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Students and Alumni
January 21, 2026

Search for Lucie Leerer in The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music staff directory, and you’ll find the title “Academic Advisor.” Accurate? Yes. But...

Trumpet
January 13, 2026

From CBS News–One year ago, trumpet professor Jens Lindemann lost his home in the Pacific Palisades during the historic Los Angeles wildfires. To mark...

Opera
January 12, 2026

From the New York Times: James Darrah Black, professor of voice at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, will direct the Berlin premiere...

Voice
January 7, 2026

At a somber moment of reflection and renewal, the UCLA Chamber Singers delivered a stirring rendition of “Only in Sleep” by Latvian composer Ēriks...

Ethnomusicology Archive
December 11, 2025

Hazel Chung Hood played a pivotal role in establishing the bi-musicality methodology at the UCLA Institute of Ethnomusicology (now the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology)...

Piano
November 25, 2025

On November 15, 2025, Casa da Música in Porto hosted the world premiere of Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for Minimoog Synthesizer and Orchestra, a groundbreaking...

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Press Release
July 1, 2025

The endowed scholarship builds on UMG’s Sounds of the Future initiative and The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s commitment to nurturing the next...

Press Release
April 21, 2025

Acclaimed higher education scholar and author Michael Beckerman has been named the new dean of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He will...

Press Release
February 4, 2025

Through a special pledge by Mike Curb, California’s former lieutenant and acting governor, and music industry veteran, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music...