It was love at first sound when 12-year-old Will Stevens witnessed a live performance of an oboe solo at a Southern California honors band event. Just a day after witnessing the oboe solo, Stevens’ teacher coincidentally opened a position in the middle school band for an oboe player. Read more...
Photo: First-year music student Will Stevens discovered his passion for the oboe in seventh grade. (Emma Skinner/Daily Bruin)
The Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center opened about two years ago as an expansion of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. The space includes a high-tech recording studio, cafe and ensemble room where students can practice and perform their pieces. Read more...
Photo: (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
Follow Daily Bruin Arts & Entertainment editor Lindsay Weinberg and Photo editor Miriam Bribiesca as they conquer Coachella. Read more...
Photo: (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
Asking someone to prom in the middle of a concert is the best time to do it. At Whitney’s concert Thursday night, a high schooler climbed onstage at the El Rey Theatre with a poster and a bouquet of yellow flowers to ask his fellow classmate to prom. Read more...
Photo: Indie-rock band Whitney consists of former Smith Westerns band members Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich (pictured). (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin)
Natasha Keces won’t be watching Raury perform live at Coachella on Friday evening. She’ll be taking a science midterm. Keces bought her three-day pass to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival before she knew her spring class schedule. Read more...
Photo: First-year physiology student Azisa Todd is bringing a tie-dye shirt and dashiki to wear to Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar’s sets, respectively. While attending Coachella, Todd said they will call out people for appropriating other cultures at the festival. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
Music inspires the soul and allows listeners to feel joyful and free, and behind every piece of inspirational music lies 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. Read more...
Photo: Josephine Tehrani, a fourth-year communication studies student makes dark pop music. Her upcoming album, “Love Trap” will release in the summer. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin)
As Coachella Weekend 2 approaches, UCLA students make their preparations for outfits and supplies. For many, this is their first time, while others are more aware of what to wear and pack to the desert music festival. Read more...
Photo: (Amanda Araque/Daily Bruin)
