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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…
Dean Beckerman Speaks at LABEST, Weeklong Scientific Summit
Michael Beckerman spoke to scientists about research on the benefits of music for treating Alzheimer’s and promoting health.
Tamir Hendelman on Robert Miller Podcast
The Follow Your Dream podcast with Robert Miller features Tamir Hendelman in this episode of his podcast connecting world-class artists in peer-to-peer interviews.
Joy H. Calico Wins Mentor Award
Joy H. Calico, professor and chair of musicology, has received the 2026 Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Award. The award recognizes UCLA faculty whose sustained commitment to mentorship has made...
Alumnus Euan Shields Remembers Antonio Lysy
From BBC Magazine: Conductor Euan Shields remembers the profound influence of his late teacher, the American cellist Antonio Lysy. I first met Antonio Lysy at my undergraduate cello audition for...
School of Music Students Win Library Prize for Undergraduate Research
Three School of Music students were honored with UCLA Library prizes in undergraduate research: Pavan Radhakrishnan (Musicology, ’26), Eden Ulrigg (Ethnomusicology, ’27) and Will Bollini (Music Industry minor, ’26). Each...
Reggae and Resistance: Meet Racquel Bernard, 2026 Graduate Student Speaker
What does resistance sound like? Beyond the venerable tradition of protest songs, it can live in something more subtle: a voice, a rhythm, a timbre, a way of claiming space...

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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...
Celebrate Movses Pogossian in his final recital as Professor of Violin at UCLA, featuring Armenian classics, three world premieres, Beethoven, Wagner and more. Free & open to the public with RSVP.  📍 Schoenberg Hall
🗓️ Wednesday, May 27 • 8PM

Celebrate Movses Pogossian in his final recital as Professor of Violin at UCLA, featuring Armenian classics, three world premieres, Beethoven, Wagner and more. Free & open to the public with RSVP.

📍 Schoenberg Hall
🗓️ Wednesday, May 27 • 8PM
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Meet your 2026 commencement speaker: Kiran Gandhi
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Better known as Madame Gandhi, she has produced eight albums of her own music, toured with M.I.A., and traveled to Antarctica to record the sound of melting glaciers. A musician and an activist, she is revered for her intellectual curiosity and creative fearlessness, redefining what it means to be an artist in the 21st century.
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Read more about her, link in bio.
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Photo Credit: Molly Matalon for The New York Times

Meet your 2026 commencement speaker: Kiran Gandhi
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Better known as Madame Gandhi, she has produced eight albums of her own music, toured with M.I.A., and traveled to Antarctica to record the sound of melting glaciers. A musician and an activist, she is revered for her intellectual curiosity and creative fearlessness, redefining what it means to be an artist in the 21st century.
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Read more about her, link in bio.
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Photo Credit: Molly Matalon for The New York Times
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