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...music lessons through the OFA’s subsidy program, and during one year helped to produce the Arts First Guide. Carlisle is graduating with a degree from a joint special concentration in ethnomusicology in partnership with the Folklore and Mythology department; her thesis was appropriately written on a folk festival. She will also be the Undergraduate Speaker at the June 8 Commencement. After graduation, Carlisle will stay connected to Harvard as a Masters’ Assistant in Quincy House. In addition, she hopes to work with the OFA in some sort of mentor program. Until then, this Saturday will...
...something we look forward to every year and a great way to finish off the semester,” says Waters.The Veritones, too, eagerly anticipate this annual performance. Music director Shannon M. Kelly ’07 says the group’s repertoire includes pop music, a little folk, and some jazz and rock. As for Arts First, Kelly describes it as “a great opportunity to perform for people who wouldn’t necessarily see us in our concerts.” Furthermore, she says “People can get excited about the music...
...Hansen is planning on performing Hindemith’s “Flute Sonata” with pianist Alexis M. Kusy ’07 although she says that might change.Julia I. Bertelsmann ’09 is part of another similarly assembled group which will perform the folk-inspired “Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 for Eight Celli” by Brazilian composer Hector Villa-Lobos. “We’ve only rehearsed six or seven times,” Bertelsmann says cheerfully. “We’re just a bunch of eager cellists...
...festivities, the event represents many different things to different people. “Some people here are pagans, and for them this is a religious ceremony,” Powell said. “Some are folkies, and for them it’s a folk celebration. Some are Morris dancers here for a performance, and some people just come to watch.” Morris dancers traditionally perform a type of folk dance thought to be unique to England. Powell added that it is considered good luck to shake the hand of a Morris dancer on May Day morning...
...back on this success to pursue her first love: music. Amazingly, she’s proved even better at her second career than her first, confounding expectations and enlivening the otherwise dismal constellation of crossover stars. “Son” is a delicate gem of ambient folk-pop, a smooth-flowing album that’s a pleasure from start to finish. On previous albums, she drifted from on extreme to another, from lush electronic soundscapes to unornamented acoustic guitar lines. With “Son,” she finds her balance: all the elements?...