California
Sitting with a group of about 20 other students, Jason Niedle of Cypress High School glanced with a puzzled look at the placement test which he had just been handed in his advanced music theory class.
Aug. 12, 1988
Even the worthiest of causes framed with the best intentions can succumb to pitfalls, a point that serves as the ironic backdrop of Saturday’s memorial concert for Orange County rock musician Stacey Moskewich, who died in April after being struck by a car driven by a man who was accused of drunk driving.
Sept. 11, 1987
World & Nation
Classes on the Mexican folk music strike a chord for students in a Nevada district. ‘It gives kids a connection to their culture,’ a principal says.
Feb. 6, 2005
Music
Sixteen-year-old Whitney Abraham answers only to the heartthrob hit “She Will Be Loved” by Maroon 5.
Dec. 5, 2004
Ann Belles’ boys are gathered around the big wooden table in the kitchen of their home, watching their 17-year-old brother, Chris, blow out the candles atop his white-frosted birthday cake.
Aug. 21, 1995
Entertainment & Arts
Germany has undoubtedly produced the bulk of household-name composers in Europe since the beginning of time, it seems: from Heinrich Schuetz to the Three Bs to the New Viennese School to Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Nov. 30, 1985
There was no Mexican banda group belting out songs at Maywood Riverfront Park.
Oct. 27, 2015
Opera fans were turned away at the door during last September’s sold-out showcase of Cal State Northridge opera student vocalists.
Sept. 15, 1991
William F.
April 5, 1986
When the bells ring at La Pluma Elementary School in La Mirada, it’s not always because classes are changing.
May 31, 1992