Although second-year UCLA student Sara Lynn is fascinated by the human brain, she decided to change her tune, and major, from neuroscience to music history.
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Soundbite: "Shields"
Grizzly Bear is back from hibernation.
YouTube sensation and aspiring musician Jason Pitts to perform in Fowler out Loud series
During his senior year at Santa Monica High School, Jason Pitts asked a girl to prom by serenading her on the acoustic guitar in the middle of third period, complete with back-up singers and someone playing the shaker.
Road to Damascus a cappella group holds spring concert
Some people sing to express joy or frustration. Some sing simply to complement the acoustics of a running shower. And then there are those who sing to spread messages of hope and inspiration.
CEC Shorttakes Film Festival to showcase student productions
Fourth-year world arts and cultures student Kristen Harkey scored a front row seat at Bruin Bash her freshman year.
UCLA group Student Leader Advocates of Music offers high schoolers free music lessons
Scattered, chaotic drum beats echoed around the courtyard as 20 high school students tried out their first percussion sets. By the end of the quarter, however, this incoherent clamor became cohesive rhythms as SLAM! volunteers watched their students transform into musicians right before their eyes ““ and ears.
UCLA Film & Television Archive’s “˜Nina Menkes: Cinema as Sorcery’ features alumna’s experimental films
A gaunt, shirtless man sharpens a knife in the middle of a dark, barren room as a metronome keeps time in the corner ““ hypnotizing the audience in time with his rhythmic, violent strokes.