In a competition between Elvis Presley and Michael Bublé, Elvis would win hands down.

Before a performance, second-year ethnomusicology student Harmony Chua said she feels like she is sitting alone in an empty room. But the moment she is onstage, sitting before her piano ready to play a composition that she has written, she becomes a bird in the spotlight, ready to take flight and experience the thrill.

At the age of 3, Nathan Kersey-Wilson’s favorite thing to do was jam out to the Beatles on his plastic saxophone. His musical passion began at this moment, leading him to eventually choose the saxophone as his primary instrument.

The restaurant is dimly lit, and Michael Bublé plays softly in the background as the waiter brings one dish from the set dineLA menu of the Napa Valley Grille.

Galeet Dardashti only had one recording of her grandfather singing in Hebrew.

Words are scribbled in white chalk, contrasting against the blackboard behind them.

Wide-open spaces, surrounded by majestic glaciers and limitless sky are called to Dean Anderson’s mind as the mournful woodwinds sing out.

It’s like walking into Stanley Kubrick’s mind. It’s fascinating, troubling and a little bit disturbing.

A photo depicts a young woman lying in a coffin, wearing a white dress and a tiara, and holding a bouquet of roses.

Alma López’s art piece “Our Lady” was an instant scandal in New Mexico in 2001.