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...came to pass on Gilman’s original work. Fair Harvard now had “daughters” as well as “sons” and for then-President Neil L. Rudenstine and Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, it was about time the music caught up with reality...
...American League pennant. I skipped classes to attend a World Series game against the Cincinnati Reds. As was their wont in those days, the Sox came agonizingly close to a championship but ended up snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. On that score, as on others--disco music and Pet Rocks come to mind--many things are better today than they were then. In fact, that will be a theme of my remarks today...
...department academically far away from a student’s own specialties. A fellow physics concentrator once explained to me that, since high school, she had been trained to be really good at math and physics, and she was frankly too scared of doing poorly to risk taking a music class. A few changes to Harvard’s academic policies could lower the barrier of taking such risks and encourage students to explore interests beyond their chosen fields...
...Harvard took the first steps toward such a concentration this fall when it unveiled new secondary fields in both music and dramatic arts, which includes theater and dance. In addition to basic courses in acting, directing, and choreography, this year’s dramatic arts offerings included the Paul Taylor dance class, a course on the Practical Aesthetics acting technique, and an introduction to stage combat...
...points out, Harvard’s music department still emphasizes theory and ethnomusicology over performance. But while Koh wishes Harvard would utilize its NEC link to give more students the opportunity to take practical music courses, Rezzo supports the University’s current approach to the arts. “It’s a broad liberal-arts education, and that’s why I came here, at least,” he said...