Author: John Lee

Commencement invites us to look in two directions at once: backward toward the accomplishments that brought us here and forward toward the possibilities that lie ahead. The 2025–26 commencement did...

Kenzell Huggins interviewed ethnomusicology professor Tim Taylor about his book Making Value: Music, Capital and the Social for Rice University’s blog, Camp Anthropology.

The Chancellor’s Council on the Arts featured four members of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s class of 2026 in its magazine celebrating UCLA arts graduates.

Channel News Asia: Adjunct Musicologist Professor Judith Finell speaks upon AI-generated musical compositions, and the threat and opportunity that is afforded for human composers and their intellectual property.

From The Armenian Mirror-Spectator: Ani Sinanyan (2022), currently touring internationally as a solo violinist for the Piano Rhapsody concert series, took time from her schedule to perform at a public...

Michael Beckerman spoke to scientists about research on the benefits of music for treating Alzheimer’s and promoting health.

The Follow Your Dream podcast with Robert Miller features Tamir Hendelman in this episode of his podcast connecting world-class artists in peer-to-peer interviews.

Joy H. Calico, professor and chair of musicology, has received the 2026 Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Award. The award recognizes UCLA faculty whose sustained commitment to mentorship has made...

From BBC Magazine: Conductor Euan Shields remembers the profound influence of his late teacher, the American cellist Antonio Lysy. I first met Antonio Lysy at my undergraduate cello audition for...