Student Committee for the Arts http://www.sca.ucla.edu The student division of UCLA Live Fri, 09 May 2008 23:34:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.10 en People Under The Stairs http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/people-under-the-stairs/ http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/people-under-the-stairs/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 23:34:01 +0000 Chris Fung Events http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/people-under-the-stairs/ People Under the Stairs formed when Mike Turner (Double K) and Chris Portugal (Thes One) met on the fringe of L.A.’s late-’90s hip-hop underground. The duo, devoted to jazzy samples, danceable beats, intricate rhyming skills, and laid-back humor, debuted in 1998 with the acclaimed The Next Step and followed it up in 2000 with Question in the Form of an Answer. Gathering heavy praise and touring with De La Soul, the group took their road experiences and brought it to the studio to record their next album. The final results appeared in the summer of 2002 under the name O.S.T. This highly acclaimed release, which sound-scanned over 35,000 to date, brought People Under The Stairs to the forefront of underground hip-hop. Its follow-up album, Or Stay Tuned complemented this release and allowed the group to headline nation-wide tours.

Known for serving up playful back-and-forth rhymes set to vinyl-centric production, Thes One and Double K are now back with Stepfather. “People are really going to be surprised by this album, says Thes One, Were flipping the script on this one, coming with an extremely progressive approach. We study a lot of music theory and classic material, and this album reflects that. Even when we did the old school tracks on the album, we still tried to push the envelope with vocal settings and drum patterns. Using obscure vintage drum machines and running mic pre-amps to the point of intentional distortion, PUTS created a sonic kaleidoscope of textured and layered beats which are complimented by their refreshingly cool narratives of the L.A. Hip Hop life. A better description of Stepfather might be that of a Hip Hop history book on tape. From the old school beats with those classic SP 1200 drums and rich Hammond organ keys to new school progressive tracks with live guitar and bass, Stepfather is by far PUTSs most intricate and musically advanced album.

Production aside, Stepfather also offers a much more personal perspective into the lives of Thes One and Double K. On the track Days Like This, Double K reflects on his modest upbringing and the struggles that his mother endured in order to provide for the family, while Thes One offers a personal thanks to his father who labored has a fruit field worker so that his son may live a better life. On Reflections, Double K and Thes One lament in vivid detail their recognition of the moral vacuum that plagues todays society. From these heavy hearted songs to the light and head nodding barbecue anthems such as Jamboree pt. 1, Thes One and Double K explore the spectrum of human emotions and offer their most personal music to date.

With an amazing live show and a loyal fan base hungry for their next album, People Under The Stairs Stepfather will undoubtedly be one of Hip Hops biggest releases of 2006! Stepfather features guest appearances from legendary Funkadelic and Parliament member George Clinton, Monty Stark (Stark Reality), and Kat of Crown City Rockers. The album also includes a bonus documentary-style DVD that includes show footage and a short film.

Directions to Venue

UCLA Parking - $8 for lot directly across from venue
Street Parking - Free but extremely scarce

Directions for UCLA Parking:
Take 405 (San Diego Freeway) to Wilshire Blvd. East
Travel east three blocks to Westwood Blvd.
Turn Left on Westwood Blvd.
Travel five blocks to Parking & Information Booth

Parking Lot: DD, ask attendant for directions to lot. The venue is located directly across from the entrance to the DD lot.

Venue Address:
Tom Bradley International Hall
417 Charles E. Young W
Los Angeles, CA 90024

]]> http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/people-under-the-stairs/feed/ PROJECT ARTS http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/project-arts/ http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/project-arts/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:47:15 +0000 Chris Fung Events http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/project-arts/ The Student Committee for the Arts is currently accepting applications from student artists interested in showcasing their work on campus. All forms of performance art are welcome, and the application process is open to all majors. We will be accepting applications starting Winter Quarter ‘08.

Download an application here and submit it today!

PROJECT ARTS APPLICATION

]]> http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/project-arts/feed/ Gloria Cheng http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/gloria-cheng/ http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/gloria-cheng/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:22:27 +0000 Chris Fung Events http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/gloria-cheng/ Performing works by John Cage, Phillip Glass, Witold Lutoslawski, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Xenakis, Gloria Cheng brings her expertise on the piano to the Popper Theatre in Schoenberg Hall for Piano on the Edge: Piano Music of Our Time and Beyond.

Pianist GLORIA CHENG is widely recognized as one of today’s foremost interpreters of contemporary music. She has premiered dozens of new compositions including works composed specifically for her by John Adams, Mark Applebaum, Pierre Boulez, Don Davis, Joan Huang, Terry Riley, Stephen Andrew Taylor, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Andrew Waggoner. Of the world premiere of Salonen’s Dichotomie, the Los Angeles Times described her performance as “miraculous in the sheer speed and sureness of her fingers, in the rich depth of color and sonority she obtained from the piano, and in the sheer expression of joy she brought to a demanding new work.” Gramophone has described her as “technically fearless,” and the New York Times has praised her “impressive fluency and power.”

In addition to acclaimed performances of the established repertoire, Ms. Cheng’s ardent dedication to contemporary music has brought about close collaborations with Thomas Adès, Elliott Carter, George Crumb, John Harbison, György Ligeti, Magnus Lindberg, Witold Lutoslawski, and Steven Stucky. She is favored by some of the world’s most demanding composer/conductors, including Pierre Boulez, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Oliver Knussen.

In May, 2003, Ms. Cheng was the soloist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s historic final concerts at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, playing Messiaen’s Oiseaux exotiques under Pierre Boulez. Other recent engagements include appearances at the Pacific Symphony’s American Composers Festival, Chicago Humanities Festival, Los Angeles Philharmonic Minimalism Festival and Green Umbrella series, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, John Adams’ Century Rolls with the Long Beach Symphony, Stravinsky’s Petrouchka with the New York Philharmonic, Lou Harrison’s Piano Concerto with the Indianapolis Symphony, and her annual recital on the Los Angeles-based Piano Spheres series. Other projects have brought Ms. Cheng to festivals at Ojai, Tanglewood, Aspen, Other Minds, and Kuhmo (Finland), as well as to venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Théâtre du Châtelet.

Ms. Cheng’s solo discs include music by Messiaen on Koch and Piano Music of John Adams and Terry Riley on Telarc. Her second Telarc release, Piano Dance: A 20th-Century Portrait, was selected as Instrumental Pick of the Month by the editors of BBC Music Magazine. Ms Cheng, who holds a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University and graduate degrees in Music from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Southern California, is on the faculty at UCLA.

]]> http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/gloria-cheng/feed/ Comedy Explosion http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/comedy-explosion/ http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/comedy-explosion/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:37:07 +0000 Chris Fung Events http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/comedy-explosion/ SCA’s Comedy explosion returns for its second year, featuring Jasper Redd, Ryan Stout, Tom Segura, and Geoff Keith. Come have a blast on April 16 and 23 at 8pm in Northwest Campus Auditorium!

]]> http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/comedy-explosion/feed/ SambaDa http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/sambada/ http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/sambada/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:14:15 +0000 Chris Fung Events http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/sambada/ SambaDa musically unites the Americas, drawing from percussion-based styles of South and Central America, and blending it with that good old funk and reggae back beat so familiar to crowds in North America.

]]> http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/sambada/feed/ FALL RECRUITMENT http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/07-08-fall-recruitment/ http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/07-08-fall-recruitment/#comments Mon, 02 Oct 2006 23:51:52 +0000 Chris Fung Events http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/07-08-fall-recruitment/ The SCA is now recruiting new members for the 07-08 Committee! We have positions in marketing, artist relations, production, graphic design, and web design. Download a copy of the application here: 07-08 Application

]]> http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/07-08-fall-recruitment/feed/ Art Echoes http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/art-echoes/ http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/art-echoes/#comments Mon, 22 May 2006 04:50:39 +0000 Chris Fung Events http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/art-echoes/ From 10 am until 2 pm we will have LIVE graffiti art painting right in front of Pauley Pavilion by some of Los Angeles’ greatest and most famous, including Man One!

Followed by a performance from Youth Speaks (the Brave New Voices College Tour) and a hip hop dance performance from ACA Hip Hop, where the artwork will serve as the background for this EXCITING EVENT!! Hope you all plan to attend and will pick up your FREE tickets before they sell out at the Central Ticket Office! If you dont, come to the door at Northwest Campus Auditorium at 7:00 pm and enjoy the most dynamic performance to hit this campus! Bring your friends and I will see you there!

]]> http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/art-echoes/feed/ AUTOLUX http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/autolux/ http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/autolux/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:34:01 +0000 Chris Fung Events http://www.sca.ucla.edu/wordpress/events/autolux/ Autolux play a unique brand of futuristic rock that can be considered nothing short of amazing.]]> Following the success of Winter quarter’s “Comedy Explosion” comedy series, SCA is presenting a 3-show music series this quarter with performances by Autolux, Sparta, Lemon Sun, The Cheat, and You Me & Iowa. Again, tickets are free and can be picked up at the UCLA Central Ticket Office (CTO). Based upon availability, remaining tickets will be available at the doors one hour prior to show time. All events will take place at Tom Bradley International Hall (right across from the De Neve Front Desk entrance… or “that place on the way to Crossroads” if you prefer). Doors are at 7pm, Show is at 7:30pm.

About the Artist:

Coachella veterans, Autolux play a unique brand of futuristic rock that can be considered nothing short of amazing.

Another great psychedelic pop band from LA, Midnight Movies just plays what they know you will want to hear with 99.95% accuracy.

Directions to Venue

UCLA Parking - $8 for lot directly across from venue
Street Parking - Free but extremely scarce

Directions for UCLA Parking:
Take 405 (San Diego Freeway) to Wilshire Blvd. East
Travel east three blocks to Westwood Blvd.
Turn Left on Westwood Blvd.
Travel five blocks to Parking & Information Booth

Parking Lot: DD, ask attendant for directions to lot. The venue is located directly across from the entrance to the DD lot.

Venue Address:
Tom Bradley International Hall
417 Charles E. Young W
Los Angeles, CA 90024

]]> http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/autolux/feed/ SPARTA http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/sparta/ http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/sparta/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:31:39 +0000 Chris Fung Events http://www.sca.ucla.edu/wordpress/events/sparta/ Following the success of Winter quarter’s “Comedy Explosion” comedy series, SCA is presenting a 3-show music series this quarter with performances by Autolux, Sparta, Lemon Sun, The Cheat, and You Me & Iowa. Again, tickets are free and can be picked up at the UCLA Central Ticket Office (CTO). Based upon availability, remaining tickets will be available at the doors one hour prior to show time. All events will take place at Tom Bradley International Hall (right across from the De Neve Front Desk entrance… or “that place on the way to Crossroads” if you prefer). Doors are at 7pm, Show is at 7:30pm.

About the Artists:

Fresh off the release of their third full-length album, “Threes,” Sparta is a punk-influenced ensemble who has become a successful mainstay in today’s music community.

A trio of SoCal natives who have known each other since 7th grade plus a drummer Spinal Tap would have killed for make up the rockin quartet that is Lola Ray. Having previously toured with Sparta, this reunion show is definitely something you will want to see.

Lola Ray

]]> http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/sparta/feed/ LEMON SUN http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/lemon-sun/ http://www.sca.ucla.edu/events/lemon-sun/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2006 18:27:22 +0000 Chris Fung Events http://www.sca.ucla.edu/wordpress/events/lemon-sun/ Lemon Sun is a soulful, more pure rock and roll outfit, comprised of innovative up-and-comers that is quickly making a name for itself in and around Southern California.]]> Following the success of Winter quarter’s “Comedy Explosion” comedy series, SCA is presenting a 3-show music series this quarter with performances by Autolux, Sparta, Lemon Sun, The Cheat, and You Me & Iowa. Again, tickets are free and can be picked up at the UCLA Central Ticket Office (CTO). Based upon availability, remaining tickets will be available at the doors one hour prior to show time. All events will take place at Tom Bradley International Hall (right across from the De Neve Front Desk entrance… or “that place on the way to Crossroads” if you prefer). Doors are at 7pm, Show is at 7:30pm.

About the Artists:

Lemon Sun is a soulful, more pure rock and roll outfit, comprised of innovative up-and-comers that is quickly making a name for itself in and around Southern California. The Cheat and You Me & Iowa are two other local acts also on the rise. The Cheat plays a dark, kinetic, very unique style of rock and, well, You Me & Iowa just rocks harder than the entire state of Iowa (and that’s a proven fact).

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