When Zayn Malik announced his departure from One Direction last year, he said it was to pursue a quiet life as a normal 22-year-old. Since then, though, he has fought with collaborator Naughty Boy, engaged in his fair share of Twitter feuds with former bandmates and appeared on multiple magazine covers. Read more...
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Classically trained violinist Nolan Isozaki picked up an electronic music controller for the first time two and a half years ago, not expecting it to become anything but a hobby. Read more...
Photo: First-year actuarial math student Gillis Wang was one of four finalists who performed in an EDM competition hosted by the Herb Alpert School of Music and DJ Paul Oakenfold. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Michael Yanoska entered an unfamiliar world when he graduated in 2013, where online “dating” had taken a modern turn. In this dating world, rejecting a match could be done with just an easy swipe. Read more...
Photo: Comedy group Hot Chocolate Party, composed of UCLA alumni who participated in Spring Sing’s Company, made a music video to accompany its song “Swipe (The Tinder Song).” The music video, released March 14, was shot in one take, with the camera rotating continuously in one direction to mimic the swiping motions users’ fingers make on Tinder. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
David Lefkowitz found the long and storied history of the Jewish people in the plaintive sounds of the Persian ney and oud. In their dispersion from their religious center of Jerusalem, the Jewish people searched for over 2500 years for a place to once again call home. Read more...
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The 12th movement of “Carmina Burana” tells the story of a once-beautiful swan being roasted on a spit. As the swan gets closer to being fully cooked, the movement progresses in speed and provides a fun and challenging test for choir students, said Lesley Leighton, a choral director at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Read more...
Photo: UCLA choral director Lesley Leighton will conduct the UCLA Choral Union and UCLA Philharmonia’s performance of “Carmina Burana” on Thursday in Royce Hall. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
If Kendrick Lamar’s leftover music were leftover food, it could be sold at the finest restaurant in Los Angeles. Reservations would be fully booked for five years because of the exceptional quality of everything he produces. Read more...
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Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Read more...
Photo: UCLA graduate student of ethnomusicology Rose Boomsma, who is also a classical Western flutist, has been learning how to play the Chinese dizi for the past three years. (Anisha Joshi/Daily bruin)
