Music Performance

Master of Music / DMA

Music
Illuminated

Graduate music performance in the UCLA Department of Music combines intensive individual applied study and ensemble collaboration with courses designed to illuminate musical context and stimulate creativity, curiosity, and interpretation. Students pursuing the Master of Music (M.M.) and Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) degrees learn from master artist-teachers, dynamic ensemble directors and chamber music coaches, and scholars dedicated to informed and relevant performance of Western classical music. The D.M.A. program, in particular, is intentionally small and designed for students with outstanding performance ability, extraordinary intellectual curiosity, and a well-articulated musical research agenda. All this happens within the multi-disciplinary community of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, the academic energy of America’s premier public research university, and the excitement of one of the world’s most vibrant and diverse cultural capitals.

Student Perspectives:<br />
Irina Bazik
Student Perspectives:
Irina Bazik

“I chose The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for an opportunity to work closely with Professor Inna Faliks (pictured right). I admire her artistry and feel fortunate for the years we spent together. I am also  grateful that every single class I took during my studies at UCLA made me a better artist and scholar.” – Irina Bazik DMA ’21 | Music Performance

A Conversation with Pianist Inna Faliks
Inna Faliks, professor of piano performance, sat down with on-air host John Banther of WETA, PBS for Washington D.C., to talk piano, memoir writing, and her forthcoming album, Manuscripts Don’t Burn.
19th Annual All-Star Concert Promises Many Musical Firsts for Performers
The 19th Annual All-Star Concert, held by the School of Music, provides students in the department the chance to perform as soloists with the UCLA Philharmonia, the university’s flagship orchestra. Performers for the concert were selected through a rigorous audition process, where judges looked for musicians performing fresh and forward-thinking works, said Nayeon Cho, a
Jan Baker on KPFK Radio
The Anne LeBaron Portrait Concert (Wednesday, Feb. 7, 7:00 p.m., Lani Hall) will feature a number of top artists. Jan Berry Baker, saxophone professor, headed over to KPFK Radio to play some of Anne’s music on Global Village, hosted by John Schneider. The show is live on Thursday, January 25 at 11 a.m. You can
Trailblazing Composer Anne LeBaron Honored with Concert at UCLA
Internationally-acclaimed composer and harpist Anne LeBaron marks her illustrious tenure at CalArts with a retrospective concert at UCLA’s Lani Hall, on Wednesday, February 7, at 7 PM. The program, encapsulating four decades of pioneering music, will be followed by an enlightening talkback and reception.
Seraphic Fire Christmas Album Cracks the Billboard Top Ten
James K. Bass, professor and chair of the music department, is also the associate conductor of the vocal ensemble Seraphic Fire. Their most recent release, The Apple Tree: Christmas with Seraphic Fire, cracked the Billboard classical charts at number seven in the holiday week. Seraphic Fire is an ensemble known for its breadth and risk-taking.
UCLA Chamber Singers Release New Holiday Single
Just in time for the holidays, the UCLA Chamber Singers have released "The Everlasting Flame," composed by undergraduate composer Yoni Fogelman and conducted by doctoral student Troy Robertson. The piece features Alaina Stark on the harp.
Mar 19 2024
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Winter Trombone Studio Recital
Join Professor James Miller and his studio for an afternoon of music featuring the trombone.   This event is made possible by the David and Irmgard Dobrow Fund. Classical music was a passion of the Dobrows, who established a generous endowment at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to make programs like this possible.
Lani Hall
Apr 7 Sun
3:00pm
Free
classical, opera
Vocal Vision Awards
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for the 2024 installment of the Vocal Vision Awards Competition! Designed to reward excellence for singing in English, this competition features both graduate and undergraduate Vocal Performance majors, in a thrilling and varied program of opera, art song, and Broadway hits. The Vocal Vision Awards were conceived
Lani Hall
May 2 Thu
6:00pm
Free
classical
David L. Abell Piano Master Series featuring HieYon Choi
Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as we welcome pianist HieYon Choi for the Spring installment of our 2023/24 David L. Abell Piano Master Series, a concert series which features renowned artists visiting UCLA to perform and work with our piano students.   About HieYon Choi: HieYon Choi, a distinguished South Korean pianist,
Lani Hall

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