#Munir Beken
UCLA Professor Composes for the Community
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.
Work which received its world premiere at UCLA wins 2018 Global Music Awards Gold Medal
American composer Earl Louis Stewart has won a 2018 Global Music Awards Gold Medal in the category Counterpoint Classical/Jazz for his composition Homage to Swing (Identity 158), which received its