Music Industry

Our Music Industry Programs will help you understand the practice of music as a profession while connecting you with prominent players within the vibrant Los Angeles music scene. Participate in the student-run Music Industry Committee (MIC at UCLA) and take part in events featuring prominent industry speakers. Take classes taught by top faculty and industry professionals and make use of our school’s professional-grade recording and music creation studios.

Options include:

Music History and Industry BA: Our new degree program includes a holistic approach to understanding music and the music industry.
Music Industry Minor: This popular program prepares you for employment in the music industry by highlighting key topics including marketing, sales, recording production and more. This program is open to all UCLA students.

Bachelor of Arts

Music History & Industry BA

Minor

Music Industry Minor

Jonathan Beard

Lecturer, Music (electronic music), Music Industry

Dae Bogan

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Judith Finell

Adjunct Professor

Robert Fink

Academic Associate Dean; Professor

Don Franzen

Adjunct Professor

Jeffery Jampol

Lecturer

Gigi Johnson

Academic Administrator

David Leaf

Adjunct Assistant Professor

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The School of Music to Launch Virtual Event Series Featuring Top Music Industry Leaders and Announces Its Inaugural Board of Advisors

This fall, a virtual event series titled L.A. Sounds Now, hosted by The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will explore the current state and the future of the music business from the perspective of industry leaders and influencers who will also serve as the school's inaugural Board of Advisors.

Innovation is Messy...with Jack Conte, Patreon | Innovating Music Podcast

Jack Conte shares how he balances creating music (Pomplamoose and the funk band Scary Pockets) with running a large tech business (crowdfunding and community with Patreon.)

Livestreaming and Live Connecting with Dmitri Vietze | Innovating Music Podcast

A year ago, Dmitri Vietze of Music Tectonics shares his thoughts on crisis-driven shifts to music livestreaming.

Everything Old is New Again...with Ted Cohen | Innovating Music Podcast

Ted Cohen shares tales of doing things for the right reasons and the genuineness of artists vs. overproduction in live streaming and concerts.

Connecting the World - Portia Sabin, Music Business Association | Innovating Music Podcast

Music Business Association President, Dr. Portia Sabin discusses the ways in which the music business is connected as a community, and how aspects of the music business have been affected in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reconnecting with Virtual Audiences, Jay Gilbert, Label Logic | Innovating Music Podcast

Innovation often answers the call to action made by changing environments. In this week’s podcast, we talk with Jay Gilbert, photographer and co-founder of Label Logic, about the new challenges artists in the music industry face in light of social-distancing and what their “new normal” will be as the world regains its rhythm.

EXPLORE ALL EVENTS

Feb 10 Wed

3:00pm
Free

lectures-symposia

The Elephant in the Room: BIPOC Artistic and Intellectual Presence in Music Studies

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and The UCLA Department of African American Studies are proud to welcome multi-disciplinary artist, scholar, and Founder of My People Tell Stories, LLC, Danielle Brown.

Zoom

Feb 25 Thu

3:00pm
Free

lectures-symposia

How We Got Here, Where To Next: Examining Assimilationism in American Music Studies

Philip Ewell, Associate Professor of Music Theory and Director of Graduate Studies in the Dept. of music at Hunter College of the City University of New York, discusses our past so that we might chart a path for the future.

Zoom

Mar 18 Thu

3:00pm
Free

lectures-symposia

In Conversation with Simon Woods

President and CEO of the League of American Orchestras, Simon Woods, discusses the importance of the commitment to equity, the role of arts organizations in the community, and nurturing the next generation of arts leaders.

Zoom

Conducting

Graduate study and training in choral, orchestral, or wind conducting

MM/DMA

Ethnomusicology

The study of global musical traditions through performance training, research, and field work

BA MA/PhD

Global Jazz Studies

Jazz performance and musicianship courses are paired with African American Studies

Music Composition

Mentorship in the creation and realization of music for concerts, opera, and visual media

BA MA/PhD

Music Education

Preparation for music educators leading to a B.A. and teaching credential in just four years

Music History & Industry

Combining Musicology and the Music Industry minor for practical hands-on training with the study of music within the context of different societies, cultures, and theories

Music Industry

Industry professionals and UCLA faculty prepare students for music-related careers

Minor

Musicology

The scholarly study of the histories, cultures, and critical interpretations of music and music-making

BA MA/PhD Minor

Music Performance

Study and training towards professional performance careers in Western classical music

BM MM/DMA

Music Performance Jazz

A highly selective M.M. program in partnership with the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz