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• CalArts Alum James Waterman Sets ‘In Spring’ Album Release Show in LA

  Music / Alumni

  October 30, 2025   |

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  Alum and CAP Program Manager James Waterman (Music MFA 15) joins multi-instrumentalist Joel Reed Mankey…

  

• Amy Tofte’s ‘Contact Tracing’ Premieres at Awareness Film Festival

  Theater / Music / Alumni

  October 24, 2025   |

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  Writer and director Amy Tofte (Theater MFA 11) premieres her film Contact Tracing at the…

  

• Blue Echo, a CalArts-World Resources Institute Collaboration, Opens Sept. 27

  Theater / Music / Institute / Art / Alumni

  September 26, 2025   |

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  A new exhibition created in partnership with the global research organization, World Resources Institute (WRI)…

  

• Composer Hil Jaeger: Crafting Cirque du Soleil’s Brand Anthem Was a ‘Dream Commercial Project’

  Music / Alumni

  September 22, 2025   |

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  Composer Hil Jaeger (Music BFA 15) said creating the new sound logo and brand anthem…

  

• Experiments in Electronic Sound Festival Returns to CalArts

  Music / Faculty / Alumni

  September 17, 2025   |

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  The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts presents the third annual Experiments in Electronic…

  

• Stephen Prina’s ‘A Lick and a Promise’ Opens at the Museum of Modern Art in New York

  Music / Art / Alumni

  September 12, 2025   |

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  Post-conceptual artist and composer Stephen Prina's (Art MFA 80) survey A Lick and a Promise…