HAPPY SPRING SOLSTICE HIGH HOLIDAYS EARTH-CARE
We will be hearing lots of outstanding music this spring and summer 2026
The 2026 Henry J. BRUMAN Summer Chamber Music Festival is here:
There will be performances in July (28, 30) and August (4, 6), all starting 12 noon in Lani Hall, a 133-seat auditorium located in the Schoenberg Music Building.
This year 2025-2026 has been one of momentum, artistry, and connection—a year marked by reflection, renewal, and remarkable achievement.
PLEASE Save your calendars
OJAI Music Festival 2026 @ 80 is June 11 to 14
DATE: JUNE 17th live, in person, our own last session & meeting
PLACE: University Club Library (Room 015), UCLA
WHAT: "Social Change and Generational Shifts in Learning and Creating Chinese Instrumental Music"
in the partnership between our Section &
Prof. Patricia Greenfield, Dept of Psychology + Dept of Ethnomusicology
WHO: Wanning He and Hiu Fung Cheng
Shirley Ho will be also a vocalist singing one of her favorite pieces
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| Shirley Ho, vocalist and our own FWC Music Section member |
June 20th at the Schoenberg Hall, UCLA at 4 PM, with the Sejong Soloists
PLEASE VISIT US -- YOUR ONE PLACE for LA cultural events
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| HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY 2026 |
Our June 2026 calendar showcases UCLA performing artists, both UCLA faculty and students.
💥 Deborah Henson-Conant is at THE HARP CENTER LA: June 4th at 8 PM. CIRCLE is the code.
💥 Try to attend performances by The La Dance Project (LADP) throughout the city of Los Angeles.
👉 The Music Guild features a series of 6 SUNDAY afternoons, May 31 through August 23rd. Each concert starts at 3 PM with a talk and concerts are at 4 PM. St Alban's Episcopal Church, 580 Hilgard Ave.
The H. J. BRUMAN SUMMER CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL -- 4 performances in July and August will be announced soon, so visit us HERE often for the latest programs and dates, all at UCLA.
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THE BRUMAN Summer Chamber Music Festival: Tuesdays and Thursdays
in Schoenberg, UCLA, SAVE THE DATES 2026
July 28 & 30: August 4 & 6 |
We will celebrate JazzPOP concerts on August 6, 13, and 20th at 8 PM at the HAMMER Museum
👉 The Norton Simon Museum GOLDEN HOUR: MUSIC IN THE SCULPTURE GARDEN on selected Fridays in May through August. Free concerts with Museum admission.
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Before we meet May 20th to celebrate Earth Day and Mother's Day, see you at the following FREE music programs and events
We will honor the Mother's Day with our own Album consisting of contribution of poems, songs, dances, puppetry, and stories.
We will post the Album here once it has been presented.
See you at the Fifth General Meeting and Luncheon May 19th
Get information and listen to KCC
Ka lei doscope aka K Chamber Collective is a wonderful music ensemble; the word is derived from Greek: beautiful + form, + to examine, a toy consisting of a tube with mirrors and pieces of colored glass whose reflections produce patterns as you rotate the tube.
KCC concert on Sunday April 12th, The First Presbyterian Church, 1220 2nd in Santa Monica
FREE (April 12): The Getty Museum (Brentwood) offers "POETRY IN THE GARDEN"
April 15th is our own presentation via zoom celebrating HIGH HOLIDAYS and SPRING
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Can you recognize some of the paintings from the Getty collection
Share with the group your memories on any of these themes
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| April 15th at 12:30 PM via zoom |
WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY, SAFE, AND ENJOYABLE HOLIDAY SEASON
This is a time to reflect and to wish for peace, renewed hope, kindness, health, and happiness
H A P P Y H O L I D A Y S
March 15th at The HARP CENTER: "SHE RAMBLED OUT OF BOUNDS"
17th and 18th c. women composers from Ireland and Scotland directed by Marylin Winkle; performed by Corryn, Tamzin, Alas, Jillian, Amy, and Marylin
Small but mighty Music Section group gathered enjoyed the musical/artistic/cultural feast of the Season 2026.
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Zorana and Daniele, co-chairs of the
FWC Music in Cultural Contexts |
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| Daniele and Wei at the L.A. Camerata, March 15th |
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| Welcome to SPRING 2026 |
Our February 18th gathering, via zoom, is about Louise Farrenc in the context of WOMEN COMPOSERS, DISCRIMINATION, FEMINISM
Presented by Daniele & Zorana, with Monique's presentationabout Florence Price,1887-1953
Coming up: mark your calendar, March 15th at 1 PM
It was wonderful to listen to UCLA's young artist, pianist, Hongbo Cai performing Rhapsody in Blue hy G. Gershwin (transcribed for piano)
Performed at the University Club, on February 10th 2026 at 1:30 PM.
Our January gathering and live concert was on 21st at 12:30 pm (zoom) titled "Portraits of composers" in the art of Kati Radics. We are fortunate to have with us our special old friend young pianist
Victor Shlyakhtenko, now graduate of the Oberlin College and Conservatory. He played for us a selection of pieces by Beethoven, Chopin and Bartok.
December 16th is the birthday of the greatest composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (December 16th, 1770). Let us know your
favorite piece composed by Beethoven, and we will play for you on January 21st.
VICTOR has selected piano piece(s) for us, thus opening our continuing fellowship to the 2026 FWC MUSIC in CULTURAL CONTEXTS SEASON.
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| Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1927 |
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| QUIZ: Who is the composer (first & last name)? |
ANNOUNCEMENT: Meet The Harvard Krokodiloes on January 7 at UC
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Model for Duke Ellington Memorial, 1988
Robert Graham, American, b. 1938
Dedicated to UCLA, April 29, 1999
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Take a stroll around the UCLA campus and enjoy the historical plaques, historical notes, posters, sculptures, the gardens
JOIN THE STANFORD EARLY MUSIC SINGER tonight at 7:30 PM
THE CONCERT IS FREE & LIVE STREAMED: December 3rd 2025, 7:30 PM
We can organize one of our sessions on William Byrd, 1540-1623. For more details on his life and work, visit the entry HERE.
SEASONS' GREETINGS
Dear Friends,I want to share sad news with you. Our dear FWC member Deborah Kennel (1940-2025) is no longer with us. We all remember Debby as a major contributor to our Music in Cultural Contexts section. We will share anecdotes at one of our sessions in early 2026. Here's a photo of Debby with friends:
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From left: Gloria, Mireya, Helen, Simon, Rochelle, Joy, Zorana, Jarka
Jo, Olga, Debby, June |
Debby gave outstanding presentations of composers, including
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741); Stephen Foster (1826-1864); Kurt Weill (1900-1950) and The Threepenny Opera; and she proposed to work on Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677). We might try to offer a program dedicated to Debby and the baroque, her specialty.
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| Debby Kennel 1940 - 2025 |
Welcome back to our very special MUSIC in CULTURAL CONTEXTS 2025-26 SEASON (since 2013).
Our November invited presenter is Caroline Scheaffer Arnold.
The presenter and our own FWC member Caroline will take us to Milan and a Road Trip to the Alps. She will share their experiences with us via zoom. Caroline is an award-winning writer and illustrator of books for children. She has been an active FWC member, especially in the tennis section, since the 1970s.
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Caroline Arnold
B.A., Grinnell College; M.A., University of Iowa
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Cover page from her latest book titled
Settlement House Girl, 2023
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The Takacs. Quartet gave another outstanding performance of signature works by Joseph Haydn, Beethoven, and Debussy. The Quartet is celebrating their 50th celebration together (founded in 1975).
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| The TAKACS QUATTET |
A surprise piece was written by the Brazilian American artist composer and pianist CLARICE ASSAD.
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Clarice Assad, b. 1978. The piece we were introduced to, titled NEXUS.
More information is here:
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We invite you to join us for a chamber concert featuring Jillian Risigari-Gai and the Thai Ensemble
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Jillian Risigari-Gai, harpist, Doctor of Musical Arts student
UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music
President - American HARP Society, Los Angeles Chapter
Artist Teacher of HARP - University of Redlands
Executive Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Music Company |
Jillian and her ensemble will take us to the musical roots of the HARP: from Latin America (Arpa de Lianera and Jarocho) to the British Isles, Ireland and France. We will hear harp traditions of Southeast Asia: Thailand, Cambodia, and Indonesia: Double Action Harp and Saung-Gauk (Myanmar).
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A subset of performers and the FWC audience -- October 15th 2025
University Club with Jillian Risigari-Gai and Thai ensemble
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Mariachi artists accompanied by Jillian Risigari-Gai
>>Cambodian Boat Festival Song, arranged by Sastra Moon with Rane Prak (Ethnomusicology Ph.D. student) on Wot and Mel Liu (UCLA alumna) on percussion.
>>Where the Wind Covers the Sky, arranged by Sastra Moon with Rane Prak on Wot and Mel Liu on percussion.
>>Bai Sri Su Khwan, a traditional song from Thailand, arranged by Sastra Moon with Rane Prak on Wot and Mel Liu on Electric Bass.
Finally, we travel to China and listen to A Drunken Fisherman's Song at Sunset, Joan Huang.
We close our exceptional music performance with Shere of Influence from Space. Suite Galactique: Exosphere, with Caroline Lizotte.This is a one-time opportunity to go around the world from the University Club Library (Faculty Club)
Wednesday, OCTOBER 15th 2025 at 12 Noon. The attendance is FREE.
RSVP: please email Zorana Ercegovac to let her know you are attending. THANK YOU.
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Here is a map of our venue for the October 15th Music Concert
Located in the University Club LIBRARY |
~~~ MORE great NEWS for our music & culture in general -- all this in Los Angeles
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ESA-PEKKA SALONEN returns to LA PHIL in innovative role
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