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...He’s the type of guy that succeeds at a place like Harvard,” Tillman concluded. “I think that he’s a guy who didn’t come here just to play lacrosse. He came to get a great education, to grow, to play lacrosse, and to have a great experience. Harvard should be really proud to have him as an ambassador after he graduates. He’s a better person than he is a lacrosse player...
...selfhood and subjectivity, Williams also continually returns to the vivid observations that give his work such buoyancy. In “Riot,” Williams evokes the music of dawn’s approach after a tumultuous, sleepless night: “The first dawn crows / sound like humans imitating crows, / but hungrier than crows, or more afraid. / The rising light gilds / then slashes red the fallow fields.” Throughout “Wait,” Williams consistently reveals perceptions of the world unique to his own alert senses. In “Teachers...
...variation on a surrealist parlor game, a small group of Harvard students pass around a blank sheet of manuscript paper folded like a fan, each one writing a line of music without being able to read any more than the musical notes directly preceding it. After each composer has contributed to the work, someone will sit down at a piano and play whatever surprising creation the group has devised...
Creative exercises like these are but one of the many ways in which the members of the Harvard University Composer Association help foster the work of student composers. The group meets weekly to discuss each others’ work, listen to recordings, and perform public edits, thus giving members valuable artistic feedback. During Arts First Weekend, these students will have their pieces performed in front of a live stage at a concert on Saturday at Holden Chapel...
...this way, Strand is able to engage with the audience in something of a musical conversation, as repeated performances of his compositions give new meaning and direction to his work. For composers like Strand, Saturday’s concert provides yet another opportunity for creative growth...