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Sylvie & The Rain Tree: Black Poetry, Music, and the Haitian Kont
Britton Recital HallEarl V. Moore Building
Free - no tickets required
Join us for a lecture recital by Kuwento Mizik – baritone Jean Bernard Cerin and pianist Veena Kulkarni-Rankin – featuring their original musical folk tale, Sylvie & The Rain Tree alongside music by African American composers and lyrics by Black poets.
Martin Katz, Amy Petrongelli, Blair Salter, SMTD Faculty, and the Reverón Piano Trio
Britton Recital HallEarl V. Moore Building
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“Starry Nights at CPI” – Join us for a recital featuring faculty and participants of the Collaborative Piano Institute (CPI) performing art song and chamber music! Featuring special guests Martin Katz (Professor Emeritus of Piano), Blair Salter (Head of Music, L.A. Opera), soprano Amy Petrongelli, SMTD Piano Faculty Elena Lacheva, and Ana María Otamendi with the Reverón Piano Trio.
Free - no tickets required
Join us for a Collaborative Piano Institute concert, featuring faculty and participants performing art song and chamber music.
songSPARKS Final Concert: World Premieres
Britton Recital HallEarl V. Moore Building
Free - no tickets required
Come hear brand new music created by the talented composers of the songSPARKS program, and performed by the singers and pianists of the Collaborative Piano Institute at SMTD.
Art Song and Chamber Music: Collaborative Piano Institute Final Recital, Part 1
Britton Recital HallEarl V. Moore Building
Free - no tickets required
Enjoy the Collaborative Piano Institute’s final performance, part 1, featuring faculty and participants performing art song and chamber music.
Art Song and Chamber Music: Collaborative Piano Institute Final Recital, Part 2
Britton Recital HallEarl V. Moore Building
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Join us for the final recital of the Vocal Academy, Collaborative String Institute, and the Collaborative Piano Institute.
Spotlight Recital: Center Stage Strings Alumni
Britton Recital HallEarl V. Moore Building
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Center Stage Strings – one of SMTD’s MPulse performing arts summer programs for youth – welcomes the public to attend as alumni of the program perform a recital.
Faculty Master Class: Amir Eldan, cello
Britton Recital HallEarl V. Moore Building
Free - no tickets required
Center Stage Strings – one of SMTD’s MPulse performing arts summer programs for youth – welcomes the public to attend as SMTD Professor Amir Eldan presents a master class on cello.
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Center Stage Strings (CSS) – one of SMTD’s MPulse performing arts summer programs for youth – welcomes the public to a series of free live concerts. CSS was founded by renowned violinist and SMTD Professor Danielle Belen to develop the talents of serious young classical music students in the areas of solo and chamber music performance.
MPulse Composition Institute Final Presentation
Stamps AuditoriumWalgreen Drama Center
Free - no tickets required
The MPulse Composition Institute is a one-week program for high school composers – join us for a final presentation as the summer 2026 session concludes.
