Category: Music Performance, Education and Composition
Composer Kay Kyurim Rhie Wins a Guggenheim
Kay Rhie, associate professor of composition, was one of five UCLA faculty to win the prestigious award, which supports scholars in a broad array of fields, from the natural sciences...
Mike Lee Brings Global Performance Career and Innovative Scholarship to Faculty
Mike Lee, an accomplished fortepianist with an international performance career, has joined The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He holds advanced degrees from Yale and Cornell and was most...
The Other March Madness
UCLA Women’s Basketball is on to the Final Four in search of its first national championship this season. But there’s more madness to March than just hoops. The National Trumpet...
Cellist Ben Hong Joins Faculty
Ben Hong, associate principal cello of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has joined the faculty as professor of cello performance.
Four Faculty Receive Chancellor's Arts Initiative Grants
The Chancellor’s Council on the Arts, in partnership with the Office of Research and Creative Activities, has announced fourteen faculty-led projects that will receive seed funding this year. Four of...
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...
From the Classroom to the Community, UCLA Music Education Shapes the Future of Teaching and Learning
From the Classroom to the Community, UCLA Music Education Shapes the Future of Teaching and Learning
Dani Santana, fourth-year music education student at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, was scheduled to run a clinic on Ecuadorian musical traditions of Pasillo and Pasacalle at the...
Alumnus Jake Heggie Wins Grammy
The composer was honored for his opera ‘Intelligence,’ while several other Bruins contributed to award-winning music...
Faculty and Alumni Recognized in 2026 Grammy Awards
Congratulations to faculty and alums of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music who have been been recognized in the 2026 Grammy Awards. Music alum Alexander Lloyd Blake is the...