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June 9, 12:00 am

Q&A: Musician Naomi Robin shares postgrad plans

Whether recording for record labels, interning for a music company that has managed such artists as the Shins or captivating a crowd from onstage with her band, Naomi and the Bandits, graduating fourth-year music history student Naomi Robin is showing no signs of slowing down, even as the doors of UCLA close behind her. Read more...

Photo: Graduating fourth-year music history student Naomi Robin (middle) spoke with the Daily Bruin about summer internships, record labels and the future of her band, Naomi and the Bandits. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)

Arts, Film & TV, Lifestyle, Theater & Fine Arts

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June 9, 12:00 am

Acting, scriptwriting on the horizon for UCLA student

First, she was Bellatrix Lestrange. Then she rap battled USC, went to “The Great Fratsby” and most recently serenaded UCLA students with her rendition of “I’m a Bro.” Now, as her fourth year draws to a close, Spring Sing Company member and fourth-year theater student Kimia Behpoornia is creating her own variety comedy show for the online television network Pivot. Read more...

Photo: A member of Spring Sing’s Company, Rapid Fire Improv, ComedySportz Los Angeles and all things funny, graduating fourth-year theater student Kimia Behpoornia is working on the all-new online comedy show “2KSLAM!” (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin Senior Staff)

Arts, Film & TV

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June 9, 12:00 am

Screenwriting student commissioned to write comedy pilot

As a kid, Felischa Marye felt her first feeling of true sorrow when she visited a production set. “The Cosby Show” actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner was filming a movie down the street from her house, but when she went to get a glimpse of the action, she couldn’t do anything about the barriers that kept her from joining in the fun. Read more...

Photo: After meeting with development executives, screenwriting graduate student Felischa Marye has been commissioned to write a comedy pilot script. If well received, the script will be greenlit and produced into a television show. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin Senior Staff)

Arts, Music

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June 9, 12:00 am

Donald Neuen retires after 50 years of collegiate conducting

About 60 years ago, a church choir asked second-year Bluffton University student Donald Neuen to step in as conductor, a request that the undergraduate accepted hesitantly. Read more...

Photo: After 50 years of mentoring thousands of collegiate choral members, including 20 years at UCLA, Donald Neuen will retire at the end of the school year. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Music

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June 7, 12:17 pm

Bruin sees music as gateway to cultural studies

Music lays the foundation for everything from food, art forms, indigenous languages, spiritual exercise and entertainment in native cultures throughout the Americas, said ethnomusicology graduate student Jessie Vallejo. Read more...

Photo: Approaching graduation day, ethnomusicology graduate student Jessie Vallejo balances researching indigenous music of the Americas and performing in a mariachi band. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)


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