Category: Strings
Alumnus Christian Gonzales Profiled
Christian Gonzales (BM 2022) went on to Juilliard and is launching his performance and educational career in California. Read the profile by CanvasRebel.…
Annual Vivaldi Concert to Feature First-Year Soloists
First-year music students rarely get to solo with a chamber orchestra. But at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, it happens every year for the string students. On Friday,…
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…
Louisville Orchestra Remembers its Concertmaster with an Opera He Played in a Nazi Concentration Camp
Adam Millstein, doctoral student in violin performance at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, was the producer for Der Kaiser von Atlantis for the Louisville Orchestra.…
Serenade with a Dandelion Named a Top Classical Album in 2024
Long-running and influential online magazine Textura has just released its top 20 lists for classical and jazz recordings of 2024. Coming in at number three on the list for quartet, ensemble or…
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…
Regina Carter to Bring the Music and Culture of Lost Neighborhoods to UCLA Students
When Regina Carter was a young girl growing up in Detroit, her mother sometimes took her to work with her. As they drove to the elementary school where she taught, Carter’s mother pointed out the different neighborhoods. “This one is ‘Black Bottom,’ and this is ‘Paradise Valley,’” she would say, as Carter looked out the window.The only trouble was, these historic African American neighborhoods didn’t exist anymore. They had been destroyed to make way for the I-75.
"He Danced the Music He Was Playing:" In Memoriam Antonio Lysy
Virtuoso cellist taught for twenty years at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music On Sunday, February 4, the UCLA community learned of the sudden and unexpected loss of Antonio…
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music offers a diverse 2023-2024 season that traverses musical worlds
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music offers a diverse 2023-2024 season that traverses musical worlds
From the stirring rhythms of Freedom First to the harmonious echoes of Antonio Lysy and The Spikes, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music invites audiences to spaces where music and modern culture intertwine. Artists and programs hosted and curated by the School of Music reinvent modern symphonic styles, enlighten with discussions of the craft, and celebrate traditions from around the globe.