Category: School of Music
Golden Season, Solid Gold Sound
The UCLA women’s basketball team brought home the national championship after a dominant run through the season and the tournament. And from the first tip through the final trophy hoist,...
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...
In Memoriam Mimi Alpert Feldman
She was a humanitarian and a philanthropist. She was a UCLA Bruin and a businesswoman. She was a champion for education. Mimi Alpert Feldman passed away at her home in...
Hollywood Reporter Names The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music a Top Music School
Bob Fink, department chair of the school of music’s music industry program, says UCLA’s rigid academics help breed students who are ready to work in the industry.
Shannon Tyra Finds Hidden Gems for the School of Music
Shannon Tyra, the director of operations at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, knows a thing or two about running things. For 36 years she worked for UCLA Hospital,...
A Concert That Asks the Audience to Listen to Their Voices, and Others
Forty years after the African music festival Freedom Melody challenged apartheid, an artist brings the songs of resistance and humanity to the stage On Wednesday, October 29, The UCLA Herb...
Meet Dean Michael Beckerman
Michael Beckerman, the new dean of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, is a leading music scholar. His groundbreaking studies of Central European composers have been praised for their...
School of Music Appoints Michael Beckerman as New Dean, Plans for More Unity
From the Daily Bruin: The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music new chapter has one prevalent theme – unity.