The California Arts Council announced the recipients of the Individual Artist Fellowship grant awards in December. Among the 35 selected artists is Swapan Chaudhuri, longtime faculty in the Herb Alpert School of Music at the California Institute of the Arts. North Indian tabla master Chaudhuri was recognized...

The Herb Alpert School of Music at California Institute of the Arts presents the second annual Artist in Residence Week, AIR23, from Monday, Nov. 6, to Friday, Nov. 10. AIR23 features five days of concerts, in-studio and live ensemble collaborations between residents and students, on-campus panel discussions,...

The Herb Alpert School of Music at the California Institute of the Arts will launch its first-ever Artist in Residence Week. From Monday, Nov. 7 through Friday, Nov. 11, four artists will visit the CalArts campus in Valencia to give presentations and workshops, perform, collaborate and engage with the...

Benjamin Richter and Carmina Escobar, faculty of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, will perform in Ghost Ensemble’s upcoming concert Apophenia Wolf on Saturday, June 15, in New York City. The musical collective Ghost Ensemble, of which Richter is the artistic director, presents seven entrancing...

Earlier this month, Yamaha announced the winners of its 2019 Yamaha Young Performing Artists (YYPA) Competition. One of those 11 outstanding musicians is Will Kjeer (Music BFA 19) – a jazz pianist, composer and current student in The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts. Kjeer, originally from Minnesota,...

David Rosenboom will step down as Dean and join the regular faculty of the Herb Alpert School of Music at California Institute of the Arts at the end of the spring 2020 semester. CalArts Provost Tracie Costantino sent the following note to share the news: Dear Faculty, Staff, and Students, It is with...

David Rosenboom, dean of CalArts’s Herb Alpert School of Music, will perform original works at the Center for Experiments at Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires on June 22. Rosenboom, whose music is well known for its imaginative application of new technologies. The multi-disciplinary composer and pianist...

David Rosenboom’s music is well known for its imaginative application of new technologies. Rosenboom, the dean of CalArts’s Herb Alpert School of Music, is a multi-disciplinary composer and pianist, who has worked in interactive multi-media, new instrument technologies, and improvisation through...

It’s not every day a legendary rapper comes to campus to share the inner workings of his career that made him a star. Kurtis Walker, aka Kurtis Blow, spoke at The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts last week. As a special guest artist at CalArts’s Hip Hop Lab, Walker talked about his...

The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts will host the legendary rapper Kurtis Walker, aka Kurtis Blow, as part of its visiting artist series, on Monday and Tuesday, April 23 and 24, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Throughout his career, Blow has released 15 albums. He is currently an ordained minister. In...