Kevork Andonian, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Music, has let us know that he had his composition Rhapsody played at Carnegie Hall recently, at a concert sponsort by the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), which has a mission to preserve and promote Armenian identity and heritage through educational, cultural and humanitarian programs. [...]

Jeff Kryka has forwarded his comments on the 2008 ASCAP film and television scoring workshop mentioned in the September 11th blog. Here is what he has to say:
“I was admitted into the 20th Anniversary of ASCAP’s prestigious Film
and Television Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis. There were around
300 international applicants for this workshop, but only [...]

Jeff Kryka–a graduate student in composition with the Department of Music, has recently participate in an ASCAP workshop on film scoring, as reported in Variety You can read about the daily activities of Jeff and the other composers at the workshop on Variety’s website at: http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=ev_ascap

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 [...]