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New YouTube interview with Gloria Cheng

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Music Department visiting professor Gloria Cheng, who has taught for us in several areas, has a new interview on YouTube in which she discusses differences between playing for performance and for recordings, as well as her well-known interest in contemporary music. You can see, and listen to, the interview at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHQ0HX3yl3E

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Help Ryan Svendsen win Sigma Nu’s national performing arts competition on YouTube

April 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Here’s a request we had yesterday from Ryan Svendsen, a sophomore trumpet major in the Music Department:
Hi,
I am entering in a National Sigma Nu performing arts competition via Youtube. In my video, I pay tribute to famous Sigma Nu alumni by playing their songs or songs affiliated with them. The more views I […]

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Coming soon–”Homer in Cyberspace”

April 4th, 2008 · No Comments

As some of you may know, Prof. Roger Bourland in the Music Department and Prof. Mel Shapiro in the Theater Department have been working very hard all year at collaborating on a new musical, “Homer in Cyberspace.” Funding for the production has been provided by a grant from Artsbridge here at UCLA. Information […]

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Ben Harbert: the familiar electric guitar

January 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

UCLA ethnomusicology graduate student Ben Harbert is featured today in the Daily Bruin. Ben is draws from the inspiration of classical composers and manifests it through his eight-piece electric guitar ensemble, Los Angeles Electric 8. Here is the first part of the article by Colleen Koestner.
Los Angeles Electric 8 strikes a new chord
Ethnomusicology student seeks […]

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Kevork Andonian, composer

November 5th, 2007 · No Comments

Kevork Andonian is a composer, pianist, arranger, and
educator, originally from Ottawa, Canada who is
currently pursuing his Ph.D. in composition at UCLA,
where he is also a Teaching Associate. Kevork
developed a great passion for music creation at an
early age. At six he started composing music on score.
Kevork holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from Carleton
University, graduating […]

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Nick DePinna: No two people are not on fire

October 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Kenny Burrell and Nick DePinna
“No two people are not on fire.”
-a quote from our beloved animated internet star, Strongbad.
In a twisted way, Strongbad is wise to switch the phrase from “No two people are the same,” “No two people are not on fire.” More plainly, everything is different; everything is the same. Everything is running […]

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Jonathan Beard album on iTunes

September 28th, 2007 · No Comments

This just in from Jonathan Beard, who received an MA in Composition in 2002.
Dear Friends,
Just wanted to take a moment to tell you that the new iTunes version of my latest solo album “Feeling Free” is now available for purchase via digital download worldwide! This special edition of blue-eyed soul features two songs not […]

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