Music from half a millennium ago is making a comeback. In a guest lecture at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music on Thursday, Melinda Latour, an alumna and assistant professor of musicology at Tufts University, will examine the vocal performance of Stoic philosophy as psychotherapy. Read more...

Photo: Melinda Latour, an assistant professor of musicology at Tufts University, will examine the vocal performance of stoic philosophy as psychotherapy in her upcoming guest lecture at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. The branch of therapy has historically aided people during tumultuous times, she said. (Courtesy of Mono Shinzawa)

Ashley Elizabeth Crowe said the free-flowing style of jazz empowers people through communicating personal experiences and emotions. The fourth-year global jazz studies student has been studying jazz since transferring from a New York conservatory in 2016. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year global jazz studies student Ashley Elizabeth Crowe will be performing at the Fowler Museum on Wednesday. As the lead singer in her jazz ensemble, she said she enjoys the creative freedom the genre gives her to experiment. (Courtesy of Lyric Cross)