Graduates of the Herb Alpert School of Music go on to influence and innovate in the world of music through their exceptional talents and creativity. Our alumni includes some of the most pioneering musicians, composers, and sound artists of our time.
Composition
- Arturo Márquez, composer
- Carl Stone (BFA 75), composer, computer music artist
- Catherine Lamb, composer
- Derrick Skye, composer, conductor
- Ellen Reid (MFA 11), composer - Pulitzer Prize in Music
- Ingram Marshall, composer
- John Luther Adams (BFA 73), composer - Pulitzer Prize in Music
- Juan Pablo Contreras, composer
- Julia Newman, composer, songwriter
- Katie Porter (MFA 02), wireless media content developer, founder of LoudLouderLoudest
- Kubilay Üner (MFA 91), film composer, instrument inventor
- Lois V. Vierk (MFA 78), composer
- Mark Coniglio (BFA 89), composer, digital artist, co-founder of Troika Ranch
- Michael Byron, composer, editor of contemporary music anthologies
- Peter Garland (BFA 73), composer, author
- Raven Chacon, composer - Pulitzer Prize in music
Experimental Pop
- Benjamin Wynn (Deru), Emmy Award winning American composer, sound designer, electronic music producer
- Greg Kurstin (BFA 92), record producer, instrumentalist
- Zachary Ilya Ezrin (Imperial Triumphant), guitarist
- John Maus, composer, singer, songwriter
- Julia Holter, singer-songwriter, record producer, composer, artist, academic
- Kristin Erickson (Kevin Blechdom), electronic musician, performance artist
- Roger Miller (Mission of Burma), singer, songwriter, guitarist, fiddler, drummer, Broadway composer
Instrumental Arts
- Ashley Walters, cellist, conductor
- Dane Little, cellist, LA Opera
- Emma-Rose Bauman, flutist, woodwind multi-instrumentalist, experimentalist
- Lucas Lipari-Mayer, trumpeter
- Mona Tian, violinist
- Ryan Bancroft (MFA 13), conductor
- Stephanie Richards, trumpeter, composer
- William Winant, percussionist
Jazz
- Chris Williams, trumpet (MFA 18)
- James Brandon Lewis, sax (MFA 10)
- Tina Raymond, drums (MFA 10)
- Steph Richards, trumpet (MFA 08)
- Gene Coye, drums (BFA 07)
- John Daversa, trumpet (MFA 06)
- Adam Benjamin, piano (BFA 99, MFA 06)
- Beth Schenck, sax (MFA 02)
- Willie Jones III, drums (BFA 92)
- Nedra Wheeler, bass (BFA 87, MFA 92)
- Marcelo Zarvos, piano, film composer (BFA 92)
- Ralph Alessi, trumpet (BFA 87, MFA 90)
- Michael Cain, piano (MFA 90)
- Ravi Coltrane, sax (BFA 90)
- Scott Colley, bass (BFA 88)
Music Technology
- Curtis Roads (BFA 74), composer, author
- Dimitri Diakopoulos, researcher, engineer, artist
- Jim Murphy, artist, researcher
- Jonathan Becker, designer, maker
- Owen Vallis, machine learning software engineer
- Matthew Hettich, electronic musician
- Meason Wiley, mechatronic, multimedia artist
- Mo Zareei, electronic musician, sound artist, and researcher
Performer-Composer
- Sara Cubarsi, violinist
- Sarah Belle Reid, performer, composer
- Sam Wells, trumpeter, composer, technologist
- Pedro Eustache, flutist, reed player, world woodwind player, composer, instrument maker and collector
- Jodie Landau, percussionist, composer, member of wild Up
- Marina Rosenfeld, composer, artist
- Jeonghyeon Joo, haegeum performer/composer
- Omar Torrez, guitarist
- Nelle Anderson, soprano, composer, interdisciplinary-improviser
- Rachel Epperly, musician, improviser, and performance artist
- M A Harms, composer, performer, instrument builder
Voice Arts
- Laura Bohn, soprano
- Nina Eidsheim, musicologist, author
- Stephanie Aston, soprano
- Sharon Chohi, voice artist, performer, composer
- Kathryn Schuman, soprano, performer, composer
- Fahad Siadat, performer, composer, speaker
- Adriana Manfredi, mezzo-soprano
- Luc Kleiner, vocalist, composer, music educator
- Ani Maldjian, soprano
- Ebonie Thomas
World Music
- L. Subramaniam, violinist, composer, conductor
- Mark Nauseef, drummer