The use of the creative community drawn by UCLA Live as a source for the educational goals of the university enhances the life of students and the university as a whole. The experience of spending time with world-renowned artists can be life changing for students. The local, national, and international come together in UCLA Live’s Education Program, where artists are invited into the classroom to share their talents and engage students in the creative process. Faculty hosts from campus departments provide a vital link between the artists and the students—a link that plays an important role in contextualizing and interpreting diverse modes of artistic expression.

Free and open to all students, master classes, lecture demonstrations and post-performance discussions with the artists are all a part of the
Education Program's mission to enlighten, educate and entertain. In genres as diverse as classical music and jazz, dance and contemporary theater, an unparalleled array of artists has had the opportunity to intellectually challenge students and provide a limitless relationship to the arts and education. Artists who have participated in the program include Yo-Yo Ma, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, James Galway, Romeo Castellucci, Sankai Juku, GATE Theatre Dublin, KODO, Arturo Sandoval, Rennie Harris Puremovement, Philip Glass, Nederlands Dans Theater, Improbable Theatre Company, Robert Lepage and Kronos Quartet.

Post-performance discussions are also open to the public.

The Education Program wishes to express its gratitude to the UCLA faculty and staff who have so graciously assisted in arranging these activities.