Events

Powell Library Rotunda

Author Reading

Student Author Dan Elconin

Monday, November 9
5 p.m.

Never After by second-year undergraduate Dan Elconin puts a dark twist on a familiar tale with the edge of an authentic teen voice. The author will read and discuss his novel, and books will be for sale at the event. Admission is free, and seating is unreserved.

Powell Library Rotunda

Music in the Rotunda

Classical Guitarist Chelsea Green

Friday, November 13
5 p.m.

Classical guitarist and vocalist Chelsea Green is a founding member of the Los Angeles Electric 8. Her transcriptions for guitar and voice entitled Erik Satie: Four Songs from 1886 were published in 2006 by the California Guitar Archives. She is a recipiant of the Randy Rhoades and Mimi Alpert-Feldman scholarships and currently pursuing her DMA with Peter Yates.

Her program will include Three Melodies by Reynaldo Hahn; Cello Suite in A minor, op. 131, no. 3 by Max Reger; Two Caprices by Niccolo Paganini; and Two Songs by Guilio Caccini.

Powell Library Rotunda

Historical Dance in the Rotunda

Ninth Annual Waltz Through Time

Saturday, November 14
8 p.m.

Waltz through history, beginning with Regency Period dances of Jane Austen's time and continuing to the present day. Music will include compositions by Mozart as well as ragtime, French, American, and modern works. 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 Thursday, November 12, with the name and number in the party to Catherine Brown by email or by phone at 310.206.5020.

Powell Library Rotunda

Music in the Rotunda

UCLA Spikes: United Cello Lovers Association
Antonio Lysy, Director

Friday, November 20
8 p.m.

In this group's first performance in the Powell Library Rotunda, Professor Antonio Lysy will perform along with his students.

The program will include Bachianas Brasileiras no. 5 for Soprano and Cello Ensemble by Heitor Villa Lobos, "Les Rois Mages" from the oratorio El Pessebre'by Pablo Casals, Elegy by Peter Golub, Andante Cantabile by Tchaikovsky, and the theme from "The Simpsons" by Danny Elfman.

Powell Library Rotunda

Music in the Rotunda

Jubilate!: UCLA Early Music Ensemble
Elisabeth Le Guin, Director

Saturday, November 21
8 p.m.

The newly re-formed UCLA Early Music Ensemble returns to the Powell Library Building with a program of Italian and New-World polychoral sacred music and canzoni from around 1600, including works by composers Juan de Araujo, Giovanni Paolo Cima, Giovanni Gabrieli, and other Mexican and Latin American composers. With the UCLA Brass Ensemble, they will joyfully explore the splendid acoustics of the rotunda.