Tagged - music
bb dang
Local band BB Dang shoots for the ROC stars
Senior Isabella Barbagallo is the main vocalist for BB Dang, a local cover band in the Rochester area, alongside keyboardist Matt Edwards, drummer Mike Valle, guitarist Alex Sherwood, guitarist/vocalist Reid Burton, and bassist/backup vocalist Cam Carlson. The Campus Times had the opportunity to talk to Barbagallo and her bandmates about being in an off-campus band, getting gigs, and the process of working collaboratively with people from different backgrounds and schedules.
emo
Emo to e-boy: the evolution of a subculture
The e-kid subculture started in 2018, and quickly rose to popularity following the worldwide release of TikTok in the same year.
growing up
Grace Conheady’s “Hello, Goodbye, and In Between” is an elegy for those in limbo
While you can just sit and let the instrumentals envelop you in a hazy fog of sound and be perfectly content with the album, focusing on the lyrics adds extra depth that is perfect background fodder for a good cry.
Eastman
Eastman School of Music named Yamaha Institution of Excellence
UR’s Eastman School of Music has been named a Yamaha Institution of Excellence alongside 9 other colleges and universities in an inaugural annual award.
music
Research at Rochester: Wu delves into the intersection of music and science
A mathematics and music double major, Panzhen Wu combines her passions conducting interdisciplinary research about tonal language and sung melodies.
Advancement
Arthur Satz: Visionary of the humanities
Earlier this month, UR announced the largest-ever endowed gift for the Humanities from alum Arthur Satz ‘51. Satz, who passed away two years ago at 89 years old, left the gift through his estate.
COVID-19
COVID-19 steals the spotlight from performance ensembles
We’re jigsaw pieces of the same ensemble that don’t quite fit as well as they used to. Cues and chord changes are lost in translation, and sometimes I just feel lost in general.
art
Stop settling for ‘relatability’ in art and seek out the weird
It seems that all we want is more of the same. We will happily forgo the grander artistic horizons available to us for the sake of convenience.
Eastman
Marsalis inspires at Kodak Hall
One of my favorite ways to hype up Rochester is by complimenting its live music scene. It’s fantastic on the…
CSA
CSA holds annual singing competition
Chinese Students’ Association (CSA) held a singing competition this Saturday. Called the Voice of Rochester, it gave students the opportunity…