Author: Robert Baker
Review: UCLA Philharmonia Shines at Mahlerthon
From the LA Times: “Neal Stulberg led an intense, brilliant, riveting performance of Mahler’s most agitated symphony, the 80-minute Sixth (known as the “Tragic”).”
Ethnomusicology Department Hosts 66th Annual Meeting of Society for Ethnomusicology Southern California and Hawai'i Chapter
This year’s meeting marked the 70th anniversary of Mantle Hood’s arrival at UCLA. Hood’s visionary establishment of an institute of ethnomusicology (later to become the ethnomusicology department) made UCLA a
UCLA, Virginia State 'Trouble the Water' Events Dive into HBCU Choral Tradition
From the Daily Bruin: The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is set to host a group of choral musicians from Virginia State University, an HBCU, later this week for
UCLA Philharmonia Triumphs with Mahler's Symphony No. 6 at Disney Hall
On Sunday, March 2, UCLA Philharmonia took the stage at Disney Hall as part of the LA Philharmonic’s “Mahlerthon,” a daylong event celebrating the symphonies and chamber music of Gustav
Alumna Sabrina Langlois Places in Laffont Competition
LA-based Haitian-American soprano Sabrina Langlois, alumna of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, has won 3rd prize in the 2025 Western Regional Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. Langlois has made
Annual Vivaldi Concert to Feature First-Year Soloists
First-year music students rarely get to solo with a chamber orchestra. But at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, it happens every year for the string students. On Friday,
The Past is Present
The UCLA Magazine surveyed the ethnomusicology department’s preservation efforts for global cultural heritage at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
Mike Curb to Establish New Recording Facility for Students at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
From Music Row: This contribution continues the long-standing philanthropic partnership between the Mike Curb Foundation and the School of Music, which has spanned over ten years. The facility will be
The Poem is the Music, the Musician is the Poet
Celebrated Poet Nathaniel Mackey Talks About the Deep Connections between Jazz and Language On Friday, February 14 at 7:00 p.m. in Schoenberg Hall, Salim Washington, professor and chair of global