“Coming from a town boasting the Colburn School of Music downtown opposite Walt Disney Concert Hall, and the nearby Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, it was an inspiring pleasure to hear these young musicians from UCLA, situated 20 miles west of downtown in Westwood near the beaches of Malibu, Santa Monica and Venice. Stealing a march on its competition, UCLA demonstrated a combination of talent and ambition that is already contributing to a renaissance of

Los Angeles' Westside music scene.”

 

- Laurence Vittes, July 30, 2014, Strings