In becoming a musician, the ultimate pass or fail is the live show. On stage, beneath the lights, is where burgeoning performers realize their true skills and discover that indeed, this is the path they will follow.

Move over, 20-something-year-olds trying to recapture the intensity and raucous energy of early ’70s rock, the classics aren’t dead yet. Iggy and the Stooges, the arguable progenitors of punk rock, are back with “Ready to Die,” a new offering of stripped-down, in-your-face rock ’n’ roll.

A month is hardly enough time to invent and build an airplane, but bringing its invention to the stage is a whole other story.

After winning his first DJ battle last week, UCLA trap spinster Alejandro “Alexbustamove” Bustamante prepares to battle it out with fresh opponents at Orientation LA.

White noise and dances to contemporary classical music are a few of the sights and sounds that will be performed at this year’s Graduate Composers Concert.