University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Vladimir Ashkenazy is reputed to be one of the great young pianists of our time. It has been said that his interpretations and of Rachmaninoff ' s compositions are second only to those of Rachmaninoff himself. His December 2nd concert in Royce Hall allowed the UCLA community to his brilliance and versatility. During the 1965-1966 season, the Great Artists Series also brought artists of equal brilliance to UCLA: violinist Ruffiero Ricci in cellist Leonard Rose in February, pianist Artur Rubinstein and soprano Anna Moffo in March, and pianist Wilhelm Kempff in April. There were concerts by other great artists, among them guitarist Carlos and Marais and Maranda. There were a variety of performances by members of the Music Department in addition to the continuing Let ' s Talk Music series with Henri Temianka.

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Culturally speaking, if a picture is worth a thousand words, a live performance is worth a thousand The thousand pictures in UCLA ' s cultural life are sponsored by the Committee on Fine Arts Productions which presented the student with another typically well-balanced year of excellent programs. As well as providing concerts by world renowned artists, the Committee also performances by artists and students from various departments within the campus. There was dance, music and films by the renowned and the gifted. The Student Cultural Commission, a body of six undergraduates and six graduate students, administers a program designed to student interest in cultural events on campus. From a budget supported by incidental fees, the purchases tickets to on-campus at prices up to five dollars each and the resells them to students for 50 cents. This year the Cultural Commission, in an effort to break down the associated with cultural events, sponsored a number of coffee concerts. Artists from the area were invited to perform for student audiences during the afternoon. No admission fee was charged and free coffee was served to the large audiences that attended each event. The Students supplemented this offering by performances for student-only audiences Film programs and live performances were which represented popular student tastes the restraint of what the establishment would consider financially profitable. If one wanted to do so, it was possible to attend a performance every night ... if one was simply rich, brilliant and led a simple life. But for those less fortunate the student cultural life was far from lacking. The CFAP, the Student Cultural Commission and ASUCLA brought the great and gifted into the familiar surroundings of the campus.

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Charlie Mingus and cool sounds, the hot wailing of Louis Armstrong ' s trumpet, the stoccato improvisations of the Swingle Singers–this was the jazz scene at UCLA, though less extensive than the classical offerings, the jazz concerts were more warmly received by the students. In the first of the three Fall semester concerts, Mingus and his sextet, augmented by extra musicians, performed some of his famous extended compositions. In October, Louis brought his All-Stars to Pauley Pavilion for an of jazz that only the inimitable Satchmo could give. The French Swingle Singers ' November concert illustrated the oft-made point that jazz is a step away from classical music, with its reperetoire of 18th Century fugues, preludes and other compositions accelerated and expressed in 4 4 time. The Student Cultural Commission and the ASUCLA Speakers program co-sponsored a program of Shelly Manne and Dick Gregory which was held in Pauley Pavilion. Many other jazz musicians were also seen at the informal Coffee Concerts also sponsored by the Cultural Commission.