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...failed an introductory college math course, it would raise the question of “should we look with even greater care at the transcript from this school and what it means.” But he adds that the feedback is “not a blunt instrument?? and that one case alone might not change admissions’ views, and that “only in a small set of instances” is the information applied to admissions decisions...
...organ. For those used to the muddy and sometimes overpowering groans of Memorial Church’s giant organ, the bright, clean sound of the Flentrop will be a welcome relief, especially when combined with Scott’s brilliant technique. Organ recitals have become increasingly rare since the instrument??s modern glory days ending just after the mid-twentieth-century. The recent exodus of British organists to the United States, however, could reverse this unfortunate trend. John Scott is the latest, and the most skilled, of these renowned expat musicians. Formerly the director of music and organist...
...original composition from Derrick L. Wang ’06. “Peter and the Wolf” is a symphonic folk tale of heroism, originally written as a child’s introduction to the orchestra, in which each character is represented by an instrument??Peter by the strings, the wolf by the French horns, and the bird by the flute. The music, however, is still sophisticated enough to be enjoyed by all ages. That’s not to say that audiences won’t experience child-like amusement and wonder...
...gets him into The Showcase Showdown, where he bids on a harp, a satellite dish, and a water-ski boat. To demonstrate the fortitude of the harp—as well as to express its coolness—a model attempts to slice bread by forcing it through the instrument??s strings.“I was just kind of in la-la land when she was trying to stick a loaf of bread through a harp,” he says in retrospect, “and I haven’t priced a harp...
From its start, “Kalpanam” lived up to its “classical imaginations” subheading. Ravi Shankar’s sitar—a Hindustani traditional violin-like instrument??strummed in the background and combined beautifully with a fantastic red light splashed onto the stage, where Brandeis University students performed the opening “Tarana” dance. Wearing pastel pinks and blues and hair twisted into flower-accented French braids, the girls danced in the style of Bharatnatyam—an Indian classical and geometrically graceful dance genre that dates...