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 $11; the closest parking is in structures four, two, or five. See the UCLA maps and directions page for more information.
Admission to the concerts is free, and seating is unreserved. The UCLA Library is pleased to offer "Music in the Rotunda" and other exciting cultural programs at no cost to students, faculty, staff, and the community. If you would like information about how to support the Library, please contact the development office at giving@library.ucla.edu or 310.206.8526.
Vivaldi's Celebrated "Four Seasons" and Other Works
Saturday, February 11
8 p.m.
UCLA Strings Studios faculty Movses Pogossian, Guillaume Sutre, Antonio Lysy, and Richard O'Neill return with their first-year students for this annual celebration featuring Vivaldi's perennial favorite along with Pieces en Concert by Couperin, Beethoven's "Eyeglass Duet" and the Gulliver Suite for Two Violins by Telemann, performed within the wonderful acoustics of the Powell Library Building Rotunda.
UCLA Bruin Harmony
Friday, March 9
8 p.m.
Founded in 2006, Bruin Harmony is UCLA's all-male a cappella group. Following last spring's debut, this is their second appearance in the Powell Library Building Rotunda. They founded the Los Angeles A Cappella Festival, appeared in the award-winning film The Social Network, and have twice won the UCLA Prytanean Award for the best a cappella entry in the UCLA Spring Sing.
Jazz Senior Recital: Miles Freeman
Friday, April 27
8 p.m.
Tenor saxophone player Miles Freeman will perform with a jazz combo and vocalist for his Department of Ethnomusicology senior recital.
Henry Lim and his String Quartet Perform The Pixies
Saturday, April 21
8 p.m.
UCLA Music Library staff member Henry Lim on vocals and acoustic guitar supported by his string quartet featuring graduate students from the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will perform the Boston-originated alternative rock band the Pixies' 1990 science fiction surf album Bossanova in its entirety along with the singles "Gigantic," "Planet of Sound," and "Debaser," among other songs. Special guest undergraduate Rosalind Wong will provide additional vocals.
Historical Dance in the Rotunda
Please note that several of the dances will be held in the in Kerckhoff Hall Grand Salon; more information is available online. The remainder will be in the Powell Library Building Rotunda; reservation instructions are in each listing. Each dance includes a historical ballroom dance workshop. Costumes are optional, but semi-formal or formal attire is encouraged.
The rotunda is on the second floor of the Powell Library Building, which is directly across from Royce Hall. Parking is $11; the closest parking is in structures four, two, or five. See the UCLA maps and directions page for more information.
Ninth Annual Romeo and Juliet's Italian Renaissance Ball
Friday, February 10
8 p.m.
Powell Library Rotunda
Celebrate Valentine's Day weekend in the romantic setting of the Powell Library Rotunda and learn classic fifteenth- and sixteenth-century dances from Renaissance Italy, featuring live Renaissance music and instruction by UCLA Professor Emerita Emma Lewis Thomas. All UCLA students, faculty, and staff as well as the general public are welcome; no dance experience is necessary, and there will be instruction throughout the evening. Attire can be costume, formal, or semi-formal. Admission is free, but space is limited, and reservations are required. RSVP by Wednesday, February 8, with the name and number in the party to Catherine Brown by email or by phone at 310.206.4608.
Tenth Annual President's Ball
Saturday, March 3, 8 p.m.
Kerckhoff Hall Grand Salon
Eighth Annual Hollywood Movie Magic Ball
Saturday, April 28, 8 p.m.
Kerckhoff Hall Grand Salon
Fifteenth Annual Jane Austen Ball
Saturday, June 2, 8 p.m.
Powell Library Rotunda
