Category: Music Performance Alumni
GRAMMY-Nominated Alumnus Alexander Blake Talks to the Daily Bruin
Alexander Lloyd Blake, alumnus of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella for…
Jake Heggie, Composer and Alum, to Give 2024 Commencement Address
By Robert Baker By any measure, 2023 was good to Jake Heggie. He had several high-profile world premieres, including his new opera Intelligence with the Houston Grand Opera and his…
Alumna Makes Met Debut in Anthony Davis Opera about Malcolm X
Tracy Cox, alumna of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, will make her Met debut in X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, from November 3 to December…
Alumnus Enrico Lopez-Yañez Will Lead Detroit Pops Orchestra in 2023-24
In October 2023, Herb Alpert School of Music alumnus Enrico Lopez-Yañez was introduced as the next Principal Pops Conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, to commence with the 2024–2025 season. Enrico always knew…
Euan Shields Wins Siemens Hallé International Conductors Competition
Euan Shields (class of 2021), stood out in a field of over 200 conductors. He will become assistant director of Manchester's Hallé and direct its youth orchestra.
2023 Grammy Nominees from The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
The 2023 Grammy nominations have been announced, and The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music faculty and alumni are well represented.
In Memoriam Ron Logan
In the summer of 1961, Ron Logan traveled with the UCLA band for a tour of Europe. The senior trumpet major led a breakout jazz band that played for King…
‘Porgy and Bess,’ a Hit for the Met Opera, Gets an Encore | NYTimes
The Metropolitan Opera has added three additional performances of Porgy and Bess, starring UCLA alumna Angel Blue, extending an opera’s run with the company for the first time in its modern history.
Alumni band Hello Noon's new music video celebrates inclusion
READ & WATCH: Friendship and a passion for social change led to the formation of Hello Noon, an orchestral, pop-rock band featuring school of music alums Kyle Dombroski M.M. ‘17, Stephen Spies B.A. ’17, and sisters Kate Bacich B.A. ‘18 and Rebecca Bacich B.A. ‘19. The group recently partnered with Special Olympics of Southern California for the band's new music video, “Run Free," a song about inclusion.