Category: World Music Center
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…
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.…
Sumeet Anand Pandey Brings Dhrupad Music, Indian Traditions to UCLA
The Daily Bruin interviewed Sumeet Anand Pandley, in residence at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as a Fulbright Working Fellow in the Fall of 2024.…
Ethnomusicology Archive Adds African American History Photographs to Online Collection
The Ethnomusicology Archive holds the Bette Cox collection and is thrilled to announce that the still images relating to African American music and culture in Los Angeles are now available online on the Ethnomusicology Archive channel on California Revealed.
Chi Li on CBS KCAL News
Chi Li, professor of ethnomusicology, was interviewed on KCAL news about her musical past and her mastery of the Erhu, a Chinese instrument dating back more than a thousand years.…
Music Alive in the Archive: An Exploration of Kulintang Music in the Danongan Kalanduyan
The Ethnomusicology Archive holds one of the world’s great collections of audio and video recordings documenting kulintang gong music and dance around the world. They are now freely accessible to…
Ethnomusicology Doctoral Candidate Blair Black Named Dance/USA 2023 Archiving and Preservation Fellow
Dance/USA selects fellows each year for students of archiving and preservation to receive mentorship and hands-on experience working with dance research collections and assisting artists and dance companies to preserve…
UCLA Ethnomusicology Professor Named Bakë-Jairazbhoy Chair for Indian Ocean Studies
Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy, adjunct professor of ethnomusicology at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Bakë-Jairazbhoy Chair for Indian Ocean Studies at the…
Six-time GRAMMY Winning 'Ukulele Virtuoso, Daniel Ho, Performs for Archive's 60th Anniversary
Daniel Ho, a six-time GRAMMY Award winner, eleven-time GRAMMY Award nominee, six-time Taiwanese Golden Melody Award winner, and recipient of multiple Hawaiian Music awards will present a virtual concert of…