Tucked away in the corner of Schoenberg Hall, where the stress of rehearsing dynamic orchestral pieces runs high and the zeal for video game music runs even higher, the Video Game Orchestra and Choir at UCLA squeezes about 30 members into the organ room every week. Read more...
Photo: The Video Game Orchestra and Choir at UCLA will be performing its first full-length concert in the Powell Library rotunda on Friday. (Courtesy of Peter Dai)
The precise plucking of a string with his nail creates an internal experience for musician Farzad Amoozegar-Fassie. From this spiritual perspective, the setar is a part of Amoozegar-Fassie’s body and soul. Read more...
Photo: Takht Dirty, a six-piece ensemble that will perform its contemporary take on traditional Arab music Thursday in the Fowler Out Loud concert series, was formed last year and is composed of instruments from the violin to the buzuq to the nay. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
“Enter the Slasher House” is not an album; it’s a world. The album is fittingly named, and listening to it is like entering a completely different realm: one that’s darker and a little underground. Read more...
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Fourth-year political science student Anthony Kapitanski, who performs under the DJ stage name A-Klap, performed at Pauley Pavilion this Saturday for the 13th annual Dance Marathon presented by the Pediatric AIDS Coalition. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year political science student Anthony Kapitanski, who performs under the DJ stage name A-Klap, performed Saturday at UCLA’s Dance Marathon in Pauley Pavilion. (Max McGee/Daily Bruin)
Recently graduated ethnomusicology student with a minor in music industry, Nina Kasuya performs tonight as part of the Cultural Affairs Commission’s Kerckhoff Coffeehouse Concert Series. Kasuya spoke with Daily Bruin’s Ishan Rampuria about her upcoming performance and her past, present and future musical career. Read more...
Photo: Ethnomusicology alumna Nina Kasuya will perform at Kerckhoff Coffeehouse as part of the Cultural Affairs Commission’s Concert Series Monday night. With her performance, Kasuya aims to tell the story of her musical career. (Gabrielle Cabalza/Daily Bruin)
Fourth-year political science student Anthony Kapitanski, who performs under the DJ stage name A-Klap, is set to take the stage at Pauley Pavilion this Saturday for the 13th annual Dance Marathon presented by the Pediatric AIDS Coalition. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year political science student Anthony Kapitanski, who performs under the stage name A-Klap, will perform a DJ set at Dance Marathon Saturday. (Max McGee/Daily Bruin)
In an a cappella piece titled “Zephyr Rounds” and composed by Richard Vuichard, eight distinct parts are sung at once. Listeners can hear the different voices, but cannot make a distinction of which section will sing next, creating a spatial sense of coming and going as the musical wind blows where it pleases. Read more...
Photo: (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin staff)
