Educator and LAUSD band leader Tony White is inspiring the next generation of instrumentalists to follow the sound of music Article link: Alumni Profile - The Music Man .
Xóchitl Chávez, assistant professor of music, has been researching Oaxacan philharmonic bands for 15 years. This summer, she spent four days documenting the work of the all-female Indigenous band Mujeres del Viento Florido Article link: The Land of Musicians.
EDGE Sound Research, co-founded by a student and an alum, was one of seven companies from around the world selected for the NBA Launchpad program. Article link: Why the NBA is seeking technology built by UCR students and alumni.
UC Riverside researcher finds the crucial role icaros, traditional Peruvian songs, play during ayahuasca healing ceremonies. Article link: Music and ayahuasca’s role in treating substance use disorders in men.
Terry Nguyen is drumming up interest in Japanese culture and musical traditions as leader of UCR’s Taiko Ensemble Article link: Office Hours - The Sound of Music.
Capturing a community’s history, narrated through songs composed and interpreted by local musicians, has been at the heart of Xóchitl C. Chávez’s career. Article link: NEH grant helps research Pueblo, Colorado’s music history.
For the past 20 years Tagumpay Mendoza De Leon has been teaching Filipino rondalla music at UCR Article link: Music lecturer recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts.
KEEPING TIME This alumna uses her love and knowledge of music to help preserve cultural heritage worldwide. Article link: Alumni Profile, Nana Kaneko, M.A. '13, PH.D. '17.
Jessica Hernández '10 puts her UCR music degree to work as the co-director of the Mexican philharmonic band founded by her father and uncle. Article link: Sounds of Oaxaca.