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UCLA Organ Studio Demonstation 2

avbosen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:47:19 +0000

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 Studio Demonstration 1

avbosen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:45:57 +0000

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

Christoph Bull–1st organ studio Strawberry Jam 2 (Wachet Auf)

avbosen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:05:00 +0000

UCLA organ professor Christoph Bull and UCLA saxophone student Hitomi Oba play Bach’s “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”, re-arranged for organ and tenor saxophone, at 1st Organ Studio Strawberry Jam on June 11, 2008, at the UCLA organ studio. Live painter Norton Wisdom interprets the music. The organ is a 1981 Noack tracker. The performance was filmed and recorded by UCLA Senior Electronics Technician Umberto Belfiore.

Composition by UCLA doctoral student Kevork Andonian recorded for the Naxos record label in Belgium

avbosen — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:43:20 +0000

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 album will be distributed and available worldwide in stores as well as on the Internet.

“It’s a Woodwind World” is almost here!

avbosen — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:17:14 +0000

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 March 4, 2009
8:00 PM Schoenberg Hall

The Program will be:

Bernhard Heiden…………..”Intrada” for flute/oboe/clarinet/bassoon/horn/saxophone (1970)

David Gillingham…………..”American Counterpoint” for flute/clarinet/saxophone

Camille Saint-Saens………”Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs” for flute/oboe/clarinet/piano Op. 79

INTERMISSION

Bill Dobbins “Meet Me at Dreamland” for saxophone trio
Dr. Douglas Masek plus Music Department alumnus David Brennan
and MM saxophonist Ryan Weston

Bruce Broughton “Hudson River Valley” Octet for 2 oboes/2 clarinets/2 bassoons/2 horns
(Los Angeles Premiere)

SHERIDON STOKES….our flute instructor for many years who is an icon of the studio recording world and recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Flute Society.

JONATHAN DAVIS…..Dr. Davis is our oboe instructor and he graduated from Juilliard and the Yale School of Music and has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Pacific Symphony and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.

GARY GRAY……… our full time Professor of Clarinet and Chair of Woodwind Studies @ UCLA was a Grammy Nominee for his solo concerti CD with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a founding member of the Pacific Serenades chamber ensemble here in Los Angeles.

JOHN STEINMETZ…our bassoon instructor is also an accomplished composer and is Principal Bassoonist of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and winner of Chamber Music America Awards.

BRIAN O’CONNOR….our horn teacher for the past 10 years, has done the studio recording for over 2,000 Hollywood Films and was featured at the International Horn Symposium in 2008.

DOUGLAS MASEK…. Dr. Masek is our saxophone instructor and is a well recognized virtuoso who performs regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra as well as traveling internationally as a soloist.

NEAL STULBERG…..Head of Orchestral Studies @ UCLA and Conductor of the UCLA Philharmonia…who also has an internationally acclaimed conducting career.

UCLA Music Students included in this performance will be:
Theodosia Roussos….oboe
Virginia Figueiredo…..clarinet
Justin Takamine……..bassoon
Jacqueline Hancock..french horn
Ryan Weston………..saxophone

UCLA ALUMNUS
David Brennan……….saxophone

The variety of styles goes from a French romantic masterwork by Saint-Saens to a brand new work by American film composer, Bruce Broughton. The connecting thread through the whole concert is that each work has it’s own unique “story” attached to it…also with the addition of saxophone(s) the repertoire can naturally tend toward jazz-influenced works..i.e. “American Counterpoint” and “Meet me at Birdland”.

However, the opening piece by Bernhard Heiden, adds saxophone to the WW5 but is in a contrmporary style more akin to Hindemith.
So DO come and be surprised by this year’s special issue of “It’s a Woodwind World”!

Ticket Information $15 General Admission
Seniors and Students $7
UCLA Central Ticket Office (310) 825-2101

www.cto.ucla

Wind faculty left to right: Douglas Masek, Gary Gray, Sheridon Stokes

Composition by UCLA doctoral student Kevork Andonian premiered in Belgium will be recorded soon on the Naxos record label

avbosen — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:06:20 +0000

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 private concert in Waterloo, Belgium. This is the first piece Kevork wrote while a UCLA Ph.D. student in music composition. Kevork received a scholarship from the Herb Alpert School of Music Student Opportunity Fund to attend the premiere performance in Belgium. The concert was a great success.

A Longing For Joy will be recorded on the Naxos record label by the same performers later in 2009.

photo from Belgium premiere of Andonian’s piece.

UCLA Graduate composer (and Lecturer) Joseph Trapanese shares recent credits

avbosen — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:59:25 +0000

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 in the season finale. Picture is attached below. He orchestrated Led Zeppelin’s song KASHMIR for a Seattle Seahawks NFL Halftime show, performed by Alice in Chains and the Northwest Symphony Orchestra. Picture also below. Then, he orchestrated and co-produced the music for Victoria’s Secret 2008 Holiday Ads, as well as recently scoring his first feature film. COUNTDOWN: JERUSALEM will be available on DVD Feb. 24. Check it out at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1353014/. Last year he was an orchestrator the films TRAITOR, WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS, THE MEMORY KEEPERS DAUGHTER, and BEETHOVEN’S BIG BREAK. Joe has been pretty busy!

From left to right: Joe, music supervisor Gary Calamar, music editor Marc Bensi, saxophonist Danny Pelfrey, actor Michael C. Hall, composer Daniel Licht, and composer assistant Jonathan Licht

Joe with composer/conductor Mateo Messina=–at the Seattle Seahawks game.

And last but not least Joe sent a link for a commerical he did worked on as orchestrator / co-producer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5aKWoCyWew

Composer Ian Krouse announces Carnegie Hall performance and new CD release–

avbosen — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:30:34 +0000

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 more information on recent concerts and CD releases of Krouse’s work, please visit his website at www.iankrouse.com

UCLA graduate Jake Heggie has new production at the Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica

avbosen — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:23:13 +0000

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.

Catch Juliana Gondek & Friends — �Ciao, Tsch�ss, �Bye� (Songs of Departure and Dismissal) on November 12th

avbosen — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:36:57 +0000

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 — Amor mio, che cosa e questa? (1605-1674)
Elisabeth LeGuin, Baroque cello; Patricia Mabee, harpsichord
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Georg Philipp Telemann — Kanarienvogel Kantate (1681-1767)
Movses Pogossian, Joshua Addison — violins; Alison Spieth, viola;
Elisabeth LeGuin, Baroque cello; Patricia Mabee, harpsichord
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Ralph Vaughan Williams — Orpheus With His Lute (1872-1958)
Nick Zammit, countertenor; Yevgeniy Milyavskiy, piano
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Ricky Ian Gordon — Bliss � Song, from Orpheus and Euridice (b. 1956)
Gary Gray, clarinet; Yevgeniy Milyavskiy, piano
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Bruno Louchouarn – Western Ocean, and Facing West, from Surf Orpheus (b. 1959)
Robert Elston, marimba; Elisabeth LeGuin, Baroque cello; Yevgeniy Milyavskiy, piano; Tracy Cox, Leslie Anne Cook, Joanna Foote, Emily Lezin, Rebecca Sjowall, chorus
Henry Shin, conductor

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Ricky Ian Gordon — Us, Mojave Desert: Dry blue night, Dios te salve from The Grapes of Wrath (b. 1956)
Raul Arispe, tenor; Robin Buck, baritone; Doug Carpenter, baritone; Leslie Anne Cook, mezzo-soprano; Tracy Cox, mezzo-soprano; Michael Dean, bass-baritone; Joanna Foote, soprano; Gary Gray, clarinet
Emily Lezin, mezzo-soprano; Movses Pogossian, violin; Rebecca Sj�wall, soprano; Daniel Suk, tenor; Henry Shin, conductor; Yevgeniy Milyavskiy, piano
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Astor Piazzolla — Alguien dice al tango, El Titere, and Jacinto Chicana, from Cantos Porte�os (1921-1992)
Movses Pogossian, violin;Abraham Laboriel, bass;Yevgeniy Milyavskiy, piano

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Encore: Roger Bourland — Farewell
Yevgeniy Milyavskiy, piano