Mia Piciucco’s life at UCLA revolves around music. A fourth-year musical theater student, Piciucco is constantly running from music classes to theater rehearsals. Now, she’s preparing for her upcoming performance in UCLA’s biggest musical talent showcase. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year musical theater student Mia Piciucco, known as Mia Joy, will perform her song “Break for You” at Spring Sing. (Courtesy of Kaylee Weatherwax)
Nessa Rica Ramos remembers the very first time she sang in front of an audience. She was in church, sharing the stage with her two brothers and singing Fred Hammond’s “This Is the Day.” Frightened by the watchful crowd, the 4-year-old bolted off stage and cried. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year geography student Nessa Rica Ramos, known by her stage name Nessa Rica, will perform an original song at Spring Sing. (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin)
On the same stage that Jimi Hendrix famously blazed his guitar into an inferno in 1967, the 5th annual California Roots Music and Arts Festival will feature top performers, young and old, of the reggae genre on Memorial Day weekend. Read more...
Students will pedal strenuously over the course of almost five hours today, gearing up to power the second annual Ecochella. Ecochella, a bike-powered concert that stresses sustainability, will take place today at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center. Read more...
Photo: (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Sharing a passion for chamber music, Jasmine Lau, Luke Santonastaso, Brita Tastad and Jennifer Wu, graduate students at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, were just a group of friends before forming the Lumia String Quartet. Read more...
Photo: The Lumia String Quartet is one of UCLA’s newest chamber groups. The group was formed by a group of four graduate students in music who shared the same passion.
All around campus, posted signs say “The End is Coming,” but the self-described modern rock ‘n’ roll band formerly known as Owl Fly South is debuting its new beginning as The End of Summer. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Braeden Henderson is the frontman and guitarist of the self-described modern rock ‘n’ roll band The End of Summer, which recently changed its name from Owl Fly South. The group will perform for the first time under its new name Friday at Ecochella, held at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
The original version of this article contained multiple errors and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The instrument is ancient, but the sound is modern: overlapping tracks of sustained notes and slowly repeated musical motifs creating a kind of musical tapestry. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will host a concert featuring works by faculty composers Wednesday night at Schoenberg Hall. One of the composers is lecturer Daniel Marschak (right), who will perform his piano duet along with graduate student Zach Neufeld (left). (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
