24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, California 91355
661.255.1050
ART:
D300 Gallery: As, Approximately by Alexandra Olson MFA
D301 Gallery: halving the distance by Carlin Wing MFA
Main Gallery: To Avoid This Shipwreck by Meghann McCrory MFA
Main Gallery "in the cube": Tabula-Rasa by Meghann McCrory in collaboration with Ali Prosch and Michiko Yao
A402 Gallery: MFA Thesis by Michael Buitron MFA
Lime Gallery: dependent arising by Kichul Kim MFA
Mint Gallery: Fishing Down Marine Food Webs by Louisa Conrad MFA
THEATER: At the Coffeehouse Theater with a jazz club vibe, come and enjoy live music, theater performance, dance, film/video and art! Sponsored by the Latino Student Union at CalArts, join us while we explore the themes that unite us all: love, sex and politics!
MUSIC: Recital featuring tabla solo, tabla accompaniment, experimental music reperformances, composition realizations & live acoustic/electronic bands.
REDCAT: Herb Alpert and Lani Hall perform a rare and intimate evening of American and Brasilian jazz featuring a trio of masterful musicians -- Bill Cantos (piano), Michael Shapiro (drums) and Hussain Jiffrey (bass). They play original arrangements from a selection of American standard songs with some spicy Brasilian music in the mix. Alpert’s warm, expressive trumpet lines compliment Hall’s sensual, emotional voice, making this an enchanting evening of sophisticated music for all.
MUSIC: A BFA4 graduation composition recital featuring the music of Plotz!, improvisations with Michael Jon Fink and others, and Tinhorn Justice.
MUSIC: Recital featuring solo piano and chamber music works by Bach, Poulenc, Crumb and Ives.
MUSIC: Student-run music series showcasing graduate and undergraduate composers.
REDCAT: Known for a signature on-edge sound heavy with groove, the New York quintet is driven by the emphatic piano and keyboard work of Andy Milne, who formed the group five years ago to link the essentials of jazz with hip-hop rhythms and funk harmonics. Recipient of a Chamber Music America new works commission and named “rising-star keyboardist” by the readers of Down Beat, the Canadian-born Milne has established himself as one of the most important young artists in jazz today.
MUSIC: Recital featuring original compositions and works by Wayne Shorter, Joe Locke, Fred Hersch and more.
MUSIC: A concert of improvisation featuring all original compositions for different ensembles.
Community: This is a gathering of people who want to learn, share, find support for, act on and engage in dialog about: art for social change, art and social responsibility, strategies for community engagement and social change through the arts, context-based and collaborative artistic practices, presentations by visiting artists, activists and civic leaders, self-empowerment strategies for artists and their communities, alternative or minority histories and practices outside institutional and mainstream venues.
CalArts faculty, students, alumni and special guests perform new compositions by CalArts undergraduate composers.
REDCAT: For the past 15 years, the idiosyncratic Berlin filmmaker Heinz Emigholz has created a series of films documenting the work of certain 20th-century architects for whom he feels a special affinity. What attracts him particularly is the complex organization of interior spaces and the spatial relations between a building and its immediate surroundings.
MUSIC: Ensemble 303 presents a realization of Cornelius Cardew's meisterwerk of graphic proportions, Treatise.
MUSIC: Ensemble 303 presents a realization of Cornelius Cardew's meisterwerk of graphic proportions, Treatise.
FILM/VIDEO: Filmmaker Heinz Emigholz will introduce and discuss his work as part of the Structuring Strategies series.
MUSIC: Students from the Musical Arts Program at the School of Music present an evening of eclectic work, including original songs, original electronics and other compositions, performed by the creators and their collaborators.
FILM/VIDEO: Please come to a slide and cheese gathering to see the brief projected presentations made by each of the students in the interdisciplinary class: ART APPRECIATION: PARIS. Each member of the class will speak about and show images of something that became interesting to them on their recent trip to Paris.
MUSIC: Daymaire ♥, a musical performance by Bob LaDue.
Benjamin Weissman is the author of two books of stories, most recently Headless. Tonight he will be discussing his piece, Music from 1975. He is currently teaching at CalArts this semester as visiting faculty in the Art program.
DANCE: A dance concert about losing someone you love in your life.
General admission: $7. Alumni: $3.
Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2.
To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu.
THEATER: That Untravelled World is a new play by graduate Writing for Performance student Jane Pickett and directed by visiting guest director Phil Soltanoff. That Untravelled World combines interactive video, lighting and sound effects with high-energy physical ensemble acting to explore "real" physical space versus virtual online space. A late-blooming young woman, Louise, takes another person's discarded image from a photograph to create a cyber alter ego, Lorna Doone, in order to interact with her instant messaging lover, Orpheus, in an online Underworld.
MUSIC: Recital featuring new works by Allaire, Cazan and M. Deragon, and performances with Shelly Suminski and Andrew Rosenblum.
REDCAT: Infusing contemporary African dance forms with jolts of high fashion and street culture, the mesmerizing Julie Dossavi presents a collection of solos and duets accompanied by live African percussion, voice and electronics in this Los Angeles premiere. The Benin-born dancer and choreographer draws on sources from electronic dance music and club culture to gymnastics and tribal ritual to shape distinctive works that are modern, ethnic, expressive and abstract—and always alive with a distillation of human experience.
DANCE: A metaphorical dance performance depicting an individual's journey to wholeness and the freeing of her inner child.
General admission: $7. Alumni: $3.
Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2.
To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu.
ART:
D300 Gallery: Meaning by Sayre Gomez MFA
D301 Gallery: A Diorama by Mariechen Danz MFA
L-Shape Gallery: Helding Hands by Sam Michel BFA
Main Gallery: Desire and the device by Alexandra Prosch MFA
A402 Gallery: L.A. Killed My Truck by Diana-Sofia Estrada MFA
Lime Gallery: Daniel Pineda MFA
Mint Gallery: the charleston project: proposals for the escape velocity of time by Kimberly (Nikki) Pressley MFA
CAP/Community:
Lunch will be provided and all CalArts students and faculty are invited
1) Learn about what it takes to earn a teaching credential to teach the arts at the elementary and secondary levels
2) Be informed about pre-credential courses you can take now as you earn your BFA or MFA
3) Find out about paid teaching internships and substitute teaching positions
4) Become aware of the differences between teaching in public schools, charter schools and private schools and what kinds of jobs are available
DANCE: A dance concert about losing someone you love in your life.
General admission: $7. Alumni: $3.
Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2.
To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu.
MUSIC: A recital of original compositions performed by jazz combos comprised of CalArts students.
THEATER: That Untravelled World is a new play by graduate Writing for Performance student Jane Pickett and directed by visiting guest director Phil Soltanoff. That Untravelled World combines interactive video, lighting and sound effects with high-energy physical ensemble acting to explore "real" physical space versus virtual online space. A late-blooming young woman, Louise, takes another person's discarded image from a photograph to create a cyber alter ego, Lorna Doone, in order to interact with her instant messaging lover, Orpheus, in an online Underworld.
DANCE: A metaphorical dance performance depicting an individual's journey to wholeness and the freeing of her inner child.
General admission: $7. Alumni: $3.
Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2.
To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu.
REDCAT: Infusing contemporary African dance forms with jolts of high fashion and street culture, the mesmerizing Julie Dossavi presents a collection of solos and duets accompanied by live African percussion, voice and electronics in this Los Angeles premiere. The Benin-born dancer and choreographer draws on sources from electronic dance music and club culture to gymnastics and tribal ritual to shape distinctive works that are modern, ethnic, expressive and abstract—and always alive with a distillation of human experience.
THEATER: That Untravelled World is a new play by graduate Writing for Performance student Jane Pickett and directed by visiting guest director Phil Soltanoff. That Untravelled World combines interactive video, lighting and sound effects with high-energy physical ensemble acting to explore "real" physical space versus virtual online space. A late-blooming young woman, Louise, takes another person's discarded image from a photograph to create a cyber alter ego, Lorna Doone, in order to interact with her instant messaging lover, Orpheus, in an online Underworld.
MUSIC: Recital featuring works by Smetana, Ravel, Tournier, Bach, Ellsworth and Hovhaness.
DANCE: A dance concert about losing someone you love in your life.
General admission: $7. Alumni: $3.
Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2.
To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu.
MUSIC: Recital featuring music by Debussy and Poulenc for oboe, harp and piano. Improvisation and original compositions for oboe, voice, guitar and other instruments.
DANCE: A metaphorical dance performance depicting an individual's journey to wholeness and the freeing of her inner child.
General admission: $7. Alumni: $3.
Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2.
To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu.
REDCAT: Infusing contemporary African dance forms with jolts of high fashion and street culture, the mesmerizing Julie Dossavi presents a collection of solos and duets accompanied by live African percussion, voice and electronics in this Los Angeles premiere. The Benin-born dancer and choreographer draws on sources from electronic dance music and club culture to gymnastics and tribal ritual to shape distinctive works that are modern, ethnic, expressive and abstract—and always alive with a distillation of human experience.
ART:
Current MFA students in the School of Art's Art, Photography and the Integrated Media programs at California Institute of the Arts are pleased to announce the annual Graduate Open Studios Day. For one afternoon, Sunday, April 13 from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m., approximately 60 graduate students will open their workspaces to the public. Visitors are invited to take an inside look at the diverse projects undertaken at CalArts--where students test the limits of their mediums and explore definitions of contemporary art making.
MUSIC: Recital featuring free improv, Indian music and guitalimba with special guests.
REDCAT: Infusing contemporary African dance forms with jolts of high fashion and street culture, the mesmerizing Julie Dossavi presents a collection of solos and duets accompanied by live African percussion, voice and electronics in this Los Angeles premiere. The Benin-born dancer and choreographer draws on sources from electronic dance music and club culture to gymnastics and tribal ritual to shape distinctive works that are modern, ethnic, expressive and abstract—and always alive with a distillation of human experience.
CAP: Participants in the CAP Saturday Music Program, along with their CalArts School of Music student instructors, will perform in a free concert in the CalArts Main Gallery. The program will include classical, jazz, vocal ensemble and world percussion pieces among others. This CAP program offers master classes for up to one hundred elementary, middle and high school students. Classes include theory, composition, vocal ensemble, percussion, chamber ensemble, jazz ensemble, and more.
MUSIC: Recital featuring works for oboe by Bach and Bozza, North Indian music and Klezmer for oboe.
MUSIC: The CalArts New Century Players and special guests, under the direction of David Rosenboom, perform new works by CalArts graduate composers.
MUSIC: Guest lecturer Helmut Lachenmann on his thoughts and music. All interested CalArts students and faculty are invited to attend this special event.
Provost Nancy Uscher invites members of the CalArts community to attend a discussion and feedback session, focusing on WASC and other important CalArts issues. Coffee service will be provided.
FILM/VIDEO: Filmmaker Jon Reiss will introduce and discuss his work as part of the Structuring Strategies series.
THEATER: Written by Ernst Toller and translated by Alan Raphael Pearlman, Hoppla, We're Alive explores the fate of Karl Thomas, a revolutionary of 1918-19 who, after eight years in a mental institution, is released into a totally changed world in which he can establish no point of contact.
General admission: $7. Aumni: $3.
Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2.
To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu.
THEATER: That Untravelled World is a new play by graduate Writing for Performance student Jane Pickett and directed by visiting guest director Phil Soltanoff. That Untravelled World combines interactive video, lighting and sound effects with high-energy physical ensemble acting to explore "real" physical space versus virtual online space. A late-blooming young woman, Louise, takes another person's discarded image from a photograph to create a cyber alter ego, Lorna Doone, in order to interact with her instant messaging lover, Orpheus, in an online Underworld.
MUSIC: Recital featuring solo bass and chamber ensembles.
REDCAT: Innovative Los Angeles writers and CalArts faculty members Steve Erickson, Douglas Kearney, Janet Sarbanes and Christine Wertheim read selections from their acclaimed work. Erickson is the celebrated author of seven novels and two books about American politics and popular culture, including the new novel Zeroville. Kearney was named notable new American poet by the Poetry Society of America last year. His most recent publication is a collection of poetry entitled Fear, Some. Sarbanes is the author of Army of One, a collection of short stories.
THEATER: Written by Ernst Toller and translated by Alan Raphael Pearlman, Hoppla, We're Alive explores the fate of Karl Thomas, a revolutionary of 1918-19 who, after eight years in a mental institution, is released into a totally changed world in which he can establish no point of contact.
General admission: $7. Aumni: $3.
Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2.
To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu.
THEATER: That Untravelled World is a new play by graduate Writing for Performance student Jane Pickett and directed by visiting guest director Phil Soltanoff. That Untravelled World combines interactive video, lighting and sound effects with high-energy physical ensemble acting to explore "real" physical space versus virtual online space. A late-blooming young woman, Louise, takes another person's discarded image from a photograph to create a cyber alter ego, Lorna Doone, in order to interact with her instant messaging lover, Orpheus, in an online Underworld.
MUSIC: Recital featuring original music for Axis Trio, Ensemble Pakistan and The
B.E.G.G.E.R Collective.
ART:
D300 Gallery: Pick Up the Pieces by Liz Glynn MFA
D301 Gallery: Maybe Let's Try to Paddle to the Middle by Betsy Hunt MFA
L-Shape Gallery: Courtney Bubeck BFA
Main Gallery: S H O J O H O L I C by Michiko Yao MFA
A402 Gallery: Eileen Levinson MFA
Lime Gallery: Degrees of Articulation: Student Poster Series by Adam Feldmeth BFA
Mint Gallery: Fragmented on the Night Sea of Eternity by Kara Tanaka MFA
Main Floor Hallway: Dissent by Morvarid Moini-Yekta BFA
ART:
Lecia Dole-Recio is an LA-based artist who shows at Richard Telles Fine Art and has shown at MOCA and the 2004 Whitney Biennial, among numerous other sites. She is currently teaching at CalArts as a Visiting Artist in the Art Program.
Her work can be found at the following links:
http://tellesfineart.com/dolerecio.html#
http://www.briansholis.com/insearch/archives/2004/03/lecia_dolerecio.htm...
THEATER: That Untravelled World is a new play by graduate Writing for Performance student Jane Pickett and directed by visiting guest director Phil Soltanoff. That Untravelled World combines interactive video, lighting and sound effects with high-energy physical ensemble acting to explore "real" physical space versus virtual online space. A late-blooming young woman, Louise, takes another person's discarded image from a photograph to create a cyber alter ego, Lorna Doone, in order to interact with her instant messaging lover, Orpheus, in an online Underworld.
MUSIC: Music by John Hastings, Casey Anderson, Matt Hettich, Jae Hong Park & others.
THEATER: Written by Ernst Toller and translated by Alan Raphael Pearlman, Hoppla, We're Alive explores the fate of Karl Thomas, a revolutionary of 1918-19 who, after eight years in a mental institution, is released into a totally changed world in which he can establish no point of contact.
General admission: $7. Aumni: $3.
Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2.
To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu
MUSIC: An evening of pre-colonial and post-structuralist gestures.
ART:
D300 Gallery: Pick Up the Pieces by Liz Glynn MFA
D301 Gallery: Maybe Let's Try to Paddle to the Middle by Betsy Hunt MFA
L-Shape Gallery: Courtney Bubeck BFA
Main Gallery: S H O J O H O L I C by Michiko Yao MFA
A402 Gallery: Eileen Levinson MFA
Lime Gallery: Degrees of Articulation: Student Poster Series by Adam Feldmeth BFA
Mint Gallery: Fragmented on the Night Sea of Eternity by Kara Tanaka MFA
Main Floor Hallway: Dissent by Morvarid Moini-Yekta BFA
ART:
Lecia Dole-Recio is an LA-based artist who shows at Richard Telles Fine Art and has shown at MOCA and the 2004 Whitney Biennial, among numerous other sites. She is currently teaching at CalArts as a Visiting Artist in the Art Program.
Her work can be found at the following links:
http://tellesfineart.com/dolerecio.html#
http://www.briansholis.com/insearch/archives/2004/03/lecia_dolerecio.htm...
MUSIC: Student vocalists and pianists receiving scholarship assistance from the Dumont Foundation perform a selection of chamber and new music works.
THEATER: Written by Ernst Toller and translated by Alan Raphael Pearlman, Hoppla, We're Alive explores the fate of Karl Thomas, a revolutionary of 1918-19 who, after eight years in a mental institution, is released into a totally changed world in which he can establish no point of contact.
General admission: $7. Aumni: $3.
Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2.
To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu.
MUSIC: Performer/composer Andrew Tholl presents a concert of music by himself and others.
THEATER: That Untravelled World is a new play by graduate Writing for Performance student Jane Pickett and directed by visiting guest director Phil Soltanoff. That Untravelled World combines interactive video, lighting and sound effects with high-energy physical ensemble acting to explore "real" physical space versus virtual online space. A late-blooming young woman, Louise, takes another person's discarded image from a photograph to create a cyber alter ego, Lorna Doone, in order to interact with her instant messaging lover, Orpheus, in an online Underworld.
REDCAT: A quartet of Angeleno composer-performers pays homage to the city’s beloved dirty old man of poetry, Charles Bukowski, with a night of music performance and poetry based on some of his most incendiary writings. Performing under the direction of Joanne Gordon (Love Bukowski, Short Hairs and Long Shots), Martin Herman, Art Jarvinen, Amy Knoles and Marc Lowenstein dare the audience to feel as passionately as Bukowski did throughout his life and work.
MUSIC: Kerstin Fuchs, from Berlin, performs recent vocal music by Petros Ovsepyan, Kunsu Shim, Carlo Inderhees, Antoine Beuger and Michael Pisaro, with accompaniment by CalArts alumni Mark So (piano), Adam Overton (electronics) and Christa Graf (violin).
MUSIC: Piano recital featuring CalArts Chamber Music Improvisors.
THEATER: Written by Ernst Toller and translated by Alan Raphael Pearlman, Hoppla, We're Alive explores the fate of Karl Thomas, a revolutionary of 1918-19 who, after eight years in a mental institution, is released into a totally changed world in which he can establish no point of contact.
General admission: $7. Aumni: $3.
Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2.
To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu.
MUSIC: Recital featuring Jacqui Bobak, Mark Menzies and Timur Bekbosunov performing pieces by Chinary Ung, Michael Finnissy, Anton Webern and more.
REDCAT: The Los Angeles-based gamelan Kyai Doro Dasih (The Honorable Dream Come True) presents two performances of exquisite Javanese court music and dance and wayang kulit purwa—an ancient form of shadow puppet play. Directed by Djoko Walujo, Nanik Wenten and special guest artist B.R.M. Bambang Irawan, the ensemble also features the distinguished guest dancers Eko Supriyanto and Lina Bambang Irawan.
MUSIC: Recital featuring original works: film, paintings, composition and improvisation.
REDCAT: The Los Angeles-based gamelan Kyai Doro Dasih (The Honorable Dream Come True) presents two performances of exquisite Javanese court music and dance and wayang kulit purwa—an ancient form of shadow puppet play. Directed by Djoko Walujo, Nanik Wenten and special guest artist B.R.M. Bambang Irawan, the ensemble also features the distinguished guest dancers Eko Supriyanto and Lina Bambang Irawan.
MUSIC: Recital of original compositions featuring performances of violin and voice.
MUSIC: Recital featuring chamber music and performances of works by J.S. Bach, Couperin, Takemitsu, Piazzolla, Dutilleux and Ferneyhough.
REDCAT: Carolee Schneemann has never ceased to cross mediums and boundaries to make work that resonates with raw poetic power. From her collaged war or diary films and provocative performances to her photos, paintings and installations, Schneemann’s varied and distinctly feminist creations deconstruct our ingrained preconceptions and everyday assumptions. In words, images and actions, her art is deeply personal, sharply critical, intensely expressive, and always innovative. In person: Carolee Schneemann
Part of the Jack H. Skirball Screening Series
Provost Nancy Uscher invites members of the CalArts community to join her for a discussion of the current state of the CalArts Strategic Plan. Coffee service will be provided.
FILM/VIDEO: Filmmaker Carolee Schneemann will introduce and discuss her work as part of the Structuring Strategies series.
ART:
D300 Gallery: CalArts Welcomes Members of the Armed Forces
D301 Gallery: An Intervention at Sears by Bart Folkerts MFA
L-Shape Gallery: Alejandro Sanchez MFA
Main Gallery: Benjamine Lowrie BFA
A402 Gallery: structures of fiction by Stephanie Owens MFA
Lime Gallery: Neon Lingerie and the Occasional Earthquake by Jason Kraus BFA
Mint Gallery: The Fourth Wall by April Totten MFA
ART: As part of the historical survey at MOCA this spring, CalArts is restaging Publicity at Vasquez Rocks.
For more information see http://calarts.edu/events/04-may-2008/publicity
http://www.moca.org/kaprow/index.php/2008/01/29/publicity/
MUSIC: CalArts School of Music faculty member Alfred Ladzekpo will perform his ninth play, Fe Fe, Dilemma in Diversity, an African music, dance and theater piece. The play will feature performances by the CalArts African Storytellers and dance ensemble.
ART:
D300 Gallery: CalArts Welcomes Members of the Armed Forces
D301 Gallery: An Intervention at Sears by Bart Folkerts MFA
L-Shape Gallery: Alejandro Sanchez MFA
Main Gallery: Benjamine Lowrie BFA
A402 Gallery: structures of fiction by Stephanie Owens MFA
Lime Gallery: Neon Lingerie and the Occasional Earthquake by Jason Kraus BFA
Mint Gallery: The Fourth Wall by April Totten MFA
CAP: Organized by the CalArts Community Arts Partnership(CAP)
Focusing on the goals of community engagement and social change through art, this lively roundtable discussion features an eclectic group of artists, performers and writers who share their perspectives on trends and strategies used to engage diverse communities and both art and non-art institutions. Panelists include Karen Atkinson, Nancy Buchanan, Harry Gamboa, Nobuko Miyamoto and Amy Shimson-Santo.
MUSIC: An evening of world percussion featuring the CalArts World Percussion Ensemble and the Hands On'Semble, who will work through a kaleidoscope of rhythms, forms and soundscapes, blending a multitude of drumming styles from around the world into original works for percussion that consist of both highly fixed compositions and open structures for extended improvisations.
General admission: $7. Alumni: $3.
Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2.
To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu.
ART:
D300 Gallery: CalArts Welcomes Members of the Armed Forces
D301 Gallery: An Intervention at Sears by Bart Folkerts MFA
L-Shape Gallery: Alejandro Sanchez MFA
Main Gallery: Benjamine Lowrie BFA
A402 Gallery: structures of fiction by Stephanie Owens MFA
Lime Gallery: Neon Lingerie and the Occasional Earthquake by Jason Kraus BFA
Mint Gallery: The Fourth Wall by April Totten MFA
FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them.
MUSIC: The CalArts African Music and Dance Ensemble, under the direction of Beatrice Lawluvi and Andrew Grueschow, will perform traditional repertoire from the Ewe and Dagomba people of Ghana, West Africa. This year the ensemble is fortunate to have Sulley Imoro, an extraordinary dancer from Ghana, joining them for the concert. His dynamic performances have inspired people the world over.
General admission: $7. Alumni: $3.
Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2.
To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu.
THEATER: Puppetry and musical performances by various student performers.
THEATER: Puppetry and musical performances by various student performers.
FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them.
MUSIC: Recital of Medieval and Renaissance songs, as well as, American and Macedonian Folk tunes. Featuring Carmina Escobar, Mae Karthauser, Miroslav Tadic, and the band with no name playing original compositions.
CAP: The Santa Clarita Valley Youth Orchestra is one the few orchestral music programs available in the Los Angeles area that trains students to perform masterpieces from all periods of the orchestral and chamber music repertoire. Through a partnership with CAP, CalArts School of Music students have been coaching SCVYO sectionals and will be performing with the students. The program will include masterworks by D’vorak and Copeland.
The Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center at College of the Canyons
is located at 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road in Santa Clarita, CA 91355.
MUSIC: An evening of Raag and Taal, North Indian classical music, featuring maestros Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri (tabla), and Aashish Khan (sarode). Details of the Raag and Taal will be announced by Aashish Khan.
General admission: $7. Alumni: $3.
Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2.
To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu.
FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them.
MUSIC: The gamelan Burat Wangi (Fragrant Offering), under the direction of I Nyoman Wenten and Nanik Wenten, will present a concert of new dances and musical creations, a fusion between ancient traditions and contemporary ideas. The concert will be performed using the gamelan Gong Kebyar, the most modern Balinese orchestra. Special guests will include Swapan Chaudhuri, I Dewa Puta Berata, I Made Lasmawan, I Wayan Susila and Eko Supryanto.
General admission: $7. Alumni: $3.
Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2.
To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu.
FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them.
ART:
Visiting Artist, Mary Kelly will be lecturing in F200 this Thursday at 7:00 P.m. Her most recent installations include two rooms in the last Documenta exhibition and a portion of her work Post Partum Document was part of the WACK! exhibition at MOCA. She currently teaches at UCLA.
For more information and to view her work please see the links below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kelly_(artist)
MUSIC: CalArts students and faculty perform works by Ligeti, Ravel, Davidovsky and others.
FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them.
FILM/VIDEO: Filmmaker Erika Vogt will introduce and discuss her work as part of the Structuring Strategies series.
MUSIC: Music for/in/through water; come swim with the greasy tentacles of Dirty Squid and slippery friends.
FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them.
DANCE: The Spring Dance Concert includes two programs which will include the best of our student choreographers and performers, faculty pieces by Glen Eddy and Stephanie Nugent, and a graduate piece choreographed by Mira Kingsley.
Tickets for this event will go on sale on Monday, April 21.
General admission: $7. Alumni: $3. Students, faculty, staff and seniors: $2. To reserve tickets, call 661.253.7800 or write to tickets@calarts.edu.
MUSIC: The CalArts Percussion Ensemble performs music by John Cage, Bob LaDue, Wayne Peterson, John Bergamo, Michael Byron and Steve Reich.
MUSIC: Recital of solo guitar and original compositions by Steven Ramos, and featuring special guests.
FILM/VIDEO: A confessional booth that records individuals as they repeat what others have said to them.
ART:
Noise, music, performance demonstrating an alternative context for Fine Art. Bass guitar, electric guitar, drums, laptops and amplifiers will be utilized.
ART:
D300 Gallery: Roots by the Foundation Photography class
D301 Gallery: Roots by the Foundation Photography class
L-Shape Gallery: Some ol' Legion of Bourgeois Vant Garde by the Foundation Art class
Main Gallery: Some ol' Legion of Bourgeois Vant Garde by the Foundation Art class
A402 Gallery: Some ol' Legion of Bourgeois Vant Garde by the Foundation Art class
Lime Gallery: Some ol' Legion of Bourgeois Vant Garde by the Foundation Art class
ART: Curated by faculty member Allan Sekula in collaboration with the artists, this exhibition features work by 2008 MFA graduates Ian Arenas, Allie Bogle, Louisa Conrad, Lindsay Foster, Sidonie Loiseleux, Justin Long, Alejandro Sanchez and Carlin Wing; 2007 MFA graduate Heather Rasmussen; and CalArts Photography and Media faculty members Andrew Freeman and Allan Sekula.
CAP: This year’s spring production from the CAP/Plaza de la Raza Youth Theater Program is a new drama written by Culture Clash member Herbert Siguenza and staged with a cast of 45 high school-age CAP participants. A play inspired by El Soldado Razo –the classic work by Luis Valdez that was first performed in 1971 in connection with