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...
Faculty & Students in the News
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Jazz Without Borders: Salim Washington on Cultural Exchange with Cuba
Salim Washington, professor and chair of global jazz studies, is working to expand opportunities for students to experience the truly global nature of jazz.
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...