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...nominees for the remaining 15 posts are: Abraham H. Black 1G, R. Wallace Bowman 1P.A., Marion C. Brewer 1P.A., Charles E. Brown 1G.Ed., Stewart G. Bryant 2G.S.D., Robert E. Burns 1G, Robert H. Dix 1G, John T. Connell 2G.S.D., Rodney E. Engelin 2G.S.D., Wendell L. French 1G.Ed., David R. Gardner 1P.A., Abdul R.A. Al-Habeeb 1G, and Monroe Z. Hafter...
...judges was asked to study the scores and select works for two appealing, well-balanced programs. After three weeks, the judges (Prof. Aaron Copland, Prof. G. Wallace Woodworth, Robert Middleton, Allen D. Sapp, all from the music department, Russell Stanger, conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, Mandelbaum, John Davison 1G, Robert Swaney '53, Frank Sander 3G, and this reviewer) selected fifteen chamber, choral, and orchestral compositions. Musical merit was not the sole criterion. We also had to keep the audience and the performers in mind, and choose works not too difficult to play or understand...
...Adagio and Presto for Three Violins, Trumpet, and Piano, by Yehudi Wyner 1G, brought the chamber music portion of the program to a close. The unique combination of instruments results in some fascinating sonorities, and there are many passages of great rhythmic originality. But even with the composer at the piano, the performance seemed to lack drive, polish, and rhythmic precision...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra then presented orchestral selections by Robert Moevs 1G, Victor Yellin 2G, and Leland Proctor (special student). I would prefer not to make any critical appraisal of these works until they receive a better performance. It was foolish optimism to suppose that a student orchestra could do Justice to difficult modern music after only two rehearsals. The result was muddled and destructive...
...program included works by John H. Davison 1G, Joel Mandelbaum '53, Yehudi Wyner 1G, Leland H. Proctor (Special Student), Victor Yellin 2G, and Robert W. Moevs 1G...