Irina Bazik and Sophia Su both auditioned for the “14th Annual All-Star Concert” on their birthdays. The next day, they found out they were selected to perform pieces in front of the UCLA Philharmonia. Hosted by the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and the UCLA Philharmonia, the all-star concert will showcase eight solo piano, […]
Category Archives: Music
Donation to support, promote interest for UCLA’s Persian music program
A new donation has helped secure the future for UCLA’s Iranian music program. The program will hold the first fund-supported event “Classical Persian Music: Hossein Omoumi, from Isfahan to Irvine” on Monday at Schoenberg Hall. It will feature a documentary screening and performances of classical Persian music. The event came about as a result of […]
Concert review: Passion Pit at Belasco Theater
Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos clearly demonstrated his passion for performance Saturday night. Passion Pit concluded its North American tour with a performance at the Belasco Theater in promotion of its latest album “Tremendous Sea of Love.” Passion Pit and the show’s opener courtship. both showcased exemplary performance chops with highly energized renditions of classics interspersed […]
Wacsmash to highlight personal stories of student choreographers
Five women will glide across a mostly bare stage, with only a table, a newspaper and a photo of a house wrecked by natural disaster to set the scene in Glorya Kaufman Hall. The world arts and cultures showcase – Wacsmash – taking place Friday and Saturday will celebrate the visual and performing arts cultivated […]
Students connect with others through the tradition of tango
Augustina Ortiz-Marquez dances tango, but it’s nothing like how it looks on “Dancing with the Stars.” The fourth-year Spanish and linguistics student, who has been dancing tango for three years and now dances with the Los Angeles Tango Academy, said gaudy depictions of tango in American society are often inaccurate and untrue to the dance’s […]
Video: Pragathi Guruprasad
Pragathi Guruprasad, a second-year political science student, shares her experience as a professional Indian playback singer and actress. Guruprasad has appeared in numerous Tamil movies after gaining popularity through the reality singing competition Super Singer Junior in 2012.
Dance workshop connects students of all backgrounds, promotes expression
Teenagers danced to the beat of the Hamilton cast recording and leapt to the sound of smooth jazz music in a bustling dance hall in the heart of Los Angeles. The workshop, which took place Wednesday, was the first meeting for Dance and Dialogue, an organization that seeks to foster passion for dance and build […]