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The study of musical traditions from around the world through hands-on performance training and academic study. Music The study of Western classical music with specializations in performance, composition, conducting, and music education.
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music offers a broad and encompassing approach to the study of music, aspiring to the highest level of musical performance, analysis, pedagogy, and creativity within a wide range of traditions.
Music transcends time, cultures and generations and shapes our aesthetic and cultural being. At The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, we prepare students for a range of music careers in the 21st century by encouraging them to explore the rich intersections of theory and creativity.
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.”
At The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, our students work in concert with a boundary-pushing medievalist, a leading scholar of the American musical, jazz legends, masters of traditional world music instruments, a punk scholar, in-demand composers, and others who are fostering transformative critical thinking about music and musical practices.
We welcome first year, transfer, and/or international applicants to learn all about the admission and application requirements for our undergraduate degrees here.
In 2014, UCLA proposed to create a school of music, designed to be part of a comprehensive trio of independent but complementary arts-centered schools by 2016: the current School of Theater, Film and Television, a redefined School of the Arts and Architecture, and a new school of music.
