Word: benet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...company may not be much esteemed in heaven, but, from Eve onward, mere mortals have found Satan a singularly seductive fellow -- spookily charming, mordantly funny, even sexy in a sulphur-scented way. Writers have been especially beguiled, from Marlowe and Milton to Shaw and Stephen Vincent Benet. Indeed, while putting God on display as a character is normally a guarantee of literary disaster, it sometimes seems that stories about his arch-opposite just can't miss. Presumably there is a sound theological basis for all this: virtue could hardly be considered virtuous if it were also indisputably fun, while...
...Harvard, Benet practices her rare ability with the Harvard/Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO), the Bach Society Orchestra and the Ensemble Society. She takes three music classes as electives but must go to New York for lessons because Harvard lacks a harp teacher. She recently acquired an instructor from the Boston Symphony Orchestra...
...Benet says that HRO's tour of Europe and the Soviet Union last June was the most "exciting" musical experience she has had. The solo selection she played--a concerto by Argentine composer Ginastera--was broadcast over the BBC radio in London and advertised by poster in the streets of Paris. Although she thought playing in Moscow and Leningrad was depressing, she says the tour "felt sort of like my European debut...
...Paris, the HRO concert marked the opening of a three-month music extravaganza called the "Festival Estival." Benet says, "When I was in Paris, I almost didn't come back to the states. The arts there are so much more appreciated...
...Benet hopes to attend the Paris Conservatory next year, which, she says, is the most prestigious school for studying the harp. She plans to compete in June for a $2000 Close Award for full-time harp study, and looks toward her first international competition in Geneva next year...