Professor Juliana Gondek has shared some news about some of her students’ activities (and alumni) this summer:
“Here’s some summer news about some of my students:
UCLA Voice alumna Khori Dastoor is singing the role of “Mabel” in Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, OR.
This production is being conducted [...]

Today we received this news from Prof. Douglas Masek about an upcoming summer activity:

I have a very cool summer concert coming up Sunday, July 3 at LACMA (Los Angles County Museum of Art). I will be performing with pianist, Bryan Pezzone, and with my saxophone quartet ( Encore Saxophone Quartet). We’ll be playing [...]

We received the following information from Professor Neal Stulberg of the UCLA Department of Music regarding a recent performance by Music Department students and faculty for Operation Mend at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Hospital. He says:
“On Monday, June 14, I attended a Flag Day event at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center’s Tamkin Auditorium, [...]

We have received the following great news about two of our graduates–Monica Covitt, BA Education 2009, and Penelope Turgeon, DMA Performance 2009. Please see the two press releases, below.
LOS ANGELES RESIDENT AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES GRADUATE MONICA COVITT SELECTED AS FALL 2009 INTERN AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The John. F. [...]

Clarinet Professor Gary Gray has let us know that on Monday, June 30th of this year, he was honored to be able to give a clarinet recital at the annual convention of the Music Teachers Association of California, held this year at the Marriott and Convention Center in Riverside, California. He performed works by [...]

We have heard from student Matt Sandler, who is this year’s official blographer for the Music Department’s Summer Chamber Music Institute for high school students. Here is what he has to say:
“With the UCLA Summer Chamber Music Institute well on its way, this year’s participants have been on a whirlwind musical adventure thus far. [...]

We have heard from Music Department professor Gary Gray that he was guest artist and faculty at Margaret Thornhill’s Claremont Clarinet Festival, which was held from June 9th – 15th at Pomona College. MM Student Tanitra Flenaugh from UCLA also participated.

Gary Gray, left, with Margaret Thornhill, Director of the festival, and Michele Zukovsky, 1st [...]