Russell Steinberg said he felt like an outsider growing up in Los Angeles. While his friends were involved in the frenzy of popular culture, he alone preferred to find joy in classical music. Read more...
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November 20, 12:43 am
Los Angeles Youth Orchestra to perform at Schoenberg Hall on Sunday
Arts, Music
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November 19, 12:00 am
Omni-Musicality Group experiments with integration, improvisation
First comes tuning meditation. Musicians and audience members alike sing and listen to the sounds of their voices filling the air. Then comes a jazz number with a rhythmic twist. Read more...
Photo: Omni-Musicality Group, a world music ensemble at the Herb Alpert School of Music, will perform at the Fowler Museum Thursday. The group meshes improvisations and sound recordings to combine genres and styles. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
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November 18, 4:11 am
Album Review: ‘Four’
Listening to One Direction’s aptly named album “Four” feels like being the star of a playfully romantic music video. The pop band gained popularity when it won third place on the hit British television series “The X-Factor,” where the members met. Read more...
Photo: (Columbia Records)
Arts, Film & TV, Music
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November 18, 1:25 am
Q&A: Composer Patrick Gleeson talks film-scoring, ‘Crossroads’ legacy
Bohemian artists and beatniks flocked to San Francisco in droves during the 1950s and 1960s. At the height of this wave of migration, legendary avant-garde filmmaker Bruce Conner made the city his home and began creating filmic assemblages that juxtaposed snippets of archived footage set to music. Read more...
Photo: “Crossroads,” a 1976 film directed by Bruce Conner, utilizes footage of nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll. The film, scored by Patrick Gleeson and Terry Riley, will be screened Tuesday at the James Bridges Theater as part of Melnitz Movies. (Magnolia Editions)
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November 17, 12:32 am
Across the Pond: FKA twigs reinvents R&B tropes through performance, sound
There’s something about the British Isles that consistently produces musical greatness; it is inherent to the country, its people and its culture. Popular culture has been defined by bands and artists from the UK; they have consistently created new genres and musical subcultures – from the Beatles’ psychedelic rock in the ’60s all the way through to the explosion of dubstep and drum ‘n’ bass in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Read more...
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November 14, 12:22 am
Beatboxer to perform at Fowler Museum’s Family Jam
UCLA alumnus Carlo Nick Paredes’ passion for beatboxing began early, in middle school, after he watched one of his classmates trying to lay down a beat on the playground. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus and beatboxer Carlo Nick Paredes (right) will perform at Fowler Museum’s “Family Jam: City Sounds’ Beat Boxing” on Sunday. (Courtesy of Arkae Tuazon)
Arts, Music, Theater & Fine Arts
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November 14, 12:22 am
Phi Delta Epsilon’s Anatomy Fashion Show uses art to help hospital
Models will walk down the runway appearing inside out, with the body’s anatomical parts on full display. This year marks the first annual Anatomy Fashion Show, coed pre-med fraternity Phi Delta Epsilon’s philanthropic event, on Sunday in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s coed pre-med fraternity Phi Delta Epsilon will hold its Anatomy Fashion Show on Sunday in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. (Bijun Liang/Daily Bruin)