While the Klaus Wachsmann audio collection at Makerere University provides a colonial definition of “indigenous” music, it also provides in glimpse into the present and future redefinition of Uganda’s music.
The final event in the Hear / Now / Then / There lecture series features Jasmine Nyende, a Ugandan and African American fiber artist and educator, in a lively conversation about music and performance art.
Janet Topp Fargion, Head of Sound & Vision at the British Library, considers methods and best practices in contemporary audiovisual archiving that focus on collaboration and exchange and highlight a shift to the “post-custodial.”
Dr. Nicole Detling, Co-author of ‘Don’t Leave Your Mind Behind’, discusses enhancing musical performance through mental skills training, which she has used with several Olympic medalists and world champions.
This concert features performers from all departments at the School of Music, including the UCLA Percussion Ensemble, the Music of China Ensemble, Professor Inna Faliks, Irina Bazik, Kelsey Ma, Valerie Stern, and original works from Kian Ravaei, Robby Good and Shirunyu Li among many others.
Join the UCLA Music of African Americans Ensemble in a virtual winter concert celebrating the rich musical heritage of sacred song in the African American Tradition.
The 2021 Society for Ethnomusicology, Southern California and Hawaiʻi Chapter conference will be a two-day virtual event, 13 – 14 March, featuring panels, roundtables, and a recorded concert series featuring our community members.
Concert featuring vocal students of the Global Jazz Studies program
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is proud to welcome trombonist and conductor Isrea Butler, who is the Music Department Chair at North Carolina Central University and co-founder of the Gateways Brass Collective, a professional brass quintet dedicated to serving minority students that is sponsored by Conn-Selmer.
Join the Herb Alpert School of Music in partnership with the School of Theater, Film and Television for this collaborative panel event that features composers and filmmakers including UCLA alumni. The discussion will explore the creative development and process of capturing scenic emotion and atmosphere for visual content. For questions about this event, please email
