School of Music

To celebrate the return of live music to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association commissioned the piece Song Cycle by CalArts alum Chris Kallmyer (Music MFA 09) to present inside the venue.  Song Cycle features a kinetic sign that uses code-driven...

So excited to announce “Artist As Innovator: Demo Day,” a 3-day #virtualevent showcasing 7 #solution-driven projects on Friday–Sunday, October 22–24, 2021! #CreatorEconomy #SocialSculpture #VentureCapital #Artist #InnovatorTickets are on sale at https://t.co/DA2GrvLGz8...

The Angel City Jazz Festival is in full swing, running through Friday, Oct. 15 at several venues throughout Los Angeles. On Saturday night (Oct. 15), the festival showcases and celebrates the artists of Orenda Records, a music label founded in 2014 by trumpeter, composer, and producer Dan...

Grammy-winning trumpeter, music executive, and philanthropist Herb Alpert has announced his latest studio album Catch the Wind, available today (Sept. 17) through his own imprint Herb Alpert Presents.  This latest collection, marking Alpert’s 48th album, includes nine original compositions...

An interview with experimental pop duo Tauri is currently featured on Bitwig Studio’s website, and includes their latest single “In the Dark.” The duo includes frontwoman Nicole Orlowski (Music BFA 19) and co-writer and co-producer Alex Monasterio (Music BFA 18).  In the interview, the duo...

John Tejada and Ulrich Krieger, faculty of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, released the EP Silversonic last month on Tejada’s own Palatte Recordings. The new four-track collaboration features interpretations of an original tune from Tejada, an electronic music...

Chad Hamill hopes to  amplify the voices of Indigenous people and create a fruitful pathway for more Native artists to get a contemporary arts education at CalArts.