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Category Archives: Music
Acoustically Speaking, a band comprised of professors, to perform in CAC concert
Tucked away in a corner of Boelter Hall is a laboratory with instruments one might not expect ““ a music stand, keyboard and saxophone.
Acoustic Coffee House concert to raise funds to help children with physical disabilities
“You break down the wall before me.” According to fourth-year ethnomusicology student Yuki Akaishi, these biblically inspired lines from her song titled “Children of Light” can also be applied to the struggles that physically disabled children face every day, and how they can be overcome.
Q&A: Dam-Funk shares his thoughts on modern funk and how music has changed over the years
Damon Riddick, also known as Dam-Funk, will be performing today as part of Campus Events Commission’s free concert series. Riddick, an L.A.-based modern funk musician, spoke to Daily Bruin’s Marjorie Yan about modern funk, his recording process and his view on how music has changed over the years.
Student band Alto to perform as part of Fowler Out Loud’s concert series
In the summer of 2010, Nicolette Yarbrough and Jessica Jones set up a violin and bass, their respective instruments, in the streets of San Francisco and played for donations. It was at this moment that the pair, who met at their freshman orientation, realized they could have a future in music together.
Hip Hop Explosion concert to cap off appreciation month with Los Angeles-based artists
Ten minutes was all it took for the Cultural Affairs Commission’s website to crash once reservation sign-ups became available for its annual Hip Hop Explosion concert. As “refresh” buttons were abused to reserve admission to the show and Hip Hop Congress staff connected frantically to fix the glitch, the high level of anticipation for the event became clear.
Q&A: Jessica Steel
Pandora radio makes up more than 60 percent of Internet radio listening in the United States. When Jessica Steel, executive vice president of business and corporate development at Pandora Media Inc. received a phone call from her nephew Aza Steel, a third-year sociology student, asking if she would come speak at UCLA as Sigma Eta Pi’s guest speaker, she immediately agreed to do so.