Global Jazz Studies
Program
Faculty
Our Faculty
Duane Benjamin
Continuing Lecturer; Director of Gluck Global Jazz Ensemble and Commercial Music Studio Ensemble.
Clayton Cameron
Senior Continuing Lecturer - Percussion, Director of Jazz Combo
Charley Harrison
Continuing Lecturer, Director of UCLA Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Combo
Tamir Hendelman
Continuing Lecturer- Jazz Piano, Jazz Keyboard Harmony, Jazz Theory and Improvisation
Cheryl L. Keyes
Professor - Global Jazz Studies and Ethnomusicology (Contemporary Jazz, Hip Hop)
Jacques Lesure
Lecturer - Jazz Guitar
Steven Loza
Professor - Global Jazz Studies, Ethnomusicology, Director of the UCLA Center for Latino Arts
Roberto Miranda
Adjunct Assoc. Professor
Hitomi Oba
Continuing Lecturer and Director of Contemporary Jazz Ensemble
Gretchen Parlato
Lecturer- Voice
Ruth Price
Adjunct Assoc. Professor
Daniel Rosenboom
Lecturer - Trumpet Performance
Otmaro Ruiz
Lecturer
Arturo Stable
Lecturer
Salim Washington
Professor and Chair of Global Jazz Studies
Michele Weir
Adjunct Professor
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Freedom Melody Concert Caps Steve Dyer Residency
Steve Dyer, the South African multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, visited The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music the week of October 27 with his quartet Aaron Rimbui (piano), Jimmy Mngwandi
A Concert That Asks the Audience to Listen to Their Voices, and Others
Forty years after the African music festival Freedom Melody challenged apartheid, an artist brings the songs of resistance and humanity to the stage On Wednesday, October 29, The UCLA Herb
2025-26 Season Brings Exciting Programming to Los Angeles and Beyond
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s 2025–26 season offers something for everyone, with over 200 public concerts, recitals and panel discussions at UCLA and throughout the community. True to