Tuesday, March 24

The sound of Pauley

From George and Ira Gershwin Award-winning Julie Andrews to the Company's iPhone skit to surprise celebrity judges such as Melissa Joan Hart to Katie Boeck's sweepstakes-winning performance, Spring Sing 2009 featured many highlights for both returning fans and newbies alike. Read more...

Photo: Alpha Delta Pi and Theta Xi performed “Zombies” during Spring Sing at Pauley Pavilion on Friday. Their performance was one of four in competition for Best Production, but lost to “Jerry Maguire: The Musical.”



UCLA gains cinematographer-in-residence

Riding down the rapids of the Chattooga River in a raft while clutching a handheld, underwater camera during the filming of the 1972 film "Deliverance," cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond was not thinking about the threat of crashing into the rocks at any given moment. He was thinking about getting the shot. Read more...

Photo: Academy Award-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond (left) teaches at the biannual Budapest Masterclass. A native of Hungary, Zsigmond is this quarter’s Kodak Cinematographer-in-Residence at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.


Musician links his studies to creative journey

At first glance, one may peg Kevin Royer as a lovesick pretty boy, strumming his guitar to win some girl's heart, but that is far from the truth. Read more...

Photo: Vocalist Kevin Royer of the band Approaching Zenith will perform at tonight’s annual Spring Sing at Pauley Pavilion. Royer copes with his anger and frustration toward the horrific historical events he studies through creating his “up-tempo, rhythmic” music. Single line photo caption.


Company rehearses for performance

As the countdown to Spring Sing 2009 fast approaches its end, talk and anticipation about this year's lineup of student talents and celebrity judges is once more stirring. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year global studies student Regan Riskas (front), fourth-year film and theater student Mark Iverson (right), and fourth-year economics and English student Michelle Lin rehearse in preparation for the annual Spring Sing concert.


Songstress defies categories

Every year, Spring Sing promises the UCLA population a menu of performers as diverse as they are talented. Read more...

Photo: Second-year psychobiology student Lily Stern rehearses for Spring Sing on Wednesday. Stern will be performing Friday night in Pauley Pavilion.