Saturday, December 20

Soundbite: ¡Dos!

Don't be deceived by the mellow opening track of "¡Dos!," the second entry of Green Day's trilogy of albums to be released within four months of each other. Read more...



UCLA Wind Ensemble to play in first concert of school year

Tonight, the UCLA Wind Ensemble will showcase works spanning a spectrum of composers and musical stylings in its fall quarter concert. The performance will be held in Schoenberg Hall and also marks the first concert of the new school year for the band members. Read more...

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Larry Sutherland served as director of bands and professor of music at California State University, Fresno from 1969 to 2006. Under the direction of Sutherland, the UCLA Wind Ensemble will perform its first concert of the school year at Schoenberg Hall today at 8 p.m.





Alumni create unconventional jazz opera

To create a jazz opera, combine one dead soldier, a 7-part jazz ensemble and 18 stanzas of World War I poetry under a cobweb tent; allow improvisation to follow. Read more...

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Created by several UCLA alumni, the jazz opera “Strange Fellowe” combines acting, improvisational jazz and poetry to form an unconventional musical performance.



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