Word: hro
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Archie C. Epps III, dean of students, said yesterday the University will insist that the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) admit no more than 10 per cent outside musicians next year because, "It is unfair to undergraduates to have places taken by people outside the University...
...HRO's conductor, James D. Yannatos, reacted angrily to the proposal last night, at first saying, "I think I'd quit and look for a new job." Yannatos subsequently retracted his statement, but continued to maintain that Epps's proposal would represent "an intolerable intrusion on my academic freedom...
Yannatos said students would qualify for the HRO course by audition, and would be graded on their performance and attendance at rehearsals...
About ten of the more than 80 students now playing in the orchestra are enrolled this spring in Music 91r, "Special Projects in Music." The course focuses on performance in the HRO. Yannatos said yesterday...
Although departmental courses require approval of the Faculty, such approval is usually pro forma. However, the Faculty Council has asked Forbes and James D. Yannatos, senior lecturer on Music and director of the HRO, to discuss the department's latest proposal with the council next week...