California Institute of the Arts

The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts

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24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia,California 91355
661.253.7841
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DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Composition and Experimental Sound Practices Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jazz Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performing-Composing Bachelor of Fine Arts in VoiceArts Bachelor of Fine Arts in Instrumental Arts Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Technology Master of Fine Arts in Music Technology Master of Fine Arts in Instrumental Arts Master of Fine Arts in World Music Performance Master of Fine Arts in VoiceArts Master of Fine Arts in Performing-Composing Master of Fine Arts in Composition and Experimental Sound Practices Master of Fine Arts in Jazz Doctor of Musical Arts in Performing-Composing Minor in Music Theory Minor in Digital Arts

The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts offers rigorous training in an unrivaled variety of musical styles and cultures. This vibrant mix helps each student to acquire the musical fluency to work across conventional boundaries, expand his or her artistic and cultural horizons, and develop a global creative vision.

Notable Alumni Include:

John Luther Adams (BFA 73), composer — Pulitzer Prize in Music Ralph Alessi (MFA 90, BFA 87), jazz trumpeter Meira Asher (BFA 90), sound artist-performer Matt Barbier (MFA 10), trombonist, euphonist, member of Gnarwhallaby and Wild Up Timur Bekbosunov (MFA 08), tenor, experimental opera and glam punk artist, Timur and the Dime Museum Amino Belyamani (08), pianist, member of Dawn of Midi Michael Cain (MFA 90, BFA 88), jazz pianist Mario Calire (93), jazz drummer, member of Ozomatli Archie Carey (MFA 11), bassoonist, composer, member of wild Up James Carney (BFA 90), jazz pianist, composer Gary Chang (MFA 77), film composer Eric KM Clark (MFA 06), violinist, co-director of Southland Ensemble Scott Colley (BFA 88), jazz bassist Ravi Coltrane (BFA 90), jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader Mark Coniglio (BFA 89), composer, digital artist, co-founder of Troika Ranch Daniel Corral (MFA 07), composer, multi-instrumentalist, music director John Debney (BFA 78), film composer Dean Drummond (MFA 73), composer, conductor, instrument inventor Benjamín Juárez Echenique (MFA 73), conductor, educator Peter Epstein (BFA 92), saxophonist, composer, educator Pedro Eustache (MFA 91), flutist, composer Adam Fong (MFA 06), performer-composer, founder of Center for New Music Peter Garland (BFA 73), composer, author April Guthrie (MFA 06), cellist Danny Holt (MFA 06), pianist Julia Holter (MFA 09), singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, chamber pop artist Anna Huff (MFA 08), aka Anna Oxygen, multimedia artist, composer, performer, member of Cloud Eye Control Aakaash Israni (08), bassist, member of Dawn of Midi Chris Kallmyer (MFA 09), composer, multi-instrumentalist, sound artist, curator, member of wild Up John King (BFA 76), composer, guitarist and violist Kai Kurosawa (MFA 05), guitarist Jodie Landau (BFA 14), percussionist, composer, member of wild Up Thomas Leeb (BFA 03), guitarist Todd Lerew (MFA 14), composer James Brandon Lewis (MFA 10), jazz saxophonist, composer Ani Maldjian (BFA 04), soprano John Maus (BFA 03), composer, keyboardist Devin Maxwell (MFA 02), wireless media content developer, founder of LoudLouderLoudest Andrew McIntosh (MFA 08), violinist, composer, member of Formalist Quartet and wild Up Dylan McKenzie (BFA 08), jazz guitarist, member of Derde Verde Sam Minaie (MFA 08), jazz bassist Qasim Naqvi (MFA 08), drummer, member of Dawn of Midi Randall Packer (MFA 81), composer, author María Del Pilar (MFA 00), alt-Latin vocalist Katie Porter (MFA 02), wireless media content developer, founder of LoudLouderLoudest Ellen Reid (MFA 11), composer – Pulitzer Prize in Music Melinda Rice (MFA 06), violinist, violist, member of wild Up Curtis Roads (BFA 74), composer, author Daniel Rosenboom (MFA 07), trumpeter, composer, co-founder of Orenda Records Marina Rosenfeld (Music-Art MFA 94), composer, sound and installation artist Jonathan Schwarz (BFA 09), jazz bassist, member of Derde Verde Asdrubal Sierra (94), jazz trumpeter, member of Ozomatli Rand Steiger (MFA 82), composer, conductor, educator Derek Stein (MFA 10), cellist, member of Gnarwhallaby and wild Up Carl Stone (BFA 75), composer, computer music artist Robin Sukhadia (MFA 07), tabla player, educator Christine Tavolacci (BFA 06), flutist, co-founder of Southland Ensemble Gavin Templeton (MFA 08), jazz saxophonist Yunior Terry (BFA 02), jazz bassist, violinist, composer, bandleader & educator Mia (Amelia) Theodoratus (MFA 94), harpist, composer and improvisor Andrew Tholl (DMA 12), multi-instrumentalist, composer, member of Formalist Quartet and wild Up Kubilay Üner (MFA 91), film composer, instrument inventor Vahagni (MFA 11), guitarist, composer Richard Valitutto (MFA 11), pianist, member of Gnarwhallaby and wild Up Libby Van Cleve (MFA 84), oboist, author Jack Vees (MFA 86), composer, bassist Lois V. Vierk (MFA 78), composer Matthias Wagner (BFA 10), jazz drummer, member of Derde Verde Brian Walsh (MFA 08, BFA 06), clarinetist, saxophonist, member of Gnarwhallaby and wild Up Ashley Walters (MFA 07), cellist, member of Formalist Quartet Nedra Wheeler (BFA 87, MFA 89), bassist, educator Mike Winter (MFA 05), composer Jiro Yamaguchi (BFA 92), multi-percussionist and tabla player, member of Ozomatli Philip Yampolsky (MFA 72), ethnomusicologist Marcelo Zarvos (BFA 92), pianist, composer

Acceptance Rate:

The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) has an acceptance rate of around 25%

Faculty Info:

Clay Chaplin, Nicholas Deyoe, Emily Evans, Michael Jon Fink, Vinny Golia, Eyvind Kang, Ulrich Krieger, Anne LeBaron, Stephen Lehman, Marc Lowenstein, Andrew McIntosh, Michael Pisaro, David Rosenboom, Karen Tanaka, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Robert Wannamaker,