Musicology Archives - The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
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
Can AI Win a Grammy?
From CBS, KYMA News: Judith Finell, musicologist at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, helped break down the role of AI in music production.
Conference on Trauma and Disability in the Arts Brings Artists and Scholars Together
Have you ever heard the color green? How about tasted Miles Davis’s “Birth of the Cool”?  The phenomenon of experiencing something through unrelated senses is called synesthesia. Jenny Olivia Johnson,
2025-26 Season Brings Exciting Programming to Los Angeles and Beyond
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s 2025–26 season offers something for everyone, with over 200 public concerts, recitals and panel discussions at UCLA and throughout the community. True to
Thomas Hodgson Launches Music and Data Journal with UC Press
University of California Press is launching Music and Data, an annual, thematic, online-only journal, in 2026 under the co-editorship of Thomas Hodgson, University of California, Los Angeles, and Rujing Stacy Huang,
Bard Music Festival Unearths Hidden Gems
(New York Times) Dean Michael Beckerman is the artistic advisor for the for the Bard Music Festival Martinů and His World. Martinu, a Czech composer who thrived on the artistic and
Cesar Favila Appointed Long Term Fellow at Yale
The Yale Institute of Sacred Music introduced six new long-term fellows for the 2025-26 academic year. Cesar Favila, associate professor of musicology at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music,
Answering the Call: Meet Wade Dean, 2025 Graduate Commencement Speaker
In December 2024, just before the start of Spring Semester, Wade Dean received some bad news. At the time, He was teaching courses in music theory and jazz history at
Musicology Professor Ray Knapp to Deliver UCLA's 138th Annual Faculty Research Lecture
In 1925, UCLA established the annual Faculty Research Lectures to recognize exceptional scholars. Ray Knapp, distinguished professor of musicology will speak on "How Music(ology) Saves Lives."