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Author Archives: Alicia Sontag
Bruin in harmony with composer instinct
Before a performance, second-year ethnomusicology student Harmony Chua said she feels like she is sitting alone in an empty room. But the moment she is onstage, sitting before her piano ready to play a composition that she has written, she becomes a bird in the spotlight, ready to take flight and experience the thrill. Tonight, […]
UCLA student showcases one-man jazz act in Fowler concert series
At the age of 3, Nathan Kersey-Wilson’s favorite thing to do was jam out to the Beatles on his plastic saxophone. His musical passion began at this moment, leading him to eventually choose the saxophone as his primary instrument.
Restaurant review: Napa Valley Grille
The restaurant is dimly lit, and Michael Bublé plays softly in the background as the waiter brings one dish from the set dineLA menu of the Napa Valley Grille. It’s a bright and colorful dish – purple sauce, bright citrus and green garnish framing the darker green of the artichoke. DineLA Restaurant Week, a 12-day […]
Persian Jewish vocalist to perform at Fowler Museum
Galeet Dardashti only had one recording of her grandfather singing in Hebrew.
Jamba Juice hosts weeklong poetry event
Words are scribbled in white chalk, contrasting against the blackboard behind them.
UCLA Symphony performance pushes doctoral students’ skills
Wide-open spaces, surrounded by majestic glaciers and limitless sky are called to Dean Anderson’s mind as the mournful woodwinds sing out.