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On May 7, LA Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel will receive the UCLA Medal, the university’s highest honor given to an individual of extraordinary accomplishment. The UCLA Medal will be presented by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block in a ceremony at Schoenberg Hall at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. As part of

Ray Knapp, distinguished professor of musicology and humanities, has won the UCLA Faculty Senate’s Distinguished Teaching Award for 2023-24. Knapp is one of six faculty selected by the award committee from a large field of extraordinary nominees across the university. “Ray Knapp’s thirty-five year record of teaching excellence has been a defining constant in our