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...second act things pick up a little and things move along quickly. Conrad begins to realize that other people have problems, too, and that he is not always to blame for his own. The choir director, played by Orin Johnson, lightens up his scenes. The music, while in the same style as the first act, does manage to throw in a few songs that aren't depressing, such as when Conrad asks out Jeanine Pratt (Sarah Baskin) in the song "I Have A Little Question." "It doesn't have to be a real date. We could fake it," he sings...

Author: By Julie L. Lipscomb, | Title: 'Ordinary People' Needs Some Prozac | 5/17/1996 | See Source »

...preparing for Carnegie Hall after his triumph at the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow: "Deeply religious, and a conscientious teetotaler...he gives 20% of his net earnings to the Baptist Church. During Evangelist Billy Graham's Manhattan crusade last year, Van sang in the Madison Square Garden choir...Buffalo Philharmonic Conductor Josef Krips recalls the time that Van came into his dressing room before a performance and said, 'Maestro, let us pray.' Krips, a Roman Catholic, dropped to his knees with the pianist. Said Van: 'God give us his grace and power to make good music together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: May 13, 1996 | 5/13/1996 | See Source »

...kill that child to keep him or her from doing what he or she wants." Rita May, who brought up her family in Chapel Hill, found herself in that position when her son David was eight. David, who had a beautiful singing voice, auditioned for the North Carolina Boys Choir--without telling his mother. "He was the youngest boy selected that year," says May, who panicked when she learned that her child would be traveling to New York City and on camping trips with older boys. May decided to let David go--to no ill effect. "He wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EVERY KID A STAR | 4/22/1996 | See Source »

Some singers mentioned that the original auditions did not go as well as choir members would have liked and students were initially apprehensive about the decision...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Associate Choral Director Hired | 3/5/1996 | See Source »

Defotis is a professional singer and has sung and directed opera courses in Germany, working with both the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Boy's Choir...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Associate Choral Director Hired | 3/5/1996 | See Source »

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