Please join the Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library for Firebirth: Kindling the Sounds of Resilience in Los Angeles, a one-day program of community, conversation and music reflecting on the sounds of LA after the 2025 fires. Events offered include a gallery, roundtable with special guests and a closing concert.

2–5 p.m.:  Community Gallery, Music LIbrary Classroom
4–5 p.m.:  Wildfire Voices Roundtable, Lani Hall
5:30–7:15 p.m.:  Firebirth and Community Concert, Lani Hall
7:30–9 p,m.:  Community Reception, Music Library

Hosted in partnership with the Davise Fund, the Center for Musical Humanities and the Society for American MusicVisit the Firebirth website for full program details and presenting partners.

Admission is open to all and free with RSVP.

Motivated by the sociocultural and economic impacts that the Palisades and Altadena fires of January 2025 had on the greater Los Angeles area, Firebirth: Kindling the Sounds of Resilience in Los Angeles will offer a community-oriented space for the community to critically reflect on the sounds of LA after the fires. The closing concert will feature original pieces and ruminations from locals artists, culminating with a piece for violin and piano called Firebirth, a new composition for violin and piano, composed and performed by Will Rand with violinist Grace M. Alexander. Firebirth is a part of a commission project entitled “Resilience Sounds” intended to explore the relationship between music, the natural world, and communities within it.