School of Music

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.

Four CalArtians have been named Fulbright Award recipients for the 2021-22 academic year. The Fulbright US Student Program is a prestigious cultural exchange program that seeks to improve cultural understanding between US citizens and those of other countries. In 2020, CalArts was one of...

Boston Lyric Opera is pushing the boundaries of opera with its recent release of the groundbreaking eight-part miniseries, Desert In. An opera, TV show, and music video all in one, the show was created by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid (Music MFA 11), playwright Christopher Oscar...

Honolulu-based music production collective EMC² raises ocean safety awareness in their latest music video Jellyfishes, produced, written, and sung by CalArtian Jaslyn Loftin (Music BFA 19), aka J.Lyn.  Established in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic, EMC² includes J.Lyn and...