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Students and Alumni
June 18, 2026

Commencement invites us to look in two directions at once: backward toward the accomplishments that brought us here and forward toward the possibilities that...

Ethnomusicology
June 17, 2026

Kenzell Huggins interviewed ethnomusicology professor Tim Taylor about his book Making Value: Music, Capital and the Social for Rice University’s blog, Camp Anthropology.

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Pictures in four quadrants representing the different disciplines of artists of the graduating 2026 class.
Students and Alumni
June 12, 2026

The Chancellor’s Council on the Arts featured four members of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s class of 2026 in its magazine celebrating...

Three news anchors with the news title "Musicians raise concerns over use of copyrighted songs to train AI models".
Musicology
June 12, 2026

Channel News Asia: Adjunct Musicologist Professor Judith Finell speaks upon AI-generated musical compositions, and the threat and opportunity that is afforded for human composers...

Woman in gray shirt playing violin next to a woman in a gray jacket playing piano in front of a shelf of books.
Music Performance, Education and Composition
June 7, 2026

From The Armenian Mirror-Spectator: Ani Sinanyan (2022), currently touring internationally as a solo violinist for the Piano Rhapsody concert series, took time from her...

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School of Music
June 3, 2026

Michael Beckerman spoke to scientists about research on the benefits of music for treating Alzheimer’s and promoting health.

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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...