Friday, December 19

Soundbite: "The Tarnished Gold"

In a line on the very first track of "The Tarnished Gold," the band Beachwood Sparks croons to the listener that there's a "winter in my heart." The lyric strikes an ironic chord as we soon begin to realize that this is not an album for the chilled winter soul, but for hazy summer days. Read more...

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Credit: Sub Pop Records


Q&A: Alumna Alisha Zalkin shares inspiration behind beats in her EP release

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumna and singer-songwriter Alisha Zalkin recently released her EP "March to a Different Beat" and will perform at the music lounge Room 5 this Saturday. Read more...

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Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television graduate, Alisha Zalkin, recently released her new EP “March to a Different Beat.” (courtesy of Carl Timpone)



Fourth-year student Julian Le mixes jazz and hip-hop genres, tours the world

Listen to a selection of Le's music "Listen to a selection of Le's music"

During his years at UCLA on a full jazz studies scholarship, some of Le's accomplishments include the creation of his EP "Lost and Found," the formation of the Le J Trio ensemble, touring in Europe as part of UCLA's Jazz Ambassadors and the opportunity to perform at last year's JazzReggae Festival. Read more...

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Julian Le started playing classical piano when he was 3 years old and was taught by his parents, both of whom are graduates from Indiana’s Music Program with performance degrees.


Soundbite: 'Breaking Away'

With the end of the school year comes the onslaught of the same 10 summer anthems, playing in a loop on every radio station until the entire country is simultaneously whispering "swag, swag, swag" with Justin Bieber. Read more...

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Musicology, violin student will bring hidden music to life at Ciro Zoppo Fellowship recital

Twenty-five years ago, Lindsey Strand-Polyak first saw world-renowned violinist and composer Itzhak Perlman on "Sesame Street" and told her parents that she wanted to be just like the man on TV. Read more...

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courtesy of HENRY LIM
Graduate student and violinist Lindsey Strand-Polyak, winner of the Ciro Zoppo Research Fellowship, will be participating in a lecture-recital that focuses on the music of composers Marco Uccellini and Giuseppe Colombi.


A cappella group AweChords showcases common love for music in upcoming spring concert

Joseph Choi is referred to as the "piano" of his a cappella group, the AweChords, because of his perfect pitch. Read more...

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Orginally named Nhip-Am, AweChords was formed as a choir for the annual Vietnamese Culture Night and was only officially formed last year as a non-competitive a cappella group at UCLA. Members arrange their own music that covers various genres from R&B to hip-hop in preparation for their spring concert performance happening this Saturday at Kerckhoff Meeting Room.



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