What do you do with a bachelor’s in ethnomusicology? If you’re a graduating student at UCLA, chances are you still don’t know. While some students look to medical school or the workforce for their post-graduate plans, ethnomusicology students are just ready for a break from their time-consuming coursework. Read more...

Classical musicians are shedding their bow ties, pearls and statuesque postures for a more engaging performance mode, bringing the music to the masses by way of multisensory experiences. Read more...

For Adam Bhatia, the transition from shy “Star Wars” enthusiast to award-winning trumpet player has been a long time in the making. The graduating trumpet performance student unveiled the fruits of his labors on June 7 at his senior recital, and played so exuberantly that one could have easily forgotten that it was a classical music performance. Read more...

To be continued. Once the dreaded endline of TV shows like “Saved by the Bell.” Now the unwritten decree for Hollywood films. These days, it seems that every movie is made to have a sequel. Read more...

Hannibal Lecter will be staring him down. The squirrels might get a little antsy. And approximately 250 students donning the cap and gown will watch in admiration as he walks across the stage to receive an award he never thought he’d get. Read more...

While fifth-year World Arts and Cultures student Francine Maigue may have been this year’s Homecoming “Royal Bruin” Queen, it had little to do with how she ended up on TV. Read more...

Perhaps the most defining moment in TV in the past year occurred during the Super Bowl halftime show, but Janet Jackson was nowhere in sight. Following the complaints, fines and media circus that accompanied her breast-baring 2004 performance, CBS played it safe this year with an aging Paul McCartney leading the crowd in a sing-along of “Hey Jude.” He did take off his jacket, but that was just to give to a fan, and he had a shirt on underneath. Read more...