Angel Blue’s first opera album was a gift from her father. At 5 years old, Blue listened to Leontyne Price’s seasoned vocals on “A Program of Song” over and over, falling more in love with the music with each aria, she said. Read more...
Photo: Alumna Angel Blue graduated from UCLA’s music program in 2008 and has gone on to sing in major opera houses and concert halls around the world. (Courtesy of Angel Blue)
Winning a ticket to this year’s Bruin Bash will take a little bit of luck. An online lottery opened Friday morning for the annual event that is co-hosted by the Campus Events Commission and the Cultural Affairs Commission. Read more...
Photo: The Campus Events Commission and Cultural Affairs Commission opened an online lottery system Friday for students to enter to win wristbands to Bruin Bash. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Christoph Bull brought the “Ghostbusters” soundtrack to life on his neighborhood church organ. Bull, an adjunct associate organ professor in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, recorded the organ music for the new “Ghostbusters” movie score at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles over the course of two days in May. Read more...
Photo: UCLA adjunct associate organ professor Christoph Bull recorded his music for the “Ghostbusters” movie score at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. The church was lit blue and green for two days in May to evoke a “Ghostbusters” ambiance. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
With their debut album “Warm on a Cold Night,” British pop duo HONNE attempts to persuade the world they feel the most deeply and emotively of all male pop singers. Read more...
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Audiences either looking to party or attend solely for the music can find an electronic dance music (EDM) festival to suit their needs. From colossal night-long raves that immerse the senses to laid-back, poolside concerts, 2016 provides many opportunities to appreciate music. Read more...
Photo: Colorful visuals and production are major components of EDM festivals like Electric Daisy Carnival, which featured an owl stage. (Courtesy of Yohanna Khachiyan)
Elyn Saks felt suffocated, trapped in a room filled with doctors. She lay restrained with leather bounds, her hands and feet tied, she said. It was her first year at Yale Law School; she was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, a psychosis defined by paranoid delusions, hallucinations, dysfunctional ways of thinking and agitated body movements, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Stephen Karr will conduct the opera “The Center Cannot Hold” beginning Friday. It was composed by Professor Kenneth Wells based on the memoir of Elyn Saks, a professor at USC, who was previously diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
After watching Beyonce perform “Formation” at the Super Bowl, two UCLA alumni said they felt empowered to create something that celebrated their South Asian culture. YouTubers Krishna Kumar and Kausar Mohammed released “Namaste,” a video parody of Beyonce’s song and video “Formation,” in May in order to exaggerate and critique negative stereotypes and to increase the visibility of South Asians in the media. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumni Kausar Mohammed and Krishna Kumar were inspired by Beyonce’s “Formation” music video to make a parody about South Asian culture. They shot their video completely on an iPhone and filmed in Indian grocery stores and threading salons from their hometowns. (Courtesy of Krishna Kumar)
