We asked students what their favorite classic bands are, and how they think those bands influenced today’s music. Read more...
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January 9, 1:54 am
Speaks Out: Favorite classic bands
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January 9, 1:20 am
Against The Grain: The Doors continues to influence music
No one ever asked them to change their name, let alone change the world of music. Read more...
Photo: The Doors’ willingness to go against the grain still steers new music toward the sounds of personality, honesty and sweet rock ‘n’ roll.
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January 7, 12:47 am
Winter Music Preview
The start of a new year always holds a feeling of excitement in anticipation of what is to come, from personal events waiting to be experienced to the release of the albums that create the soundtracks of people’s lives. Read more...
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December 9, 11:24 pm
Q&A: Alum Jarell Perry breaking into R&B scene
Inspired does not seem to cut it. It's not really possible to be in two places at once, but R&B artist and UCLA alumnus Jarell Perry gets pretty close, every single day. Read more...
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UCLA alumnus Jarell Perry is an L.A.-based R&B artist whose most recent credits include Fat Joe’s comeback single, “Another Round.” Perry is set to release his album “Strange Things” early next year.
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December 9, 11:17 pm
Doctor by day, folk-rock artist by night
Some kids grow up with aspirations of becoming a doctor, while others dream of writing and recording their own music to set free upon the world. Read more...
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UCLA alum Garrett Sawyer (Dr. Gary Garshfield) is an O.C.-based folk-rock artist. His album “Chronicles and Vanity,” will be released early next year.
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December 3, 1:07 am
UCLA Symphony performance pushes doctoral students’ skills
Wide-open spaces, surrounded by majestic glaciers and limitless sky are called to Dean Anderson's mind as the mournful woodwinds sing out. Read more...
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UCLA Symphony’s doctoral students conduct Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39.
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November 30, 12:24 am
UCLA to celebrate composer John Cage's legacy
Sixty years ago, an audience of hundreds of spectators in a grand concert hall were surprised to find that the opening number was four minutes and 33 seconds of sheer silence, with no orchestra member even touching an instrument. Read more...
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This Sunday, the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and the Hammer Museum will dedicate a day to composer John Cage.