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)
The Daily Bruin’s very own Arts & Entertainment podcast, Paws, Play, Rewind!, returns for episode 14 with the latest and greatest in pop culture and campus happenings. Read more...
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Finals week: where fashion comes to die. At least that’s the common assumption during awhole week of sleep deprivation, final papers and multiple-choice exams. I know that I look pretty disheveled during finals. Read more...
Donna Stern, who makes people laugh as a profession, must stop joking and face her problems. “Obvious Child,” an indie film written and directed by newcomer Gillian Robespierre, premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival as part of its NEXT section, a non-competition category that showcases American films with bold storytelling. Read more...
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Soaring melodies and the power of hundreds of voices will fill Royce Hall this Saturday in conductorand UCLA Choral Studies director Donald Neuen’s farewell concert, “The Faith of Beethoven: A Musical Journey of Hope.” Featuringone of the largest assemblages of musicians in UCLA’s history–over 200 singers, a piano soloist, four vocal soloists and a full symphony orchestra – the concert will combine the talents of three performing arts organizations, two of which are based on the UCLA campus: the UCLA Chorale, the UCLA Philharmonia and the Angeles Chorale. Read more...
Photo: (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin) This Saturday, The UCLA Chorale will combine its talents with the UCLA Philharmonia Orchestra and the Angeles Chorale for UCLA Chorale Studies director and conductor Donald Neuen’s farewell concert, “The Faith of Beethoven: A Musical Journey of Hop.”
It’s any almost-graduate’s nightmare: Clutching his chest and inhaling gasps of air, a college senior just days away from graduation has a panic attack as he is notified of an incomplete grade due to an accusation of plagiarism. Read more...
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While strolling through the Murphy Sculpture Garden, fourth-year Design | Media Arts student Kristyn Solie encountered a homeless man who insisted that she take one of the many books of poetry he was carrying with him, but she refused. Read more...
Photo: “Holographic,” the Design | Media Arts senior exhibition, gave fourth-year Design | Media Arts student Rakeem Cunningham the chance to explore filmography. Cunningham’s four-part video series, titled “Me,” illustrates different elements of the artist’s life in the past year. (Courtesy of Rakeem Cunningham)
