Course Category: Songwriting
Opera UCLA returns to Schoenberg Hall with Production of Iphigénie en Tauride
Opera UCLA’s Iphigénie en Tauride will be staged on Thursday, May 14 and Saturday, May 16 at 8:00 p.m. at Schoenberg Hall. Fresh off the world premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s...
Album Drop: Noah Meites, "Counting"
Noah Meites, composer and continuing lecturer in music theory, has just released his new album “Counting” with New Focus Records. This collection of chamber music “chronicles his vibrant artistic voice...
Darrah Black Makes Opera Debut in Paris
James Darrah Black, music professor and director of Opera UCLA, drew major critical attention in Paris for his French directorial debut in France, staging composer/conductor Matthias Pintscher’s new opera Nuit sans aube at the...
Musicology Graduate Student Wins Dissertation Fellowship
Morgan Bates is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Musicology. A trumpet player with a wide-ranging undergraduate background—Bates began as a political science major—they earned a master’s in performance...
Golden Season, Solid Gold Sound
The UCLA women’s basketball team brought home the national championship after a dominant run through the season and the tournament. And from the first tip through the final trophy hoist,...
Composer Kay Kyurim Rhie Wins a Guggenheim
Kay Rhie, associate professor of composition, was one of five UCLA faculty to win the prestigious award, which supports scholars in a broad array of fields, from the natural sciences...
Album Drop: "Spring" by Tamir Hendelman
The new album by jazz pianist Tamir Hendelman and vocalist Lauren Sutton has been praised for reminding listeners that “jazz at its finest often resides in simplicity: two musicians,one piano,...
Mike Lee Brings Global Performance Career and Innovative Scholarship to Faculty
Mike Lee, an accomplished fortepianist with an international performance career, has joined The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He holds advanced degrees from Yale and Cornell and was most...
The Other March Madness
UCLA Women’s Basketball is on to the Final Four in search of its first national championship this season. But there’s more madness to March than just hoops. The National Trumpet...