School of Music

On Wednesday, Oct. 28, CalArts announced the appointment of Volker Straebel as the next dean of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts (HASOM) and the new Richard Seaver Distinguished Chair in Music.  A musicologist, composer, curator, and academic leader, Straebel has served as...

We are delighted to welcome @annelebaron to Composers Edition family! Explore a initial selection of her vocal music, and works for piano, strings and harp in our website.https://t.co/A0d0XFVNJI — Composers Edition (@ComposersEd) September 2, 2020 Anne LeBaron, experimental...

On Thursday, Oct. 1, at 5 p.m. EDT / 2 p.m. PDT, the documentary Herb Alpert Is… premieres with a worldwide streaming event on Facebook. Directed by John Scheinfield (Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary, The US vs John Lennon), the film shares Alpert’s story of becoming an...

The 5th annual Supernova Digital Animation Festival, a month-long celebration of digital animation and motion-art, kicked off in Denver on Sept. 3. The festival includes an outdoor exhibition in the downtown area, as well as a virtual exhibition available to stream through the festival’s...

The Los Angeles Percussion Quartet (LAPQ), a chamber music ensemble dedicated to commissioning new works for percussion, released a new video for Lullaby 5 by CalArts faculty Nicholas Deyoe on Friday, Sept. 4. The quartet, which includes CalArts Music alums Justin DeHart (MFA 04), Nick Terry...

On Wednesday, July 29, faculty from The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts live-streamed a concert from their respective living rooms and studios to welcome new and returning students. The six-part program featured a diverse range of sounds, styles, and instruments, from classical guitar...