Singer and songwriter Holly Long didn’t always want to be a musician. It wasn’t until her mid-20s that the UCLA grad seriously thought about music as a career. Now Long, who sounds a little like Mary Chapin Carpenter with a mix of decidedly confident lyrics and a laid-back sound, is releasing her second CD, “Every […]
Author Archives: Jess Rodgers
Classical to meet pop culture in “˜Organica’
The organ may get a bum rap for for its dusty and archaic image, but assistant visiting professor and organ loyalist Christoph Bull has plenty to say about its vitality. And although the organ will probably never be bigger than electronic dance beats or the Beatles, it’s perfectly able to appropriate such populist forms. “Organica,” […]
Robertson’s Philharmonia set to perform
It’s hard for someone to have two full-time jobs ““ and Jon Robertson, chairman of the UCLA Department of Music and conductor of the UCLA Philharmonia Orchestra, has finally decided he has spent enough time juggling. This December, Robertson will step down from the position of chairman in order to put all of his energy […]
Cost of Legality
Napster is back. But no, it’s not the same service that gave users free-for-all access to pop songs in the days of the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears. It is now a legal downloading service that hopes to give Apple’s iTunes a little competition. The timing could not be riper. With the accelerating number of […]
Kerckhoff Coffee House series dispense unique, hi-tech music
Those who venture into Kerckhoff Coffee House on Tuesday nights will find the familiar study spot transformed into a venue for experimental music. Each Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. throughout the quarter, the Cultural Affairs Commission puts on Acouselectronic ““ a two -part program consisting of an hour of acoustic music by singer-songwriter Daniel […]
UCLA musicologists sing a different tune
Jacqueline Warwick is just one example of a pioneering musicologist from UCLA. She obtained her Ph.D. in 2002 after writing a dissertation on the connection between popular music in the 1960s and the female identity. Soon after, she was hired to teach the first popular music class at Dalhousie University in Canada. Other universities looking […]
Musicians add modern twist to classical chamber music
With mainstream music becoming increasingly homogenized, the appeal of classical music is sometimes lost among today’s youth. By offering a range of both classical and contemporary chamber pieces, performers of tonight’s chambermusic@ucla show hope to prove their music can be just as rewarding. In tonight’s Phantasmagorias and Tributes, the five musicians ““ Professors Antonio Lysy, […]