Author: Robert Baker
Peter Golub to Oversee BMI Composers' Lab
Golub, an award-winning composer and director of film-music studies at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music, will oversee the lab alongside BMI vice president of film, TV and visual media…
Music Industry Student Sheng Chang Drops EP
Chang will soon release a three-song EP titled “Feel It All.” Chang said she has been passionate about music since she was a child and added that the release of…
Alumnus Publishes Study on Health Benefits of Mindful Jazz Listening
Ethnomusicology alum Sean Young worked in the music industry before earning a Ph.D in Psychology from Stanford University. Now a professor at UC Irvine, Young has published a controlled study…
New Paths and Fresh Perspectives: The Transfer Journey to The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
The transfer acceptance deadline was two days away and Owen Richards had all but given up on his first choice, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He had already…
David Leaf Talks Beach Boys, Brian Wilson and SMiLE
David Leaf, adjunct associate professor of music industry and musicology at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, has just released his latest book, SMiLE: The Rise, Fall & Resurrection…
Michael Beckerman Named Dean of UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music
Michael Beckerman, a renowned musicologist widely recognized for his seminal scholarship on Czech and Eastern European music, has been appointed the new dean of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of…
Award-Winning Scholar and Musicologist Michael Beckerman Named New Dean of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Acclaimed higher education scholar and author Michael Beckerman has been named the new dean of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He will begin his role at UCLA on…
Walking that Line between Art and Entertainment
An Interview with Composer Tod Machover Hailed as “a composer biography like no other” (The Boston Globe) and praised for its “ingenious music” (The Wall Street Journal), Tod Machover’s opera…
Climate Notes: Where Science Meets Symphony at UCLA
The inaugural performance of “Climate Notes” on April 27 at 4 p.m. in Schoenberg Hall is more than a concert; it’s a vital intersection of music, science and advocacy, encouraging…