Three solo musicians, Nick Valentini, Lashon Halley and Natalie Brainin, share their personal stories through music and how they feel about competing in Spring Sing 2015. Read more...
Photo: (Seunghyup Ko/Daily Bruin)
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May 11, 12:12 am
Spring Sing 2015: Lashon Halley
Lashon Halley found out she was performing at Spring Sing, called her friend Xiomara Fambrough and said, “Yo Xi, I got in with the song I wrote for you.” A year ago, Halley wrote the song “Done with You” for Fambrough, who was having problems with her boyfriend. Read more...
Photo: Third-year art history student Lashon Halley, who draws much of her musical inspiration from personal life experiences, will be performing her original song, “Done with You,” at Spring Sing Saturday. (Eu Ran Kwak/Daily Bruin)
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May 11, 12:10 am
Spring Sing 2015: Nick Valentini
With three Spring Sings already under his belt and a UCLA degree imminent, fourth-year cognitive science student Nick Valentini is in the midst of working towards the future. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year cognitive science student Nick Valentini, who will be performing alongside his band Loop Garou, will also take the stage Saturday as a solo artist, with his original song “Mr. Mister.” (Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)
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May 11, 12:08 am
Spring Sing 2015: Natalie Brainin
Natalie Brainin said she knew from her first year at UCLA that she wanted to perform as a soloist in Spring Sing. The third-year ethnomusicology student and singer-songwriter performed in last year’s Spring Sing as part of two different production groups – her sorority, Delta Gamma, and Resonance A Capella. Read more...
Photo: Third-year ethnomusicology student Natalie Brainin will play her song, “Forever,” for Spring Sing. Brainin performed with Delta Gamma and Resonance A Cappella last year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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May 8, 2:19 am
Avartan Music Festival to bring together Indian classical performers
From center stage of Schoenberg Hall emanates a voice which holds a calming, single note, then glides through a musical scale before returning back. The singer, UCLA alumna Gaayatri Kaundinya, sits cross-legged on the stage leading the performance. Read more...
Photo: The fourth annual Avartan Music Festival will take place Sunday at Schoenberg Hall. Created in 2012 by UCLA alumna Gaayatri Kaundinya (center right), the festival is a showcase for Hindustani and Carnatic classical music, bringing together styles of North and South India. The group also includes fourth-year electrical engineering student Aditya Ganesh (far left), second-year psychology student Amulya Vadrevu (center left) and first-year psychobiology student Ritu Sreenivasan (far right). (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
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May 7, 1:22 am
Musical sounds from the Middle East to feature at Fowler
The delicate strings of the setar take a lifetime to master, said Farzad Amoozegar. For the UCLA anthropology and ethnomusicology graduate student, his studies began when he was 6 years old and his grandfather introduced him to the instrument, but really took off when he began studying under Persian classical master Mohammad-Reza Lotfi in Berkeley. Read more...
Photo: UCLA ethnomusicology and anthropology graduate student Farzad Amoozegar will dedicate his performance at the Fowler Museum to his mentor, Mohammad-Reza Lotfi. Amoozegar will perform classical Persian music on Thursday. (Courtesy of Farzad Amoozegar-Fassie)
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May 4, 12:17 am
Album Review: ‘Wilder Mind’
Mumford and Sons have ditched the banjos. It’s a bold move and a drastic departure from its former sound, a transition that may be polarizing to the band’s devoted fans. Read more...
Photo: Island Records