A swelling grand piano and silky strings echo behind the scene as a man in a glittering jacket softly serenades a woman dressed in a leotard. Then the man begins to dance and the music adjusts with clamorous snares, lively winds and vibrant horns energizing the scene. Thursday through Saturday, the HOOLIGAN orchestra will accompany […]
Category Archives: Music
UCLA student finds catharsis, closure in first album ‘Red EP’
Cole Heramb dyed his hair a vibrant crimson to complement his latest album, “Red EP.” Second-year biology student Heramb released his first album “Red EP” on Nov. 1. The track list consists of seven songs he wrote, mixed, produced and recorded by himself and is available on SoundCloud and iTunes. He also created the album […]
Youth symphony to perform live ‘Back to the Future’ score at Royce Hall
Film composer and conductor David Newman and his wife waited in line for two hours to watch the “Back to the Future” movie on its opening night in Westwood in 1985. Now 31 years later, he will be conducting “Back to the Future – Live to Picture” with the American Youth Symphony. On Saturday at […]
Concert review: Jamestown Revival at the El Rey Theatre
Members of Jamestown Revival exuded a cool western spirit, dressed in jeans, button-up shirts and leather boots. Pianist Zach Chance wore a brimmed hat and guitarist Jonathan Clay a tan vest, bringing a folk energy to the El Rey Theatre on Thursday. The country souls prompted the audience to sway up and down in unison […]
Doctoral student makes compositional debut paying homage to film noir
Geoffrey Pope hopes his latest composition will transport listeners into a classic Hollywood film scene full of femme fatales, smoky jazz clubs and fedoras. Pope, a doctor of musical arts student, will debut his original composition “Overture Noir” at the UCLA Philharmonia’s Thursday concert in Schoenberg Hall. Pope will conduct the orchestra in playing his […]
Bruins for Israel and Hillel partner with Jerusalem U for Israeli event
The Hebrew word Aliyah means “ascent,” but it can also refer to immigrating to Israel. Filmmaker Rebecca Shore directed the short documentary “Mekonen: The Journey of an African Jew” about African-Israeli man Mekonen Abebe to highlight Israel’s diversity. Just one day before Abebe and his family were set to make Aliyah to Israel, his father […]
Saxophonist Kamasi Washington credits musical success to UCLA roots
Saxophonist Kamasi Washington has played alongside rappers like Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar, but his early education lies in jazz. As a second-year student at UCLA, Washington played saxophone on Snoop Dogg’s tour. After the 2004 ethnomusicology alumnus released his debut album “The Epic” in 2015, he went on to help arrange the string instruments […]