After years of performing, the UCLA Philharmonia released its debut album, “Eric Zeisl.” Less than a year ago, the UCLA Philharmonia was performing and recording Eric Zeisl’s “Concerto Grosso for Cello and Orchestra” onstage at Royce Hall. Read more...
Photo: Eric Zeisl, a late Austrian composer who worked on music around the world, including in Hollywood, wrote the compositions recorded by the UCLA Philharmonia for its debut album, “Eric Zeisl.”
For an artist with as much commercial acceptance as M.I.A., it’s startling how consistently idiosyncratic and complex her music is. Much like Kanye West – a kindred spirit, sharing an outrageous self-styled celebrity persona – she seems to give off the air of a pop superstar while making serious, committed art. Read more...
More than 40 years ago, a young performer named Izzy Chait could be heard accompanying barroom pianists throughout Westwood. A lifelong lover of singing, Chait, now 65, returned to performing about 12 years ago after a 25-year hiatus, during which he established and maintained a career in the dealing and auctioning of antiques, eventually opening his own shop: I.M. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Izzy Chait has released multiple albums despite a 25-year hiatus in his music career.
M. Shadows took the stage at KROQ’s Red Bull Sound Space Friday night and looked out onto a crowd of ghouls. Attendees were encouraged to dress in costumes for the “Day of the Dead”-themed show, which resulted in a mob of classic horror villains and frights of every kind, clad in Avenged Sevenfold gear from tours past. Read more...
Crowd roars pulse through the halls of Ackerman Union on an energetic Tuesday night. UCLA students rushed upstairs to discover GLSS, a duo consisting of UCLA’s Philip Scott and UC Davis’ Brandon Whitney, opening for popular Los Angeles DJ duo, Classixx. Read more...
Under the dome of Powell Library sit two UCLA alumni with classical guitars rested on their knees. As they begin to play, the two guitars interweave baroque-era melodies and the acoustic sounds swiftly bounce off the rotunda and fill the second floor of the library. Read more...
Photo: Classical guitar alumnus Payam Larijani, who first performed in Powell Library over a decade ago, is returning to the second floor rotunda tonight with alumna Tiffany Wu for the first performance of Powell Library’s “Music in the Rotunda” series.
Musician James Blake burst suddenly into public view with his strange and original take on dubstep, before the puttering blares of today changed the genre forever. Read more...
