UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

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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.

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.‌

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/

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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The UCLA Wind Ensemble welcomes Mariachi de Uclatlan for its first concert of the winter quarter. The two ensembles coll...
02/06/2025

The UCLA Wind Ensemble welcomes Mariachi de Uclatlan for its first concert of the winter quarter. The two ensembles collaborate for a new take on H. Owen Reed's 1949 "Mexican folk song symphony" La Fiesta Mexicana‌, and will follow with a program of works based on vernacular tunes of the United States and Mexico‌.
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📅 Sunday, February 9
🕙 4:00 PM
📍 Schoenberg Hall
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For more information, see the event page.
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/winter-wind-ensemble-concert/

Congratulations to all the faculty and alums of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music recognized at the 67th GRAMMY Award...
02/05/2025

Congratulations to all the faculty and alums of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music recognized at the 67th GRAMMY Awards.

Regina Carter - Faculty
“Alma (feat. Regina Carter on violin)” by säje
WINNER- Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
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Ryan Svendsen - Faculty & Alumni
Trumpet performance on “16 Carriages” from Beyonce’s “Cowboy Carter”
WINNER- Album of the Year
WINNER- Best Country Album
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LA Philharmonic: “Gabriela Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina”
WINNER Best Orchestral Performance
WINNER Best Classical Compendium
WINNER Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Congratulations to all our faculty and alums featured on the LA Phil's recording:
Boris Allakhverdyan - Faculty (clarinet)
Jan Berry Baker - Faculty (saxophone)
Chris Hanulik - Faculty (bass)
Kelci Hahn - Alumna (soprano)
Ben Hong - Faculty (cello)
Varty Manouelian - Faculty (violin)
James Miller - Faculty (trombone)
David Riccobono - Alumnus (percussion)
Chloé Vaught - Alumna (soprano)

This February is Black History Month, and The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is excited to feature artists who have ex...
02/01/2025

This February is Black History Month, and The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is excited to feature artists who have explored the rich worlds of African American life both past and present. In February we will welcome the Pulitzer Prize winning composer Michael Abels as our Robert E. Nelson lecturer and the celebrated poet and author Nathaniel Mackey to read poetry and perform with global jazz professor Salim Washington and some of the finest jazz musicians in the world.
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Distinguished Iranian singers Malihe Moradi, Sahar Mohammadi Boroujerdi, and Mahbobeh Golzari will reflect on the challe...
01/31/2025

Distinguished Iranian singers Malihe Moradi, Sahar Mohammadi Boroujerdi, and Mahbobeh Golzari will reflect on the challenges of preserving their craft while offering demonstrations of essential Persian singing techniques.
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📅 Wednesday, February 5
🕙 6:00 PM
📍 Lani Hall‌‌‌
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Visit event page for more information.
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/voices-in-shadow/

See tomorrow's stars today! The UCLA Philharmonia's twentieth annual All Star concert will feature ten talented soloists...
01/28/2025

See tomorrow's stars today! The UCLA Philharmonia's twentieth annual All Star concert will feature ten talented soloists from The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
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📅 Sunday, February 2
🕙 4:00 PM
📍 Schoenberg Hall
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Clockwise from upper left: Hannah Verduzco (soprano), Cayden Bloomer (oboe), Aiden Tang (piano), Sohee Park (flute), Romeo Lopez (tenor), Leela Subramaniam (soprano), ‌Kayleen Kim (cello), ‌Gabriel Esperon (violin). Director of UCLA Philharmonia Neal Stulberg in center. Also featuring (but not pictured) Habin Kim (soprano) and Jonathan Ma (piano).‌
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‌‌‌Experience the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate, Vaughn Williams's Oboe Concerto, Verdi's Messa da Requiem and more. For more information, visit our event page.
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/20th-annual-ucla-philharmonia-all-star-concert/
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In the spirit of community and collaboration, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is honored to provide a space for The...
01/25/2025

In the spirit of community and collaboration, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is honored to provide a space for The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts to hold their auditions while their campus remains closed due to the Hughes Fire.

Welcome CalArts faculty and prospective students! Thrilled to have Amy Knoles‌‌‌ (percussion professor and associate dean of enrollment management and special projects) and Julie Reames (assistant director of admissions) here today.

Special thanks to our very own Adam Fox (director of student affairs), Luis Henao (director of music technology), Shannon Tyra (director of operations) ‌, Lindsey Beardsley (music dept. manager) and the music department leadership (James K. Bass, Jan Berry Baker and David Lefkowitz) for getting this set up literally overnight.

Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for a day-long symposium focused on the reception of Western music in Asia esp...
01/22/2025

Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for a day-long symposium focused on the reception of Western music in Asia especially since the First World War, and the reciprocal influence of Asian and Western music up to the present, with a focus on the East Asian nations of China, Korea, and Japan.
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📅 Thursday, January 23
🕙 9:00 AM
📍 Green Room (1230 Schoenberg Music Building)
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For more information, or to view a livestream of the event, visit https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-intersections-of-western-and-east-asian-music/

Our thoughts are with all those affected by the wildfires in Southern California. UCLA wildfire emergency procedures alo...
01/09/2025

Our thoughts are with all those affected by the wildfires in Southern California. UCLA wildfire emergency procedures along with a running list of resources from LA County are available online. Emergency notifications can be found at the Bruin Safe Online webpage.
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UCLA wildfire emergency procedures: https://oem.ucla.edu/wildfire
Bruins Safe Online: https://bso.ucla.edu
LA County Resources: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1KMk34XY5dsvVJjAoD2mQUVHYU_Ib6COz6jcGH5uJWDY/htmlview?usp=sharing
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Please stay safe.

BOOK TALK: A Fresh Perspective on the Origins of Jazz-Join us as saxophonist and historian Benjamin Barson takes us on a...
01/08/2025

BOOK TALK: A Fresh Perspective on the Origins of Jazz
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Join us as saxophonist and historian Benjamin Barson takes us on a fascinating journey through New Orleans, Haiti, Mexico, and the U.S. South in his groundbreaking book, Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons. Barson explores how African American and Caribbean musicians were instrumental in social movements, using jazz to liberate both land and people. Discover the deep connection between jazz and mass mobilizations during Reconstruction and beyond.

📅 Tuesday, January 14
🕓 1:00 PM
📍 Green Room, Schoenberg Music Building
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https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/brassroots-democracy-maroon-ecologies-and-the-jazz-commons-book-talk-by-benjamin-barson/
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Welcome to UCLA, Chancellor Julio Frenk! The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is eager to share our students' high notes...
01/07/2025

Welcome to UCLA, Chancellor Julio Frenk! The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is eager to share our students' high notes of sucess in scholarship and the arts. https://ucla.in/4gbB1EG

Discover the Eclectic Sounds of Paul Schoenfield-The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience proudl...
01/07/2025

Discover the Eclectic Sounds of Paul Schoenfield
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The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience proudly presents for its Chamber Music Series the music of Paul Schoenfield—a virtuoso pianist and composer whose work is a vibrant tapestry of styles. From klezmer and Hasidic influences to liturgical, jazz, blues, bluegrass, and Americana, Schoenfield’s compositions beautifully capture the essence of the American Jewish experience.
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📅 Sunday, January 12
🕓 4:00 PM
📍 Lani Hall
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Reservations are encouraged.
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/composer-portrait-the-music-of-paul-schoenfield/
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🎹🌙 Happy Birthday to Frank Sinatra! We are pleased that his legendary Bösendorfer piano has found a new home at The UCLA...
12/12/2024

🎹🌙 Happy Birthday to Frank Sinatra! We are pleased that his legendary Bösendorfer piano has found a new home at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. This iconic instrument, rich with musical history, will now inspire and elevate our students as they carry forward its timeless legacy. Enjoy this rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon,” a Sinatra standard by Hugo Nguyen (vocals) and Miles Lennox (on the Bösendorfer 275).

Enjoy the preview, and catch the whole video on Youtube. Link in bio.

A heartfelt thank you to the Sinatra family for your generosity and for paving the way for future generations of UCLA musicians to dream big and perform boldly. 💙✨

🎹✨ A timeless treasure arrives at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music! Nancy and Tina Sinatra have begun the process of...
12/12/2024

🎹✨ A timeless treasure arrives at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music! Nancy and Tina Sinatra have begun the process of gifting the school of music an incredible piece of music history: Frank Sinatra's Bösendorfer grand piano, originally given to him by composer and collaborator Jimmy Van Heusen.

On December 4, Tina Sinatra arrived to see the piano brought out of storage since 1998. Our own piano faculty David Kaplan was on hand to test out the venerable grand, and we are pleased to share that its sound is as majestic as its legacy. 🎶

See the piano arrive! https://youtu.be/bH1bV20VUhw

Alumni Shoutout! Jake Heggie (BM 1984, MA 2005) was named Composer of the Year and Angel Blue (MM 2008) was named Vocali...
12/09/2024

Alumni Shoutout! Jake Heggie (BM 1984, MA 2005) was named Composer of the Year and Angel Blue (MM 2008) was named Vocalist of the Year by Musical America Worldwide Awards. Congratulations on a stellar 2024!
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David Kaplan's 2024 album "New Dances of the League of David" has been named a top classical album of 2024 by Textura Ma...
12/07/2024

David Kaplan's 2024 album "New Dances of the League of David" has been named a top classical album of 2024 by Textura Magazine (instrumental solo category). "A more fascinating and original treatment of Robert Schumann's music," writes Textura magazine, "would be hard to imagine." Combining Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze with commissions from composers responding to Schumann's 1830 work, makes it "a riveting portrait in 28 parts."
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Available for purchase, and streaming on all major platforms.

Step into Imagination Hall! The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music has just opened 49 newly renovated practice rooms. Read...
12/06/2024

Step into Imagination Hall! The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music has just opened 49 newly renovated practice rooms. Read about the new acoustical design, the generous gift from Herb Alpert that made it possible, and see video tour of the space and students using the rooms.
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https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/step-into-imagination-hall/

Textura Magazine just named "Serenade with a Dandelion" one of the top twenty classical albums (quartet, ensemble or orc...
12/05/2024

Textura Magazine just named "Serenade with a Dandelion" one of the top twenty classical albums (quartet, ensemble or orchestral category). The 4 disc set was the vision of Movses Pogossian and Varty Manouelian and features UCLA faculty Jan Berry Baker and Che-Yen Chen. Textura praised the compilation as "extremely accessible" and "a stunning act of curation... [that] captures the incredible richness of Armenian music, past and present."
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Available for purchase and streaming on all major platforms.

Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as we welcome violinist Yevgeny Kutik for a special guest lecture about his on...
12/01/2024

Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music as we welcome violinist Yevgeny Kutik for a special guest lecture about his ongoing recital projects that explore his experience as part of the Eastern-European Jewish diaspora.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 4:00 PM
LANI HALL
https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/event/ucla-yevgeny-kutik/
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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.