Music Academy Piano Festival Highlights Include Concerto Competition
The Music Academy's fifth annual Piano Festival comes to the Colburn School campus starting July 5. The festival culminates with the Steinway Concerto Competition on July 18, which carries a top prize...
View ArticleConservatory Students Shine at Aspen Music Festival
Many Colburn Conservatory of Music and Colburn Music Academy students will spend part of their summer attending the Aspen Music Festival and School. Current Conservatory student William Hagen will make...
View ArticleDance Academy Director Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Dance Teacher magazine honored Jenifer Ringer with its 2015 Lifetime Achievement award, publishing an extensive profile of the Colburn Dance Academy's director in its July issue, available now. "This...
View ArticleCommunity School Launches New Piano Camp
The Community School of Performing Arts will welcome more young pianists to camp this week when it launches a two-week day camp for musicians aged 9–13. Students will spend the camp engaged in many...
View ArticleSummer Encounter Inspires Love of Performing in Kids
Later this week, 60 students from 15 Los Angeles Unified School District partner schools will arrive on the Colburn School campus to begin a two-week odyssey of music, dance, and drama as part of the...
View ArticleCommunity School Student Wins International Competition
Violinist Geneva Lewis, who studies with Aimée Kreston in the Community School of Performing Arts, recently won the Grand Prize in the Enkor International Music Competition. Greek composer Lina Tonia...
View ArticleSteinway Concert Competition Winners Announced at Piano Festival
The final round of the first Steinway Concerto Competition was held on July 18, 2015 as the culminating event of the fifth annual Colburn School Music Academy Piano Festival. Ray Ushikubo, 14, won...
View ArticleInternational Horn Symposium Comes to Colburn School Campus
Nearly 800 hornists will converge in downtown Los Angeles when the 47th annual symposium of the International Horn Society takes up residence on the Colburn School campus and surrounding areas...
View ArticleWind Symphony Performs with Renowned Horn Soloists
The Colburn Adult Wind Symphony will make their third annual appearance in Grand Park on Saturday, August 8, at 6 pm, as part the International Horn Symposium's closing banquet. The concert's program...
View ArticleColburn School Announces 2015-2016 Concerts and Events
Colburn School President and CEO Sel Kardan announced last week a full slate of concerts and major events for the 2015–2016 academic year. The season brings together Colburn's students, extraordinary...
View ArticleColburn School Students and Alumni Light Up Grand Performances
A new series of collaborative concerts at downtown Los Angeles's Grand Performances will put the Colburn School's students and alumni alongside contemporary digital music makers. The back-to-back...
View ArticlePiano Technicians Get Hands on Experience at Colburn
As part of an ongoing partnership between the Kawai Piano Company and the Colburn School, 10 seasoned piano technicians seeking enhanced skill training will arrive on campus this week to begin an...
View ArticleAnnual Chamber Gala Hits High Notes for End of School Year
The Community School of Performing Arts will hold its annual Chamber Gala on Saturday, June 6. This year's event has been split into two performances to accommodate the number of participating student...
View ArticleCommunity School Holds Orchestra Auditions
The Community School of Performing Arts will hold auditions for the Colburn Youth Orchestra and Colburn Chamber Orchestra, as well as four other ensembles and the Ed and Mari Edelman Chamber Music...
View ArticleColburn School Students Join LA Trade Tech Celebration
Colburn School perform hundreds of during the school year, but summer is no exception. On June 21, students from the Colburn School's Jumpstart Young Musicians Program, Glee Choir, and Adult Wind...
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