UCLA Department of Music announces fall 2011 events, including Kenny Burrell at Royce Hall

UCLA Philharmonia

The UCLA Department of Music offers a variety of events for the public’s enjoyment this fall, including the UCLA Live event "Kenny Burrell: 80 Years Young," celebrating the life and career of the jazz legend and UCLA professor. Programs include faculty and student recitals and performances of high artistic accomplishment in various genres, as well as visiting artists of national and international renown. Programs are subject to change. For updated information and confirmation of events, the public may call 310-825-4761 or visit www.schoolofmusic.ucla.edu.

For ticketed events, the UCLA Central Ticket Office at 310-825-2101 or www.tickets.ucla.edu. Campus parking is available for $11 (all-day); short-term parking is also available (payable at pay stations). For events at Schoenberg Hall, park in Lot 2 (enter the campus at Hilgard and Westholme avenues), and for events at Royce Hall, park in Lot 4 (enter the campus at Sunset Boulevard and Westwood Plaza).

UCLA Philharmonia — ’Shakespeare: The Bard as Muse’

The UCLA Philharmonia presents a special program based around Berlioz’s unique rendering of "Roméo et Juliette." The program features Weber’s "Overture to Oberon"; Berlioz’s orchestral music from "Roméo et Juliette," Op.17; Tchaikovsky’s "Romeo and Juliet: Overture-Fantasie"; and Chihara’s Suite from "The Tempest" (1980).

(This concert is part of "Shakespeare + Opera: Found in Translation?", a conference sponsored by the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.)

Our brave Americans — on land, sea and in the air — are the true stars of this soulful tribute to our Armed Forces. We honor the courage of our service men and women and celebrate the American spirit with music by John Philip Sousa, Leonard Bernstein, Morton Gould and John Williams. It’s a tribute filled with flag-waving fun!

Celebrate the life and career of influential performer, composer, bandleader and producer Kenny Burrell. This one-night-only all-star event features tribute performances by blues legend B.B. King, multi-Grammy-winning vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and pianist Lalo Schifrin, as well as the UCLA Philharmonia (conducted by Neal Stulberg), and new compositions by UCLA faculty composers Roger Bourland, Paul Chihara and Charley Harrison.

Musicians will perform "Mozart á Deux: The Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Part 1" in the first of a three-part series of recitals. (The other recitals will take place Jan. 30 and May 14, 2012.)

The UCLA Symphony will perform works including Mozart’s Overture to "Die Zauberflöte," K. 620; Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22; and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88.

The UCLA Philharmonia concert features Beethoven’s Three Equale for four trombones, WoO 30; "Elegischer Gesang" for vocal quartet and string quartet, Op. 118; Quintet for Piano and Woodwinds in E flat, Op. 16; Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36; and Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92.