Degrees Program: Composition
To Capture the Outlandish Subject of Schoenberg in Hollywood, It Takes an Opera
REVIEW by Mark Swed of the LA Times: “The commanding performance by The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music ensemble, conducted by Neal Stulberg, makes the high/low dichotomy irrelevant, leading…
Spring Festival of World Music Enters Its Sixty-Fifth Year
This year marks the 65th year of the Spring Festival of World Music (May 4 through June 7, 2025). Since its founding under ethnomusicologist Mantle Hood, who began teaching at…
Honoring the Promise Chair: An Evening with Tigran Hamasyan
On Tuesday, May 20, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will celebrate the establishment of the Promise Chair in Armenian Music, Arts and Culture with a free concert by…
Opera Star Denyce Graves to Deliver 2025 Commencement Address
Mezzo-Soprano Denyce Graves has built a remarkable career. Educated at Oberlin College and the New England Conservatory, she launched her professional journey through the training program of the Houston Grand…
Peter Golub to Oversee BMI Composers' Lab
Golub, an award-winning composer and director of film-music studies at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music, will oversee the lab alongside BMI vice president of film, TV and visual media…
Music Industry Student Sheng Chang Drops EP
Chang will soon release a three-song EP titled “Feel It All.” Chang said she has been passionate about music since she was a child and added that the release of…
Alumnus Publishes Study on Health Benefits of Mindful Jazz Listening
Ethnomusicology alum Sean Young worked in the music industry before earning a Ph.D in Psychology from Stanford University. Now a professor at UC Irvine, Young has published a controlled study…
New Paths and Fresh Perspectives: The Transfer Journey to The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
The transfer acceptance deadline was two days away and Owen Richards had all but given up on his first choice, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He had already…
David Leaf Talks Beach Boys, Brian Wilson and SMiLE
David Leaf, adjunct associate professor of music industry and musicology at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, has just released his latest book, SMiLE: The Rise, Fall & Resurrection…