#Movses Pogossian
Serenade with a Dandelion Named a Top Classical Album in 2024
Long-running and influential online magazine Textura has just released its top 20 lists for classical and jazz recordings of 2024. Coming in at number three on the list for quartet, ensemble or
VEM Ensemble's International Tour
The VEM Ensemble has just completed its week-long tour of Armenia. Next up is “Resonances: The Music of Armenia” at the Hammer Museum on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 7:30
Honoring Kurtág
It was 2004 and Movses Pogossian was preparing the legendary Hungarian composer György Kurtág’s famously intricate Kafka Fragments with soprano Tony Arnold. On a whim, they contacted the composer to
Opera UCLA Presents the World Premiere of Cinematic Horror Opera Cesare, Child of Night
The Herb Alpert School of Music is proud to present film/TV orchestrator, music industry lecturer and composer Jonathan Beard’s (Respect, King Richard, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, and The Mandalorian) world premiere of his
Professor Melissa Bilal Joins Armenian Music Program as Its Full-Time Associate Director
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr.
Melissa Bilal, an internationally recognized ethnomusicologist, sociocultural anthropologist,
and social historian, as the full-time Associate Director of the Armenian Music Program.
Violinist Tiffany Wee Shines at Tanglewood Music Festival
Rising senior Tiffany Wee distinguished herself as a leader at the prestigious Tanglewood Music Festival, one of the most competitive full-ride summer training programs in the world.
From Westwood to Yerevan: UCLA’s VEM Ensemble a Friend and Ambassador for Armenian Music
Take a glimpse into the VEM ensemble's journey as they embarked on a trip to Armenia to present a performance of Armenian Music at the House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian.
Mirror Spectator – The VEM Ensemble Triumphs in North American Tour
READ: “The VEM Ensemble of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music inspired and moved large audiences in the hundreds in Detroit, Montreal and Boston as it completed the first part of its spring 2019 North American tour organized by the Tekeyan Cultural Association of the United States and Canada (TCA).”
Mirror Spectator - The VEM Ensemble to take a North American tour
READ: The VEM Ensemble is the cornerstone of the Armenian Music Program at UCLA, and features school of music students and alumni. The ensemble begins its North American tour on March 27 in Detroit, with stops in Montreal, Boston, and Glendale and Altadena, California.