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...mostly Jewish—my attendance at more than my share of bar and bat mitzvahs, deep love of Challah and inadvertently acquired knowledge of Hebrew prayer tunes eventually earned me the title of “honorary Jew.” I also sang in an Episcopalian church choir for ten years, a fact made even stranger by the fact that I was, officially, a temple-going Hindu girl...
Both Bush and Kerry face a basic political decision: whether to speak to the nation or preach to the choir. The urge to preach may be overwhelming. The number of undecided voters is minuscule, about 5% in most polls. Activists in both parties--Karl Rove and Howard Dean, for example--argue that the surest path to victory is to stoke the base, keep the partisans engaged and angry, and deal with those wimpy undecideds by tearing down the opposition with negative...
Harvard’s premier all-female choir presents their spring concert, dubbed “Sacred Works and Folk Songs.” Conducted by Katherine Fitzgibbon, the choir will sing works by Rachmaninoff, Lasso, Dienes, Byrd, and Jameson Marvin (Harvard’s Director of Choral Activities). Many pieces in the performance will also be performed by the group in South Africa this summer. The performance also includes selections by the Cliffe Notes, the Choral Society’s acappella subgroup. Tickets $14 regular, $7 students and seniors. 8 p.m. Lowell Lecture Hall...
...Harvard University Choir, Directed by Edward Elwyn, will perform what many consider to be Handel’s most creative and magnificent work. Professional soloists from the Boston area will supplement the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, which is directed by Robert Mealy. Tickets $10, $5 for students. 8 p.m. Memorial Church...
...take place in constant dialogue with more conservative voices. The atmosphere of the class was not conducive to productive debate or discussions of weighty content; rather, it seemed to me, and certainly to my more conservative roommate and fellow student of 1528, as a semester-long serenade to the choir. This is not to say that I did not enjoy the class or that I feel like I walked away at the end of last semester not having gained anything by taking the class. I do mean to convey, however, that the class could have done much more. Handing over...