It’s the sound of a brass instrument, a comatose patient and a miraculous re-entry into the world. Experiences like these are precisely why the members of Music & Medicine continue to perform. The club, run by students at Stony Brook…
During my first semester, the only evidence I had of WUSB’s existence was the enigmatic, perpetually closed door to the vinyl library in room 229 of the Union. I spent my weekends wandering around campus in search of the best…
Despite eating alone most of the time, Barbara Werner has patented a way to make the most of her meal. “I started taking myself out to dinner, but restaurants don’t even realize what they do,” Werner, founder of Musical Pairing,…
We’ve heard it before: the classic college kid-turned-musician story; from lecture halls to music halls. The story of Naveed Ahmed and his quest for that “big break” sounds something like that with a twist; Ahmed and his band are doing…
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a very good musician, but from years of watching other people be, at the very least, okay musicians, I’ve made some friends who are good enough to take those talents on the…
Lyvette De Jesus Cruz is only 19-years-old. She’s tall, has curly dark hair and wears glasses that sit perfectly on her face. She has a big smile that she wears often and is known throughout the Stony Brook University Music…
At 22 years old, Laurence Vesyoly graduated from college with a degree. On the small piece of paper it said he spent his four years at Stony Brook University studying music and engineering. He was one of dozens upon dozens…
Peter Jasko sifts through a crate of records inside of Stony Brook University’s tight-spaced vinyl library. A dusty record player in the corner of the room begins to spin a disc that is colored with a hallucinogenic blend of yellow,…
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a very good musician, but from years of watching other people be, at the very least, okay musicians, I’ve made some friends who are good enough to take those talents on the…