Saturday, February 7

Concert pianist joins faculty

Inna Faliks has had a love for the piano since before she was 5 years old. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s newest professor of piano, Inna Faliks, practices both classical and contemporary forms of piano, and will perform at Schoenberg Hall this Friday.



Album Review: ‘Wondrous Bughouse’ by Youth Lagoon

A progressive addition to the bedroom-indie scene, Youth Lagoon’s 2011 debut, “A Year in Hibernation,” was a home-recorded album with strong, memorable melodies and striking images. Praised for clever arrangements and strong layering, it gained high regard and the sequel was greatly anticipated. Read more...



Q&A: Wake Owl band frontman shares inspiration

Vancouver-based indie band Wake Owl is comprised of four artists that, although separated by space, come together to make music. Consisting of vocalist and guitarist Colyn Cameron, drummer Andy Shauf, bassist Josh Daignault and violinist Aiden Brant-Briscall, Wake Owl’s sound will be familiar territory for anyone accustomed to the indie scene; the band isn’t breaking any boundaries. Read more...

Photo: Wake Owl, performing for free today in Bruin Plaza, discusses new EP “Wild Country,” the band’s musical growth over the years and where the members find their writing inspiration.


Faculty and students of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will be performing tonight for the seventh annual “It’s a Woodwind World” concert. One of the pieces will be Trio, Op. 2 by Leon Levitch, a Jewish composer, Holocaust survivor and UCLA alumnus. Levitch began composing music at an early age, and was able to learn from a fellow refugee and pianist at an Italian internment camp during World War II.

Music carried composer through hardships

They were lucky, if it could be called luck. Read more...

Photo: Faculty and students of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will be performing tonight for the seventh annual “It’s a Woodwind World” concert. One of the pieces will be Trio, Op. 2 by Leon Levitch, a Jewish composer, Holocaust survivor and UCLA alumnus. Levitch began composing music at an early age, and was able to learn from a fellow refugee and pianist at an Italian internment camp during World War II.

Faculty and students of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music will be performing tonight for the seventh annual “It’s a Woodwind World” concert. One of the pieces will be Trio, Op. 2 by Leon Levitch, a Jewish composer, Holocaust survivor and UCLA alumnus. Levitch began composing music at an early age, and was able to learn from a fellow refugee and pianist at an Italian internment camp during World War II.



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