Word: keyboarding
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Farrel was not disappointed that Dylan didn’t play the guitar himself, a common complaint among students. She said Dylan was better off setting the tempo on the keyboard. She added that having him play would have been like “asking a dentist to floss. You can just have others do that...
...harmony, lyrics, verse. He even wants to hear about its romantic history--what other improvisers have done with it. When he sits down to play, the result is an embrace, an act of possession. The tune rises, falls, disappears and resurfaces in new forms as Charlap ranges over the keyboard with nimble, crisply swinging lines, subtly layered textures, dense chords and spiky interjections. But no matter how imaginative or surprising his take on a song is, he invariably zeroes in on its essence. When he finds it, he says, "it's like a rose coming into bloom...
...blends the local with the global. “Sometimes you lose every nickel you had, but the world goes ‘round.” A luminescent orange globe is a fixture in the background, as is pianist Ben E. Green ’06, whose keyboard stands directly behind the glowing sphere. The two enjoy a mutually reinforcing relationship. The World Goes ’Round is, therefore, a successful attempt to localize all the world to the musical stage...
...World Goes ’Round, directed by Josh S.E. Wright ’05, is a wildly bounding and fun masterpiece of modern design. The music —a well-balanced blend of live keyboard and resounding lyrics—drives the show, and the cast’s sweeping limb extensions, artful poses, swaying heads and accentuated facial expressions are congruent with the musical dynamic. But do not be fooled by its straightforward presentation. The World Goes ’Round, chock-full of cutting wit and daring sexual innuendo, is fresh and racy to the core...
...Freshman. This irritating species usually surfaces in Core classes. He is distinguished by his coursepack, the pages of which are colored neon green and orange. When his hands aren’t raised, his grubby paws clasp either a highlighter or pound against the keyboard of his Apple PowerBook. This student arrives on time, sacrifices sleep in the name of impressing the teacher, but still earns a B+ on the midterm like everyone else. Muhaha...