Friday, December 19

UCLA Music Choral Outreach Program wins the grand prize in Zipcar’s "Students With Drive" contest

It's common to see students selling baked goods on Bruin Walk, but it's less common to find a group who will trade a cookie for an online vote. For the past few weeks, members of the UCLA Music Choral Outreach Program have passed out baked goods in exchange for a vote in Zipcar's "Students With Drive" program. Read more...

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On Monday, the UCLA Choral Music Outreach Program was presented with a $25,000 grand prize.


Q&A: Richard Carpenter shares notes on career in music industry

Richard Carpenter, the multiple Grammy Award-winning composer, producer, arranger and half of the dynamic brother and sister duo, the Carpenters, is set to speak with students at UCLA as part of professor David Leaf's Music Industry 105 course: "Songwriting: Killer Hooks, Essential Songs and Songwriters of the Rock Era." Carpenter spoke with Daily Bruin's Manjot Singh about the direction of music, his career and how to make it in the music industry. Read more...

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courtesy of ROBERT L. KNUDSEN
Famed rock duo Karen and Richard Carpenter, better known as “the Carpenters.” Richard Carpenter will be a guest lecturer for the undergraduate class Music Industry 105.




Soundbite: "The Audacity"

Spose opens his third full-length album with a seemingly existential rap about his belief (or lack thereof) in God. It's an incredibly personal opening to a song and sets a tone for an album that deals with a lot of the artist's personal matters. Read more...

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Credit: Universal Republic Records


Concert to commemorate UCLA music professor Vitaly Margulis

Every time Vladimir Chernov crosses Charles E. Young Drive on his way to lunch, he remembers Vitaly Margulis, a world-renowned pianist, pedagogue and music philosophy author who taught in UCLA's music department for 17 years and passed away last year. Read more...

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Family and colleagues of the late Vitaly Margulis, world-renowned pianist and UCLA professor in the Department of Music, celebrated his life with performances in Schoenberg Hall Sunday night.


Psychedelic rock band Owl Fly South, a UCLA group, discusses its unique music style

The guitar string broke during their last song at Lot 1 Cafe in Echo Park. Braeden Henderson put his Les Paul on the floor, stepped onto it and began grinding the remaining strings, while Oliver Dobrian toppled his Gretsch drum set, making as much noise as possible. Read more...

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Members of Owl Fly South Braeden Henderson, a fourth-year ethnomusicology student, and Oliver Dobrian, a second-year
ethnomusicology student, will be performing at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.



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