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Another high priority will be moving forward with the council's plans for a concert commission to bring bands and popular musicians to campus. Lee, co-chair of the council's campus life committee, will head up that project...
...long before then, whole new categories of questions will emerge. For where scientists once studied genetics--the structure and function of individual genes--they've now entered the age of genomics, in which they will study huge numbers of genes acting in concert. "The gene is like a piano key," says James Shreeve, author of an upcoming book, The Golden Code. "Up to this point, we've been going after notes. Now we have the keyboard. You had to have that level of detail to understand the music...
...difficult fugue with great skill. The BSO strings responded with a nearly flawless performance, and concertmaster Malcolm Lowe had many fine solo moments. At the end, the 62-year-old leather-jacketed Corigliano emerged onto the stage, and was called back several times. On the second half of the concert, Krystian Zimerman gave an excellent performance of the warhorse of all warhorses, Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto no. 2. (Actually, the inclusion of this piece was surprising, given that the concert calendar had clearly indicated that the third concerto was to be performed.) Zimerman is known for his wonderful tone...
Gusmorino agrees that campus-wide events need to be boosted, but said that it should be done by House Committees and the newly created Concert Commission--not by the council itself...
Amidst the distribution of numerous Santa hats courtesy of WBCN, three bands took the stage for charity at the radio station's annual X-Mas Rave at the Orpheum. Dust For Life, Fuel and Collective Soul gave a concert that was full of energy and enthusiasm despite a relatively small audience. Listeners were rewarded with glimpses of all three bands' new albums, a chance to meet Dust For Life and a series of intense performances...