Medical school studentsperform for patients, elderly

Science majors are often stereotyped as bookworms, devoid of any kind of creativity. The volunteer organization, Heart Sounds and MEDleys however, has shown the contrary since its inception four years ago. Every other week, the small group of medical students converge to rehearse music which they eventually perform for patients at the UCLA hospital and […]

The Sorcerer

Unfortunately, Hermeto Pascoal, the father figure of Brazilian jazz, doesn’t speak any English. Could a translator’s words accurately convey his personality? They didn’t have to. The 68-year-old songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who Miles Davis once called “the world’s most impressive musician” can communicate better with music instead. Over the phone in New York about a week […]