Saturday’s performance of “Southern Harmony: Music of the American experience,” put on by the piano ensemble class in the sold out Westerbeck Recital Hall deviated from those in the past because it didn’t feature any European composers and relied solely on those penned in the states.
Students learn at lunch with influential LA-based abstract painter
Share: Mary Weatherford remembers her first and most influential experience viewing art as the time she visited UC Santa Cruz at the ripe age of 5 and saw “The Fruit Room”. It was a student art exhibition in a vacant room underneath the dining hall that consisted of supermarket fruit advertisements pasted over every visible surface. “I saw it in 1968 when I was 5 years old and it really stuck with me,” said Weatherford. “As young artists, there may be things you saw when …
American soldier and author offers insight
Despite a handful of unsatisfied students, the Borders of Diversity Student Conference hosted by the Cross-Cultural Center, College Diversity Initiative, and the English Department was both moving and educational.
Speech and Debate showcase turns into night of fun
She took the stage and had the audience laughing for the next seven minutes. It wasn’t stand-up comedy, but Alexis Arredondo of the PCC Speech and Debate Team.
Orchestra, choir rock Sexson with classical music
Share: The sound of voices, strings, horns and percussion flooded the night air earlier this month at the combined orchestra and choral concert in Sexson Auditorium. Follow:
PI Day: math and science meet art
Share: Pi is not a misspelling of that pastry encrusted, fruit-filled dessert or pizza slice that we know and love. Pi is that mathematical enigma that is the endless stream of numbers indicating the circumference of a circle. It is also the base for the art that makes a fractal. Follow:
Famed composer ends residency on high note
Share: Friday night’s joint Lancer concert band and chamber singers concert marked the end of this year’s Pamela L. Girard guest artist/masterclass series. Internationally known composer and USC professor Frank Ticheli, the artist in residence, worked with PCC music students over the course of three days, from rehearsing his famous pieces to evaluating students’ original compositions. “What I [liked] about this residency is that it was very comprehensive, I got to work with a whole wide variety of students,” said Ticheli. “I loved … being …
Interior Design: It’s what’s on the inside that counts
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Christianity, LGBT causes stand on Level Ground
Share: On a cold, Saturday night at the garage of the Los Angeles College of Music, the student group Level Ground sought to bring LGBT students and churchgoers together in an open dialogue about the intersection of faith, gender, and sexuality through the use of art. Follow:
Exhibit honors Jaime Escalante’s legacy
Share: Live music and chatter filled the air at the opening reception for the exhibit “Jaime Escalante: A Life Con Ganas” on Thursday evening. Follow: