School of Music

Composer Ulrich Krieger, longtime faculty member of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, has released his latest album, 236 Strings, a collection of instrumental ambient pieces and electro-acoustic soundscapes crafted on a piano. It’s a change of pace for the musician, whose main...

Composer Ulrich Krieger, longtime faculty member of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, has released his latest album,...

On Friday, Dec. 3, the Dog Star Orchestra presents an evening of experimental music with Green Hour or Gray Future at the Wende Museum in Culver City, Calif.  The orchestra was founded in 2005 by composer and guitarist, Michael Pisaro-Liu, faculty in The Herb Alpert School of Music at...

The nominees for the 64th Grammy Awards were announced earlier today (Nov. 23) by the Recording Academy with several CalArtians among the 86 categories, including John Luther Adams (Music BFA 73), Don Cheadle (Theater BFA 86), and M.B. Gordy (Music MFA 80) of the band Opium Moon. Past Herb...

Dan DiPiero (Music MFA 12, Critical Studies MA 13) is the author of the forthcoming book Contingent Encounters: Improvisation in Music and Everyday Life, which compares work in musicology, cultural studies, critical improvisation studies, and DiPiero’s own performing experience to question how...

The RPS Conductor Award goes to Ryan Bancroft.New Principal Conductor of @BBCNOW, Ryan's 'electrifying concerts invigorated the orchestra’s repertoire, particularly in Black History Month. Ryan is fast become an asset to music-making nationwide.' #RPSAwards @intermusicaltd...

Just before the fall semester began at CalArts, woodwind virtuoso and CalArts music faculty Vinny Golia finished the first of three movements of a large music piece, Even to this day…Movement One: Inoculations Music for Orchestra and Soloists.  “Large” is a bit of an...