Word: musication
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...approximately 12:58 P.M., students could be seen casually kicking back in the citrus-colored common spaces chairs on the green in front of the John Harvard statue. At 1:03, to the shock of the tourists amongst them and unsuspecting students rushing to class, the sound of dance music shook the yard. For the next 15 minutes, the yard was awhirl with color and flailing limbs as students broke it down and then walked away like nothing had happened...
...event was joyful but also fiercely competitive. When the music stopped, students piled onto chairs in a struggle of survival of the fittest...
Harvard’s own wind ensemble, though popular, was no stranger to innovation. It was hosted by the late composer Henry Brant, a pioneer in ideas of spatialization in music; for Brant, the rhythms and melodies of music were not enough to capture the “new stresses, layered insanities, and multi-directional assaults of contemporary life on the spirit.” In addition to traditional orchestration, he arranged the members of the ensemble in such a way as to provide a richer experience for the listener. Indeed, Lowell Lecture Hall was reportedly one of Brant?...
...musical tastes have evolved, however, the institution of concert bands has regrettably come to occupy a narrower and narrower niche. Dwindling audiences at performances—even at Harvard, which has boasted such greats as Leroy Anderson and Leonard Bernstein—are the surest indicator of such a transition. Those seeking high culture these days often gravitate to grand symphony orchestras specializing in post 18th century European music or else perform adaptations of popular music...
...well known as the works of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, or Beethoven are (and nobody can possibly underestimate the contributions of these musical giants), a body of equally powerful music exists in the repertoire of the wind ensemble. Percy Grainger’s epic “Lincolnshire Posy” emerged from his personal travels in the English countryside, where he collected folk songs and transformed them into a rich, layered multi-movement piece. Each movement adopts the personality and unique melody of a folk singer but is adapted for a modern ensemble...