Tuesday, February 10

Spring Sing 2022: Outspoken portrays sense of community with dance, auditory elements

This post was updated May 19 at 12:22 p.m. There is nothing silent about Outspoken. The interdisciplinary student-led dance group is set to perform at this year’s Spring Sing in its first live Spring Sing performance in two years, having performed in the past two online iterations. Read more...

Photo: Eight members of Outspoken stand together in the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden. The interdisciplinary group will perform a blend of dance, spoken word and music at Spring Sing. (Photo by Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin staff. Photo illustration by Ashley Shue-Lih Ko/Daily Bruin staff)


Spring Sing 2022: Painted Ladies redefines folk music tropes with sultry lyrics

This post was updated May 19 at 12:52 p.m. Appalachian tunes are making their way to Westwood. Performing their song “Birmingham Again” in this year’s Spring Sing, the girl group Painted Ladies is blending Appalachian folk music with sultry lyrics. Read more...

Photo: (From left to right) Fourth-year students Amy Lyn Williams, Addison Wingate, Jeilani Rhone-Collins and Sophie Shapiro stand side by side as Wingate holds her fiddle and Shapiro holds her guitar. The folk band will perform their original song “Birmingham Again” at Spring Sing. (Photo by Ashley Kenney/Photo editor. Photo illustration by Ashley Shue-Lih Ko/Daily Bruin staff)


Spring Sing 2022: Resonance empowers members, embraces diversity in a cappella performance

Resonance is reverberating its message to Spring Sing crowds – no instruments required. After six years, a capella group Resonance has the opportunity to perform again in Spring Sing. Read more...

Photo: Wearing black, Resonance members pose together. The student a cappella group will perform its arrangement of “Forgive Me” by Chloe x Halle at this year’s Spring Sing. (Photo courtesy of Resonance. Photo illustration by Ashley Shue-Lih Ko/Daily Bruin staff)


Spring Sing 2022: Silva celebrates joy of reuniting after pandemic in live performance

This post was updated May 19 at 12:55 a.m. Silva is ready to sing and dance its way back to Spring Sing. With 10 musicians and performers, the jazz band is led by fourth-year global jazz studies student Emily Silva, who is the group’s namesake and vocalist. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year global jazz studies student Emily Silva (right) sits surrounded by greenery, and third-year global jazz studies student Anna Bettendorf (left) sits behind with guitar in hand. Both will perform as part of 10-member jazz ensemble Silva at this year’s Spring Sing. (Jefferson Alade/Daily Bruin. Photo illustration by Ashley Shue-Lih Ko/Daily Bruin staff)


Spring Sing 2022: Student indie band Sophia Bacino & Friends explores personal growth in debut

This post was updated May 19 at 11:30 a.m. Sophia Bacino and her friends believe good music can heal heartache. At Spring Sing, the newly formed indie band Sophia Bacino & Friends will perform Bacino’s original song, “My Old Self Could Love You,” the third-year ethnomusicology student said. Read more...

Photo: With guitar in hand, second-year ethnomusicology student Sophia Bacino sits on a bed surrounded by colorful photos and prints. Alongside her three bandmates, Bacino will offer a hopeful outlook on heartbreak at Spring Sing, performing her original song, “My Old Self Could Love You.” (Photo by Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor. Photo illustration by Ashley Shue-Lih Ko/Daily Bruin staff)


Spring Sing 2022: Zeinah explores escapism in intimate original song with vocalist Kailynn Wright

This post was updated May 19 at 12:17 p.m. Reality can be exhausting, and Zeinah is escaping to another world. Fourth-year art student Quinlan Lewis-Mussa, also known by her stage moniker Zeinah, will be debuting at Spring Sing with an original song. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year art student Quinlan Lewis-Mussa (left) stands with fellow performer fourth-year African American studies student Kailynn Wright (right). Lewis-Mussa, who creates music under the name Zeinah, will take the Spring Sing stage to perform her track “Leaving” alongside friend and backup vocalist Wright. (Photo by Finn Chitwood/Daily Bruin. Photo illustration by Ashley Shue-Lih Ko/Daily Bruin staff)


Student Sey Yang captures Asian American queer identity through camera lens

Through the lens of Sey Yang lies an intimate experience with the past and present. The second-year art student utilizes film photography to create personal pieces that aim to place authenticity, identity and interconnectedness at their center by fostering an in-depth understanding of their subjects. Read more...

Photo: Second-year art student Sey Yang stands and looks down at the purple-edged camera they are holding. Yang said their film photography considers aspects of their own identity as well as their subjects’ backgrounds, often culminating in projects that seek to explore the queer Asian American experience. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin senior staff)