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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]