Firebirth: Kindling the Sounds of Resilience in Los Angeles

Please join the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library for Firebirth: Kindling the Sounds of Resilience in Los Angeles, a one-day program of community, conversation and music reflecting on the sounds of LA after the 2025 fires. Events offered include a gallery, roundtable with special guests and a closing concert.

2–5 p.m.: Community Gallery, Music LIbrary Classroom
4–5 p.m.: Wildfire Voices Roundtable, Lani Hall
5:30–7:15 p.m.: Firebirth and Community Concert, Lani Hall
7:30–9 p,m.: Community Reception, Music Library

Hosted in partnership with the Davise Fund, the Center for Musical Humanities and the Society for American MusicVisit the Firebirth website(opens in a new tab) for full program details and presenting partners.

Admission is open to all and free with RSVP(opens in a new tab).

Motivated by the sociocultural and economic impacts that the Palisades and Altadena fires of January 2025 had on the greater Los Angeles area, Firebirth: Kindling the Sounds of Resilience in Los Angeles(opens in a new tab) will offer a community-oriented space for the community to critically reflect on the sounds of LA after the fires. The closing concert will feature original pieces and ruminations from locals artists, culminating with a piece for violin and piano called Firebirth, a new composition for violin and piano, composed and performed by Will Rand with violinist Grace M. Alexander. Firebirth is a part of a commission project entitled “Resilience Sounds” intended to explore the relationship between music, the natural world, and communities within it.