For musician Holly Herndon, music does not only have to be made with traditional instruments and lyrics. Read more...

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Tonight, the UCLA Wind Ensemble will showcase works spanning a spectrum of composers and musical stylings in its fall quarter concert. The performance will be held in Schoenberg Hall and also marks the first concert of the new school year for the band members. Read more...

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Larry Sutherland served as director of bands and professor of music at California State University, Fresno from 1969 to 2006. Under the direction of Sutherland, the UCLA Wind Ensemble will perform its first concert of the school year at Schoenberg Hall today at 8 p.m.

Ireland is full of surprises, and columnist Andrew Bain stumbled across a musical one in Cork. Read more...

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Don’t let their youth fool you, members of Waking Up Sunday play their electronic jazz jams with the skill and maturity of veteran musicians.

Since the synth-pop band Shiny Toy Guns formed in 2002, shifts in their musical style and changes in their vocalists have created a split group of fans. Read more...

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Five Seven Music

To create a jazz opera, combine one dead soldier, a 7-part jazz ensemble and 18 stanzas of World War I poetry under a cobweb tent; allow improvisation to follow. Read more...

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Created by several UCLA alumni, the jazz opera “Strange Fellowe” combines acting, improvisational jazz and poetry to form an unconventional musical performance.

In the southeastern region of UCLA near the David Geffen School of Medicine is a place where it's possible for one to get lost in the sounds of wind passing through trees, squirrels playfully running and climbing, turtles waltzing in a pond. Read more...

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James Eagle, a fifth-year religious studies student, has been producing music for six years and made a soundtrack inspired by the botanical gardens on campus. This is his first full, completed body of work and also the first work he is sharing with others.