It’s been more than 10 years since Carrie Underwood won American Idol, but she’s still the queen of high-octane power ballads that won the hearts of voting audiences back in 2005. She was the rollicking country singer whose debut album, “Some Hearts,” went platinum seven times over. Now, she’s released her fifth studio effort, “Storyteller,” […]
Author Archives: Shreya Aiyar
Pop duo Disco Shrine not ‘Shy’ about upcoming debut single
A group of boys wanders into a neon-lit arcade on a warm Friday night. Looking to blow off some steam, they approach a pinball machine. A few coins clink into the slot and the machine twinkles with flashing lights. Laughing, one of the boys looks away from the machine and locks eyes with a girl […]
Choreographers reunite in two-part showcase ‘My Dear and Displacement’
A dancer in a black shirt moves slowly, silhouetted against a dim gray background and surrounded by performers in khaki trench coats. In an instant, the dancer is indistinguishable from the other performers – he is now draped in a khaki trench coat, cloaking his identity from the audience. The dancer soon sheds the trench […]
Sounds of Schoenberg: The Indian tabla
Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. This week, we highlight the Indian tabla, a set of two small drums used in solos or as accompaniment. Ten-year-old Abhiman Kaushal […]
‘Rare Meme’ exhibition explores Internet culture experience
In the UCLA New Wight Gallery, a spectator picks up one end of a 40-foot-long red, noodle-shaped pillow. As she moves the noodle, sensors embedded in the fabric pick up twitches and vibrations. A computer integrates the motions to create digital projections of pink, yellow, green and gray amorphous blobs that color the walls of […]
Youth orchestra seeks to provide stage for future musicians
Jules Levy expected to hear conductor Alexander Treger briefly thank and dismiss him at the end of his audition for the Young Artists Symphony Orchestra. Instead, as the double bassist finished his piece and exhaled with relief, Treger complimented him on his sound and inquired further into the make of the instrument. “My jaw dropped […]
K-pop group Big Bang leaves crowd starstruck at its Anaheim concert
Big Bang went out Sunday with, well, a bang. The five-member K-pop boy group closed off the two-night California leg of its world tour with a performance at the Honda Center in Anaheim. The tour marked the end of a three-year wait for international fans scattered across the world to see the group live, especially […]