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...taxes his students, pushing for a level of excellence that some professional choirs never attain. In 2003, for a celebration of Marvin??s 25th year in his position, the choruses sang Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis.” The performance required an unprecedented amount of dedication, but elicited an effusive wave of praise from its audience. It received a glowing review from the Boston Globe: “Beethoven’s bursts of scurrying fast-tempo polyphony were as sure, swift, and unimpeded as mere human agency could make them...
Even to the untrained ear, the sound of the Holden Choirs is impressively unified and unique. Marvin is renowned for his unparalleled talent in choral direction, and he is also credited with the creation of a particular ‘Harvard sound.’ Marvin??s long-time friend Kevin C. Leong, the Associate Conductor of the Holden Choirs, sees this musical achievement as one of Marvin??s greatest...
...holds at his house three times annually. These feature the infamous ‘Marvinburgers,’ a burger so thick that it’s charred on the outside and rare on the inside, and, during the ‘Christmascues’ of yore, Marvin??s festive eggnog...
...stories from the Christmascues especially are so heartwarming that they would be a welcome addition to anyone’s holiday experience. Piling into school buses on a cold winter’s night, the members of all three Holden Choirs drive the half-hour it takes to reach Marvin??s house in Lexington, Massachusetts. There, they bask in the glow of the fire that Marvin tends (carefully, as if it were the fourth Holden chorus), drink eggnog, and converse with his oft-referenced wife Polly...
After an initial period of comfortable conversation, the three choruses, totaling over 100 students, crowd around Marvin??s piano to practice Christmas carols. Then they take to the streets of Lexington, caroling for the neighbors and hurling snowballs at each other, weather permitting...