SAN FRANCISCO — A University of California Board of Regents committee granted autonomy to the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music in a unanimous vote Wednesday morning, making it a separate entity from the School of the Arts and Architecture. Read more...

Photo: Chair of Musicology Raymond Knapp (left) and Chair of Ethnomusicology Steven Loza (right) are two of the three co-directors that, that helped the Herb Alpert School of Music transition to an independent music school. (Daily Bruin file photo)