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Michael Beckerman Named Dean of UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music
Michael Beckerman, a renowned musicologist widely recognized for his seminal scholarship on Czech and Eastern European music, has been appointed the new dean of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of…
Ethnomusicology Department Hosts 66th Annual Meeting of Society for Ethnomusicology Southern California and Hawai'i Chapter
This year’s meeting marked the 70th anniversary of Mantle Hood’s arrival at UCLA. Hood’s visionary establishment of an institute of ethnomusicology (later to become the ethnomusicology department) made UCLA a…
Pianist Magazine Reviews Faliks
“Weight in the Fingertips shows that Inna Faliks is not only a great pianist, but also a talented author who manages to portray a character accurately in just a few sentences, convey the…
Step Into Imagination Hall, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s Newly Renovated Practice Rooms
In Fall 2024, forty-nine practice rooms at UCLA re-opened after their first comprehensive renovation since their construction in 1955.
Serenade with a Dandelion Named a Top Classical Album in 2024
Long-running and influential online magazine Textura has just released its top 20 lists for classical and jazz recordings of 2024. Coming in at number three on the list for quartet, ensemble or…
David Kaplan's Solo Album Named a Top Classical Recording of 2024
Long-running and influential online magazine Textura has just released its top 20 lists for classical and jazz recordings of 2024. Coming in at number seven on the list of instrumental solo classical albums is David Kaplan, assistant professor of piano performance, with New Dances of the League of David.
UCLA's Incoming Chancellor Julio Frenk Visits Impromptu Recording Session at the School of Music
Chancellor Julio Frenk loves opera. As he gets to know UCLA, he paid a visit to The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to listen to some opera arias during an impromptu recording session.
Cheryl Keyes Composition Wins Silver Medal from Global Music Awards
The Global Music Awards identifies gold, silver and bronze medals to compositions by independent musicians. In 2024, Cheryl Keyes’ Sundiata Keiti Overture was selected for the silver medal, awarded for…
November 3 Concert to Feature Winning Composition from Resonate Competition
Yi-Ting Lu, a Chicago-based composer from Taiwan, has been selected as the winner of UCLA Library’s Resonate 2024: An Open Access Call for Scores, for her composition, “An Unopened Seashell.” Lu will receive…