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Marie-Claire Alain returns to Harvard to play the Fisk organ at Memorial Church. She is one of the world's great organists and will be worth hearing...
...Cantata #29 known in solo violin, solo organ, full orchestral, and Moog synthesizer versions. The Sinfonia was played brightly by strings and brass only to be let down by the organ. There was not enough bass registration to carry through the Church--in part, a design flaw of the Fisk instrument--but even the upper voices were too thin to compete with such a healthy orchestra. Coupled with a number of fingering lapses in an admittedly difficult part, the Sinfonia was still exciting--but it could have been much better...
...University Choir is an outstanding choral group. Their performance of the Bach Cantata No. 80, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, should be well worth hearing. The Fisk organ in Appleton Chapel is particularly suited to this sort of program...
...discussion, Abdul Akalimat, who is currently the chairman of the Black Studies Department at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., attempted to associate the role of blacks in this country, specifically students, with political and economic development in Africa. However, he covered a number of topics as he responded to questions from the group...
...Ford Foundation. He found that most of the colleges had frozen faculty salaries and deferred building maintenance, and that many had made even more extraordinary cuts. For example, New York University sold its University Heights campus. The state college system in Minnesota laid off 168 faculty members. Fisk University abolished its Afro-American institute. St. Louis University closed its schools of dentistry and engineering. In addition, nearly all institutions have improved their management practices, often borrowing techniques from business, such as more sophisticated use of computers and better budgeting...