Category: Ethnomusicology Archive

Hua Wenyi (1941–2022) was one of the most influential Kunqu opera performers of her generation. On February 9, the Ethnomusicology Archive hosted a conference celebrating her music, dance and legacy.

Hazel Chung Hood played a pivotal role in establishing the bi-musicality methodology at the UCLA Institute of Ethnomusicology (now the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology) by teaching world dance studies. This

This year marks the 65th year of the Spring Festival of World Music (May 4 through June 7, 2025). Since its founding under ethnomusicologist Mantle Hood, who began teaching at

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 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.

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

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

The UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, has been awarded the Judith McCulloh Public Sector Award by the Society for Ethnomusicology. The award recognizes the

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