Word: bandness
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Harvard University Band Director Tom Everett, the evening’s organizer, jokingly told the groups that “the only thing [Hopkins] has written down is that he doesn’t like your names.” But Hopkins did pick as the winner “The Democratic People’s Republic,” fronted by the festival’s only freshman, Jonathan P. Lee ’08, on saxophone...
...whose musical career includes a stint playing with the band at last year’s Grammy Awards, was joined by Charles A. Frogner ’06 on piano and Eric P. Wehrenberg-Klee ’05 on bass...
...senior, Corey has retired his hammer and plays with various bands in the Boston area, but he cites his time with the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College as being one of his more important and fruitful commitments. He began playing with Kuumba out of coincidence. While playing a gig with a singer in Boston, he was spotted by the former leader of the Kuumband who asked him to play on their spring break tour. This year he has become the leader of the band and he describes emphatically that his experience with the Kuumband and the choir has been...
Corey has shared his talents throughout the world as he recently had the opportunity to travel and tour in Ghana with the professional funk/reggae/soca band “Soulfége” founded by Harvard graduate Derrick N. Ashong ’96. His experiences in Ghana showed him the cross-cultural potential of music, “Music is a language, and as you become more and more fluent, you can connect with people in a really wonderful way...even [with] people you haven't even met on a personal level yet.” After a particularly...
...another interesting turn of events, he was invited to direct the Boston based band One Luv and appeared on their album. When asked about his own band, The C-Note Project, he chuckles, “[The C-Note Project] is an excuse to get together with friends and awesome musicians. Covering R&B and Classic Soul tunes, the band consists of other Harvard jazz musicians that he met while playing in Harvard’s small jazz scene. At the beginning of the school year, the band had a regular gig at the Harvard Square bar Grafton Street...