Powell Music in the Rotunda
The rotunda is on the second floor of the Powell Library Building, which is directly across from Royce Hall. Parking is $10; the closest parking is in structures four, two, or five. See the UCLA maps and directions page for more information.
Admission to the following concerts is free, and seating is unreserved.
Vivaldi's Celebrated "Four Seasons" and Other Works
Friday, February 12
8 p.m.
After last season's great success, Professors Movses Pogossian and Guillaume Sutre return along with students from the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to perform this popular work along with other compositions, within the wonderful acoustics of the Powell Library Building Rotunda. They will be joined by fellow Strings faculty Antonio Lysy and Richard O'Neill.
Program:
Antonio Vivaldi:
The Four Seasons; Concerto for Two Violins in A Minor, Op.3, No. 8, RV 522; Concerto for Four Violins in B minor, Op.3, RV 580
Bela Bartok: Selections from "44 Duets"
Luciano Berio: Duets for Two Violins, Vol. 1
Pange, Lingua: Renaissance and Baroque Music from Latin America
UCLA Early Music Ensemble
Friday, February 19
8 p.m.
The UCLA Early Music Ensemble will perform Renaissance and Baroque music for the Eucharist as well as some more profane celebrations of embodiment by Francisco Guerrero, Juan Bautista Comes, Juan de Araujo, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Luca Marenzio, and an assortment of California Mission composers.
The ensemble is under the direction of Visiting Regent's Lecturer and distinguished Venezuelan singer and music director Isabel Palacios.
Musical Twilight: The Celtic Connection
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Friday, March 5
8 p.m.
“It may be for years, and it may be forever…”
Please join us for a concert of traditional and composed music, songs of exile, nostalgia, romanticization and true sorrow, leavened with the joy and resilience of language and culture strengthened in artistic expression. Songs from and about the countries where Celtic languages have been spoken through the ages…
Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Brazilian Jazz Duo: Guitarist Michael Iyanaga and Vocalist Kana Shimanuki
Friday, April 16
5 p.m.
Master's Recital: Countertenor Nick Zammit
Friday, May 28
8 p.m.
Opera graduate student Nick Zammit will present a diverse program of vocal works by Beethoven, Campion, Mark Carlson, Reynaldo Hahn, Handel, Monteverdi, Rachmaninoff, and Vaughan Williams.
Historical Dance in the Rotunda
Due to budget cuts, several of this year's dances will be held in the Ackerman Student Union or in Kerckoff Hall. Those are indicated below; please send reservations to HistoricalDance@yahoo.com. The remainder will be in the Powell Library Rotunda.
The rotunda is on the second floor of the Powell Library Building, which is directly across from Royce Hall. Parking is $10; the closest parking is in structures four, two, or five. See the UCLA maps and directions page for more information.
Seventh Annual Romeo and Juliet Italian Renaissance Ball
Saturday, February 13, 8 p.m.
Celebrate Valentine's Day weekend in the romantic setting of the Powell Library Building Rotunda and learn classic fifteenth- and sixteenth-century dances from Renaissance Italy. No dance experience is necessary as there will be instruction throughout the evening; attire can be costume, formal, and semi-formal. Space is limited; RSVP by Thursday, February 11. Send the name and the number of people in the party to Catherine Brown by email or by phone at 310.206.5020.
Eighth Annual President's Ball
Saturday, March 13, 8 p.m.
Ackerman Union, Second Floor Lounge
Seventh Annual Valentino's Tango and Ragtime Ball
Saturday, April 10, 8 p.m.
Kerckhoff Hall, Grand Salon
Sixth Annual Hollywood Movie Magic Ball
Saturday, May 1, 8 p.m.
Kerckhoff Hall, Grand Salon
Thirteenth Annual Jane Austen Ball
Saturday, May 22, 8 p.m.
Powell Library Rotunda
Seventh Annual Revolutionary Ball
Saturday, July 24, 8 p.m.
Kerckhoff Hall, Grand Salon
