We received this news from Ethnomusicology student Nolan Warden about an exciting performance in which he participated this month in the Canary Islands. He has also shared some photos of the experience.
Nolan says:
“In the first week of February, I traveled to the Canary Islands to perform in “La Pasion Segun San Marcos” by Osvaldo [...]

Peter Yates, Professor of guitar in the Department of Music, will show some of the results of his recent investigations into the arpeggione (19th-century bowed guitar) in a concert at 4pm on Sunday Feb. 1st in the organ studio. He has had to build his own instrument (cruelly sacrificing a beautiful baby cello and a [...]

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 have hears this from Professor Juliana Gondek about her former student Shannon Haley:
“I’ve just gotten word that one of my former undergraduate voice students, Shannon Haley, has released a new CD of country western love songs, “Someday Soon”, which has received a rave review from one of the top internet country music sites. Her [...]

Here’s a request we had yesterday from Ryan Svendsen, a sophomore trumpet major in the Music Department:
Hi,
I am entering in a National Sigma Nu performing arts competition via Youtube. In my video, I pay tribute to famous Sigma Nu alumni by playing their songs or songs affiliated with them. The more views I [...]

JUDY NIEMACK
ANNOUNCING
” FREE TO IMPROVISE: Exploring essential elements for improvisation”
This is a hands-on workshop by international jazz star Judy Niemack for all classical and jazz vocalists and instrumentalists, staff, faculty, and interested others. This class is geared to free up the creative flow in anyone who hopes to perform music requiring improvisation, including jazz [...]

UCLA ethnomusicology graduate student Ben Harbert is featured today in the Daily Bruin. Ben is draws from the inspiration of classical composers and manifests it through his eight-piece electric guitar ensemble, Los Angeles Electric 8. Here is the first part of the article by Colleen Koestner.
Los Angeles Electric 8 strikes a new chord
Ethnomusicology student seeks [...]

The Brent Canter Trio (Jazz Studies students from the Department of Ethnomusicology) will be celebrating the release of their debut CD
“Soundscape” with a performance and party at LA’s greatest jazz venue,
the Jazz Bakery, this Sunday, November 4th. They will be performing music
from the new CD and new material as well. Food, drinks and giveaways
will make this [...]

Kenny Burrell and Nick DePinna
“No two people are not on fire.”
-a quote from our beloved animated internet star, Strongbad.
In a twisted way, Strongbad is wise to switch the phrase from “No two people are the same,” “No two people are not on fire.” More plainly, everything is different; everything is the same. Everything is running [...]