More than 150 years ago, “I Due Figaro” by Saverio Mercadante vanished from the opera scene. On Friday, Opera UCLA will perform the West Coast premiere of the Italian opera in collaboration with the School of Theater, Film and Television’s theater department and the Herb Alpert School of Music. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin) Originally written in […]
Category Archives: Music
Q&A: Lecturer, flute instructor discusses career, upcoming performance
Aside from his 42-year-long teaching career at UCLA, Sheridon Stokes published two books on flute technique and has recorded studio music for “Mission Impossible,” “Star Trek” and “Family Guy.” Before he performs in the orchestra for the Academy Awards on Feb. 22, Stokes, a senior lecturer in the Herb Alpert School of Music, along with […]
Album review: “Let the Good Times Roll”
“Let the Good Times Roll” JD McPherson Rounder Records 3.5/5 paws Roots rocker JD McPherson’s sophomore release, “Let the Good Times Roll,” is a sonic time machine set for 1950s America, using the power of old-school tape echo and tremolo to transport the listener back to the birth period of rock ‘n’ roll. Listening to […]
Singer Sienna Moffitt’s ‘this is a demo’ inspired by trip to Europe
When third-year Design | Media Arts student Sienna Moffitt made plans to study abroad in Europe, appearing on BBC Radio Merseyside and recording her first demo were not part of her agenda. Moffitt, who sang her original song “I Shan’t Be There (When You Go)” at Pauley Pavilion as part of Spring Sing 2014, released […]
UCLA music lecturer, film score composers release CD, ‘Montage’
UCLA music lecturer Gloria Cheng realized she was in the midst of a legendary gathering of musicians. John Williams, Don Davis, Michael Giacchino, Randy Newman and Bruce Broughton huddled around a piano with a slew of sheet music – compositions they had written not for film, but for Cheng herself to perform. Over the course […]
Sounds of LA: Monogem
Every year, new artists emerge, ready to be Los Angeles’ next great musical discovery, making their rounds through small club tours across the city. Inspired by the hippie enclaves of Topanga, the backyard punk scene of East Los Angeles or the coastal grunge of Venice Beach, each act has its own distinct sound. This week, […]
Hip Hop Congress holds freestyle dancing, cyphering workshop
Dancers crowd in a circle, encouraging a lone performer in the center. For the solo dancer, the circle – called a cypher – represents a safe space where he can express himself through hip-hop music and improvised movements to tell a story. As part of Hip Hop Appreciation Month, Cultural Affairs Commission’s Hip Hop Congress […]