Category: Clarinet

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…

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…

Alex Lee graduated in 2022 with his bachelor's in saxophone performance. For the past two years, Lee has been making his way as a performer with Fivemind Reeds, a quintent composed entirely of alumni and students. And they give entirely unexpected concerts.

Renowned cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason opened the LA Philharmonic’s season. The orchestra also delivered a stirring rendition of Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Uirupurú, which featured extensive solos by UCLA faculty Jan Berry Baker…

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.

READ: UCLA music performance faculty Movses Pogossian (violin) and Boris Allakhverdyan (principal clarinet, LA Phil) “offered commanding performances” of work by celebrated Aremenian composer Tigran Mansurian as part of the Dilijan Chamber Music Series.

Joining us in Fall 2018: violist Che-Yen Chen, professor of viola, and new lecturers Boris Allakhverdyan, principal clarinet of the LA Phil; Georgy Goodall, principal timpanist for the LA Opera Orchestra; and Joshua Ranz, principal clarinet of the LA Chamber Orchestra.