School of Music
Leadership
The Dean of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Dean
Michael Beckerman Michael Beckerman is Dean of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He is a leading music historian and public intellectual. His groundbreaking studies of Central European composers have been…
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Academic Leadership
Jenny Olivia Johnson
Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence, Associate Professor - Musicology
Salim Washington
Professor and Chair of Global Jazz Studies
Helen Rees
Professor and Chair of Ethnomusicology, Director of World Music Center (Music of China, Intangible Cultural Heritage in East Asia)
James Bass
Professor and Chair of the Department of Music Performance, Education & Composition, Director of Choral Studies
Jan Berry Baker
Professor - Saxophone, Head of Woodwinds, Vice Chair of the Department of Music Performance, Education & Composition, Special Assistant to the Dean for Faculty Mentoring
David Kaplan
Inaugural Shapiro Family Professor in Piano Performance, Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Music Performance, Education & Composition
Robert Fink
Professor and Chair – Music Industry, Professor - Musicology And Humanities (History and Analysis of Popular Music, Internships And Industry Partnerships), Director Of The Berry Gordy Music Industry Center
Joy H. Calico
Professor and Chair of Musicology
Administrative leadership
Andrea Arias
Chief Financial Officer
Russell Kelban
Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing
Sandra T. Flores
Director of Academic Personnel
Luis Henao
Director of Music Technology and Production, Director of the Recording Studio
Dawnyelle Addison
Manager - Music Industry Program
Lindsey Beardsley
Manager - Department of Music Performance, Education & Composition