Sienna Moffitt, a second-year Design | Media Arts student, grew up participating in musicals and singing covers of songs that other artists had already made famous. Read more...

Photo: Second-year Design | Media Arts student Sienna Moffitt will perform her original song “I Shan’t Be There (When You Go)” at Spring Sing. (Gabrielle Cabalza/Daily Bruin)

Mia Piciucco’s life at UCLA revolves around music. A fourth-year musical theater student, Piciucco is constantly running from music classes to theater rehearsals. Now, she’s preparing for her upcoming performance in UCLA’s biggest musical talent showcase. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year musical theater student Mia Piciucco, known as Mia Joy, will perform her song “Break for You” at Spring Sing. (Courtesy of Kaylee Weatherwax)

Nessa Rica Ramos remembers the very first time she sang in front of an audience. She was in church, sharing the stage with her two brothers and singing Fred Hammond’s “This Is the Day.” Frightened by the watchful crowd, the 4-year-old bolted off stage and cried. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year geography student Nessa Rica Ramos, known by her stage name Nessa Rica, will perform an original song at Spring Sing. (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin)

Sharing a passion for chamber music, Jasmine Lau, Luke Santonastaso, Brita Tastad and Jennifer Wu, graduate students at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, were just a group of friends before forming the Lumia String Quartet. Read more...

Photo: The Lumia String Quartet is one of UCLA’s newest chamber groups. The group was formed by a group of four graduate students in music who shared the same passion.