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From Punk Rock to PhD, Candace Hansen Documents Queer Music
From Daily Bruin — Candace Hansen, alumnus of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, will soon make their final stop on a two-decades-long tour of making the case for
UCLA VEM String Quartet Conducts Six-City Tour
From the Armenian Mirror-Spectator — The UCLA Vem String Quartet, during a spring tour sponsored and planned by the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) and the UCLA Armenian Music Program, gave
Tiffany Naiman Breaks Down the World Cup Halftime Entertainment Show
FROM WIRED: Tiffany Naiman, director of the Berry Gordy Music Industry Center, discusses FIFA’s World Cup’s premiere halftime show and its choice of global roster of artists. Subscription required to
Where Musical Traditions Meet: Inside UCLA Ethnomusicology’s Living Laboratory of Performance and Scholarship
When Taiwanese graduate student Roy Huang arrived to study in UCLA’s Department of Ethnomusicology in 2025, he expected to deepen his research into the traditional music of Vietnam, Taiwan and
Tiffany Naiman Breaks Down the World Cup Halftime Entertainment Show
The 2026 World Cup brought a renewed focus on entertainment. Tiffany Naiman, director of the Berry Gordy Music Industry Center, explores why music has become central to FIFA’s global strategy
Latin American Musicians and the Shaping of Classical and Popular Music
Modern music didn’t develop along a single path—and it certainly wasn’t confined to Europe and the United States. Hermann Hudde‘s recent publications trace the rich exchange of ideas across the
Matthew Vest named UCLA’s 2026 Librarian of the Year
Music research librarian Matthew Vest has been honored with UCLA’s 2026 Librarian of the Year Award, given by the Librarians Association of the University of California, Los Angeles (LAUC-LA). Established
Nick DePinna Releases Sentiments of JUSTICE, HUMANITY, COURAGE, AND PEACE
Available on Apple Music, Spotify, and Bandcamp, Nick DePinna’s new work “Sentiments of JUSTICE, HUMANITY, COURAGE, and PEACE” takes its name from a 1775 essay printed in the Pennsylvania Journal
Remembering Clive Davis
The music icon helped to transform the music industry, working with the likes of Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Alecia Keys and many more. Musicologist Robert Fink helps explain his rise,