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...Harvard Wind Ensemble as an undergraduate, Professor Campbell had no idea that she would sit next to her future husband Alan Feinstein ’86. Today, Professor Campbell is the faculty advisor for the Harvard Pops Orchestra and her husband is the group’s conductor. Having played both the clarinet and piano since the age of 10, Professor Campbell dedicates most of her current musical time to the clarinet as a member of the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra and favors the short piano works of Brahms as well as any piece with “a good clarinet...
...technology never quite matched. There are times when you'll pull back in your seat to avoid some onrushing object. Other times you'll feel your stomach descending toward your ankles. Frequently you'll be grateful for Tom Hanks' cranky, reassuring aplomb as the train's fussy conductor...
...presenting Ravel, Gershwin, and Stravinsky for the Harvard Community. Specifically Ravel’s La Valse, Gershwin’s Concerto in F, with Kevin Cole on piano, and Stravinsky’s Petrushka are to be performed. Ticket holders will be treated to a private discussion with conductor Benjamin Zander before the show at 1:45 p.m. Tickets $69, $53, $39 and $26, subject to discounts, available online. 3 p.m. Sanders Theater...
...those classical music connoisseurs attending the BPO performance, stick around for an extra treat as the Boston Conservatory Orchestra will be performing that same evening. Guest conductor Christopher Wilkins and the orchestra will provide an uniquely phenomenal performance of Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherezade. Tickets $12. $5 students and seniors, $10 for Boston Conservatory alumni and WGBH members are available online...
...unusual—and very admirable—for a student to have the chance to direct, as a conductor, a set of his peer musicians in a concert. Have you found that any of the students have a hard time to accepting musical directions from someone their age? What has been your experience with conducting...