Up-and-coming artist Dijon said he thought the Kerckhoff Charles E. Young Grand Salon was a strange place for an R&B concert. The singer – who inquired about the exact purpose of the room – was met by an audience member stating that the UCLA student body was equally unsure. Read more...

Photo: Up-and-coming artist Dijon performed at the Kerckhoff Charles E. Young Grand Salon on Tuesday night. While initially unsure about how the space would bode for the R&B concert, students who attended the event expressed that the small size made it feel more intimate.(Courtesy of Hannah Ferguson)

Music from half a millennium ago is making a comeback. In a guest lecture at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music on Thursday, Melinda Latour, an alumna and assistant professor of musicology at Tufts University, will examine the vocal performance of Stoic philosophy as psychotherapy. Read more...

Photo: Melinda Latour, an assistant professor of musicology at Tufts University, will examine the vocal performance of stoic philosophy as psychotherapy in her upcoming guest lecture at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. The branch of therapy has historically aided people during tumultuous times, she said. (Courtesy of Mono Shinzawa)

Ashley Elizabeth Crowe said the free-flowing style of jazz empowers people through communicating personal experiences and emotions. The fourth-year global jazz studies student has been studying jazz since transferring from a New York conservatory in 2016. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year global jazz studies student Ashley Elizabeth Crowe will be performing at the Fowler Museum on Wednesday. As the lead singer in her jazz ensemble, she said she enjoys the creative freedom the genre gives her to experiment. (Courtesy of Lyric Cross)