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Armenian Music Program
July 27, 2026

From the Armenian Mirror-Spectator — The UCLA Vem String Quartet, during a spring tour sponsored and planned by the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) and...

FIFA Half time performers with soccer ball graphics around them.
Music Industry
July 27, 2026

FROM WIRED: Tiffany Naiman, director of the Berry Gordy Music Industry Center, discusses FIFA’s World Cup’s premiere halftime show and its choice of global...

man in red tunic playing a stringed Chinese instrument.
Ethnomusicology
July 24, 2026

When Taiwanese graduate student Roy Huang arrived to study in UCLA’s Department of Ethnomusicology in 2025, he expected to deepen his research into the...

Four pictures showing different musical acts in the World Cup half time show.
Music Industry
July 16, 2026

The 2026 World Cup brought a renewed focus on entertainment. Tiffany Naiman, director of the Berry Gordy Music Industry Center, explores why music has...

Research
July 9, 2026

Modern music didn’t develop along a single path—and it certainly wasn’t confined to Europe and the United States. Hermann Hudde‘s recent publications trace the...

Librarians Doug Daniels and Matthew Vest Doug posing with their Librarian of the Year award plaques.
Music Library
July 8, 2026

Music research librarian Matthew Vest has been honored with UCLA’s 2026 Librarian of the Year Award, given by the Librarians Association of the University...

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Press Release
July 1, 2025

The endowed scholarship builds on UMG’s Sounds of the Future initiative and The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s commitment to nurturing the next...

Press Release
April 21, 2025

Acclaimed higher education scholar and author Michael Beckerman has been named the new dean of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He will...

Press Release
February 4, 2025

Through a special pledge by Mike Curb, California’s former lieutenant and acting governor, and music industry veteran, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music...