Category: Strings
Cellist Ben Hong Joins Faculty
Ben Hong, associate principal cello of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has joined the faculty as professor of cello performance.
UCLA Students Sweep Instrumental and Piano/Harp Category at Annual Competition
Every year, the Pasadena Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota offers a scholarship for woodwinds, piano and voice area undergraduate and graduate students. In 2026, UCLA students swept the woodwind
Gabriel Esperon, Violin Student, Appointed LA Phil Resident Fellow
Gabriel Esperon, a master’s student in violin performance, has been appointed a Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen LA Phil Resident Fellow in Fall 2025. As a fellow, Esperon will perform
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