Category: Percussion
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…
67th GRAMMY Award Winners
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is proud to share that faculty and alumni were well represented at the 67th GRAMMY Awards. In all, thirteen faculty and six alums…
GRAMMY Award Nominations in 2024
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is proud to share that faculty and alumni were well represented at this year’s GRAMMY Awards. In all, thirteen faculty and six alums…
Summer Dispatches from Students, Faculty & Alumni, 2024
Our students, faculty and alums have had a busy summer. We’ve been collecting their dispatches from Italy to Mongolia, from the Hollywood Bowl to Mannheim, Germany, from South Korea to…
Percussion Studio Summer Spotlight, 2023
The Percussion Studio at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music was busy this summer. Catch some of their highlights in pictures.
Celebrating William Kraft, Los Angeles New Music Legend
On Saturday, October 1, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will host a celebration of William Kraft. Kraft, who taught composition at UCLA in the 1980s after a thirty-year…
School of Music's Spring 2020 Percussion Ensemble Performance
The UCLA Percussion Ensemble collaborated to develop a performance using household items, aptly titled “Scavenger Music” by Christopher Deane. Students used a variety of objects to create percussion sounds such as tissue boxes, pots, bottles and kitchen utensils.
Winner of the 2019 Atwater Kent Concerto Competition Announced
Professor Neal Stulberg, Director of Orchestral Studies, has announced the winner of this year's Atwater Kent Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion Concerto Competition.
UCLA Percussion Instructor Mitchell Peters Receives Posthumous Award from Percussive Arts Society
Mitchell Peters, a prodigious composer, recording artist, UCLA music professor, and former principal timpanist and percussionist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will be inducted into the PAS Hall of Fame.