Now it in its eighth iteration, the Dog Star Orchestra’s summer concert series expands beyond the Los Angeles County line. Beginning today (Aug. 28), the loose collective of CalArts’ musicians…
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Ariel Pink’s Mature Themes Receives Critical Praise
Over the last several years, eccentric, prolific songwriter/singer Ariel Pink, formerly known as Ariel Rosenberg (Art BFA 00) at CalArts, has influenced a new generation of chillwave and lo-fi bedroom artists…
Continue reading »24700 Interview: Mikey Wells, Choral Director of The Silver Lake Chorus
The Silver Lake Chorus (TSLC), a Los Angeles-based vocal group, has been making waves since its formation in February 2010. In addition to performing live, the 25 members sang on the soundtrack…
Continue reading »‘Micropangaea’ Features Music, Animation and Liner Notes for the Wired World
by Nicholas Katzban/Special to 24700 The press release for Micropangaea states boldly, “the lack of focus on album artwork with digital downloads… has taken some of the joy out of…
Continue reading »Return to the Wild: CalArtians at Earthfire Institute for Summer Residency
[nggallery id=271] For the third consecutive summer, this past July, four CalArtians traveled to the Earthfire Institute’s Idaho Wildlife Sanctuary on the western slope of Grand Teton National Park. The…
Continue reading »Week Two: NOW Festival Continues at REDCAT
The New Original Works (NOW) Festival continues this week with three new works for the stage. The week two program includes experimental choreographers Nick+James, sound/video artist and CalArts alumnus Jinku Kim (Music MFA 12)…
Continue reading »The Belle Brigade Plays Grand Performances
The Belle Brigade—brother-sister duo Barbara and Ethan Gruska, who attended CalArts—play a lunchtime performance on Friday (Aug. 3) at Grand Performances in Downtown Los Angeles. The two have music encoded…
Continue reading »Susan Allen Performs in Concerts Celebrating Artist Yuri Titov in Paris
Renowned harpist and CalArts faculty member Susan Allen is in Paris this week, performing in a series of concerts (July 26-28) that honor Russian-born artist Yuri Titov. Titov, who will…
Continue reading »Jazz Saxophonist Gavin Templeton Releases Debut Album
On Saturday (July 28), the Gavin Templeton Quintet, a group consisting of composer and alto saxophonist, Gavin Templeton (Music MFA 08), guitarist/CalArts faculty member Larry Koonse, pianist Gary Fukushima (Music MFA…
Continue reading »Pomplamoose’s Nataly Dawn Covers CalArts Alumna’s ‘I Love to be with You’
Singer-songwriter Liz Fanora Jones, 2010 BFA graduate from The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, has a fan in Nataly Dawn—singer of the indie pop duo Pomplamoose. Dawn, along…
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