Search for Lucie Leerer in The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music staff directory, and you’ll find the title “Academic Advisor.” Accurate? Yes. But...

From CBS News–One year ago, trumpet professor Jens Lindemann lost his home in the Pacific Palisades during the historic Los Angeles wildfires. To mark...

From the New York Times: James Darrah Black, professor of voice at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, will direct the Berlin premiere...

At a somber moment of reflection and renewal, the UCLA Chamber Singers delivered a stirring rendition of “Only in Sleep” by Latvian composer Ēriks...

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)...

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...

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...

The opera, which revolves around a governess who encounters ghosts while acting as a caretaker for two children, experiments with themes of constantly being...

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

From the Daily Bruin: Based on Henry James’ 1898 novella of the same name, the story follows a governess sent to a remote estate...

What could AI do for an opera? This was a question on James Darrah’s mind as he planned his first full season of Opera...

Tucked away in the basement of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is Adam Gilberti’s workshop. As the school’s musical instrument curator, Gilberti...