Spring Sing 2014 duet performers Brandon Bakhshi and Yasmeen Al-Mazeedi said working toward Spring Sing feels not just like bonding on a musical level, but almost like a marriage. “You have these responsibilities in working together, and Spring Sing is kind of like our baby,” said Brandon Bakhshi, a fourth-year psychology student. “This wouldn’t have […]
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Spring Sing 2014
Check out A&E’s weeklong coverage of Spring Sing 2014, with profiles of this year’s student musicians, dancers and actors participating in UCLA’s oldest musical tradition.
Spring Sing Profile: Sienna Moffitt
Sienna Moffitt, a second-year Design | Media Arts student, grew up participating in musicals and singing covers of songs that other artists had already made famous. She would mimic the ways that the songs were sung, but she never really knew what her own voice sounded like. “A few years ago, I sang ‘Hallelujah’ while […]
Spring Sing Profile: Mia Joy
Mia Piciucco’s life at UCLA revolves around music. A fourth-year musical theater student, Piciucco is constantly running from music classes to theater rehearsals. Now, she’s preparing for her upcoming performance in UCLA’s biggest musical talent showcase. Coming from a musical family, Piciucco has been taking dance classes and writing songs since as early as she […]
Spring Sing Profile: Nessa Rica
Nessa Rica Ramos remembers the very first time she sang in front of an audience. She was in church, sharing the stage with her two brothers and singing Fred Hammond’s “This Is the Day.” Frightened by the watchful crowd, the 4-year-old bolted off stage and cried. But 19 years later, the fourth-year geography student said […]
Cali Roots reggae fest to feature top performers
On the same stage that Jimi Hendrix famously blazed his guitar into an inferno in 1967, the 5th annual California Roots Music and Arts Festival will feature top performers, young and old, of the reggae genre on Memorial Day weekend. The springtime climate of California’s Central Coast sets the backdrop for this year’s festival, hosted […]
Student-designed bicycle generators to power Ecochella lineup
Students will pedal strenuously over the course of almost five hours today, gearing up to power the second annual Ecochella. Ecochella, a bike-powered concert that stresses sustainability, will take place today at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center. The concert is presented by E3: Ecology, Economy, Equity. This year, Ecochella will feature new additions such as a […]