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Changing the System with Aaron Jackson

Changing the System with Aaron Jackson

Music Education Advocacy, The Kai Report

Hello again everyone! I’m Kailani, and this is the Kai Report 🙂 This past month, I got to interview Aaron Jackson, another one of our wonderful S1 Professors here at Oclef. During middle school, his family moved from Pennsylvania to North Carolina,...

The Tale of Dr. Glenda the Great!

Oclef teamMar 15, 2022 The Kai Report No Comments

The Tale of Dr. Glenda the Great!

The Kai Report

Hey everyone! I’m Kailani, and this is The Kai Report 🙂 For today’s feature, I got to hang out with Dr. Glenda Bates, one of Oclef’s amazing Stage 1 piano professors. She arrived at Oclef as an Oboe performer and multi-instrumentalist, but has...

Annndd We’re Live with The Kai Report!

Oclef teamFeb 22, 2022 The Kai Report No Comments

Annndd We’re Live with The Kai Report!

The Kai Report

Hey everyone! I’m Kailani, and this is the Kai Report 🙂 Who are you and what have you done with the Oclef Blog?! Little bit about me, I’m a second year Psychology student at UCLA, and I’ve worked with Oclef for almost a year and a half! For...

Oclef Media

Oclef teamAug 18, 2021 Education, Learn, Oclef Music No Comments

After a month-long break, Oclef Media will be back on August 26th with an exciting revamp. The class started in July of last year––since then, Oclef Media students have produced 66 videos where students share their musical interests and insight...

Happy Father’s Day Pt. 2

Oclef teamJun 21, 2021 Parent, Student, What is Oclef? No Comments

There’s a quote that states “To the world, you are a dad. To our family, you are our world.” To Oclef, you are our support – we can’t thank all of our parents (including the fathers) enough! Over the weekend, numerous families celebrated...

Meet a Winning Composer and Student: Naman

Oclef teamJun 01, 2021 Student No Comments

When people think of piano composers, the big names come to mind: Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, etc. The works of these famous composers tend to intimidate pianists from composing themselves – what can I possibly compose that would compare? After all,...

Project Dreamcatcher – Emma Rahardja

Oclef teamApr 04, 2021 Oclef Music No Comments

Project Dreamcatcher – Emma Rahardja

Oclef Music

Only a few months in, 2021 has already been an adventure, full of both sleepless nights and productive days. It was just about a year ago that I wrote a two-part series blog on “What to Do During Quarantine.” Seeing how we have all made it out alive...

Power of Music Art

Oclef teamDec 30, 2020 What is Oclef? No Comments

For the month of December, I chose to draw something music-related and explain its meaning, my inspiration, and my thought process when brainstorming what to draw. (Please look at the art before reading or reference it while reading) … The Meaning Behind...

The Importance of Music in Video Games

Oclef teamDec 30, 2020 Education, Learn No Comments

Fortnite, Minecraft, Legend of Zelda! What do they all have in common? Music! Music is a vital element in all video games as we know them today, and there is rarely a video game hot on the market that doesn’t include music as a feature! But HOW? How...

What It’s Like to Have Synesthesia

Oclef teamDec 30, 2020 Education, Learn No Comments

As far as I know, I see music in a different way than other people do. At least, my brain does. I am a synesthete, a person with the brain condition Synesthesia, a condition in which the normally separate senses are not separate. In short, it means...