Nine-year-old Imaan Fitzgerald stood in front of 1,000 people and began to sing “We Are a Family,” her voice bouncing off the steep walls of Crystal Cathedral. The concert in Orange County, organized by her grandfather, is one of her earliest memories of performing. Fitzgerald, a fifth-year film student, will channel the ukulele and vocal […]
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Spring Sing 2017: Haylee Hessell
Haylee Hessell never imagined she would practice one song as many times as she has rehearsed her song “Let Him Go” for Spring Sing. She’s practiced the song at least 50 times already. The third-year English student is a soloist performing for the first time in the annual musical event in Pauley Pavilion. She said […]
Spring Sing 2017: BEL
Isabel Whelan is used to taking stage as part of an ensemble. The third-year communication studies student performed at Spring Sing her freshman year as part of the Delta Gamma and Lambda Chi production and at Coastalong Festival and Dance Marathon this year as a part of Sage St. But for Spring Sing 2017, she […]
Spring Sing 2017: Company ensemble prepares to deliver laughs with videos, live sketches
Hannah Connery drove to Las Vegas to film scenes for a Spring Sing comedy sketch with a 101-degree fever, coughing throughout the 12-hour video shoot. Connery, a third-year theater student, joined the ensemble Company this year because she was allured by the prospect of writing, filming and acting in Spring Sing’s comic relief team. The […]
Spring Sing 2017: Sorority-fraternity dance team secure spot after fourth audition
Rain forced Regina Silva and members of Gamma Phi Beta and Pi Kappa Phi to seek cover underneath a concrete overhang of the J.D. Morgan Center in Bruin Plaza. They huddled together, waiting as Silva opened their decision letter about performing in Spring Sing. Silva remained silent, staring at the letter, which for a moment, […]
Tea Tunes: R&B duo to transcend surface-level music with Spring Sing performance
Music inspires the soul and allows listeners to feel joyful and free, and behind every piece of inspirational music lie a songwriter and a story. Throughout spring quarter, columnist Kaitlyn Peterson will sit down over tea with UCLA singer-songwriters to explore their musical goals, personal inspirations and what makes their songs so special. Chris Pree […]
Los Robles Master Chorale to perform three UCLA student compositions
The Los Robles Master Chorale’s Saturday performance will feature the world premieres of three UCLA student compositions. The pieces “America,” “E Novem Punctis Unum” and “Loam” by students Nicholas Carlozzi, Vittorio Russo and William Cabison, respectively, were commissioned in fall 2016 by Lesley Leighton, the artistic director of the Los Robles Master Chorale and a […]