Word: oboist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Jean Lunn, soprano, will appear in a concert of chamber music of Paul Hindemith to be given Monday evening, August 4, at 8:30 p.m., in Paine Hall. The concert, open to the public without charge, will also include Eleftherios Eleftherakis and Joseph Pietropaolo, violists; Michael Senturia '58, oboist; Mary F. Johnson and Judith Davidoff, cellists, and Norma Bertolami Sapp, pianist...
...several kinds of recorder. Mr. Fuller, a concert organist, here showed his skill on a rich-toned harpsichord built in 1955 by the local firm of Hubbard and Dowd. Miss Davidoff played both the 'cello and its quite different predecessor, the viola da gamba. Mr. Senturia, a first-rate oboist, also played on several sizes of recorder; and, in three pieces, he provided the chief novelty of the evening by performing on a krummhorn--a long obsolete, J-shaped woodwind with a light, buzzing tone...
...Oboist Albert S. Coolidge '15, lecturer in Chemistry, earned special praise from the conductor. "He is the heart of the woodwind section, in addition to playing first oboe." Several other graduates of the College are included in the Orchestra...
...with guffaws. Unable to read music, Conductor Kaye directed some favorite classics surprisingly well, had audience and orchestra falling from their chairs by: 1) kissing two girl harpists and a bull fiddler; 2) parodying common conductorial techniques, i.e., "the coffee grinder" and "the meat chopper"; 3) arguing with his oboist over an A; 4) falling into the cellos during a crescendo. Said Kaye: "It's the greatest feeling of neurotic power in the world...
...most jangling discord came from spade-bearded Mitch Miller, director of Columbia Records' popular division and sometime oboist, who usually seeks the disk jockeys' favor. Lectured Miller...