Classical music has survived for centuries, evolving with each new composer’s contribution to the genre. However, music department chair Neal Stulberg said the UCLA Philharmonia student orchestra seeks to bridge the gap between older symphonic music and the more contemporary. Stulberg, who has served as conductor and music director for the Philharmonia since 2005, said […]
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Los Angeles Youth Orchestra to perform at Schoenberg Hall on Sunday
Russell Steinberg said he felt like an outsider growing up in Los Angeles. While his friends were involved in the frenzy of popular culture, he alone preferred to find joy in classical music. Today, the former UCLA music assistant professor and alumnus is the artistic director of the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra. “I really liked […]
Omni-Musicality Group experiments with integration, improvisation
First comes tuning meditation. Musicians and audience members alike sing and listen to the sounds of their voices filling the air. Then comes a jazz number with a rhythmic twist. Finally, a cover of Britney Spears’ “Toxic” is done in the style of the second line tradition of New Orleans’ brass band parades. Eric Schmidt, […]
Album Review: ‘Four’
Listening to One Direction’s aptly named album “Four” feels like being the star of a playfully romantic music video. The pop band gained popularity when it won third place on the hit British television series “The X-Factor,” where the members met. On the group’s first two albums, “Up All Night” and “Take Me Home,” the […]
Q&A: Composer Patrick Gleeson talks film-scoring, ‘Crossroads’ legacy
Bohemian artists and beatniks flocked to San Francisco in droves during the 1950s and 1960s. At the height of this wave of migration, legendary avant-garde filmmaker Bruce Conner made the city his home and began creating filmic assemblages that juxtaposed snippets of archived footage set to music.
Across the Pond: FKA twigs reinvents R&B tropes through performance, sound
There’s something about the British Isles that consistently produces musical greatness; it is inherent to the country, its people and its culture. Popular culture has been defined by bands and artists from the UK; they have consistently created new genres and musical subcultures – from the Beatles’ psychedelic rock in the ’60s all the way […]
Beatboxer to perform at Fowler Museum’s Family Jam
UCLA alumnus Carlo Nick Paredes’ passion for beatboxing began early, in middle school, after he watched one of his classmates trying to lay down a beat on the playground. “It was recess, and I remember him trying to show off a little; he thought he was really good,” Paredes said. “I thought I could do […]