On March 8, the ASCAP Foundation announced the recipients of the 2021 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards. Among this year’s distinguished winners is CalArts jazz student Michael Echaniz (Music…
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As this difficult year comes to a close, The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts has a silver lining to share with the CalArts community and beyond. For the…
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CalArtians are among the performers in the 2019 edition of the Angel City Jazz Festival, held Wednesday, Oct. 2 to Sunday, Oct. 13 at various Los Angeles venues. Founded in…
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On May 13, CalArts Jazz Studies Program—led by David Roitstein—celebrated the release of the 30th anniversary CalArts Jazz 2019 CD. The annual album is recorded and engineered at Capitol Studios…
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EventNovember 6, 2016
Above: Trailer for Jon Armstrong’s album ‘Burnt Hibiscus.’ Saxophonist and composer Jon Armstrong‘s (Music MFA 08) CalArts connections run deep through his latest album Burnt Hibiscus. The album of works…
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Composer and saxophonist Steve Lehman, who joins the faculty of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts this semester, is earning great notices for his just-released album, Sélébéyone (on…
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EventFebruary 14, 2016
by Leann Lo, MFA 1 student in CalArts’ Creative Writing Program The Academy Award-nominated actor and CalArts alum Don Cheadle (Theater BFA 86) has co-written (with Steven Baigelman) and directed his…
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EventAugust 1, 2015
Above: Bill Evans Trio – ‘Nardis’ Joe LaBarbera, renowned drummer and longtime faculty member of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, performs with his trio on Saturday (Aug. 1) at the…
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This summer, CalArtian jazz outfit Winston filmed and released a series of videos of performances in the studio. The six-month-old band consists of keyboardist John Schwerbel (Music BFA 14), drummer…
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EventMay 8, 2013
Trumpeter Gabriel Johnson (Music 06) performs with his all-acoustic band at Vitello’s in Studio City, Calif., tonight (May 8) at 8 pm. Performing songs from his recently released debut album Introducing Gabriel Johnson, he’ll…
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