For 35 hours a week, Jessica Felix works diligently as a barista in Brentwood and saves up her tips in an old pickle jar, relabeled “Hopes and Dreams” ““ not to pay for a Eurotrip or a new car, but for comedy lessons.

UCLA’s annual JazzReggae Festival will return to campus this weekend. Daily Bruin’s Rebecca Chen spoke with Anna Wise and Dane Orr of Sonnymoon about their musical inspirations, what people can expect from the show and how their sound has changed from previous albums.

Every time Vladimir Chernov crosses Charles E. Young Drive on his way to lunch, he remembers Vitaly Margulis, a world-renowned pianist, pedagogue and music philosophy author who taught in UCLA’s music department for 17 years and passed away last year.

Tucked away in a corner of Boelter Hall is a laboratory with instruments one might not expect ““ a music stand, keyboard and saxophone.

Royce Hall has a tradition of naming its pianos. On Tuesday, Russian pianist Denis Matsuev will be performing on a nine-foot-long Steinway piano that goes by the name of Ruby.

Some believe that the music industry is one of the most difficult businesses to succeed in, with artists having to do everything from writing lyrics and finding melodies to spreading the word about their music.

Over the course of a year at UCLA, students can partake in a variety of large-scale, school-wide festivities, from the Beat ‘SC Bonfire to Spring Sing.

The Le J Trio plays a smooth blend of contemporary jazz, fusion and hip-hop ““ and just as a team might celebrate a game well-played, the trio celebrates a show with a taco tradition.

Scotch-taped to the front of strings Professor Movses Pogossian’s studio door is a quote from Russian violinist Yehudi Menuhin: “The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency ““ half tiger, half poet.” This evening, a group of UCLA’s first-year violin students will attempt to live up to those words.