UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Type Public
Established 2007 as a unit of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.
2016 as a standalone school.
Parent institution
 University of California, Los Angeles
Dean Judith Smith
Academic staff
 118 [1]
Students 484 [1]
Location Los Angeles, CA, United States
34°04′00″N 118°26′37″W / 34.066792°N 118.443491°W / 34.066792; -118.443491Coordinates: 34°04′00″N 118°26′37″W / 34.066792°N 118.443491°W / 34.066792; -118.443491
Campus Urban
Website https://www.schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/, https://www.facebook.com/UCLAalpert, https://twitter.com/uclaalpert

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music has three departments (Ethnomusicology, Music, Musicology). Judith Smith, previously acting/interim dean, has been appointed the first dean, effective March 1, 2017.[2] It was "designated as a standalone school at UCLA in January" 2016 and Smith "will be charged with establishing the Herb Alpert School of Music’s brand as a professional school on and beyond campus."[3]

History

Created in 2007 with a $30 million grant from the Herb Alpert Foundation, the school operated under the auspices of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. In 2015, they decided to ask the University of California to become the UC system’s first independent music school.[4] In January 2016, the Board of Regents voted to formally establish the Herb Alpert School of Music, the first new school at UCLA since the School of Public Affairs more than 20 years before.[5] In 2017, the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music received a $1.5 million gift from the Lowell Milken Family Foundation to establish the Lowell Milken Fund for American Jewish Music.[6]

Academics

Degrees offered:

Undergraduate

  • Bachelor of Arts, Music History
  • Bachelor of Arts, Ethnomusicology – Jazz Studies Concentration, World Music Concentration
  • Bachelor of Arts, Music – Composition Concentration, Music Education Concentration, Performance Concentration
  • Minor in Music History
  • Minor in Music Industry

Graduate

  • Master of Arts/Ph.D, Ethnomusicology
  • Master of Arts/Ph.D., Musicology
  • Master of Arts/Ph.D., Music (Composition)
  • Master of Music & Doctor of Musical Arts (all classical solo instruments, voice and conducting)

References

  1. 1 2 "Overview". UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Judith Smith is appointed the first dean of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
  3. ↑ Herb Alpert School of Music to name founding dean in winter quarter
  4. ↑ UCLA moves to establish independent Herb Alpert School of Music
  5. ↑ It's official: UCLA is opening a school of music
  6. ↑ UCLA receives $1.5 million from Lowell Milken Family Foundation to advance American Jewish music
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