Required
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.
CZECH CELEBRATION
Celebrate the rich musical heritage of Czechia at Colburn’s Czech Celebration, a season-long festival curated by LA Opera Music Director James Conlon. From the beloved works of Dvořák and Smetana to the groundbreaking voices of Kaprálová, Janáček, Schulho , and Martinů, the festival highlights theprofound in uence Czech composers have had on 20th-century music and national identity. Experience these masterpieces across Colburn Orchestra performances and intimate chamber concerts featuring students, faculty, and distinguished guest artists. The festival culminates in a grand nale: an exploration of Czech masterworks performed by the Music Restored Ensemble and paired with a special Czech-inspired dinner in the Colburn Café.
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PASSION AND POETRY: AN AFTERNOON OF MUSICAL STORYTELLING
Sunday, October 26 at 3 pm
The Soraya, Northridge
Tickets: $13
Carlos Miguel Prieto, Conductor
Mert Yalniz, Conductor Salonen Fellow
Zi Yang Low, Violin
ravel Alborada del gracioso dvořák Violin Concerto in A Major schoenberg Pelleas und Melisande
The Colburn Orchestra is generously underwritten by Eva and Marc Stern.
This performance is generously supported by Molly and Brian Kirk.
Bursting with musical color and raw emotion, the rst 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 spirted 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.
CZECH CELEBRATION
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CZECH CELEBRATION
SEE THE MUSIC, HEAR THE DANCE
Saturday, November 1 at 7 pm
Zipper Hall Tickets: $35
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 will discuss Sonata for Saras, a piece they created together from di erent cities and premiered on the L.A. Dance Project digital platform. Colburn’s exceptional Dance Academy students will perform the work with talented young artists from the Colburn Conservatory playing the accompanying music: Sonata for Piano and Clarinet by Olga Harris.
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HENRY GRONNIER, VIOLIN; BENJAMIN LASH, CELLO; AND FABIO BIDINI, PIANO
Sunday, November 2 at 3 pm
Thayer Hall
Pay What You Can
Join us for an evening of artistry and inspiration as Colburn’s acclaimed faculty take the stage with a program of Dvořák piano trios.
COLBURN BAROQUE ENSEMBLE
Wednesday, November 5 at 7 pm
Zipper Hall
Pay What You Can
Ian Pritchard, Director
The tone poems by composers such as Liszt, Smetana, and Strauss are amongst the most beloved works of the 19th century. But what are the origins of this fantastical genre? Featuring orchestral and chamber works by Telemann, Lully, Rebel, and others, this rich program will explore the immersive and colorful world of baroque tone painting, showing how baroque seeds blossom into romantic owers.
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CZECH CELEBRATION
ADAM MILLSTEIN, VIOLIN, AND DOMINIC CHELI, PIANO
Thursday, November 6 at 7 pm
Thayer Hall
Tickets: $18
kaprálová Elegy
janáček Violin Sonata
schulhoff Sonata for Solo Violin
martinů Violin Sonata No. 2
CZECH CELEBRATION See page 8 for details.
The dynamic duo of violinist Adam Millstein and pianist Dominic Cheli performs works by innovative Czech composers who profoundly impacted the trajectory of 20th-century music.
Presented as part of Music Restored: The Ziering-Conlon Center for Exiled and Suppressed Composers, which encourages greater awareness and more frequent performances of music by composers whose careers and lives were tragically cut short by the Nazi regime. Music Restored is made possible through the generous support of Marilyn Ziering and the Emma and Adam Zhu Foundation, alongside the many donors who are inspired by this important work. This concert is made possible by Erica Clark in recognition of the extraordinary Music Restored initiative and the equally extraordinary virtuosity of the musicians Adam Millstein and Dominic Cheli.
faculty recital WEBERN QUARTET
Saturday, November 8 at 1 pm
Colburn Library
Pay What You Can
Chiai Tajima, Violin
Benjamin Ho man, Violin
Alex Granger, Viola Stella Cho, Cello
webern Langsamer Satz
webern Six Bagatelles
schoenberg String Quartet No. 4
Celebrate the artistry of Colburn’s faculty as they present a personally curated concert featuring Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 4 and two Webern Bagatelles.
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VIOLA PLUS: A STRING-CENTRIC CELEBRATION
Sunday, November 16 at 3 pm
Thayer Hall
Tickets: $20, $35
martinů Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
loeffler Four Poems for Voice, Viola, and Piano
lutosławski Five Bucolics for Viola and Cello
rachmaninoff Sonata for Cello and Piano (arranged for Viola and Piano)
benjamin dale Introduction and Andante for Viola Sextet
martin Ballade for Viola, Winds, Harpsichord, Timpani, and Percussion
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.
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HABSBURG HARMONIES: HAYDN, LIGETI, AND BRAHMS
FEATURING MARTIN BEAVER, VIOLIN; CLIVE GREENSMITH, CELLO; AND DEMARRE MCGILL, FLUTE
Sunday, November 23 at 4 pm
Thayer Hall
Tickets: $25, $40
haydn String Quartet Op. 76, No. 2
ligeti Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
brahms String Quintet No. 1 in F Major
ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE with afternoon tea before the show. See page 12 for details.
Travel across the centuries in this program of vibrant chamber works rooted in the rich Austro-Hungarian musical tradition. First, a string quartet by Haydn 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.
community school of performing arts ORCHESTRAS IN CONCERT
Sunday, November 23 at 6 pm
Zipper Hall
Tickets: $12
The Community School’s orchestras—led by Eleanor Núñez, Rafael & Luisa DMH Foundation Director of Bands, Colburn Youth Sinfonietta and Colburn Youth Orchestra Director, and Conducting Instructor—present a rich program of varied works.
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CONCERT BAND AND WIND ENSEMBLE
Saturday, December 6 at 6 pm
Zipper Hall
Tickets: $12
The Community School’s Concert Band and Wind Ensemble—led by Eleanor Núñez, Rafael & 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.
ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE AT THE COLBURN CAFE
Add a pre-show four-course dinner or afternoon tea to select performances this season.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON TEA
October 12
November 23
February 8
April 26
SATURDAY DINNER
Learn more at colburnschool.edu/enhance.
September 27
March 7
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CULTURAL LANDSCAPES: SMETANA’S MÁ VLAST
Saturday, December 6 at 7 pm
The Wallis, Beverly Hills
Tickets: $27.50, $38.50
Kevin John Edusei, Conductor Sieun Park, Cello
bloch Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hébraïque
smetana Má vlast (My Country)
CZECH CELEBRATION See page 8 for details.
Led by renowned German conductor Kevin John Edusei, the Colburn Orchestra returns to The Wallis with a lavish program spotlighting the rich cultural heritages of its composers. The concert opens with Ernest Bloch’s Jewishinspired masterpiece Schelomo, an intense and poignant rhapsody that casts the cello as King Solomon and the orchestra as a world full of temptation. Bedřich Smetana’s Má vlast (My Country) then invites the audience on a journey through Bohemia’s countryside and lore in a rousing, atmospheric love letter to his Czech homeland. The Colburn Orchestra is generously underwritten by Eva and Marc Stern.
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WINTER CHORAL CONCERT
Sunday, December 7 at 6 pm
Zipper Hall
Tickets: $12
Led by Adrian Dunn, the Community School’s choral program presents an evening of traditional works and festive songs to celebrate the season.
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CANADIAN BRASS HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA
Tuesday, December 9 at 7 pm
Zipper Hall
Tickets: $50, $65, $75
This holiday season, the Canadian Brass will be decking the halls in DTLA.
A beloved tradition for 50 years and counting, the Grammy-winning ensemble’s joyful holiday program is a must-see for music lovers of all ages. This showstopping concert is lled with playful arrangements of festive favorites, heartwarming holiday hijinks, and bold brass sounds. Experience Canadian Brass’s “unbeatable blend of virtuosity, spontaneity, and humor” (Washington Post) as they celebrate the season in LA’s favorite hall for chamber music.
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WINTER DANCE CELEBRATION
Saturday, December 13 at 2 pm and 5 pm
Zipper Hall
Tickets: $35
Colburn’s Dance Academy and Advanced Tap, Modern Dance, and Ballet students will dazzle in their December performance featuring new choreography and beloved masterworks.
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WINTER HONORS RECITAL
Sunday, December 14 at 1 pm
Zipper Hall
Pay What You Can
Selected through a rigorous and competitive audition process, top students from the Community School take the stage in a recital showcasing solo and chamber music.
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ACADEMY VIRTUOSI
Sunday, December 14 at 7 pm
Zipper Hall
Pay What You Can
mozart Divertimento in D Major
elgar Elegy
mendelssohn String Symphony No. 7 in D Minor
walker Elegy
beethoven String Quartet No. 11 (arr. MAHLER)
This conductorless chamber orchestra comprised of talented young musicians brings to life vibrant programs of orchestral works. Led by Margaret Batjer, Director of the Music Academy and Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Academy Virtuosi have been featured in performances alongside major artists like Anne Akiko Meyers and Ray Chen.
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FIATO QUARTET AND MICAH YUI, PIANO
Sunday, January 18 at 12 pm
Thayer Hall
Pay What You Can
Carrie Kennedy, Violin
Joel Pargman, Violin
Aaron Oltman, Viola
Ryan Sweeney, Cello
Micah Yui, Piano
Discover the creative spirit of Colburn through performances by our distinguished faculty. This concert, programmed in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, features quartet and quintet works by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, George Walker, and Florence Price.
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ROMANTIC REALMS:
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN CONDUCTS BRUCKNER
Saturday, January 24 at 7 pm
Royce Hall, UCLA
Tickets: $23.64, $50.87, $58.87
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Aleksandra Melaniuk, Conductor Salonen Fellow
Mert Yalniz, Conductor Salonen Fellow
liszt Les Préludes
mert yalniz Limit (World Premiere)
bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E- at Major
The Colburn Orchestra is generously underwritten by Eva and Marc Stern.
Under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen, Colburn’s Maestro Ernst H. Katz Chair of Conducting Studies, the Colburn Orchestra brings to life Bruckner’s sweeping “Romantic” Symphony: a vivid narrative of medieval knights, the enchantment of nature, and the thrilling drama of forest hunts. Joining Esa-Pekka on the program are Fellows Aleksandra Melaniuk and Mert Yalniz, with Yalniz conducting the world premiere of his own orchestral composition. Lizst’s bold and playful symphonic poem Les Préludes opens the concert.
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MARGARET BATJER, VIOLIN, AND FABIO BIDINI, PIANO
Friday, February 6 at 7 pm
Thayer Hall
Pay What You Can
Join us for an evening of artistry and inspiration as Colburn’s acclaimed faculty take the stage to perform works for violin and piano by Mozart, Schumann, and Debussy.
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FROM
FUGUE
TO FANTASIA: DEBUSSY, MOZART, AND MORE, WITH BLAKE POULIOT, VIOLIN
FEATURING JONATHAN BROWN, VIOLA, AND MATTHEW HOWARD, PERCUSSION
Sunday, February 8 at 4 pm
Thayer Hall
Tickets: $25, $40
mozart Adagio and Fugue for Violin, Viola, and Bass franck Piano Quintet in F Minor takemitsu Bryce for Flute, Harp, Marimba, and Percussion debussy String Quartet in G Minor
ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE with afternoon tea before the show. See page 12 for details.
This colorful program highlighting a variety of music styles features the work of two in uential French composers. César Franck’s expressive and ery piano quintet will be performed alongside Claude Debussy’s only string quartet, an avant-garde tapestry of textures infused with the compositional stylings of Franck. Special guest Blake Pouliot, a Colburn alumnus beloved for his “immaculate, at once re ned and impassioned” playing (ArtsATL), joins Colburn students for both works. Rounding out the program is a fugal masterwork by Mozart showcasing the bass and an innovative contemporary work by Tōru Takemitsu that blends Eastern and Western sounds.
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PIANO POETRY: PAUL LEWIS PLAYS MOZART, DEBUSSY, AND POULENC
Sunday, February 15 at 3 pm
Zipper Hall
Tickets: $30, $40, $50
mozart Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major poulenc Improvisations Nos. 7–12
debussy L’isle Joyeuse
poulenc Improvisations Nos. 1–6 and 13–15
mozart Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor
This intimate concert by award-winning pianist Paul Lewis, who’s been praised for his “impeccable technique and subtle artistry” (Boston Classical Review), features a series of Mozart and Poulenc pairings. The rst half of this charming program includes Mozart’s energetic 10th piano sonata as well as excerpts from Poulenc’s Improvisations, a series of 15 short and diverse solo piano tunes. After intermission, Lewis performs the remaining Improvisations before concluding with Mozart’s turbulent Piano Sonata No. 14. L’isle Joyeuse ( Joyous Island ) by Claude Debussy divides the Mozart/Poulenc double feature.
TAP FEST
Saturday, February 21 at 7 pm
Zipper Hall
Tickets: $35
Stars from the world of tap dance are joined by Colburn Dance students and faculty for an inspired performance showcasing the dynamism and vitality of the art form.
Tap Fest is generously supported by Aliza and Mike Lesser.
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QUEEN ELISABETH MUSIC CHAPEL, FEATURING GARY HOFFMAN, CELLO
Sunday, February 22 at 3 pm
Thayer Hall
Tickets: $20, $35
fauré Piano Quintet No. 1
messiaen Quatuor pour la n du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)
Virtuosic young artists from the Colburn Conservatory of Music and Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium share the stage for an afternoon of powerful chamber works. The program pairs Fauré’s buoyant Piano Quintet No. 1 with Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, a poignant piece for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano written and premiered during the composer’s time as a German prisoner-of-war. Joining these talented musicians for both works is celebrated cellist and Queen Elisabeth Chapel master-in-residence Gary Ho man.
This performance is generously supported by the Geeting Family.
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FRONT AND CENTER: EMERGING ARTISTS WITH THE COLBURN ORCHESTRA
Friday, February 27 at 7 pm
Zipper Hall
Tickets: $18, $35, $45
Under the batons of Salonen Fellows Mert Yalniz and Aleksandra Melaniuk, the Colburn Orchestra spotlights the next generation of virtuoso soloists in a program of vibrant and varied concerto works. The talent demonstrated by the conservatory-trained musicians in this ensemble—soloists and conductors included— indicates that the future of classical music is bright. Be among the rst to experience their artistry!
The Colburn Orchestra is generously underwritten by Eva and Marc Stern.
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ADRIAN DUNN SINGERS
Saturday, February 28 at 7 pm
Zipper Hall
Tickets: $12, $17, $22
Experience the soul-stirring power of Adrian Dunn’s Resurrection as it returns to Zipper Hall for a third triumphant performance. This signature concert event from Emmy Award–winning composer Adrian Dunn features his celebrated ensemble, the Adrian Dunn Singers, in a moving musical journey through original acapella spirituals, gospel, and jazz-infused works.
EXPLORING CZECH MASTERWORKS
Saturday, March 7 at 7 pm
Zipper Hall
Tickets: $18, $35, $45
James Conlon, Conductor Music Restored Ensemble
dvořák Nocturne in B Major kaprálová Partita for Piano and Strings martinů Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano, and Timpani
ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE with a multi-course meal before the show. See page 12 for details.
CZECH CELEBRATION See page 8 for details.
James Conlon, one of today’s most versatile and respected conductors, leads the Music Restored Ensemble in a love letter to Bohemian melodies. The program begins with a piece from the godfather of Czech music himself, Dvořák, followed by works from two 20th-century Czech composers whose personal and professional relationship often inspired each other’s work. In her tragically short career, Vítězslava Kaprálová wrote nearly 50 compositions brimming with humor, energy, and warmth. The concert concludes with an orchestral tour de force by Bohuslav Martinů.
Presented as part of Music Restored: The Ziering-Conlon Center for Exiled and Suppressed Composers, which encourages greater awareness and more frequent performances of music by composers whose careers and lives were tragically cut short by the Nazi regime. Music Restored is made possible through the generous support of Marilyn Ziering and the Emma and Adam Zhu Foundation, alongside the many donors who are inspired by this important work.
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ADÁN FERNÁNDEZ AND IAN PRITCHARD, HARPSICHORD
Friday, March 13 at 7 pm
Thayer Hall
Pay What You Can
Discover the creative spirit of Colburn through performances by our faculty. Enjoy an all-Baroque program featuring works for two harpsichords by Krebs, Soler, Couperin, and Bach.
CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF TODAY IN MARCH
Colburn brings today’s composers to center stage. Throughout the month you’ll hear fresh, powerful works.
MARCH 15: Sphinx Virtuosi
MARCH 20 AND 28: Faculty Recitals
MARCH 22: New Music Showcase
MARCH 29: Colburn Orchestra at Walt Disney Concert Hall
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COUNTERPOINTE
Sunday, March 15 at 2 pm and 5 pm
2245. *
Tickets: $35
Counterpointe o ers the Colburn Dance and Music Academies the invaluable experience of performing together live. This year’s performance will feel even more collaborative with the added element of student choreography.
* 2245. is L.A. Dance Project’s Studio and Performance Space, located at 2245. E. Washington Boulevard
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VIRTUOSI: VISIONS OF PEACE FEATURING RANDALL GOOSBY, VIOLIN
Sunday, March 15 at 3 pm
Zipper Hall
Tickets: $30, $40, $50
lafitte La Bella Cubana clarice assad Selection from Impressions jessie montgomery Chemiluminescence still Suite for Violin quenton blache Visions for Peace prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7, “Stalingrad” ginastera Finale From Concerto For Strings
This inspiring program weaves together powerful voices from around the world, celebrating the strength of the human spirit and our shared hope for harmony. Hear works by William Grant Still, Jessie Montgomery, and Quenton Blache, alongside Proko ev’s dramatic “Stalingrad” Sonata and Ginastera’s triumphant Concerto for Strings. From stirring melodies to bold new sounds, this concert is a moving journey through con ict, perseverance, and the pursuit of peace.
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BEN ULLERY, VIOLA; CLIVE GREENSMITH, CELLO; AND DOMINIC CHELI, PIANO
Friday, March 20 at 7 pm
Thayer Hall
Pay What You Can
Experience the talent and creativity of Colburn’s distinguished faculty artists as they perform curated programs featuring works by Britten, Thomas Adès, Stephen Hough, Rebecca Clarke, and Brahms.
NEW MUSIC SHOWCASE
Sunday, March 22 at 4 pm
Thayer Hall
Pay What You Can
Step into the world of contemporary music with this concert of works by living composers, performed by Conservatory students and curated by composer Jordan Nelson, Colburn Conservatory Chair of Music Theory and Aural Skills. Featuring music written by Colburn faculty, students, and sta , the concert celebrates the imagination and innovation that keeps the art form alive and evolving.
CELEBRATE COLBURN GALA
Friday, March 27
Colburn Campus
Tickets Required
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JASON LIPPMANN, CELLO; SAM FISHER, VIOLIN; KEREN SCHWEITZER, FLUTE; ELOISE KIM, PIANO; VERA IVANOVA, COMPOSER
Saturday, March 28 at 7 pm
Grand Rehearsal Hall
Pay What You Can
Join us for the Colburn School’s annual gala and support the next generation of artists! This hallmark event helps to raise vital funds to provide students with access to excellence through scholarships and academic programs. The evening will celebrate Artistic Honorees, Wu Han and David Finckel, and Civic Honorees, Cathy and Peter Halstead, and include dazzling performances and a jubilant dinner on the Colburn Plaza.
Join us for an evening of artistry and inspiration as Colburn’s faculty perform music by living composers in the spectacular setting of Grand Rehearsal Hall. Featured composers include Valerie Coleman, Bryce Dessner, Vera Ivanova, Guillaume Connesson, and Aaron Jay Kernis.
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ORCHESTRAL CONSTELLATIONS: STRAUSS, BRUCH, AND MOUSSA
Sunday, March 29 at 7:30 pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Tickets: $22-$60
Earl Lee, Conductor
Eunice Lee, Violin
samy moussa Elysium
bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor strauss Also sprach Zarathustra
Following last season’s powerful performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, the Colburn Orchestra and conductor Earl Lee return to Walt Disney Concert Hall with another larger-than-life program. Two atmospheric works—Samy Moussa’s 2021 work Elysium and Richard Strauss’s famous symphonic poem Also sprach Zarathustra, best known for its use in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey —bookend the concert with soaring melodies and theatrical tone shifts. In between, the lush orchestration and sparkling virtuosity of Max Bruch’s violin concerto provide a break from the musical theatrics.
The Colburn Orchestra is generously underwritten by Eva and Marc Stern.
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HUI WU, PIANO; JOHN HALLBERG, SAXOPHONE; ELIZABETH WRIGHT, CELLO; MARTIN GLICKLICH, FLUTE; AND CHAD CANNON, VIOLIN
Friday, April 10 at 7 pm
Thayer Hall
Pay What You Can
Join us for an evening of artistry and inspiration as Colburn’s faculty take the stage to perform works by Nadia Boulanger, Lili Boulanger, Yalil Guerra, Nina Shikhar, Edison Denisov, George N. Gianopoulos, and Chad Cannon.
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LYRICAL LEGENDS: BEETHOVEN AND RACHMANINOFF
Sunday, April 19 at 3 pm
Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks
Tickets: $35.40
Yehuda Gilad, Conductor and Music Director
Aleksandra Melaniuk, Conductor Salonen Fellow
HyeJin Park, Piano
bacewicz Overture
beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B- at Major rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E Minor
After a ery overture by Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz, this concert centers on two of classical music’s greatest voices. While at its core an elegant and charming Classical-era composition, Beethoven’s second piano concerto includes delightful and innovative surprises that harken to his later Romantic roots.
Rachmanino ’s Symphony No. 2, on the other hand, is romantic through and through. This orchestral masterwork is teeming with achingly beautiful melodies, luscious orchestral colors, and vivid emotions.
The Colburn Orchestra is generously underwritten by Eva and Marc Stern
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THE FINAL SONATA: JEREMY DENK ON BEETHOVEN
Thursday, April 23 at 7 pm
Thayer Hall
Tickets: $15 students, $25, $40
ACADEMY VIRTUOSI
Friday, April 24 at 7 pm
Zipper Hall
Pay What You Can
MacArthur Genius Grant-winning pianist Jeremy Denk is considered “among the most entertaining of concert pianists… insightful in his interpretations, entertaining to watch, and engaging in his stage banter” (Star Tribune). Experience his talent and charm rsthand 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 the work’s boundary-pushing orchestration, innovative musical structure, and vivid emotions.
This conductorless chamber orchestra comprised of talented young musicians brings to life vibrant programs of orchestral works. Led by Margaret Batjer, Director of the Music Academy and Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Academy Virtuosi have been featured in performances alongside major artists like Anne Akiko Meyers and Ray Chen.
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QUINTET CONVERSATIONS: FROM MOZART TO MODERN WITH JEREMY DENK, PIANO
Sunday, April 26 at 4 pm
Thayer Hall
Tickets: $25, $40
mozart Quintet in E- at Major for Piano and Winds
valerie coleman Tzigane for Wind Quintet
elgar Quintet in A Minor for Piano and String Quartet
community school of performing arts ORCHESTRAS IN CONCERT
Sunday, April 26 at 6 pm
Zipper Hall
Tickets: $12
The Community School’s Concert Band and Wind Ensemble—led by Eleanor Núñez, Rafael & Luisa DMH Foundation Director of Bands, Colburn Youth Sinfonietta and Colburn Youth Orchestra Director, and Conducting Instructor—present a rich program of varied work.
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SPRING CHORAL CONCERT
Saturday, May 2 at 6 pm
Zipper Hall
Tickets: $12
Led by Adrian Dunn, the Community School’s choral program presents an evening of vibrant works for voice.
ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE with afternoon tea before the show. See page 12 for details.
Jeremy Denk, a MacArthur Genius Grant-winning pianist that “you want to hear no matter what he performs” (New York Times), 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 in what the composer described as “the best thing I have written in my life.” Edward Elgar’s Piano Quintet, composed in 1918 in the shadow of World War I, starts on an eerie tone before modulating towards a brighter, more symphonic end. In between these masterworks is Valerie Coleman’s Tzigane, a “passionate journey through woodwind virtuosity” inspired by Ravel’s similarly-named Hungarian rhapsody for violin.
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ADRIAN DALY SENIOR RECITALS
Sunday, May 3 at 12 pm and 4 pm
Thayer Hall
Free, No Tickets Required
Years of dedicated practice and performance culminate in a dazzling display by graduating students.
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CONCERT BAND AND WIND ENSEMBLE
Saturday, May 9 at 6 pm
Zipper Hall
Tickets: $12
The Community School’s Concert Band and Wind Ensemble—led by Eleanor Núñez, Rafael & 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.
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MCALLISTER HONORS RECITAL
Sunday, May 17 at 1 pm
Zipper Hall
Pay What You Can
Selected through a rigorous and competitive audition process, top students from the Community School take the stage in a recital showcasing solo and chamber music.
trudl zipper dance institute TAPWORKS
Saturday, May 23 at 5 pm
Zipper Hall
Tickets: $35
Colburn’s talented tap students show o their skills in this vibrant spring showcase.
trudl zipper dance institute
SPRING DANCE FESTIVAL
Saturday, May 30 at 2 pm and 5 pm
Luckman Theater, Cal State LA
Tickets: $35
colburn orchestra
80TH OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL
June 11-14
Ojai, Ventura County
Colburn dance students of all ages close the year with a celebratory program featuring new choreography and beloved masterworks.
The Colburn Orchestra makes its Ojai Music Festival debut in concerts led by Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Festival’s 2026 Music Director and the Maestro Ernst H. Katz Chair of Conducting Studies at the Colburn School, in a program that celebrates Salonen’s longstanding ties to Los Angeles.
The Colburn Orchestra is generously underwritten by Eva and Marc Stern.
