Quiet leadership that builds community: A Q&A with Carol Block
In honor of Women’s History Month, Block discusses the inspirational figures in her life and her efforts on behalf of women leaders across campus.
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UCLA composer’s ‘Dear Freedom Rider’ honors 1960s civil rights activists
Diane White-Clayton and her students will premiere the piece Feb. 26 as part of part of the “Music and Justice” concert at Royce Hall.
Bruins earn 4 Grammy Awards
UCLA faculty and alumni took home honors for jazz album, opera recording and improvised jazz solo and musical theater album.
Concert for social justice to feature Brubeck Trio, world premieres from UCLA faculty
UCLA musicians, others to perform Dave Brubeck’s ‘The Gates of Justice’ on campus and in the community.
Professor studies how ‘canonization' of Hindustani music favors some, marginalizes others
The work of ethnomusicologist Anna Morcom, director of the UCLA Center for India and South Asia, focuses on modern Indian and Tibetan performing arts.
The Music Man
From the Count Basie Orchestra to BTS, Duane Benjamin is bringing a jazzy sensibility to modern music.
An unconventional path to ‘genius’
Martha Gonzalez, who graduated from UCLA in 1999, reflects on her journey from Boyle Heights to 2022 MacArthur fellow.
Alumna Angel Joy Blue returns to UCLA to perform on Nov. 21
She is the featured artist of the inaugural Judith L. Smith Voice Recital Series.
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music ushers in 2022-23 event season with 3 new series
The school’s new series will feature leading figures in jazz, opera and classical music, along with symposia, lectures and other events.
In memoriam: Alumnus Mo Ostin, 95, music industry legend and philanthropist
Ostin, who reshaped American popular music and later became a major supporter of his alma mater, died July 31 from natural causes.
In memoriam: Sheridon Stokes, classical flutist and longtime school of music instructor
Stokes, who taught at UCLA for more than four decades, was also a renowned studio musician who appeared on some of the most iconic movie soundtracks.
$1 million gift endows UCLA faculty chair in piano performance
Alumni Ralph and Shirley Shapiro have now funded more than 20 endowed chairs across campus.
Kiefer and the Magic of Improvisation
The award-winning producer and pianist talks about his musical aspirations and how attending UCLA changed his identity.
‘There’s so much left to do’
After graduation, Marshall Scholarship winner Herman Luis Chavez will study musicology and history at King’s College in London.
Student musicians join Arturo O’Farrill, Cornel West and Mariachi Los Camperos on stage
The concert celebrated more than 30 years of intercultural musical partnership between UCLA and Mexico.