The acoustic guitar and the piano are two staples of solo performance. Though the basic sounds of these instruments are always the same, a great solo performer can bring something entirely new to the instruments when he or she is alone on stage. Read more...

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DJ Harper, last year’s Overall, Bruin Choice and Solo winner will return to the Spring Sing competition again this year. Many of his musical ideas are inspired by the work of his father, Don Harper, a film composer who has worked on music for films such as “The Guardian” and “National Treasure.”

Second-year political science student Raquel Saxe had flown to New Orleans this past fall for a Jewish convention when a chance encounter led her to meet several people connected to Jewish hip-hop artists Y-Love and Diwon. Read more...

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Jewish hip-hop artists Yitzchak “Y-Love” Jordan and Diwon will be performing at the Jewish Leadership Council’s benefit concert Above the Noise Sunday.

Courtesy of Raquel Saxe