UCLA ethnomusicology graduate student Ryan Koons plays the nyckelharpa, which is a traditional Swedish string instrument. He performs “Harppolska,” a song composed by Olov Johansson. Read more...
Music
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January 31, 3:04 pm
UCLA graduate student plays the nyckelharpa
Arts, Music
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January 29, 7:22 am
Graduate student musician carries on childhood folk music roots
Ryan Koons removes the nyckelharpa from its case leaning against the wooden wall of his family’s cabin in Maryland. As his fingers climb the small keys along the side of the instrument, his parents join in on the folksy tune and music fills the small, dimly lit room. Read more...
Photo: Ethnomusicology graduate student Ryan Koons plays string instruments like the violin and the Swedish nyckelharpa (above), a cross between a viola and a piano with 16 different strings and around 37 wooden keys. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Arts, Music
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January 28, 9:32 am
Student musician captures momentary emotions with R&B, verse
An unfamiliar and haunting melody snuck up on Chris Pree the same way it always did. He would be walking to class, talking to friends or trying to do his homework when a tune would tangle itself around his thoughts. Read more...
Photo: With the help of his grandmother and church choir, second-year theater student Chris Pree honed his singing and performing skills at his church in Washington, D.C. Pree released his mixtape, “Here&Now,” a compilation of poetry set to R&B tunes composed on his keyboard, on New Year’s Day. (Efren Piñon/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Music
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January 27, 7:35 am
Q&A: Musician from student jazz band Swingers on musical reinvention, performance
The Swingers looked up to jazz artists like Freddie Hubbard and Charlie Parker, yet never replicated their performances exactly. The members of this seven-piece student jazz band used their love for classic jazz music to reinvent it in their own unique way. Read more...
Photo: Student-run jazz band Swingers will perform Thursday as part of Fowler Out Loud. Second-year ethnomusicology student Joseph Kwon organized the event as a way for the band members to get together amid their busy schedules. (Courtesy of Vanessa Chung)
Arts, Lifestyle, Music
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January 25, 7:54 am
Student finds voice through radio show hosting, radio-charity program
Samantha Stewart returns to her dorm room at the end of the day, picks out one of the four blankets laying on her bed, then proceeds to her desk. Read more...
Photo: Student Samantha Stewart turned her dorm room into a makeshift studio to record her 24/7 radio station. (Zoe Hessler/Daily Bruin)
Music, Video
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January 24, 12:50 pm
UCLA professor displays the Turkish ud
Assistant professor of ethnomusicology Münir Beken exhibits the Turkish ud, a pear-shaped string instrument resembling a guitar. Watch this video as Beken’s extensive experience shows in his expert handling of this stringed instrument. Read more...
Arts, Music, Theater & Fine Arts
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January 22, 12:30 am
Middle Eastern music concert celebrates harmony, humanity
BY KAYLA HAUSMANN A&E contributor [email protected] Farzad Amoozegar straddled two cultures, North American and Iranian, throughout much of his childhood. Before he was 9, the Persian language, culture and food had begun to shape his identity as an Iranian; after moving to Canada and then to America, he discovered music to bridge the gap between Iran and the West. Read more...
Photo: Anthropology graduate students Farzad Amoozegar (left) and Yael Assor (right) coordinated “Voices of the Olive Branch,” a show in which 13 performers will play Middle Eastern music in Powell Library on Saturday. (Zoe Hessler/Daily Bruin)