Hanna and Sarah Yocuté taught a master class in Guatemala and caught their flight back to the United States all within a span of three hours. Read more...
Photo: Sisters Sarah Yocuté and Hanna Yocuté performed at and taught a music master class at Guatemala’s National Music Conservatory together. They shared their personal journeys and stylistic evolutions in music with the class despite the language barrier and time crunch that they faced. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)
Daily Bruin columnist Christi Carras’ limited dance background consists of bingeing episodes of “So You Think You Can Dance,” grapevining her way through high school show choir and stumbling through rehearsals at a day carelike dance studio until the age of 8. Read more...
Photo: Daily Bruin columnist Christi Carras attended ACA Hip Hop’s pre-audition workshop, which ACA advisor and instructor James Cebedo taught. Although Carras found the moves difficult to keep up with, she found herself feeling more confident by the end of the workshop. (Photo by Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor, photo illustration by Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
Austin Gatus would sit on his hospital bed and play the saxophone while he received treatment for leukemia as a form of therapy. Gatus, a third-year ethnomusicology student with a concentration in jazz studies, fought leukemia from ages 9 to 12. Read more...
Photo: Third-year ethnomusicology student Austin Gatus was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 9 years old. After becoming cancer-free eight years ago, Gatus began performing music at children’s hospitals in order to give back to children going through similar struggles. (Frank To/Daily Bruin)
Danielle Bongiovanni wrote her song “Bees” a year after dreaming someone put a swarm of the buzzing insects in her chest. “Bees” is also the first song Bongiovanni shared on SoundCloud, which now hosts seven of the second-year theater student’s original songs. Read more...
Photo: Second-year theater student Danielle Bongiovanni writes and records her own songs, which she uploads to SoundCloud. The latest song she posted is titled “So I can feel how I used to,” a slower song about how she sometimes values others over herself. She is also currently working on three new songs, which she said she hopes to post within the next two weeks. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
With more than 20 dance groups on campus, it can be difficult to find a niche. But whether a dancer’s passions lie in choreographing, competing for a top prize or even learning the basics to wow friends and family, the UCLA dance community offers students numerous opportunities to get involved. Read more...
Photo: UCLA dance groups often practice routines in parking lots, especially before upcoming competitions. Parking lot practices can sometimes last until 2 or 3 a.m. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
Noah Crousore has produced music under about 35 different aliases with approximately 3 million combined SoundCloud plays on his tracks. But for the first-year pre-business economics student’s newest EP, he turned to just one: BLDRNNR. Read more...
Photo: First-year pre-business economics student Noah Crousore released his EP “Binary” under the alias BLDRNNR, an ode to one of his favorite movies. “Binary” features complex electronic beats fused with hip-hop vocals from co-writer Navin Bose. (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor)
Mura Masa, Aminé and Mr. Carmack will be performing at this year’s Bruin Bash in Pauley Pavilion on Monday. The Cultural Affairs Commission and the Campus Events Commission announced the artists in a Facebook video Tuesday evening. Read more...
Photo: Rap artist Aminé rose to fame after his breakout single “Caroline” became a surprise hit last year. (Creative commons photo by Sweetfeet610 via Wikimedia Commons)
