Word: adamses
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Adams compared the student performers to the subjects of Whitman’s poem.
The Bach Society Orchestra, which Adams conducted as an undergraduate, opened the event with a performance of the work that was the focal point of the event.
Much of the night’s discussion focused on the American identity and its reflection in art. “[Whitman] wanted to be the poet of the American vernacular,” Adams said.
OFA Program Manager Thomas Lee said that the idea for the event yesterday evening emerged from a conversation between Faust and Adams in 2007 when Adams was presented with the Harvard Arts Medal.
Dana A. Stern ’09 is a government concentrator in Adams House. She worked at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and attended the conference "The Private Role in Public Infrastructure."