The crowd fell silent as the spotlight shone on the Pauley Pavilion stage. Isaiah Murtaugh, vocalist of the duet Tom Shay and a third-year international development studies student, held a guitar and propped a harmonica on his shoulder. Third-year geography and environmental studies student Andre Arifin provided the backbeat and accompanying shaker rhythm to their […]
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Spring Sing through the years
1945: The beginnings of Spring Sing The first Spring Sing was held on May 18, 1945, at the now-demolished UCLA Greek theatre. Created by then-ASUCLA director William Ackerman, the competition was advertised as a showcase for “Top Bruin Vocal Talent” and featured singing groups made of UCLA students. Contestants created groups of anywhere between 10 […]
Spring Sing 2016: Temme Scott
Singing wasn’t something Taylor Broom thought about; it was something she naturally did. As a young girl, she skied on the slopes of Whitetail in southern Pennsylvania, humming and singing songs from musicals such as “Annie” and “Wicked.” Broom, a third-year psychology student known on stage as Temme Scott, will perform a secret original song […]
Spring Sing 2016: Lydia Luce
Lydia Luce describes herself as a sponge. She grew up listening to Mozart with her mother, Peter, Paul and Mary with her father and Stevie Nicks on her own. She absorbs different melodies she hears, and they come out in her own style of Americana folk music. Luce will perform her song “Love You True” […]
Spring Sing 2016: Laura Savage
Laura Savage stayed up until 4 in the morning writing her original piece “Once” for the Spring Sing application. In the process, she kept her roommate awake and endured little sleep. “Once” is a product of not just a midnight writing session, but the third-year sociology student’s lifetime of musical growth, culminating in a distinctly […]
Spring Sing 2016: Aizehi and the Funkth Dimension
Every member of the collaboration Aizehi and the Funkth Dimension has performed in Spring Sing at least once in previous years, but as a part of a different group. The six performers will unite on Saturday to perform an original song that showcases the mutual jazz background all of the members share. Aizehi and the […]
Spring Sing performer to share inner turmoil with song ‘San Juan’
A trip to Puerto Rico inspired Isaiah Murtaugh to write the song “San Juan,” but he said the serenade is not about the tropical getaway listeners might expect. Instead, “San Juan” is about his battles with depression, tumultuous relationship with his Christian faith and finally finding peace with his emotions and spirituality during a trip […]