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Hazel Chung Hood played a pivotal role in establishing the bi-musicality methodology at the UCLA Institute of Ethnomusicology (now the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology) by teaching world dance studies. This

On November 15, 2025, Casa da Música in Porto hosted the world premiere of Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for Minimoog Synthesizer and Orchestra, a groundbreaking work that bridges electronic and classical traditions. The

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.

Frank Sinatra’s Daughter gifts her dad’s Bösendorfer to The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. (From the UCLA Magazine)

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,

Munir Beken, professor of ethnomusicology, composed an original piece for the Santa Monica Schools. "Dandelions" was performed for the McKinley Elementary's Culmination event, featuring the school's choral students and members of Lincoln Middle School's Level 4 Orchestra.

Gabriel Esperon, a master’s student in violin performance, has been appointed a Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen LA Phil Resident Fellow in Fall 2025. As a fellow, Esperon will perform

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

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