Word: cantor
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...three artists who have previously performed in Arts First have nothing but praise for the event, in which all four singers plan on participating this weekend. Matt Cantor will present a folk/rock concert with fellow musicians Joe J. Gatti ’06 and others in Pforzheimer House at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 9. Liz Carlisle will hold a C.D. release party in the Quincy JCR at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. She will also play Loker Commons at 1 p.m. on Saturday...
...Cantor points to the naturally communal spirit of a cappella as the reason for its curiously high popularity in colleges. “A cappella is a social thing—there are a lot of people onstage, and all of them can draw an audience,” says Cantor. “Singer songwriters are more of a lone presence, which may not be as easy to immediately enjoy as a cappella...
Though Mahmoud, Wax and Cantor are primarily focused on building a singular identity among the affiliates of Harvard, Carlisle believes that the best way to strengthen this community is through reaching out to local musicians...
Regardless of the reasons for its nonexistence, this lack of community creates a very disturbing consequence: small, apathetic and wary audiences. “If the singer-songwriters were more of a group, we could help each other out promoting shows,” says Cantor. “Also, I think people might be less scared to go see a singer-songwriter if they knew that he or she was a member of a respected campus organization of some sort...
...Cantor notes that, as an audience member, “listening to a singer-songwriter takes energy—you have to listen and appreciate the words of unfamiliar music or else it might seem pretty boring...