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  • And more…
GRAMMY Award Nominations in 2024
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is proud to share that faculty and alumni were well represented at this year’s GRAMMY Awards. In all, twelve faculty and four alums
Shahab Paranj on "Persian Perspectives Today" Podcast
From the Daily Bruin: Listen to series host and podcast contributor Megan Vahdat sit down with the director of UCLA’s Iranian music program, Dr. Shahab Paranj, to discuss the importance
Billboard Magazine Names The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music a Top Business School of 2024
From Billboard Magazine: The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music this summer announced the establishment of The UCLA Berry Gordy Music Industry Center as it continues its commitment to becoming
Can Opera Be Reborn? Peter Kazaras Reviews Yuval Sharon's "A New Philosophy of Opera"
From the Los Angeles Review of Books: WE MIGHT AS WELL state the unavoidable up front: opera is indeed an “impossible art,” as composer/conductor/author Matthew Aucoin dubbed it in his
Cheryl L. Keyes's "Sundiata Keita Overture" Wins Global Music Award
Cheryl L. Keyes, professor of ethnomusicology and global jazz studies and chair of the African American studies department, was recently awarded the silver medal in the Global Music Awards for her “Sundiata Keita Overture.” The overture received its world premiere in Royce Hall on June 5 during a multimedia event, “Prelude to Juneteenth.”
Gramian-Emrani Center for Iranian Music Opens, Fostering Cultural Understanding
From the DAILY BRUIN. UCLA’s commitment to celebrating and preserving Iranian music continues to expand. On Sunday, the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music held a celebratory opening for the

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The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Receives $5 Million to Establish Gramian-Emrani Center for Iranian Music
New academic center bolsters UCLA as a major force in the study of Iranian culture Through a $5 million pledge by Haleh Emrani in honor of her late husband, Ahmad
GRAMMY-Nominated Opera Director James Darrah Joins The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
James Darrah, the GRAMMY Award-nominated director/producer of acclaimed and innovative opera and film productions will join The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music faculty in Fall 2024.
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Announces the 2024-25 Season
September 26, 2024. The new season features celebrated poet Nathaniel Mackey, Tod Machover's opera "Schoenberg in Hollywood," student performances and scholarly symposia.
Enjoy an enchanting evening featuring traditional and contemporary music, including Chinese opera aria, zheng unison, qin unison, folk dance, and silk-and-bamboo music, presented to you by the UCLA Chinese Music Ensemble, directed by Chi Li.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 5:00 PM
SCHOENBERG HALL
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#MusicOfChina #ThisIsUCLAMusic

Enjoy an enchanting evening featuring traditional and contemporary music, including Chinese opera aria, zheng unison, qin unison, folk dance, and silk-and-bamboo music, presented to you by the UCLA Chinese Music Ensemble, directed by Chi Li.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 5:00 PM
SCHOENBERG HALL
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#MusicOfChina #ThisIsUCLAMusic
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BATTLE OF THE BANDS!!
Amp up, Bruins! From November 17-24, the UCLA and USC marching bands are going head-to-head in an unprecedented fundraising challenge to see who can rally the most supporters. The band with the MOST SUPPORTERS WINS. Every donation counts, no matter the size. Let’s show our crosstown rivals what it really means to awaken the pride of the students and alumni of America’s #1 public university. 🐻🏆 
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Donate today to support the UCLA Marching Band! 💙💛🎺
LINK IN BIO  #GoBruins #MarchingBandChallenge #UCLAPride #SolidGoldSound

BATTLE OF THE BANDS!!
Amp up, Bruins! From November 17-24, the UCLA and USC marching bands are going head-to-head in an unprecedented fundraising challenge to see who can rally the most supporters. The band with the MOST SUPPORTERS WINS. Every donation counts, no matter the size. Let’s show our crosstown rivals what it really means to awaken the pride of the students and alumni of America’s #1 public university. 🐻🏆
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Donate today to support the UCLA Marching Band! 💙💛🎺
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#GoBruins #MarchingBandChallenge #UCLAPride #SolidGoldSound
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Join us as we welcome renowned keyboardist Mike Cheng-Yu Lee for an evening of music featuring UCLA's McNulty fortepiano.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 6:00 PM
LANI HALL
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#Fortepiano #ThisIsUCLAMusic

Join us as we welcome renowned keyboardist Mike Cheng-Yu Lee for an evening of music featuring UCLA`s McNulty fortepiano.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 6:00 PM
LANI HALL
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Join the UCLA saxophone studio for an engaged listening experience, featuring performances that dissolve boundaries between classical and popular, jazz and contemporary music.
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 11:00 A.M.
ENSEMBLE ROOM: OSTIN MUSIC CENTER
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#thisisuclamusic #saxophone #newmusic

Join the UCLA saxophone studio for an engaged listening experience, featuring performances that dissolve boundaries between classical and popular, jazz and contemporary music.
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 11:00 A.M.
ENSEMBLE ROOM: OSTIN MUSIC CENTER
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The sound of the mission bell has meant different things over the centuries. Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow Bernard Gordillo Brockmann will give a talk on how the soundmark of the Spanish missions has shaped time, space and work-discipline, generated nostalgic ideas of belonging and served as a sound symbol of colonialism. 
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 4:00 PM
1230 SCHOENBERG MUSIC BUILDING
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Bernard Gordillo Brockmann is Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History, Department of Musicology and the Chicano Studies Research Center.
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#ThisisUCLAmusic #UCLA #Music

The sound of the mission bell has meant different things over the centuries. Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow Bernard Gordillo Brockmann will give a talk on how the soundmark of the Spanish missions has shaped time, space and work-discipline, generated nostalgic ideas of belonging and served as a sound symbol of colonialism.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 4:00 PM
1230 SCHOENBERG MUSIC BUILDING
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Bernard Gordillo Brockmann is Chancellor`s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History, Department of Musicology and the Chicano Studies Research Center.
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The Good Time Brass (Aric Kline, trumpet; Austin Ali, trumpet; Aziel Ressler, horn;
Nathan Culcasi, trombone; Samuel Adam, tuba) will perform Sergey Nesterov's "Golden Resonances" at our Fall Graduate Composers' Concert. Come by for music by Yoni Fogelman, Carlos Durán, Jacob Harrison, John Hollywood, Thacher Schreiber, Kaitlin Webster-Zuber and SiHyun Uhm.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 8:00 PM
ENSEMBLE ROOM: OSTIN MUSIC CENTER
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#ThisIsUCLAMusic #newmusic

The Good Time Brass (Aric Kline, trumpet; Austin Ali, trumpet; Aziel Ressler, horn;
Nathan Culcasi, trombone; Samuel Adam, tuba) will perform Sergey Nesterov`s "Golden Resonances" at our Fall Graduate Composers` Concert. Come by for music by Yoni Fogelman, Carlos Durán, Jacob Harrison, John Hollywood, Thacher Schreiber, Kaitlin Webster-Zuber and SiHyun Uhm.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 8:00 PM
ENSEMBLE ROOM: OSTIN MUSIC CENTER
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#ThisIsUCLAMusic #newmusic
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