As a child, 2010 theater alumnus Colin O’Brien-Lux sat for hours in the Deaf West Theatre in North Hollywood, playing Minesweeper while his father worked as a producer on stage.

An eight-story building model currently on display in Perloff Hall contains the beginnings of an imaginary apartment complex to be constructed in Los Angeles.

Before she became Lady Lazarus, the last time Melissa Ann Sweat sang in public was in her junior high production of “Oliver.” But three years ago, Sweat assumed that artistic pseudonym and began creating her own music.

The music of “Iron Chef America” comes from all around the world. Whenever he travels, Craig Marks, a UCLA alumnus and the show’s composer, carries a microphone to record the sounds he hears around him as possible inspiration for his upcoming assignments.

In third grade, third-year international development studies student Jagmeet “Hoodini” Singh started exploring music. In high school, Singh wrote his own rhymes and battled other rappers. Last year, Singh performed at the Sikh Art and Film Festival to an international audience.

Tucked away in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music lies the well-established Music of Bali Ensemble, a group consisting of 40 of UCLA’s best Balinese-trained dancers and musicians.

In low-lit music venues of the L.A.