UCLA Live has added the following outstanding performances including the Palast Orchester led by Max Raabe and Cameron Jamie's films with live music by the Melvins to its already extraordinary 2004–05 season. Also, please note additional information about cancellations, artist lineups and changes to scheduling. Tickets, UCLA Live season brochures, event descriptions and additional information are available by calling the Central Ticket Office at         (310) 825‑2101 or by visiting www.uclalive.org/. Discounted series subscriptions with priority seating are still available. Single tickets and Choose Your Own subscriptions are now on sale and also are available through Ticketmaster at (213) 365-3500.

UCLA Live's 2004–05 revised season:

·        Tuesday, Nov. 16. Berlin's Palast Orchester led by Max Raabe highlights the music of the incomparable Walter Jurmann and his enduring legacy to film music from the 1920s and 30s.

·        Saturday, Dec. 4. Three films by Cameron Jamie exploring the dark underbelly of the American dream are shown with a live score by the seminal post-punk band the Melvins.

·        "Elective Affinities." An ECM Festival. UCLA Live artist-in-residence, Manfred Eicher. "Elective Affinities" features the legendary ECM label's most lauded artists in several Royce Hall and Schoenberg Hall performances. Visit www.uclalive.org/ for additional events and the final lineup. Confirmed dates include:

ü      Sunday, March 6: Savina Yannatou is an arresting vocalist who interprets songs from Greece, Sardinia, the Hebrides, the Caribbean, Sephardic Spain and beyond.

ü      Saturday, March 12: Keith Jarrett Trio includes the legendary Jarrett on piano joined by Gary Peacock on double bass and the acclaimed Jack DeJohnette on drums.

ü      Thursday, March 17: The Munich Chamber Orchestra led by Christoph Poppen highlights the music of Arvo Pärt and Valentin Silvestrov.

ü      Friday, March 18: Christoph Poppen and the Munich Chamber Orchestra return for a second night, accompanied by Armenian-American violist Kim Kashkashian.

ü      Saturday, March 19: Legendary Norwegian saxophonist Jan Gabarek joins the exemplary vocal group Hilliard Ensemble in a performance of music from the celebrated recording "Officium."

ü      Sunday, March 20: The Tomasz Stanko Quartet is led by Poland's Stanko, one of the international music scene's most innovative jazz trumpeters.

·        Tuesday, May 17: Organist Christoph Bull returns with his program "Organica," celebrating the historic 1930 Royce Hall Skinner Organ and the 75th anniversary of Royce Hall.

UCLA Live's 2004–05 Revised Lineup — Additional Information

Palast Orchester and Max Raabe: Vienna, Berlin, Hollywood

Highlighting the music of Walter Jurmann

8 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 16, Royce Hall

Led by the renowned singer Max Raabe, Berlin's 12-piece Palast Orchester has dedicated itself to dance and film music of the 1920s and 30s, gloriously reanimating the festive golden age of songwriting in Germany and beyond. In a magical evening of music, Raabe and the Palast Orchester pay tribute to the incomparable Austrian-American composer Walter Jurmann and his enduring legacy to film music. A composer for some of the most acclaimed and popular films of the day, including "Mutiny on the Bounty," the Marx Brothers' classics "A Night at the Opera" and "A Day at the Races," and "San Francisco," for which he penned the legendary title song, Jurmann perfectly captured the romantic spirit of both his native and adoptive countries.

Cameron Jamie

Three films: "Kranky Klaus," "BB" and "Spook House"

With live score by the Melvins

8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 4, Royce Hall

Raised in the suburbs of the San Fernando Valley, American artist and filmmaker Cameron Jamie has explored the dark underbelly of the American dream in drawings, film and performance. Jamie's investigations into quirky and sometimes violent suburban rituals are revealed in his new films, "Spook House" and "Kranky Klaus" — urgent, unaffected and alarming journeys into the heart of vernacular culture. Filmed in the white working-class suburbs of Detroit, "Spook House" explores America's peculiar occupation with Halloween, revealing a community reveling in the macabre. "Kranky Klaus" unearths unseasonably violent behavior by a legendary beast called the Krampus at Christmas time in Austria. Both films will be screened with Jamie's earlier acclaimed film about backyard wrestlers in Los Angeles, "BB." Jamie's vertiginous takes on these rituals are heightened by the menacing sounds of the legendary post‑punk band, the Melvins, who will perform a live soundtrack created especially for these films.

 "Elective Affinities," an ECM Festival

March 2005; Presented in association with ECM Records and UCLA Live

artist-in-residence Manfred Eicher

Throughout March, UCLA Live's ECM Festival, "Elective Affinities," offers a unique opportunity to experience an extraordinary collection of the ECM label's most lauded artists in several Royce Hall and Schoenberg Hall performances. This season's UCLA Live artist‑in‑residence Manfred Eicher, the visionary ECM founder, has collaborated to create a festival of landmark significance. The schedule is subject to change. Additional events will be announced soon.

Regarded by many as the finest record label on the planet, ECM Records has, for the past 35 years, staged a quiet revolution in the worlds of jazz, classical and new music, creating a body of work that defines and sets the standards of quality, innovation, originality and excellence in music.

Series subscribers receive substantial ticket discounts. Festival tickets also may be purchased individually or as part of a Choose Your Own subscription.

Savina Yannatou

7 p.m., Sunday, March 6, 2005, Schoenberg Hall

A leading interpreter of baroque, renaissance and early music, Savina Yannatou is one of the most respected singers in Greek music. She is known not only for her exploration of the voice as an instrument, but also for her mastery of a range of music styles from older, formal Mediterranean repertoire to avant-garde jazz.

Keith Jarrett Trio

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette

8 p.m., Saturday, March 12, 2005, Royce Hall

Moving seamlessly from jazz pianist and master improviser to award-winning classical musician, Keith Jarrett has helped to redefine contemporary piano music. This legendary musician performs with longtime collaborators renowned bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette.

Two evenings highlighting the work of ECM's greatest composers and soloists, featuring the Munich Chamber Orchestra with conductor Christoph Poppen:

Evening 1:

Music of Arvo Pärt and Valentin Silvestrov

Munich Chamber Orchestra

Christoph Poppen, conductor

8 p.m., Thursday, March 17, 2005, Royce Hall

The Munich Chamber Orchestra led by Christoph Poppen performs influential music by two leading composers, Arvo Pärt and Valentin Silvestrov. Perhaps the best-known choral and sacred music scorist of his time, legendary Estonian composer Pärt is widely acclaimed for his minimal, meditative compositions, rich with mystical and religious overtones. Like Pärt, Silvestrov is renowned for his post-modern, musical experimentation and his orchestral, choral and chamber works. He is considered one of the leading representatives of the "Kiev Avantgarde," which came to public notice in the early 1960s and was violently criticized by proponents of the Soviet Union's conservative stance toward music.

Evening 2:

Munich Chamber Orchestra

Christoph Poppen, conductor

Kim Kashkashian, viola

8 p.m., Friday, March 18, 2005, Royce Hall

The Munich Chamber Orchestra returns with Armenian-American viola virtuoso Kim Kashkashian. Through her concentrated work with the world's top composers, including Gubaidulina, Bouchard, Penderecki, Kancheli, Kurtag, Mansurian, Pärt and Eötvös, enterprising violist Kashkashian has enlarged the repertoire for the viola extensively. Her intense focus, superb craftsmanship and explosive talent, combined with her firm commitment to chamber music, make her performance a feast for the senses. Program and other soloists to be announced.

"Officium"

Jan Garbarek

The Hilliard Ensemble

8 p.m., Saturday, March 19, 2005, Royce Hall

In a rare U.S. appearance, Norwegian saxophone legend Jan Garbarek joins what has been called the Rolls Royce of vocal ensembles, The Hilliard Ensemble, for an enkindling of "Officium," ECM's astounding and much-lauded recording that layers otherworldly chants with the sweetness of Garbarek's jazz textures.

Tomasz Stanko Quartet

with special guest

7 p.m., Sunday, March 20, 2005, Royce Hall

"One of the world's most original and inventive jazz trumpeters, this native of Poland is known for deeply expressive horn work, parceled out in judicious long held notes and darting phrasing," writes The New Yorker. Currently riding the sensation of their recently released CD "Suspended Night," Stanko and his quartet will be joined by a special guest artist.

Organica

Christoph Bull on the Historic 1930 Royce Hall Skinner Organ

8 p.m., Tuesday, May 17, 2005, Royce Hall

This season marks the 75th anniversary of Royce Hall and its grand pipe organ built in 1930 by the legendary E.M. Skinner Company. To commemorate this anniversary, university organist Christoph Bull performs two organ classics that were played by organist Harold Gleason in the 1930 dedication concert: César Franck's famous "A-minor Chorale" and Bach's monumental "Passacaglia in C minor." They will be complemented by modern organ pieces, written by composers such as Mexico's Ramón Noble and Swiss organ maverick Guy Bovet, as well as new and unusual arrangements of popular music by writers such as Brian Eno and Bob Dylan. The audience will be invited to submit themes for a free improvisation.

CANCELLATIONS

·        Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005: The Los Angeles premiere production of American band Lambchop performing the live film score to F.W. Murnau's 1927 film "Sunrise" has been canceled.

·        Friday, May 20, 2005: The return of the Gyuto Monks to Royce Hall in an evening of sacred chants has been canceled.

Tickets for UCLA Live events may be purchased now at a substantial discount as part of the series at the UCLA Central Ticket Office at the southwest corner of the James West Alumni Center, online at www.uclalive.org and at all Ticketmaster outlets. Single tickets and Choose Your Own subscriptions are now on sale. For more information or to charge by phone, please call (310) 825-2101. UCLA students also may purchase discounted tickets in advance. Student rush tickets at the same price are available to all students with a valid ID one hour prior to show time.

An internationally acclaimed producer and presenter of music, dance, theater and spoken word, UCLA Live brings hundreds of outstanding and provocative artists to Los Angeles each year. Committed to supporting the development of new work, UCLA Live has presented major and emerging artists including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Pina Bausch, Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass, Mark Morris, Bill T. Jones and Robert Wilson. Lectures, residencies and extensive outreach programs expand the impact of lively and unparalleled performances from a mix of distinguished masters and innovators.

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