Word: hro
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard, Benet practices her rare ability with the Harvard/Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO), the Bach Society Orchestra and the Ensemble Society. She takes three music classes as electives but must go to New York for lessons because Harvard lacks a harp teacher. She recently acquired an instructor from the Boston Symphony Orchestra...
Benet says that HRO's tour of Europe and the Soviet Union last June was the most "exciting" musical experience she has had. The solo selection she played--a concerto by Argentine composer Ginastera--was broadcast over the BBC radio in London and advertised by poster in the streets of Paris. Although she thought playing in Moscow and Leningrad was depressing, she says the tour "felt sort of like my European debut...
...Paris, the HRO concert marked the opening of a three-month music extravaganza called the "Festival Estival." Benet says, "When I was in Paris, I almost didn't come back to the states. The arts there are so much more appreciated...
...renowned Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) flutist will perform at Harvard tonight in an effort to garner part of the final $20,000 needed for the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO)'s European four this summer...
...HRO has already raised $184.000 for its trip and is counting on telethons, corporate donations and the performance to do the rest, according to Mary Fllen Gleason '84, director of development for HRO...