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UCLA Today

May 20, 2008 8:00 AM

Not to be missed!

Spring Festival of World Music and Jazz. Prepare to be wowed when the Music of China Ensemble performs arias from Kun opera of the 15th century, "silk-and-bamboo" wind and string music from the Shanghai area, music for large percussion ensembles and modern compositions. The group performs at 7 p.m. May 31 in one of the concluding concerts of the Spring Festival of World Music and Jazz, sponsored by the Department of Ethnomusicology and the Hammer Museum. Other performers include the Music of West Africa Ensemble, the Bluegrass and Old Time String Band Ensemble, the Music of Brazil Ensemble, the Music of Korea Ensemble, the UCLA Near East Ensemble, the UCLA Jazz Combo and three other UCLA jazz groups. Schoenberg Hall.

www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu.

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