Word: conductor
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...literary theory class I took last semester, taught by one of my favorite professors, Alice Jardine, I was assigned to approach opera from the point of view of the performer for my final project. I interviewed several singers, conductor, and a director about the portrayal of madness in operatic productions. It was really, really fascinating to see what they all had to say and where their opinions diverged and was quite refreshing as well to focus on performers instead of on just the music itself. Hopefully this will be something I can return to in the future...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones receive no funding from the University, said Kathie S. Koo ’04, president of the group. The conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) is paid partly by the OFA, but the group is otherwise independently funded, said HRO President Ethan L. Gray...
...revolver and instructed him to "move or die." When war came, Tubman worked with the Union Army and even led a successful raid up the Combahee River in South Carolina. But Tubman's battles did not end with the fighting. After the war, on a train back north, the conductor didn't believe a black woman could possibly have been carrying a legitimate military pass. It took four men to drag Tubman out of her seat...
...Mental health services at Harvard resemble a symphony orchestra of talented performers, but without a clear conductor and with all musicians playing different music,” concluded the 1999 Provost’s Committee on Student Mental Health Services...
...Blaine has had one of the most interesting four year changes I’ve ever seen,” says Kevin Leong, assistant conductor of the Harvard Glee Club, a group Saito has been devoted to since freshman year. As a kid, Saito sang in a boys’ choir and played violin, but it was only here that he fully realized his connection to music. Standing outside Holden Chapel, what Saito calls the “spiritual center” of the Glee Club, he speaks of music in deeply passionate terms. “Music can produce...