Word: glees
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Mark B. Slaughter '80, who was financial manager of the group until he resigned in the fall, said. "I feel we're singing less sophisticated music, less pleasureable music. I feel my time was wasted in the Glee Club. I just wanted to break away...
...Loring Conant Jr. '61, president of the Harvard Glee Club Foundation, pointed out that in any transition process there are casualties. "This has been rougher than any transition period before because Jim [Marvin] is the first conductor hired from outside Harvard," Conant said. "To look at it objectively, Jim is an unwanted guest. If the students had had their choice, they would have kept John Adams. With that background, Jim certainly didn't have a red carpet that was just lush with welcome. It's shame, because he has had a wealth of musical experience...
...question in anyone's mind that the quality of music the Glee Club is producing is at least at the same level as in years past," Wheadon said. "Alumni that have heard us this year have remarked that they've been very impressed that the Glee Club can produce such high quality music during what would be expected to be an uneasy period due to the transition...
...Glee Club under Dr. Adams was treated to a series of very ambitious strivings for excellence," Leone said. "It was proud of that, and it's hard to adapt to a conductor with new standards. Marvin doesn't think we can be as good as we have been in the past. Whether he will take advantage of the potentials of the group remains to be seen...
Stan Mayslack will have to wait several years for the club's next U.S. tour to see for himself if the Glee Club is as good under Marvin as it was under Adams. That will give the club plenty of time to practice...