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...Kristina Nilsson, concertmaster of the Pro Arte Orchestra of Boston, which Schuller conducts, describes Schuller as an "iconoclast" in the conducting profession, but says he "doesn't second-guess composers." Fellow composer and Harvard Professor Bernard Rands, whose own works have been conducted by Schuller, acknowledges Schuller's influence while lamenting, "In keeping with the perverse tradition of appointing only non-Americans to the directorships of our major orchestras, Schuller has been denied the mechanism through which he might have been an even more influential figure in American musical life...
...Lord and Lady Croom, the aristocrats who own Sidley Park. Jana Howland's costume design evokes the complexity of period dress through relatively simple outfits, which seem credible but not overwrought. In the present-day scenes, academics Hannah Jarvis (Megan Robertson '04), the quiet, shrewd, studious scholar, and Bernard Nightingale (John Arnold, a professional), the arrogant, flamboyant publicity-monger, spar with each other in even more perfectly chosen accoutrements. Jarvis wears flats and a baggy sweater, Nightingale a tailored three-piece suit and elaborate facial hair. The production's selection of properties, which range from a brace of hunting pistols...
Peanut butter and jelly. Trinidad and Tobago. Bogie and Bacall. Some things are just meant to be together. The husband-and-wife exhibition at the Bernard Toale Gallery is a case in point. Walking into the display of Tom Burckhardt's paintings and Kathy Butterly's ceramics, all I could think was peas and carrots...
...taught popular courses in restoration and postmodern drama. He also taught a course on George Bernard Shaw, a playwright he greatly admired...
...taken the course," he wrote. "After some banter scaring underclassmen into the seats in front of the auditorium, Professor Chapman launched into his venomous lecture on Cyrano, with particular attention to the character Roxanne. Later in the course Professor Chapman discussed with much more admiration the works of George Bernard Shaw...