Category: Students and Alumni

The composer was honored for his opera ‘Intelligence,’ while several other Bruins contributed to award-winning music

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

From the Daily Bruin: “You might be in a theater with two to 3,000 people you don’t know,” Heggie said. “But because of the experience of this human drama and

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music alumnus Brian Vu received a nomination for Best Opera Recording at the 68th Grammy Awards for his performance in “Huang Ruo: An American Soldier.”

Search for Lucie Leerer in The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music staff directory, and you’ll find the title “Academic Advisor.” Accurate? Yes. But also incomplete. As a student affairs

The opera, which revolves around a governess who encounters ghosts while acting as a caretaker for two children, experiments with themes of constantly being puppeted, said assistant director Katya Lynch. 

BRUIN GRAMMY NOMINATIONS! Congratulations to faculty and alums of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music who have been nominated for a 2026 Grammy Award.  Music Industry faculty member Erik

Steve Dyer, the South African multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, visited The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music the week of October 27 with his quartet Aaron Rimbui (piano), Jimmy Mngwandi

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