UCLA organ professor Christoph Bull demonstrates the 1981 Noack tracker organ at the UCLA organ studio, including pedals, couplers and a build-up from soft to full organ. Live painter Norton Wisdom interprets the music.

UCLA organ professor Christoph Bull demonstrates the 1981 Noack tracker organ at the UCLA organ studio, starting with the manuals.

On May 29, 2009, in the city of Wavre just outside of Brussels, Belgium, Kevork Andonian’s piece for flute and marimba entitled ‘A Longing For Joy’ was recorded by flutist Marc Grauwels and marimbist Sarah Mouradoglou for the Naxos record label. This Naxos CD project will be completed by July of 2009 and the [...]

Just another reminder–Woodwind World is almost upon us. Prof. Gary Gray has provided the attached photo of participants:

Back row, left to right: Professors Jonathan Davis, Gary Gray, John Steinmetz, and Brian O’Connor
Front row, left to right: Justin Takamine, bassoon, Theodosia Roussos, oboe, Jackie Hancock, horn, and Virginia Figuereido, clarinet
“It’s a Woodwind World III”
Wednesday [...]

Graduate composition student Kevork Andonian shared this news with us when we sent out a request for blogging materials–it may be a little bit late, but is still great news!
On May 30th, 2008, Kevork Andonian’s piece entitled A Longing For Joy was premiered by world-renowned flutist Marc Grauwels and virtuosic marimbist Sarah Mouradoglou at a [...]

Recent graduate composition student (who has also been helping out the music department as a lecturer Fall and Winter quaraters) Joseph Trapanese, has shared a few of his recent (and impressive) composing and arranging credits.
He orchestrated the third season of Showtime’s hit series DEXTER, and appeared as the trombonist in the wedding band [...]

Professor Ian Krouse from the Music Department has announced that his composition, Cantar de los Cantares, will be performed by soprano Jessica Rivera, Todd Palmer, clarinetist, and Maryanne Kim, pianist at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York on March 13th. The US release of this CD will occur in February. For [...]

UCLA Music Department graduate in Composition, Jake Heggie, has a new production coming next month–”For a Look or a Touch.” Rumers are that emeritus faculty member John Hall has a small role in this production.

As part of the Department of Music’s Faculty chamber music series, we would like to let everyone know about this special concert coming up next month. Professor Juliana Gondek, along with students and faculty will perform a varied program based on the them of “Goodbye.” The program is to be as follows:
Giacomo Carissimi [...]

Kevork Andonian, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Music, has let us know that he had his composition Rhapsody played at Carnegie Hall recently, at a concert sponsort by the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), which has a mission to preserve and promote Armenian identity and heritage through educational, cultural and humanitarian programs. [...]