Herb Alpert Photo by Dewey Nicks
“There’s a certain number of people that get pleasure out of the music, so I’m going to be doing it as long as I’m able,” Alpert says. “I feel better when I’m doing it. People ask me after a concert, ‘Man, aren’t you tired? Doesn’t that knock you out at 84?’ And I say, ‘No,…
Eileen Stemple inaugural dean of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Eileen Strempel, opera singer and professor of voice in the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, has been named inaugural dean of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, effective July 8. “The Herb Alpert School of Music weaves together UCLA’s celebrated scholarly brilliance and performance excellence. Its rich diversity mirrors that of the global…
Herb Alpert : Photograph by Ramona Rosales
The first time I picked up a trumpet, I was 8 years old. Today you might say I’m a card carrying introvert, but I was even worse when I was young. It was so bad, I was almost mute. I went to this music class, and they had a table filled with instruments. As I…
2018 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, L-R: Robert O'Hara, Courtney Bryan, Michael Rakowitz, Lani Hall Alpert, Herb Alpert, Okwui Okpokwasili, and Arthur Jafa,
Photo: Francesco Da Vinci
Have you heard this one? A multi-millionaire trumpet player walks into a room filled with genius-level artists – a dancer, a conceptual artist, a playwright, a composer, and a cinematographer/artist to award them each a $75,000 unrestricted prize award from his foundation.
Sounds hard to believe, but that is exactly what happened on May 18, for the 24th year in a row, when Herb Alpert welcomed this year’s award winners of the Herb Alpert awards in the Arts.
2018 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, L-R: Robert O'Hara, Courtney Bryan, Michael Rakowitz, Lani Hall Alpert, Herb Alpert, Okwui Okpokwasili, and Arthur Jafa,
Photo: Francesco Da Vinci
Musician and philanthropist Herb Alpert is more inspired by new art than ever, which is why he’s giving $75,000 each to five risk-taking artists in the middle of what he hopes will be long careers.
2018 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, L-R: Robert O'Hara, Courtney Bryan, Michael Rakowitz, Okwui Okpokwasili, & Arthur Jafa.
Photo: Francesco Da Vinci
The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts has been presented to five mid–career artists who were recognized for their contributions to the fields of music, film/video, theater, dance, and the visual arts. This year’s recipients of the $75,000 unrestricted prize are composer and pianist Courtney Bryan, artist and filmmaker Arthur Jafa, playwright Robert O’Hara, choreographer Okwui Okpokwasili, and…
It is a testament to what targeted and strategic support to evolving non-profits can produce.
Caption: L-R: Herb Alpert, Rona Sebastian, Eden Alpert, Mort Gleberman, Lani Hall Alpert.
Photo by Robert Lurie
On Sunday January 7, 2018, at his Vibrato Grill Jazz Club, legendary Grammy award-winning musician, recording industry executive, and philanthropist Herb Alpert and his wife Lani, donated $2 million to establish The Eden Alpert Therapeutic Music Program at Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services in Los Angeles, California in honor of Herb’s daughter Eden. This life…
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music | Sculpture by Herb Alpert
The Hollywood Reporter ranked the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music #4 among the top 25 U.S. music schools for Film and TV. The magazine highlighted “a progressive, multicultural approach to learning as well as high-profile public concerts and lectures that have become an integral part of the vibrant Los Angeles cultural scene.”
Herb Alpert in his Malibu home recording studio. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times – While walking from his sculpture and painting studios to his recording studio on a typically Pacific-breezy afternoon, trumpeter, A&M Records co-founder and philanthropist Herb Alpert paused to describe his first brush with a horn. “As soon as I started to make a noise that made sense, man, this trumpet was talking for me…”