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The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is the first – and only – school of music in the University of California system. We train and educate students across western classical and world music traditions, transcending traditional academic boundaries by balancing performance mastery and composition with cutting-edge scholarship. Rigorous and improvisational, we encourage and embrace the exploration of

music in all its contemporary and historical diversity. Our 450 undergraduate and graduate students have a multitude of performance opportunities and access to exceptional faculty, new state-of-the-art facilities, world-class archives and instrument collections, and dedicated degree programs and centers of study.

Congratulations to our newly admitted students! Your passion, ambition, and talent have brought you here—now it’s time t...
03/24/2025

Congratulations to our newly admitted students! Your passion, ambition, and talent have brought you here—now it’s time to take the exciting next step! At The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, you’ll join a dynamic community within the UC’s only school of music, where creativity and excellence thrive. Your musical journey starts here.
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The Early Music Ensemble Performs Francesca CacciniSunday, March 2311:00 AMThe William Andrews Clark Memorial Library-Ex...
03/18/2025

The Early Music Ensemble Performs Francesca Caccini
Sunday, March 23
11:00 AM
The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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Experience the intense power struggle between demigoddess Melissa and sorceress Alcina in Francesca Caccini's comic opera. Written in 1625, "La liberazione di Ruggiero" was one of the first written operas, and the first by a female composer. The early music ensemble welcomes guest artists from L.A. Camerata for this spectacular revival performance.‌

Concert is free and open to the public.
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https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/musicology-departments-early-music-ensemble-concert/

"Bokani Dyer Presents a Glimpse into the World of South African JazzTuesday, March 181:00 PMEnsemble Room: Ostin Music C...
03/12/2025

"Bokani Dyer Presents a Glimpse into the World of South African Jazz
Tuesday, March 18
1:00 PM
Ensemble Room: Ostin Music Center
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Bokani Dyer, award-winning composer, will join UCLA and the Global Jazz Studies Department for a special workshop on South African jazz. This multimedia presentation will explore the rich historical and social tradition of jazz while offering a contemporary perspective. Blending tradition and innovation, Dyer pushes the boundaries of South African jazz and invites students to do the same. Students are encouraged to bring their instruments.

Event is free and open to the public.
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https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/bokani-dyer-a-glimpse-into-the-world-of-south-african-jazz/

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"“Trouble the Water”: Celebrating the HBCU Choral Tradition through the Music of Undine Smith MooreThursday and Friday, ...
03/08/2025

"“Trouble the Water”: Celebrating the HBCU Choral Tradition through the Music of Undine Smith Moore
Thursday and Friday, March 13 & 14
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The Center for Musical Humanities welcomes the Virginia State University Choir and scholars from across the country for a two-day event. On THURSDAY, MARCH 13 AT 8 PM AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, the UCLA Chamber Singers, the UCLA Chorale, and the Virginia State University Concert Choir come together for an intercollegiate collaborative performance. On FRIDAY, MARCH 14, a one-day symposium welcomes Fredara Hadley from the Juilliard School, Craig Robertson from VSU and a host of scholars to talk about the HBCU choral tradition and its impact on American music.
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https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/trouble-the-water-celebrating-the-hbcu-choral-tradition-through-the-music-of-undine-smith-moore/program/‌

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Eileen Strempel, inaugural dean of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music (2nd from right) was among the UCLA campus leade...
03/07/2025

Eileen Strempel, inaugural dean of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music (2nd from right) was among the UCLA campus leaders advocating for the humanities and arts during a February trip to Washington, D.C.

UCLA Symphony presents Dvorak, Elena Firsova and MozartWednesday, March 128:00 PMSchoenberg Hall-Violinist Ally Cho and ...
03/07/2025

UCLA Symphony presents Dvorak, Elena Firsova and Mozart
Wednesday, March 12
8:00 PM
Schoenberg Hall
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Violinist Ally Cho and Violist Damon Zavala will perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola in a program that will also feature ‌Elena Firsova's "Beyond the Seven Seals," a piece that contemplates the mysterious and the unknowable in our world.
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Concert is free and open to the public.
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https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-symphony-winter-2025/

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UCLA Horn Studio Recital Sunday, March 97:00 PMLani Hall-Join the UCLA French horns for a recital featuring a wide range...
03/06/2025

UCLA Horn Studio Recital
Sunday, March 9
7:00 PM
Lani Hall
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Join the UCLA French horns for a recital featuring a wide range of repertoire, including a transcription of Debussy's cello sonata. The finale features three works for horn choir in the theme of ... Murder Mystery. Alums invited to join the choir. Sherlock Holmes or Clue-esque costumes encouraged. FREE and open to the public. A reception will follow.‌
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https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-horn-studio-recital/

UCLA Percussion EnsembleMonday, March 108:00 PMSchoenberg Hall-The UCLA Percussion Ensemble will be mostly marimba for t...
03/05/2025

UCLA Percussion Ensemble
Monday, March 10
8:00 PM
Schoenberg Hall
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The UCLA Percussion Ensemble will be mostly marimba for this concert. Come hear works by a range of composers, including Claude Debussy, Akira Nishimura and Geddy Lee, the drummer from progressive rock band Rush. Concert is FREE and open to the public.
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https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-percussion-ensemble-winter-2025/

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UCLA Chinese Music Ensemble Saturday, March 85:00 PMSchoenberg Hall-The UCLA Chinese Music Ensemble, directed by ethnomu...
03/03/2025

UCLA Chinese Music Ensemble
Saturday, March 8
5:00 PM
Schoenberg Hall
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The UCLA Chinese Music Ensemble, directed by ethnomusicology professor Chi Li, performs its annual Winter concert featuring traditional and contemporary music, including Chinese opera aria, zheng unison, qin unison, folk dance, and silk-and-bamboo music. Concert is FREE and open to the public.
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For more information, see the event page. Link in bio.
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/music-of-china-winter-concert-2025/

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UCLA Wind Ensemble Performs NavarroThursday, March 68:00 PM Schoenberg Hall-The UCLA Wind Ensemble will perform Óscar Na...
02/28/2025

UCLA Wind Ensemble Performs Navarro
Thursday, March 6
8:00 PM
Schoenberg Hall
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The UCLA Wind Ensemble will perform Óscar Navarro's Downey Overture followed by two recent compositions by young American composers. The program concludes with Steven Bryant's Ecstatic Waters, a work for wind ensemble and electronics. Concert is FREE and open to the public.
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‌https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-wind-ensemble-winter-2025-2/‌

Jazz CombosTuesday, March 47:00 PMSchoenberg Hall-Faculty members Michele Weir, Clayton Cameron and Duane Benjamin dire...
02/28/2025

Jazz Combos
Tuesday, March 4
7:00 PM
Schoenberg Hall
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Faculty members Michele Weir, Clayton Cameron and Duane Benjamin direct jazz combos. Also featuring the Gluck Fellows Jazz Ensemble and the Commercial Music Ensemble. Concert is FREE and open to the public.
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https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-winter-jazz-concert-3/

Backstage with UCLA Philharmonia at the sound check for their performance of MAHLER’S Symphony No. 6, “Tragic”-THURSDAY,...
02/27/2025

Backstage with UCLA Philharmonia at the sound check for their performance of MAHLER’S Symphony No. 6, “Tragic”
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THURSDAY, Feb 27
Schoenberg Hall
8:00 p.m.
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UCLA Philharmonia performs Gustav Mahler’s epic Symphony No. 6 (“Tragic”). Composed during a time of personal fulfillment and worldwide professional success, this symphony is nonetheless turbulent and relentlessly serious, exploring the far extremes of human emotion. Mahler deploys a gigantic orchestra, including his first use of Almglocken (cowbells) and an instrument he created, the so-called “Mahler Hammer,” which delivers “blows of fate” in the Symphony’s Finale. The composer once wrote, “A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.” Never is this more true than for the taut and kaleidoscopic Sixth.
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Join us for a second performance at Disney Hall!
Sunday, March 2, 5:00 p.m.
Disney Hall

Jazz Orchestra & Combos, and the Herbie Hancock EnsembleMonday, March 37:00 PMSchoenberg Hall-It's a night of big band a...
02/27/2025

Jazz Orchestra & Combos, and the Herbie Hancock Ensemble
Monday, March 3
7:00 PM
Schoenberg Hall
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It's a night of big band and jazz combos, featuring the Herbie Hancock Institute's resident ensemble. Concert is FREE and open to the public.
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https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-winter-jazz-concert-2/

Saxophone Studio RecitalMonday, March 37:00 PMEnsemble Room, Evelyn & Mo Ostin Music Center-The saxophone studio perform...
02/26/2025

Saxophone Studio Recital
Monday, March 3
7:00 PM
Ensemble Room, Evelyn & Mo Ostin Music Center
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The saxophone studio performs a selection from the broad repertoire, including Robert Muczynski's Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Kristin Kuster's Jellyfish and Astor Piazzolla's Histoire du Tango. Concert is FREE and open to the public.
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For more information, see the event page. Link in bio.
‌https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/saxophone-studio-recital-winter-2025/‌

Contemporary JazzSunday, March 24:00 PMSchoenberg Hall-Faculty members Jesus "Chuy" Guzman and Hitomi Obi direct the UCL...
02/26/2025

Contemporary Jazz
Sunday, March 2
4:00 PM
Schoenberg Hall
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Faculty members Jesus "Chuy" Guzman and Hitomi Obi direct the UCLA Jazz Combo, Charles Mingus Ensemble and the Contemporary Jazz Ensemble. Concert is FREE and open to the public.
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https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-winter-jazz-concert-1/

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Cherry Pop Records is fundraising! Cherry Pop Records is a student-run record label for passionate UCLA students to gain...
02/24/2025

Cherry Pop Records is fundraising! Cherry Pop Records is a student-run record label for passionate UCLA students to gain hands-on experience in the music industry. They are a fully functional record label and are raising funds to help support their artists with their upcoming releases. Donations will go towards marketing plans and cost of production for the artists’ upcoming singles! Any contribution, big or small, will directly impact the next generation of music industry leaders.

For more information please check out Cherry Pop Records’ instagram and website.

To donate visit: https://crowdfunding.ucla.edu/project/45036

Armenian Music Program presents: the music of Grikor Mirzaian Suni📅 Wednesday, February 26🕙 7:30 PM📍 Lani Hallhttps://sc...
02/19/2025

Armenian Music Program presents: the music of Grikor Mirzaian Suni
📅 Wednesday, February 26
🕙 7:30 PM
📍 Lani Hall
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/a-concert-dedicated-to-grikor-mirzaian-suni/
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Featuring the VEM Ensemble, a quartet in residence at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Also featuring Vardan Baghdasaryan (kamancha), Hasmik Harutyunyan (voice), and Antranig Kzirian (oud), AMP voice fellow Lori Der Sahakian, AMP oud fellow Dr. Anoush Tamar Suni, and Dr. Sevan Suni on the violin. Special guest of the evening is Professor Ronald Grigor Suny.‌

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The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music presents "Resonance and Remembrance," a talk by Kathryn Agnes Huether on the violin...
02/18/2025

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music presents "Resonance and Remembrance," a talk by Kathryn Agnes Huether on the violin's impact on the emotional landscape of Holocaust memory, examining its symbolic significance in films representing the Holocaust. Join Dr. Huether as she discusses Song of Names (2019), Schindler's List (1993) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959).
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📅 Tuesday, February 25
🕙 4:00 PM
📍 Recording Studio
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For more information, see the event page:
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/resonance-and-remembrance-the-violin-in-holocaust-cinema/
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Co-sponsored by the UCLA Initiative to Study Hate.

Join The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for a talk with Liv Lande, senior advisor in the Culture and Information Secti...
02/14/2025

Join The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for a talk with Liv Lande, senior advisor in the Culture and Information Section of the Embassy of Japan in Norway. Lande will talk about her training as an ethnomusicologist and how it informs her work facilitating cultural exchange and the dissemination of Japanese art and culture in a Norwegian diplomatic setting.
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📅 Wednesday, February 19
🕙 12:00 PM
📍 Zoom
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For more information, see the event page.
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/an-ethnomusicologist-among-diplomats/
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Duo HaLo has been called "high voltage" and "brimming with lyricism" by the New York Concert Review. The UCLA Herb Alper...
02/13/2025

Duo HaLo has been called "high voltage" and "brimming with lyricism" by the New York Concert Review. The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is thrilled to welcome this saxophone and piano duo for a masterclass and recital.
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📅 Tuesday, February 18
🕙 3:00 PM
📍 Lani Hall
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For more information, see the event page.
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-duo-halo-masterclass-recital/

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The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience presents the music of Stanley Walden as part of its Cha...
02/12/2025

The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience presents the music of Stanley Walden as part of its Chamber Music Series. Walden's broad range as a composer will be on display in this concert, including his Variations on a Yiddish Theme for string quartet and Sh'mah for violin and cello.
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📅 Sunday, February 16
🕙 4:00 PM
📍 Lani Hall
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https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/composer-portrait-the-music-of-stanley-a-walden/
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The UCLA Marching Band welcomed guest conductor Leslie Jones (former SNL cast member and stand up comedian) last Wednesd...
02/10/2025

The UCLA Marching Band welcomed guest conductor Leslie Jones (former SNL cast member and stand up comedian) last Wednesday, en route to UCLA Women’s Basketball team registering another commanding win over Ohio State. Looking forward to the match with crosstown rivals USC this Thursday. The Solid Gold Sound will be there to support. Let’s go Bruins!
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BRUIN BREAK! Mariachi de Uclatlán’s hearts go out to all those affected by the Los Angeles wildfires and takes a moment to remind us that music is a source of hope and inspiration.

UCLA Philharmonia, Mahler, Symphony No. 6, Friday, February 27, 8:00 p.m. Schoenberg Hall-UCLA Philharmonia performs Gustav Mahler's epic Symphony No. 6 (“Tragic”). Composed during a time of personal fulfillment and worldwide professional success, this symphony is nonetheless turbulent and relentlessly serious, exploring the far extremes of human emotion. Mahler deploys a gigantic orchestra, including his first use of Almglocken (cowbells) and an instrument he created, the so-called “Mahler Hammer,” which delivers “blows of fate” in the Symphony’s Finale. The composer once wrote, "A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything." Never is this more true than for the taut and kaleidoscopic Sixth.-Join us for a second performance at Disney Hall! Sunday, March 2, 5:00 p.m. Disney Hall-https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-philharmonia-winter-2025/

SNEAK PEEK: Cellist Kaya Ralls rehearses a piece by graduate composer Morgan Kelly Moss. Come see all of our graduate composers showcase their works tonight! - 📅 Tuesday, February 18 🕙 8:00 PM 📍 Ensemble Room: Ostin Music Center - For more information, see the event page. Link in bio. #thisisUCLAmusic #UCLA #music

Take a sneak peek at the recording session that’s been going all week at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music with Salim Washington (maracas and saxophone), Frank Lacy (horn and trombone), Yayoi Ikawa (piano), Rodney Whitaker (bass) and Taru Alexander (drums). You can experience their performance LIVE IN CONCERT on Friday, February 14, 7 pm at Schoenberg Hall. The concert will also feature the poet Nathaniel Mackey, joining live from Durham, North Carolina. - In the Beginning was the Word 📅 Friday, February 14 🕙 7:00 PM 📍 Schoenberg Hall - Link in bio. #thisisuclamusic #ucla #music #jazz #Afrofuturism #SouthAfrica #poetry

A night of jazz and poetry, combining the talents of celebrated poet and author Nathaniel Mackey with acclaimed jazz musician Salim Washington.-In the Beginning was the Word📅 Friday, February 14🕙 7:00 PM📍 Schoenberg Hall-Join us for an unforgettable evening of music and poetry about LOVE. Not just romantic love, but the deep strands of love as commitment and caring in all their iterations. “Oshun” explores the Yoruban concept of godly love. “lmililo” ponders the South African concept of ubuntu—love of humanity. Another composition draws inspiration from the science fiction and Afro-futurist Samuel Delany’s story Beneath the Bridge of Lost Desire.-Featuring Salim Washington on saxophones, Frank Lacy on trombone, trumpet and flugel horn, Yayoi Ikawa on piano, Rodney Whitaker on bass and Taru Alexander on drums. Nathaniel Mackey will join live from Durham, North Carolina to read his poetry.-This event is free and open to the public. Reserve a seat now. Link in bio.-#thisisuclamusic #ucla #music #jazz #Afrofuturism #SouthAfrica #poetry

Every Fall, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music proudly announces its Gluck Fellows, who bring free concerts to schools, senior homes, libraries, and public spaces across Los Angeles. In challenging times like these, music has the power to inspire, uplift and heal. Our Gluck Fellows look forward to spreading that joy in our community. - #thisisuclamusic #gluckfellowsprogram

Looking for an unforgettable experience for high school age musicians? UCLA offers one-week intensives in global jazz, songwriting, voice, or the music industry. Learn from UCLA’s renowned faculty, artists, and industry professionals. Registration opens in January, and spots go fast! Sign up to receive more information about this popular Summer opportunity for high schoolers.

✨ Happy Holidays from The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music! ✨ From our campus to your home, we wish you a season filled with joy and music. 🎶 Enjoy the Scope Saxophone Quartet 🎷 performing an excerpt from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite (Russian Dance). 🙌 Huge thanks to our amazing quartet: 🎵 Mathew Harget (soprano) 🎵 Austin Hailey (alto) 🎵 Olivia Phaneuf (tenor) 🎵 Daniel Reyes-Velarde (baritone) #HappyHolidays #ThisisUCLAmusic #NutcrackerSuite #SaxophoneQuartet #HolidayVibes #ucla

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All in One Place

Only at UCLA! We are a school of music that unites independent but complementary departments and programs in Ethnomusicology, Global Jazz Studies, Music, Music Industry and Musicology – all in one place. Our exceptional approach to education provides our students with academic opportunities that balance cutting-edge scholarship, performance mastery, and composition, with access to a leading music industry program.

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is the first – and only – school of music in the University of California system. We train and educate students across western classical and world music traditions, transcending traditional academic boundaries by balancing performance mastery and composition with cutting-edge scholarship. Rigorous and improvisational, we encourage and embrace the exploration of music in all its contemporary and historical diversity. Our 450 undergraduate and graduate students have a multitude of performance opportunities and access to exceptional faculty, new state-of-the-art facilities, world-class archives and instrument collections, and dedicated degree programs and centers of study. Within UCLA’s interdisciplinary environment, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is the portal through which music engages with other disciplines on campus and beyond.