With Spring Sing quickly approaching, the Pauley Pavilion stage awaits its 17 contestants. In anticipation for the event, Daily Bruin A&E will profile each talent every day this week leading up to the competition on Saturday night. Read more...
Arts, Music, Video
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May 11, 3:00 pm
Three solo artists prepare for Spring Sing 2015
Three solo musicians, Nick Valentini, Lashon Halley and Natalie Brainin, share their personal stories through music and how they feel about competing in Spring Sing 2015. Read more...
Photo: (Seunghyup Ko/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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May 11, 12:14 am
Hammer Student Association to host ‘Arts Party: Transferal’
For Iris Colburn, the president of the Hammer Student Association, the theme of transferal relates to the conversion of three-dimensional objects into works on paper and conversion of forms into grids – both current exhibitions at the Hammer Museum. Read more...
Photo: The Hammer Student Association, a UCLA student group affiliated with the Hammer Museum, will host its “Arts Party: Transferal” on Tuesday. Celebrating young artists at UCLA and in the Los Angeles area, the event will feature a zine workshop by artist Isa Beniston. (Courtesy of Iris Colburn)
Arts, Music
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May 11, 12:12 am
Spring Sing 2015: Lashon Halley
Lashon Halley found out she was performing at Spring Sing, called her friend Xiomara Fambrough and said, “Yo Xi, I got in with the song I wrote for you.” A year ago, Halley wrote the song “Done with You” for Fambrough, who was having problems with her boyfriend. Read more...
Photo: Third-year art history student Lashon Halley, who draws much of her musical inspiration from personal life experiences, will be performing her original song, “Done with You,” at Spring Sing Saturday. (Eu Ran Kwak/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Music
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May 11, 12:10 am
Spring Sing 2015: Nick Valentini
With three Spring Sings already under his belt and a UCLA degree imminent, fourth-year cognitive science student Nick Valentini is in the midst of working towards the future. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year cognitive science student Nick Valentini, who will be performing alongside his band Loop Garou, will also take the stage Saturday as a solo artist, with his original song “Mr. Mister.” (Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Music
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May 11, 12:08 am
Spring Sing 2015: Natalie Brainin
Natalie Brainin said she knew from her first year at UCLA that she wanted to perform as a soloist in Spring Sing. The third-year ethnomusicology student and singer-songwriter performed in last year’s Spring Sing as part of two different production groups – her sorority, Delta Gamma, and Resonance A Capella. Read more...
Photo: Third-year ethnomusicology student Natalie Brainin will play her song, “Forever,” for Spring Sing. Brainin performed with Delta Gamma and Resonance A Cappella last year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Arts, Music
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May 8, 2:19 am
Avartan Music Festival to bring together Indian classical performers
From center stage of Schoenberg Hall emanates a voice which holds a calming, single note, then glides through a musical scale before returning back. The singer, UCLA alumna Gaayatri Kaundinya, sits cross-legged on the stage leading the performance. Read more...
Photo: The fourth annual Avartan Music Festival will take place Sunday at Schoenberg Hall. Created in 2012 by UCLA alumna Gaayatri Kaundinya (center right), the festival is a showcase for Hindustani and Carnatic classical music, bringing together styles of North and South India. The group also includes fourth-year electrical engineering student Aditya Ganesh (far left), second-year psychology student Amulya Vadrevu (center left) and first-year psychobiology student Ritu Sreenivasan (far right). (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)