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...ubiquity of Dean Epps gives meaning to his title as our dean. Although the Dean of Students has not always been as receptive to the needs of students as some of us would have liked, he has been passionate in his support of the arts at Harvard, particularly choral music and the Glee Club with which he once sang. And he is a walking encyclopedia of the University's history, sharing stories of Harvard past with students and non-students alike. In 1995, he recounted his painful experience during the '69 takeover in a speech to the Massachusetts Historical Society...
When Myoungil Cha '99 first came to Harvard, he decided he wanted to sing, but beyond that he was confused. Confronted with a dizzying array of campus musical groups--choirs, a cappella groups, choral societies--he was unfamiliar with the Harvard Glee Club. But after one recital at Convocation, he was hooked...
When it was founded in 1858, Glee Club was primarily a social organization that incidentally performed light songs or "glees" to the accompaniment of banjos. Today, the nation's oldest college choral group is far more professional, with a prestigious reputation in choral circles...
Marvin said when other colleges' glee clubswent coed in the '60s, the Harvard group decidedto remain all-male to provide students with extraoptions. The Radcliffe Choral Society, which datesfrom 1898, also remained single-sex. Instead ofchanging the two groups, Marvin said a new coedgroup, the Collegium Musicum, was founded...
...choir boys performed a concert that was technically rich, but spiritually empty. Those of us with even the most paltry choral experiences remember exhortations from former conductors to "Sing as if you mean it!" and "Look like you're enjoying yourself!" The premise is simple: if a choir is not engaged in what it is singing, an audience won't be either...