Free Classical Concerts in SoCal

New compositions by UCLA theory faculty, including violin, electronics, quintet and improvised duos; individual titles are not published. Admission is explicitly free. Parking prices are separate. RSVP/priority seating instructions may differ within the source; confirm current registration and capacity terms with UCLA. No guaranteed seat or reservation claim. Only this physical performance is included, not a related-date promotion, symposium, masterclass, reception or stream. No end time is inferred from the calendar slot.

Piano recital in the David L. Abell Piano Master Series; specific works are not announced. Admission is explicitly free. Parking prices are separate. RSVP/priority seating instructions may differ within the source; confirm current registration and capacity terms with UCLA. No guaranteed seat or reservation claim. Only this physical performance is included, not a related-date promotion, symposium, masterclass, reception or stream. No end time is inferred from the calendar slot.

Richard Strauss — Don Quixote, with Ben Hong (cello) and Che-Yen Chen (viola). Barbara Fuchs is a discussion participant, not an instrumental soloist; the reception is not another performance. Admission is explicitly free. Parking prices are separate. RSVP/priority seating instructions may differ within the source; confirm current registration and capacity terms with UCLA. No guaranteed seat or reservation claim. Only this physical performance is included, not a related-date promotion, symposium, masterclass, reception or stream. No end time is inferred from the calendar slot.

Announced works: Robert Jager — Esprit de Corps; Eric Ewazen — A Hymn for the Lost and the Living; William Schuman — Chester (Billings tune); Morten Lauridsen — O Magnum Mysterium (H. Robert Reynolds transcription); Omar Thomas — Of Our New Day Begun. Reynolds’s 2015 guest appearance is historical, not this concert’s conductor. Admission is explicitly free. Parking prices are separate. RSVP/priority seating instructions may differ within the source; confirm current registration and capacity terms with UCLA. No guaranteed seat or reservation claim. Only this physical performance is included, not a related-date promotion, symposium, masterclass, reception or stream. No end time is inferred from the calendar slot.

Steve Reich — Eight Lines; Know what is above you; WTC 9/11; Tehillim. The prior symposium and the related December 5 program are separate; December works are not added to this November program. Admission is explicitly free. Parking prices are separate. RSVP/priority seating instructions may differ within the source; confirm current registration and capacity terms with UCLA. No guaranteed seat or reservation claim. Only this physical performance is included, not a related-date promotion, symposium, masterclass, reception or stream. No end time is inferred from the calendar slot.

Reviewed public classical performance presented by USC Thornton School of Music; individual work titles and/or performers are not yet published. Admission is explicitly free and open to the public. Confirm current registration/capacity terms; free does not guarantee a seat. One record per exact native physical instance. Related-event blurbs, ticketing windows, livestreams and unspecified date ranges are not additional performances. End time is not inferred.

Harp DMA recital: Alfredo Rolando Ortiz — South American Suite for Harp and Orchestra; Paraguayan harp techniques and double-action pedal harp are part of the described research/performance. Ortiz is the composer, not an assumed live collaborator. Admission is explicitly free. Parking prices are separate. RSVP/priority seating instructions may differ within the source; confirm current registration and capacity terms with UCLA. No guaranteed seat or reservation claim. Only this physical performance is included, not a related-date promotion, symposium, masterclass, reception or stream. No end time is inferred from the calendar slot.

Chamber/ensemble classical-jazz fusion performance following an improvisation workshop, conducted by Mircea Gogoncea. The workshop is not another concert. Admission is explicitly free. Parking prices are separate. RSVP/priority seating instructions may differ within the source; confirm current registration and capacity terms with UCLA. No guaranteed seat or reservation claim. Only this physical performance is included, not a related-date promotion, symposium, masterclass, reception or stream. No end time is inferred from the calendar slot.