April 30, 2010 - The music of Jonathan Dove's opera "Flight" takes the audience into a land of an imaginative landscape. The orchestra provides dramatic rhythms and avant-garde minimalist harmonies. In doing so, the orchestra supports the grounded passengers at an airport terminal by guiding them through the crossroads of their lives. [2:57] More »

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April 26, 2010 - What happens when a poem becomes a play? Senior English student Jacqueline Hoang completed her honors thesis project by writing, directing and producing a play based off of John Keats' poem "Lamia." It was performed in Santa Monica this past weekend. Learn how the characters interact with each other and with the audience through movement, mind and emotions [4:37]. More »

April 22, 2010 – The UCLA Camarades Ensemble performs its inaugural concert at 8 p.m. tonight. This is the first time the UCLA Music Department will have a string orchestra without a conductor. Ji Young An will play on the school's legendary Stradivarius and is the soloist for the Mendelssohn Concerto in D minor. Listen to her speak about her transition from studying music in Paris to playing in California.

From the Fowler Museum at UCLA, employees John Piccione and Emry Thomas reveal how protecting art is not always glamorous, but meeting accomplished colleagues and world-class visitors is always rewarding. As these employees let their guards down, they reveal their deeper identities as creative individuals. More »