A famouse bulding in UCLA

   My daughter sent me these two pictures that are both of the Royce Hall Building in her school.   It is one of the four original buildings on UCLA's Westwood campus and has come to be the defining image of the university. Named after Josiah Royce,a philosopher who received his bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley in 1875, the building's exterior is modeled after Milan's Basilica of Sant Ambrogio.  Due to its acclaimed acoustics and 6,600-pipe E.M. Skinner/Robert Turner pipe organ, expanded by Robert Turner in 1995, the

building's 1,833-seat  concert hall has often been used for recording sessions of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. It serves as one of the home venues for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Luminaries who have appeared on its stage include musicians George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, and Ella Fitzgerald, and speakers Albert Einstein and John F. Kennedy.

 In 1960, Henri Temianka founded and conducted his "Let's Talk Music" series at Royce Hall; this orchestra became the California Chamber Symphony (CCS), which gave more than 100 concerts over the ensuing 23 years, including premieres of major works by such composers as Aaron Copland, Dmitri Shostakovich, Darius Milhaud, Alberto Ginastera, Gian-Carlo Menotti and Malcolm Arnold. Soloists who performed with the CCS under Temianka’s direction included David Oisrakh, Jean-Pierre Rampal and Benny Goodman. A "Concerts for Youth" series included participation by children from the audience.

   

 Parts of the film "The Nutty Professor" were filmed in Royce Hall.  Also, presentation of the annual Los Angeles Times book prizes are made during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books in association with UCLA in Royce Hall.

 Two pictures are not only smilar, but also different. One is taken in the daytime, and the other is taken at night.The daytime picture has a girl in front of the building. The nighttime picture is not any people. The daytime picture is natural light, the night picture is bright. Thanks to my daughter for taking the pictures. I am looking forward to seeing this building.