Professor Tramo teaches the Music Mind & Brain advanced topics seminar at the Music School as well as The Science of Music General Education lecture course that fulfills a Life Sciences Core Requirement for UCLA undergraduates majoring in Music, other Arts, and the Humanities. In addition to being a Lecturer in the Music Industry Program in the Dept of Musicology at the Herb Alpert School of Music, Professor Tramo is Associate Adjunct Professor of Integrative Biology & Physiology at the UCLA College of Letters & Science and Associate Adjunct Professor of Neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Mark is also a singer/songwriter member of ASCAP whose original recordings are available on Spotify, YouTube, and other digital platforms.
Mark Tramo
Adjunct Associate Professor - Neuroscience and Music Industry (Music, Mind, and Brain)
Conducting
Graduate study and training in choral, orchestral, or wind conducting
Ethnomusicology
The study of global musical traditions through performance training, research, and field work
Global Jazz Studies
Jazz performance and musicianship courses are paired with African American Studies
Music Composition
Mentorship in the creation and realization of music for concerts, opera, and visual media
Music Education
Preparation for music educators leading to a BA and teaching credential in just four years
Music Industry
A leadership-focused professional degree which prepares students to transform the creative, entrepreneurial, and executive structures of the music industry
Musicology
The scholarly study of the histories, cultures, and critical interpretations of music and music-making
Music Performance
Study and training towards professional performance careers in Western classical music