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Founded in 1994, the Music Partnership Program has brought music lessons to young students in the Los Angeles area. Working with partner sites, students in The UCLA Herb Alpert School

Launched in 2016, the Lisbon Conference explores the diverse musical traditions of Asia. The eighth annual conference “Chinese Music and Musical Instruments: Embracing the Wide Variety of Asian Music and

Munir Beken, professor of ethnomusicology, composed an original piece for the Santa Monica Schools. "Dandelions" was performed for the McKinley Elementary's Culmination event, featuring the school's choral students and members of Lincoln Middle School's Level 4 Orchestra.

Gabriel Esperon, a master’s student in violin performance, has been appointed a Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen LA Phil Resident Fellow in Fall 2025. As a fellow, Esperon will perform

By any measure, the 2024-2025 academic year brought extraordinary challenges, among which were two historic fires that forced an evacuation of UCLA in January. Ever resilient, the stalwart students and

On July 1, the Solid Gold Sound welcomes a new leader. Justin McManus, most recently the director of athletic bands at the University of Connecticut, will join The UCLA Herb

(San Francisco Classical Voice): Kay Rhie’s piece is called H’on, which “means ‘spirit’ or ‘soul’ in Korean,” she explained. “For me, it’s [asking the question] ‘What does the spirit of Korean sound

With vocals and instruments echoing through Royce Hall, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music helped bring to life the June 5 inauguration ceremony for UCLA’s seventh chancellor, Julio Frenk.

Composition professor Kay Rhie’s most recent work was commissioned by the LA Philharmonic and will premiere on June 6, 2025.

On the morning of January 7, 2025, a fire had started in the Santa Monica mountains and Mia Ruhman, a fourth-year music composition major at The UCLA Herb Alpert School

In December 2024, just before the start of Spring Semester, Wade Dean received some bad news. At the time, He was teaching courses in music theory and jazz history at

As president of the student-run record label Cherry Pop Records for the past two years, fourth-year music industry student Elena Flauto said the organization has created invaluable opportunities for students

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 generation of music industry leaders LOS

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

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 will begin construction on a new

New academic center bolsters UCLA as a major force in the study of Iranian culture Through a $5 million pledge by Haleh Emrani in honor of her late husband, Ahmad

James Darrah, the GRAMMY Award-nominated director/producer of acclaimed and innovative opera and film productions will join The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music faculty in Fall 2024.

September 26, 2024. The new season features celebrated poet Nathaniel Mackey, Tod Machover's opera "Schoenberg in Hollywood," student performances and scholarly symposia.

May 21, 2024. Berry Gordy, founder of the iconic record label and hit-making enterprise Motown, has pledged a $5 million gift to establish The UCLA Berry Gordy Music Industry Center.

May 9, 2024. Opera UCLA, a collaboration between The Herb Alpert School of Music and the UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television, will present the world premiere of Grammy Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour’s new opera, The Grand Hotel Tartarus.

March 27, 2024. Regina Carter, the acclaimed jazz violinist who has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (2007), a Doris Duke Award (2018), and honored as an NEA Jazz Master Fellow (2023), will join The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music faculty in 2024.

MEDIA ADVISORY The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music features a world premiere of Serenade with a Dandelion. This live concert event showcases internationally-renowned musicians performing a curated selection of top Armenian composers’ work, all featured on a new 4-CD set. Hailed as a “game changer,” “a five-star

October 6, 2023. Responding to student demand, a new B.A in Music Industry from The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will set graduates on track toward careers in artist and label management, publicity, music publishing and licensing and more.