The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s department of ethnomusicology offers a range of different ensembles spanning multiple regions throughout the world, each with a rich musical dynamic and sound. In “Global Melodies” the Daily Bruin will feature various world music ensembles within the department in an effort to showcase the diversity of music within […]
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Spring Sing general admission ticket prices lowered for students
Students will be able to purchase Spring Sing general admission tickets for a quarter of the previous price starting Thursday morning. This year, general admission tickets will cost $5 for students – a $15 price drop from last year’s ticket prices. The tickets will go on sale on Ticketmaster and at the Central Ticket Office […]
Concert review: Perfume Genius at The Mayan
Perfume Genius should have sprayed some of his namesake in the cigarette-scented Mayan theater on Thursday night. The smell of tobacco and vape products permeated the air of the Downtown Los Angeles nightclub as Mike Hadreas, under his stage name Perfume Genius, serenaded the audience with a set of dulcet and fairytale-esque tunes. Though the […]
Global Melodies: Music of Bali Ensemble
Under the direction of I Nyoman Wenten, students in the Music of Bali Ensemble learn and perform gamelan music.
Global Melodies: Students explore new sounds, find home in Music of Bali Ensemble
A sequence of repeating numbers written on a whiteboard guides percussionists through a swelling, fast-paced musical performance. The song “Siwanata,” complete with hefty drumbeats overlain with reverberating chimes, was just one of the few numbers that the members of the Music of Bali Ensemble rehearsed during their weekly Tuesday class. The group’s participants tapped their […]
Album review: ‘Golden’
Lady Gaga and Kesha aren’t the only pop singers adding a little country-influenced twang to their tunes. Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue’s latest studio album “Golden” came out Friday and features the synth-pop sound that brought Minogue to fame back in the ’90s, while also throwing in some folksy instrumentals. While the aforementioned Lady Gaga […]
Dance group plans interactive J-pop performance for Geek Week
Two pairs of dancers will tell a story of jealousy and redemption when “Revolver” by Megurine Luka plays. Dressed in cosplay, a recreational dance group from UCLA will dance to a variety of Japanese pop and vocaloid songs Friday for Geek Week at Carnesale Commons. Kirigami, a subgroup of UCLA’s Japanese Animation Club, is not […]