The MA/PhD in Ethnomusicology investigates music in cultural and social contexts. In preparing students for careers in studying global music communities, our program assists students in understanding music as social practice from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Students are introduced to the intellectual history of the field and its paradigmatic shifts, and research methodology in preparation for ethnographic fieldwork. Our ethnomusicology program seeks to prepare students for careers in the academy, public sector, the music industry, and/or cultural heritage policy-making. We also offer seminars in select global music cultures as well as topics, which examine music as related to gender, politics, religion, economics, philosophy, aesthetics, and musical practice.
Ethnomusicology
Master of Arts / PhD
Global Music
Cultures
Every Fall, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music proudly announces its Gluck Fellows, who bring free concerts to schools, senior homes, libraries, and public spaces across Los Angeles. In challenging times like these, music has the power to inspire, uplift and heal. Our Gluck Fellows look forward to spreading that joy in our community.
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#thisisuclamusic #gluckfellowsprogram
Every Fall, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music proudly announces its Gluck Fellows, who bring free concerts to schools, senior homes, libraries, and public spaces across Los Angeles. In challenging times like these, music has the power to inspire, uplift and heal. Our Gluck Fellows look forward to spreading that joy in our community.
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#thisisuclamusic #gluckfellowsprogram
Our thoughts are with all those affected by the wildfires in Southern California. UCLA wildfire emergency procedures along with a running list of resources from LA County are available online. Emergency notifications can be found at the Bruin Safe Online webpage.
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Links in bio.
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Please stay safe.
Our thoughts are with all those affected by the wildfires in Southern California. UCLA wildfire emergency procedures along with a running list of resources from LA County are available online. Emergency notifications can be found at the Bruin Safe Online webpage.
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Links in bio.
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Please stay safe.
BOOK TALK: A Fresh Perspective on the Origins of Jazz
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Join us as saxophonist and historian Benjamin Barson takes us on a fascinating journey through New Orleans, Haiti, Mexico, and the U.S. South in his groundbreaking book, Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons. Barson explores how African American and Caribbean musicians were instrumental in social movements, using jazz to liberate both land and people. Discover the deep connection between jazz and mass mobilizations during Reconstruction and beyond.
📅 Tuesday, January 14
🕓 1:00 PM
📍 Green Room, Schoenberg Music Building
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more information: link in bio
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#thisisUCLAmusic #BookTalk #JazzHistory #UCLAEvents #BrassrootsDemocracy #Jazz #History
BOOK TALK: A Fresh Perspective on the Origins of Jazz
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Join us as saxophonist and historian Benjamin Barson takes us on a fascinating journey through New Orleans, Haiti, Mexico, and the U.S. South in his groundbreaking book, Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons. Barson explores how African American and Caribbean musicians were instrumental in social movements, using jazz to liberate both land and people. Discover the deep connection between jazz and mass mobilizations during Reconstruction and beyond.
📅 Tuesday, January 14
🕓 1:00 PM
📍 Green Room, Schoenberg Music Building
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more information: link in bio
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#thisisUCLAmusic #BookTalk #JazzHistory #UCLAEvents #BrassrootsDemocracy #Jazz #History
Welcome to UCLA, Chancellor Julio Frenk! The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is eager to share our students` high notes of sucess in scholarship and the arts.
Welcome to UCLA, Chancellor Julio Frenk! The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is eager to share our students` high notes of sucess in scholarship and the arts.
Discover the Eclectic Sounds of Paul Schoenfield
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The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience proudly presents for its Chamber Music Series the music of Paul Schoenfield—a virtuoso pianist and composer whose work is a vibrant tapestry of styles. From klezmer and Hasidic influences to liturgical, jazz, blues, bluegrass, and Americana, Schoenfield’s compositions beautifully capture the essence of the American Jewish experience.
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📅 Sunday, January 12
🕓 4:00 PM
📍 Lani Hall
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Reservations are encouraged.
Link in bio
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#thisisUCLAmusic #MusicOfAmericanJewishExperience #ChamberMusic #PaulSchoenfield #LiveMusic #UCLAConcerts
Discover the Eclectic Sounds of Paul Schoenfield
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The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience proudly presents for its Chamber Music Series the music of Paul Schoenfield—a virtuoso pianist and composer whose work is a vibrant tapestry of styles. From klezmer and Hasidic influences to liturgical, jazz, blues, bluegrass, and Americana, Schoenfield’s compositions beautifully capture the essence of the American Jewish experience.
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📅 Sunday, January 12
🕓 4:00 PM
📍 Lani Hall
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Reservations are encouraged.
Link in bio
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#thisisUCLAmusic #MusicOfAmericanJewishExperience #ChamberMusic #PaulSchoenfield #LiveMusic #UCLAConcerts
Looking for an unforgettable experience for high school age musicians? UCLA offers one-week intensives in global jazz, songwriting, voice, or the music industry. Learn from UCLA’s renowned faculty, artists, and industry professionals. Registration opens in January, and spots go fast! Sign up to receive more information about this popular Summer opportunity for high schoolers.
Looking for an unforgettable experience for high school age musicians? UCLA offers one-week intensives in global jazz, songwriting, voice, or the music industry. Learn from UCLA’s renowned faculty, artists, and industry professionals. Registration opens in January, and spots go fast! Sign up to receive more information about this popular Summer opportunity for high schoolers.
✨ Happy Holidays from The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music! ✨
From our campus to your home, we wish you a season filled with joy and music. 🎶
Enjoy the Scope Saxophone Quartet 🎷 performing an excerpt from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite (Russian Dance).
🙌 Huge thanks to our amazing quartet:
🎵 Mathew Harget (soprano)
🎵 Austin Hailey (alto)
🎵 Olivia Phaneuf (tenor)
🎵 Daniel Reyes-Velarde (baritone)
#HappyHolidays #ThisisUCLAmusic #NutcrackerSuite #SaxophoneQuartet #HolidayVibes #ucla
✨ Happy Holidays from The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music! ✨
From our campus to your home, we wish you a season filled with joy and music. 🎶
Enjoy the Scope Saxophone Quartet 🎷 performing an excerpt from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite (Russian Dance).
🙌 Huge thanks to our amazing quartet:
🎵 Mathew Harget (soprano)
🎵 Austin Hailey (alto)
🎵 Olivia Phaneuf (tenor)
🎵 Daniel Reyes-Velarde (baritone)
#HappyHolidays #ThisisUCLAmusic #NutcrackerSuite #SaxophoneQuartet #HolidayVibes #ucla
🎹🌙 Happy Birthday to Frank Sinatra! We are pleased that his legendary Bösendorfer piano has found a new home at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. This iconic instrument, rich with musical history, will now inspire and elevate our students as they carry forward its timeless legacy. Enjoy this rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon,” a Sinatra standard by Hugo Nguyen (vocals) and Miles Lennox (on the Bösendorfer 275).
Enjoy the preview, and catch the whole video on Youtube. Link in bio.
A heartfelt thank you to the Sinatra family for their generosity and for paving the way for future generations of UCLA musicians to dream big and perform boldly. 💙✨
#ThisisUCLAmusic #HappyBirthdayFrank #SinatraLegacy #UCLA
🎹🌙 Happy Birthday to Frank Sinatra! We are pleased that his legendary Bösendorfer piano has found a new home at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. This iconic instrument, rich with musical history, will now inspire and elevate our students as they carry forward its timeless legacy. Enjoy this rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon,” a Sinatra standard by Hugo Nguyen (vocals) and Miles Lennox (on the Bösendorfer 275).
Enjoy the preview, and catch the whole video on Youtube. Link in bio.
A heartfelt thank you to the Sinatra family for their generosity and for paving the way for future generations of UCLA musicians to dream big and perform boldly. 💙✨
#ThisisUCLAmusic #HappyBirthdayFrank #SinatraLegacy #UCLA
David Castañeda
“I enjoyed the connections that I made with my colleagues who have now become family, seeing my approach as a researcher develop substantially in such a short amount of time, and most of all the opportunity to grow as an instructor and educator.” – David Castañeda Ph.D. ’21 | Ethnomusicology
A stream of high-profile artists and scholars from around the world have energized and inspired our students, helping to transform their educational experience. Among them are J.H. Kwabena Nketia, considered Africa’s premier musicologist/ethnomusicologist; Akin Euba, a Nigerian composer, musicologist, and pianist; MacArthur Fellow Steven Feld, an American ethnomusicologist, anthropologist, and linguist, who worked for many years with the Kaluli people of Papua New Guinea; Judith Becker, professor emerita of ethnomusicology, University of Michigan; Mark Slobin, the author or editor of books on Afghanistan and Central Asia, eastern European Jewish music, film music, and ethnomusicology theory; Chano Dominguez, award-winning Spanish-born pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator, and Hossein Omoumi, a scholar and teacher of Persian traditional music, among others.
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