On January 21, 2016, the UC Regents voted to establish The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, bringing together the departments of music, ethnomusicology and musicology. The departments brought rich traditions of innovation, from Arnold Schoenberg’s tenure at UCLA in the 1930s to Mantle Hood’s establishment of the Institute of Ethnomusicology in 1960.
With a founding gift and continued support from the Herb Alpert Foundation and other generous donors and friends, the School has built on that legacy, creating interdisciplinary programs in global jazz studies and the music industry, and centers devoted to Iranian music, the American Jewish musical experience, Latino arts, the music industry and the musical humanities.
In 2026–27, we honor our legacy and look to the future as we celebrate 10 Years.
