News - Herb Alpert Foundation

Caption: L-R: Herb Alpert, Rona Sebastian, Eden Alpert, Mort Gleberman, Lani Hall Alpert. Photo by Robert Lurie

The Gift of a Lifetime: Herb Alpert Foundation Endows The Eden Alpert Therapeutic Music Program at Vista Del Mar >

January 9, 2018

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 and Billboard Rank UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Among Top Music Schools >

November 13, 2017

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)

Trumpeter Herb Alpert: ‘The guys that are in control are not honoring the arts’ >

September 25, 2017

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…”