When the UCLA Chorale decided it was going to perform Giuseppe
Verdi’s “Requiem,” it comes as no surprise that
it needed to bring in reinforcements to take on a production of the
massive opera.

There are only 89 self-identified Native American students at
UCLA ““ but that hasn’t stopped them from having a
presence on campus and educating the community about their cultural
heritage.

Cartoons are not just for children ““ a notion that the Tin
Hat Quartet confirms with its performance of original scores to
animations done by Russian filmmaker Ladislaw Starewicz.

To become a legendary jazz composer and saxophonist, Wayne
Shorter’s solo mentality and tendency to push boundaries in
music have certainly come in handy.
Shorter will be performing with his quartet on April 9 at Royce
Hall.

Thirty years ago, Los Lobos was just a garage band in East Los
Angeles. And as a band whose success is deeply indebted to its
members’ cultural heritage as Mexican Americans, Los Lobos
has decided to make its 30-year anniversary tour an acoustic one in
order to celebrate its musical roots.

When people think of jazz, they usually think of adult
contemporary music or the WAVE radio station, or even a musical
genre that becomes more appreciated with age.

Those who pass by the Ackerman conference rooms every Thursday
night might be wondering why people are walking around with guitars
and from where the sound of amps and rock tunes are coming.

Receiving a 2005 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters
Award isn’t something most people would be modest about
““ but Kenny Burrell, director of the Jazz Studies Program at
UCLA, certainly is.

Operetta, the long-neglected cousin of opera and musical
theater, is finally getting some much-deserved recognition thanks
to operetta expert Dr. Michael D. Miller, a professor of advanced
mathematics at UCLA Extension.

Benedict Oladele, an international scholar from Nigeria, often
has lunch with his friend Gary Moore, who drives a campus shuttle.
While eating lunch and taking breaks from their busy schedules, the
two share experiences from their different backgrounds.