Author: Donna Armstrong

On May 7, LA Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel will receive the UCLA Medal, the university’s highest honor given to an individual of extraordinary accomplishment. The UCLA Medal will be presented by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block in a ceremony at Schoenberg Hall at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. As part of

Ray Knapp, distinguished professor of musicology and humanities, has won the UCLA Faculty Senate’s Distinguished Teaching Award for 2023-24. Knapp is one of six faculty selected by the award committee from a large field of extraordinary nominees across the university. “Ray Knapp’s thirty-five year record of teaching excellence has been a defining constant in our

Musicology major Ashley Dao is one of three undergraduates who has won the student leadership award from the UCLA Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. She is the first student from The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to receive the award. But her biggest moment may have been born of failure. “We were coming

A new wave of talent is here, and they want you to hear them.  “Pass the Aux” is the second-annual live presentation of capstone projects by students in the music industry program at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. A line-up of twenty-five students will perform, speak, showcase short films and make multimedia presentations

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s mariachi ensemble has been operating for over sixty years, and is the first ensemble of its kind in an American university. CNN En Español profiled our iconic Mariachi group, which has been making music for over sixty years at America’s number one public university.

When Regina Carter was a young girl growing up in Detroit, her mother sometimes took her to work with her. As they drove to the elementary school where she taught, Carter’s mother pointed out the different neighborhoods. “This one is ‘Black Bottom,’ and this is ‘Paradise Valley,’” she would say, as Carter looked out the window.The only trouble was, these historic African American neighborhoods didn’t exist anymore. They had been destroyed to make way for the I-75.

Regina Carter, the acclaimed jazz violinist who has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (2007), a Doris Duke Award (2018), and honored as an NEA Jazz Master Fellow (2023), will join The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music faculty in 2024. Carter will teach courses in jazz performance and history and urban musical culture. Her teachings will also offer lessons and masterclasses for School of Music students.

Virtuoso cellist taught for twenty years at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music On Sunday, February 4, the UCLA community learned of the sudden and unexpected loss of Antonio Lysy (1963-2024). Known the world over for his virtuosic performances and astounding creativity, Lysy was a beloved colleague and teacher, mentor and friend. Lysy’s sudden

Herb Randall reviewed Weight in the Fingertips, which he calls “captivating” and “thoughtful” and “deeply wise in its contemplation of a life spent pursuing an individual musical voice true to the disparate components of her identity.” Read the full review at the LA Review of Books website.