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Although he rarely goes to Liverpool today, McCartney is lead patron of a fund-raising effort to turn his old school, Liverpool Institute, into a Fame- type training ground for the musically talented. When the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic asked him to help mark its 150th anniversary, he ventured into classical music and composed a 90-minute choral epic called Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio. It was a brave try for a man who doesn't read or write music. But it turned out to be strangely flat, a criticism that McCartney shrugs off. He was more worried that rock friends...
...latest Englishman to have a go is Paul McCartney, the erstwhile "cute" Beatle and Wings captain, whose quasi-autobiographical Liverpool Oratorio is soaring on the classical charts (Angel/EMI Classics has shipped 350,000 copies of the two-CD album worldwide). Commissioned for the 150th anniversary of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, the 97-minute work for soloists, chorus and orchestra was first performed in McCartney's native city last July and recently got its U.S. premiere at New York City's Carnegie Hall...
...three deans--Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons '67, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 and Vice President for Alumni Affairs Fred L. Glimp '50--said in a panel discussion held in conjunction with the Alumni Association's 150th anniversary that changes in the College's admissions process are responsible for the higher overall quality of its current student body...
Three Harvard scholars gathered to discuss the "quiet revolution" taking place in ethics education and touched on the difficulties of teaching morality as part of the 150th anniversary celebration of the Harvard Alumni Association...
...Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) will celebrate its 150th anniversary this weekend with a series of symposia, dinners and cultural events...