music, theater and visual arts. By Paul Grein Composer Huang Ruo and composer, saxophonist, and flautist Anna Webber are among 10 2024 recipients of the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA).

The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, which for the last 26 years has given $75,000 unrestricted awards to mid-career artists in each of the categories of dance, music, film/video, theater and visual ...

The Tijuana Brass is just a medley in Herb Alpert%27s life ... Not until a 1962 visit to Mexico, when he heard Mariachi music, was Alpert inspired to create the Tijuana Brass sound in his garage ...

Born on the East Side of Los Angeles in Boyle Heights during the Great Depression, Herb Alpert is a first-generation ... By now, I listen to so much music that I am not so easily captivated ...

Trumpet legend Herb ... of music per se, but I recognized their authenticity. I mean, they were doing something that was just pouring out of them and was honest, and it felt good. Herb Alpert ...

The first time Herb Alpert picked up the trumpet ... After decades of performing and making music, Alpert says yes, he has found happiness. And one of the places he’s most happy is on the ...

making music that makes me happy,” he said. “I know that I have a particular sound when I play the trumpet. Miles Davis said, ‘You hear three notes and you know its Herb Alpert,’ and that ...

Award recipients included director George Lucas, musician Herb Alpert and playwright Tony Kushner. Mr. Obama thanked the artisans, whom he called "teachers," for their contributions that "made us ...

Grammy-winning musician Herb Alpert has donated $30 million US to a new music school at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). The funds, handed through The Herb Alpert Foundation ...