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Robert Baker
Director, Strategic Communications and Marketing
robertbaker@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu

 If you have general questions regarding public relations, image requests, or would like to be added to our mailing list, please email us at communications@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu.

Most of our faculty are available for news media interviews by arrangement. Please contact Russell Kelban, Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing, for assistance. Our faculty are leaders in their fields and include a boundary-pushing medievalist, a leading scholar of the American musical, jazz legends, masters of traditional world music instruments, a punk scholar, in-demand composers and others who are fostering transformative critical thinking about music and musical practices. Other areas of expertise include:

  • African diaspora, critical race studies, social movements, nationalism, national anthem
  • Rap, hip-hop, jazz, blues, funk, R&B, soul; pop music, rock n roll, Motown
  • East Asia, Korean music
  • Film and TV music
  • Jewish music, Klezmer, Jewish liturgical music
  • Music business, streaming media, technology and entertainment, copyright
  • Music and politics; music, gender, and sexuality
  • Opera studies
  • And more…
Latin American Musicians and the Shaping of Classical and Popular Music
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 rich exchange of ideas across the
Matthew Vest named UCLA’s 2026 Librarian of the Year
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 of California, Los Angeles (LAUC-LA). Established
Nick DePinna Releases Sentiments of JUSTICE, HUMANITY, COURAGE, AND PEACE
Available on Apple Music, Spotify, and Bandcamp, Nick DePinna’s new work “Sentiments of JUSTICE, HUMANITY, COURAGE, and PEACE” takes its name from a 1775 essay printed in the Pennsylvania Journal
Remembering Clive Davis
The music icon helped to transform the music industry, working with the likes of Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, Alecia Keys and many more. Musicologist Robert Fink helps explain his rise,
The 2026 Commencement in Photographs
Commencement invites us to look in two directions at once: backward toward the accomplishments that brought us here and forward toward the possibilities that lie ahead. The 2025–26 commencement did
Timothy Taylor Interviewed on Camp Anthropology
Kenzell Huggins interviewed ethnomusicology professor Tim Taylor about his book Making Value: Music, Capital and the Social for Rice University’s blog, Camp Anthropology.

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Award-Winning Scholar and Musicologist Michael Beckerman Named New Dean of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
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
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Receives Gift from Mike Curb Foundation for State-of-the-Art Student Recording Facility and More
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
CONGRATULATIONS TO MATTHEW VEST! Our Music Inquiry & Research Librarian has been named UCLA's 2026 Librarian of the Year by the Librarians Association of UCLA.  The award recognizes excellence in librarianship, celebrating creativity, innovation, leadership, courage, and a commitment to inclusivity. Since 1994, it has honored librarians whose work makes a lasting impact—and we're proud to see Matthew recognized for his outstanding contributions.  Congratulations, Matthew!

CONGRATULATIONS TO MATTHEW VEST! Our Music Inquiry & Research Librarian has been named UCLA`s 2026 Librarian of the Year by the Librarians Association of UCLA.

The award recognizes excellence in librarianship, celebrating creativity, innovation, leadership, courage, and a commitment to inclusivity. Since 1994, it has honored librarians whose work makes a lasting impact—and we`re proud to see Matthew recognized for his outstanding contributions.

Congratulations, Matthew!
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NEW RELEASE: Nick DePinna’s new work “Sentiments of JUSTICE, HUMANITY, COURAGE, and PEACE” takes its name from a 1775 essay printed in the Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser. Focusing on the themes of justice and humanity, the piece draws notes from the classics of Americana that range across two centuries, from the acapella, colonial-era choral hymns to patriotic music of the nineteenth century. Learn more, link in bio.

NEW RELEASE: Nick DePinna’s new work “Sentiments of JUSTICE, HUMANITY, COURAGE, and PEACE” takes its name from a 1775 essay printed in the Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser. Focusing on the themes of justice and humanity, the piece draws notes from the classics of Americana that range across two centuries, from the acapella, colonial-era choral hymns to patriotic music of the nineteenth century. Learn more, link in bio. ...

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