Thursday, May 15

Multicultural band The Bricks highlights conscious music to send message of tolerance

"This land is your land. This land is my land." They're 70-year-old lyrics, but their message of equality has been reintroduced in "This Land," the debut single by the social awareness band, The Bricks. Read more...

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The Bricks is a music group comprised of eight students, formed by the L.A. County Human Relations Commission and the nonprofit group Oneness.
(Courtesy: Fidel Rodriguez)


World-class faculty to accompany first-year violinists in Antonio Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons”

Scotch-taped to the front of strings Professor Movses Pogossian's studio door is a quote from Russian violinist Yehudi Menuhin: "The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency "“ half tiger, half poet." This evening, a group of UCLA's first-year violin students will attempt to live up to those words. Read more...

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First-year music student Trina Bowman performs the Spring solo from Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” during a recent rehearsal. She will perform the solo tonight.


Romance inspires Bruin musicians’ original, cultural songs for Songwriter Sirens, part of Fowler Out Loud series

Singer-songwriter "“ it's a term that brings to mind the image of a musician playing his original songs in the darkly lit corner of a coffeehouse. Read more...

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Alumna Manda Paul, fourth-year world arts and cultures student Erica Rey and fourth-year communications student Skyler Gray will each perform their own distinct music tonight for Songwriter Sirens, a female singer-songwriter themed edition of the Fowler Out Loud concert series.



Fool’s Gold band to perform tropical pop in Bruin Plaza

Sitting in the corner of a coffee shop, Luke Top doesn't give the impression of a band front man. Read more...

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Campus Events Commission will host L.A.-based band Fool’s Gold today from noon to 1 p.m. in Bruin Plaza. The band describes its music as “tropical pop.”

Courtesy of Pierre Auroux


Album Review: “Zonoscope”

The problem with listening to an entire album of electronic music is that you often feel like you are listening to the same song with a different track number. Read more...

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