UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
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TypePublic
Established2007 as a unit of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.
2016 as a standalone school.
Parent institution
University of California, Los Angeles
Endowment$53 million
DeanEileen L. Strempel
Academic staff
132[1]
Students558[1]
Location
Los Angeles
,
CA
,
United States

34°04′00″N 118°26′37″W / 34.066792°N 118.443491°W / 34.066792; -118.443491
CampusUrban
Websitewww.schoolofmusic.ucla.edu

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, is “the first school of music to be established in the University of California system.”[2] Established in 2007 under the purview of the UCLA School of Arts and Architecture and the UCLA Division of Humanities, the UC Board of Regents formally voted in January 2016 to establish the school.[3] It is supported in part by a $30 million endowment from the Herb Alpert Foundation.[3]

Opera singer and Professor of Voice, Eileen L. Strempel[4] was appointed as the school's inaugural dean, effective July 8, 2019.[5] The school is subdivided into the Department of Music, the Department of Ethnomusicology, the Department of Musicology. It is also home to two interdepartmental programs: Global Jazz Studies and Music Industry.

  1. ^ a b "Overview". UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  2. ^ Hampton, Phil. "UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music formally approved by UC Board of Regents". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music - History". The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  4. ^ "Eileen Strempel named new dean of UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music". The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. February 1, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  5. ^ UCLA. "Judith Smith is appointed the first dean of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved November 21, 2018.