Category: Jazz Alumni
Percussion Alumna Chosen for Prestigious Yamaha Internship Program
Yamaha Corporation of America named alumna Amanda Albini '19 (pictured right) to its renowned percussion instruments internship program. Albini was selected from a national pool of talented and accomplished applicants.
KCET - LA Jazz Never Went Away, But Now It's on the World Stage
WATCH: Students in the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz at UCLA are in the spotlight along with former Bruin Kamasi Washington and the West Coast Get Down. Discover the people, places and sounds that are putting L.A. jazz on the map.
Alumnus John Daversa Sweeps his Categories at the 61st Grammy Awards
Jazz trumpeter John Daversa and professor Wayne Shorter took home four GRAMMY awards between them. Alumnus Jake Heggie was recognized with a nomination.
LA Times - Review: Edgy jazz crosses over to classical, or is it the other way around?
READ: UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music studio faculty Boris Allakhverdyan, Denis Bouriakov, Chris Hanulik and Joshua Ranz appeared as part of an L.A. Phil Green Umbrella program at Walt Disney Concert Hall, curated by Herbie Hancock, a UCLA professor since 2013 and the L.A. Phil's creative chair for jazz. The program also featured alumnus and lecturer Hitomi Oba’s chamber work “Aina.”
Recent graduate performs at Montreux Jazz Festival for Quincy Jones’ birthday celebration
WATCH: Jade Elliott, who studied jazz at UCLA, earned the opportunity of her young career: an all-expenses paid trip to Switzerland to perform at the high-profile event.