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...what it means and respond to it.” When a chorus isn’t grasping a passage, Marvin shouts, waves his arms and utters seemingly incomprehensible torrents of nonsense. This seems slightly ridiculous until the chorus tries the passage again—and performs it infinitely better than they did before Marvin’s outburst...
...nothing boring about rehearsals with Jim,” says Brandt. “He’s loud, and crazy, and funny, and energetic, and sometimes scary, but just to get us to do something that would be outside our comfort zone to make the music better...
...asked about his post-grad aspirations, Campbell says, “I’d really love to see where music takes me. I’m sort of really realizing now how seriously tough it is, so we’ll see. Hopefully I’ll get better next year, and maybe it’ll work out so I can have a career in music...
...Thursday, Catherine B. Lord ’71—a visual artist, writer, curator, and intellectual focusing on queer theory, feminist history, and colonialism—will receive the Spring 2010 Harvard Arts Medal. Within a matter of days she will publish an article arguing that Valerie Solanas, better known as the woman who tried to assassinate Andy Warhol in 1968, should be taken more seriously as a voice in the feminist movement...
Despite the constant praise that he receives for his musical abilities, Campbell is the first to criticize himself and push to become a better player. “Music for me is so personal and I care so much about it. It can be really tough. If I don’t do well with music, it really affects me personally and really can get me down,” he says. “There are so many things that I’m not satisfied with. I don’t want to sound complacent with my playing?...