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Happy Holidays from Michael Beckerman, Dean of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music! Enjoy this festive performance of “Oh Hanukkah,” composed by Mordkhe Rivesman, and may the season bring you peace, joy and light.
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Happy Holidays from Michael Beckerman, Dean of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music! Enjoy this festive performance of “Oh Hanukkah,” composed by Mordkhe Rivesman, and may the season bring you peace, joy and light.
#ThisisUCLAmusic #UCLA #Music #HappyHolidays
GOOD NEWS, Go Tell It! The African American Music Ensemble of the Department of Ethnomusicology at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music wishes you the very best this holiday season.
“Go Tell It” by John Wesley Work, Jr., arranged by Diane White-Clayton, director of the ensemble.
soloists - Alexis Richmond, Michael Torres
piano - Diane White-Clayton
bass guitar - Dawson Lau
percussion - Dax Corcoran
#thisisuclamusic #ucla #music #happyholidays
GOOD NEWS, Go Tell It! The African American Music Ensemble of the Department of Ethnomusicology at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music wishes you the very best this holiday season.
“Go Tell It” by John Wesley Work, Jr., arranged by Diane White-Clayton, director of the ensemble.
soloists - Alexis Richmond, Michael Torres
piano - Diane White-Clayton
bass guitar - Dawson Lau
percussion - Dax Corcoran
#thisisuclamusic #ucla #music #happyholidays
Happy Holidays from the Piano Studio at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music! Sophia Jin and Helen Yuan bring the magic with a four-hands arrangement of “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893).
See our Full 2025 Holiday Playlist on YouTube. Link in bio.
#ThisisUCLAmusic #UCLA #Music #Piano #NutcrackerSuite#
Happy Holidays from the Piano Studio at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music! Sophia Jin and Helen Yuan bring the magic with a four-hands arrangement of “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893).
See our Full 2025 Holiday Playlist on YouTube. Link in bio.
#ThisisUCLAmusic #UCLA #Music #Piano #NutcrackerSuite#
Maceo’s Daydream
Maceo’s Daydream, an original work by Nina Zipnick and Jonah Lachs, students at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, was performed by the Ginger Smock String Ensemble under the direction of Regina Carter during the Fall Jazz Concerts on November 23, 2025.
Violin: Miles Quale
Harp: Nina Zipnick
Bass: Jonah Lachs
See the whole song on our YouTube channel, @UCLAalpert
Our jazz ensembles perform live concerts three times a year. Visit our event calendar for more information: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/calendar/
#thisisuclamusic #ucla #jazz #newmusic
Maceo’s Daydream
Maceo’s Daydream, an original work by Nina Zipnick and Jonah Lachs, students at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, was performed by the Ginger Smock String Ensemble under the direction of Regina Carter during the Fall Jazz Concerts on November 23, 2025.
Violin: Miles Quale
Harp: Nina Zipnick
Bass: Jonah Lachs
See the whole song on our YouTube channel, @UCLAalpert
Our jazz ensembles perform live concerts three times a year. Visit our event calendar for more information: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/calendar/
#thisisuclamusic #ucla #jazz #newmusic
Happy Holidays from the Tuba & Euphonium Studio! Enjoy this toot-ally definitive rendition of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer by master’s student Bradley Stires with his friend Nicholas Gil on guitar, performed during the studio recital on December 8, 2025.
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Catch this and more holiday favorites from the Tuba/Euphonium studio, under the direction of Aubrey Foard, on our YouTube channel. Link in bio.
Happy Holidays from the Tuba & Euphonium Studio! Enjoy this toot-ally definitive rendition of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer by master’s student Bradley Stires with his friend Nicholas Gil on guitar, performed during the studio recital on December 8, 2025.
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Catch this and more holiday favorites from the Tuba/Euphonium studio, under the direction of Aubrey Foard, on our YouTube channel. Link in bio.
In Case You Missed It... At our Faculty Artist Series concert “Between the Brandenburgs” on November 17, the Camarades String Orchestra gave a stand up performance of Bernard Herrman’s chilling “Psycho Suite.”
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You can watch the full performance on our YouTube channel. Link in bio.
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#ThisisUCLAMusic #UCLA #Music #Hitchcock #Psycho
In Case You Missed It... At our Faculty Artist Series concert “Between the Brandenburgs” on November 17, the Camarades String Orchestra gave a stand up performance of Bernard Herrman’s chilling “Psycho Suite.”
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You can watch the full performance on our YouTube channel. Link in bio.
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#ThisisUCLAMusic #UCLA #Music #Hitchcock #Psycho
Happy Holidays from the UCLA Klezmer Ensemble! Enjoy their joyful performance of “Khanike iz Freylekh” by Yehoyshue Kaminsky and follow along as the music spills into the hallways of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
Watch the full performance on YouTube. Link in bio.
#thisisuclamusic #ucla #music #klezmer #happyholidays
Happy Holidays from the UCLA Klezmer Ensemble! Enjoy their joyful performance of “Khanike iz Freylekh” by Yehoyshue Kaminsky and follow along as the music spills into the hallways of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
Watch the full performance on YouTube. Link in bio.
#thisisuclamusic #ucla #music #klezmer #happyholidays
Take a walk with oboe performance major Cayden Bloomer as he hits the practice room, the reed-making studio, and Philharmonia rehearsal.
A Day in the Life of a Student at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
#ThisisUCLAMusic #DayintheLife #studentperspectives
Take a walk with oboe performance major Cayden Bloomer as he hits the practice room, the reed-making studio, and Philharmonia rehearsal.
A Day in the Life of a Student at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
#ThisisUCLAMusic #DayintheLife #studentperspectives
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