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...zero-tolerance orchestra. Past gabby winners Cuba Gooding Jr. and Julia Roberts wouldn?t have had a chance with this year?s schedule-conscious conductor. Co-winners, like Crash, scriptwriter Bobby Moresco who won for original screenplay, never got to utter a word. In fact, we had lots more to say?about Jon Stewart?s under-stated hosting, Meryl Streep & Lily Tomlin?s witty presenting, Isaac Mizrahi?s good behavior, the penguins who made the trip?(music swells...
...welcome to the junior parents in the audience. A junior himself, Finne made a special shout-out to his own mother, setting the tone for the concert’s family-friendly atmosphere. Respighi’s “Pines of Rome,” led by assistant conductor S. Andrew “Drew” Schroeder, opened the program with a successful depiction of colorful themes that illustrated vivid scenes of pine groves. The orchestra admirably captured the spirit of this fresh and innovative piece. Some particularly memorable features included a recording of a singing nightingale played...
...after all, arguably the greatest composer in the history of the universe. Such a man deserves quite a birthday celebration and this year marks his 250th anniversary. Accordingly, this Friday, from 8-10 p.m. in Lowell Lecture Hall, the Mozart Society Orchestra—under the baton of distinguished conductor and singer Akiko Fujimoto—is prepared to do him justice with a special birthday concert in which they will present his best-known works as performed by some of Harvard’s finest. The distinguished ensemble will accompany Kathryn E. Andersen ’07 and Brendan...
...first half of the evening ended with a feisty rendition of Brahms’s “Vergebliches Ständchen,” (“Lovers’ Quarrel”) by Laurence H. S. Coderre ’07. Soprano Katie Alexandra Woolf, the assistant conductor of RCS, assumed the stage for the latter half of the recital, bringing the audience into the twentieth century with songs by Francis Poulenc and Dominick Argento. Exuding charisma and charm, she switched in and out of her many roles with graceful composure, one minute a glass bottle frustrated with...
...winners’ dorm-room doors last Saturday evening to announce the good news—all except for Blazek. In his case, they interrupted his Glee Club rehearsal.“They had already gotten to Lowell Lecture Hall and talked to one of the assistant conductors about why they were there,” he said. “I came in and sat down. Right after we started singing, the assistant conductor started gesturing. I was really confused until I saw a group of people from the committee walking towards...