Music

Student music duo ‘Candy Isle’ makes its own scene

If you were searching for a female acoustic indie-folk-pop duo based right here at UR, you’d be happy to find Candy Isle, comprised of seniors Kat Bakrania and Lydia Dake. Read More

Down to their last slice, ‘Pizza Prty’ looks back

On the evening of May 1, two weeks before the final broadcast of their weekly music show “Pizza Prty” on WRUR, seniors Carrie Taschman and Toby Kashket are dealing with a more present issue: Kashket cannot stop giggling on air. Read More

Tinashe and Princess Nokia radiate strength

"Dandelion Day" and "empowering" are two phrases you might not normally use in the same sentence, but with Tinashe’s and Princess Nokia’s D-Day performances, things changed. Although different in musical style and content, Tinashe and Nokia offered performances steeped in a shared feminine power. As her lone drummer boomed along with the speakers’ bass and […]

UR Symphony Orchestra showcases soloist

The UR Symphony Orchestra concert in Strong this past Saturday started out soft, mysterious, and a little sneaky, with the energetic sound of the violins setting off the performance with Johannes Brahms’ “Academic Festival Overture,” later revealed to the audience to be a collection of drinking songs of the time. Rachel Waddell, the group’s music […]

ASL Club raises awareness with a cappella

The arcs of a cappella singers in Morey Hall last Thursday had a temporary addition — who sang not with words but with signs. The Midnight Ramblers and Vocal Point were joined by the American Sign Language Club for a performance as part of Deaf Awareness Week. The week, led by the latter club, was filled […]

Vocal Point performs an ‘Incredible Show’case

With all the excitement surrounding the future release of “Incredibles 2” (and the forever appreciation for the meme the original movie spawned), it is only fitting that the all-female acappella group Vocal Point adopted it as the inviting and enticing theme for its spring showcase. The performance featured outstanding arrangements, solos, and tributes — like […]

Tinashe to perform for Dandelion Day 2018

Tinashe, the alternative R&B singer, is headlining Dandelion Day next Friday. The Student Programming Board revealed the artist on Friday afternoon. “Bringing Tinashe to campus means a lot to me, a graduating senior, who has never seen a stand-alone woman headline a show at our school,” Morgan Mackay, the group’s president, told the Campus Times. […]

YellowJackets make Disney magic in Spring Show

With a theme like “Disney,” you might have expected the YellowJackets spring show this past Saturday to be a little kitschy or ridiculous. It was anything but. A combination of pop songs, old favorites, and Disney classics came together in a night that was truly magical. The theme wasn’t reserved only for the songs. The […]

Midnight Ramblers celebrate ’20 Years of Rambling’

The Midnight Ramblers celebrated the 20th anniversary of the group in their spring show “20 Years of Rambling” this past Saturday. Over 50 alumni returned to campus for the event and proved that the raw talent and love for rambling has stayed strong since the beginning of the Rambler revolution. Hung outside and throughout the […]

Passion stays strong through Africa Week and Afrikanza

Students gushed with enthusiasm at crowded Feldman Ballroom tables last Saturday for Afrikanza, the culminating event of Africa Week, organized by the Pan African Students’ Association. “Afrikanza is an event that is used to reinforce cultural diversity in the University environment among PASA members,” said sophomore Kaps Chalwe, the group’s vice president. The theme of […]