Thursday, April 23


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.




Sprite Films Program picks UCLA student filmmakers as finalists

In mid-April at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, a small herd of student filmmakers donning the same white shirts stamped with the Sprite logo brushed shoulders with Hollywood celebrities. Read more...

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courtesy of CARLA ENGLOF
Actress Charlize Theron and UCLA filmmakers met at CinemaCon in Las Vegas in mid-April. The UCLA students have been selected by Sprite to participate as finalists in a long-standing, nationwide film program. One short film will be chosen to be screened in theaters in November.