Roméo et Juliette photos by Robert Millard
Music Department professors Vladimir Chernov and Michael Dean (Chair of the Music Department) will be appearing in the L.A. Opera’s upcoming production of Charles Gounod’s tale of the famous star-crossed lovers, Roméo et Juliette. The conductor for this production will be Placido Domingo.
Professor Dean, as an “L.A. [...]

If you have seen the commercials released immediately after the launch of the iPad, you have seen (very briefly) a pair of hands playing the piano. Those hands belong to Music Department Chair, Professor Roger Bourland.

If you’d like to watch the whole commercial, visit this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fihOmQY-JxY&feature=player_embedded

The launch, on May 3, 2010, of a newly designed website marks a milestone in the history of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. The new website creates a visual, online image of the School’s commitment to the teaching of the universe of music and of our desire to create a unity of purpose [...]

The Solid Gold Sound of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band performing “El Toro Caliente” by Scott Boerma at the UCLA vs. Washington football game on November 7, 2009, at the Rose Bowl. Used with permission from the composer.

We are delighted to announce that HASOM has hired Cheri Quinto as Assistant to Professor Tim Rice, the Director of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Her office is in Room 2554, across from the Music and Ethnomusicology Department offices. Please drop in and introduce yourself when you have a [...]

We are very happy to announce that we have hired Kathy Nixon as our new Technical Services Manager.
Kathy has worked professionally in arts education for over 25 years. At Cal State, L.A., she managed the operations for all of the music libraries which included selecting, training, and supervising all staff for the library and [...]