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To celebrate its centennial anniversary, the L.A. Memorial Coliseum and USC Thornton School of Music have collaborated on a new original song that pays tribute to the venue’s 100-year history. The song “We Came To Bring The Fire” is believed to be the first student and alumni-led initiative in the Coliseum’s history. The song was […]
April 19, 2021 in Lifestyle, Music Music industry majors Barber and Moser are the creative masterminds behind last months spectacular virtual festival “bummerfest.” Photo courtesy of Sophia Barber and Sophia Moser. What started out as a simple text bemoaning the pandemic became Sophia Production’s virtual music festival “bummerfest” held last month. Juniors Sophia Barber and Sophie Moser — both majoring in music industry and co-founders of their production company Sophia Productions — had found out in December that a concert that they were planning was likely going to be virt...
March 12, 2021 in Lifestyle, Music With tours and in-person shows at a year long halt, supporting new talent has never been more important than now. Sara Alvarado | Daily Trojan. Almost every artist starts small. And nearly every major name you see in the music world today had a unique path to stardom. Pop culture icon Lady Gaga performed in dive bars in lower Manhattan after dropping out of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Rihanna sang Mariah Carey’s “Hero” at a talent contest and was signed to Def Jam Recordings the following year, Post Malone got his start on SoundC...
As the daughter of longtime Denver music fixture and Colfax Museum founder Jonny Barber, Sophia Barber was bound to work in the music business. Jonny took Barber to a lot of concerts throughout her childhood, and during her time at George Washington High School, she put on her own shows. After graduating from high school, Barber moved to Los Angeles in 2018 to study in the University of Southern California’s music-industry program. She met St. Louis native Sophie Moser in the program, and the two went on to form Sophia Productions, their own event production company, in January 2020. A f...