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Music Performance
March 12, 2026
Ben Hong, associate principal cello of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has joined the faculty as professor of cello performance....
Global Jazz Studies
March 12, 2026
Salim Washington, professor and chair of global jazz studies, is working to expand opportunities for students to experience the truly global nature of jazz....
Ethnomusicology
March 11, 2026

Professor Cheryl Keyes talks about the importance of the Delta blues in the horror film, which has been nominated for 16 Oscars

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Ethnomusicology
March 3, 2026

The program will include a tribute to the late Richard Smallwood, the renowned gospel composer, vocalist, and pianist, who passed away on Dec. 30,...

Music Industry
March 3, 2026

GRAMMY-Nominated engineer Erik Madrid teaches in the music industry program at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He brings with him 15 years...

School of Music
March 2, 2026

The Chancellor’s Council on the Arts, in partnership with the Office of Research and Creative Activities, has announced fourteen faculty-led projects that will receive...

Students and Alumni
February 25, 2026

She was a humanitarian and a philanthropist. She was a UCLA Bruin and a businesswoman. She was a champion for education. Mimi Alpert Feldman...

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Ethnomusicology
February 25, 2026

Hua Wenyi (1941–2022) was one of the most influential Kunqu opera performers of her generation. On February 9, the Ethnomusicology Archive hosted a conference...

Students and Alumni
February 24, 2026

Every year, the Pasadena Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota offers a scholarship for woodwinds, piano and voice area undergraduate and graduate students. In...

Music Education
February 24, 2026

Dani Santana, fourth-year music education student at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, was scheduled to run a clinic on Ecuadorian musical traditions...

Marching Band
February 9, 2026

In a special “state of the city” address on Monday, February 2, 2026, Mayor Karen Bass looked ahead to several major events that Los...

Students and Alumni
February 4, 2026

Professor Joanna Love, who completed her doctorate in musicology at UCLA in 2012, examines how halftime performances reflect changing ideas of America

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