The lights dim, and mezzo-soprano opera singer Laurie Rubin walks onto the stage. The orchestra, waiting for the conductor’s cue, freezes in a moment of silent anticipation. Read more...
Photo: Mezzo-soprano vocalist Laurie Rubin’s memoir and poem, “Do You Dream in Color?” inspired composer Bruce Adolphe to craft an orchestrative piece based on Rubin’s work.
One of my most cherished possessions is a coffee-stained T-shirt that reads “Hi, How Are You” on the chest. Below the words is a drawing of a frog-like alien, which stares pensively out at everyone who walks by. Read more...
Every year, every quarter, the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA welcomes talent from fields across the creative spectrum. From theatrical performances to musicians to authors, this fall proves no different, hosting and bringing diversity to Royce Hall, with guests including a Peruvian singer and multi-instrumentalists. Read more...
The first time alumnus Taleior Boykins took the microphone, thousands of UCLA students watched him perform in Pauley Pavilion. That night, Boykins and his group took home the 2009 Spring Sing Las Donas Award for best band. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus and rapper Taleior Boykins, who makes music under the name Taleior Ashton, recently released his debut EP “At That Age” with rapper N3V1LL3.
The Street Hearts wooed the crowd Friday night at The Roxy, marking the band’s first Los Angeles performance off campus. With an uncommon combination of folk and soul inspired music, the concert debuted the band as one of raw talent and originality. Read more...
UCLA alumna, Larissa Auble, who goes by the stage name Madysin Hatter, first stumbled upon rock ‘n’ roll in her family’s basement. Hatter, who grew up listening to show tunes and Broadway soundtracks, found her parents’ old Aerosmith records to be instantly compelling. Read more...
Photo: Madysin Hatter, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumna, brings her ’80s rock sound to Sunset Boulevard’s famed Whisky a Go Go tonight, as she opens for Hookers & Blow and Dizzy Reed of Guns N’ Roses. This is Hatter’s third performance at the popular Los Angeles venue.
The second story I wrote for the Daily Bruin was about Elliott Smith, so it seems only fitting that the second Throwback Thursday column be about one of the most emotive and honest singer-songwriters of the last few decades. Read more...
Photo: Brendan Hornbostel first wrote a story on singer-songwriter Elliot Smith when a community group restored this Elliot Smith Mural; this Thursday, he explores the artist.
