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...performing faculty are some of the qualities that earned Rachel E. Flynn ’09 the Radcliffe Doris Cohen Levi Prize for achieving excellence in an extensive repertoire of musical theater. “It was such an honor,” she says. “The OFA has been such a tremendous organization of support who have been so wonderful in coming to our shows and being behind us. It was lovely to get this prize.” A college-long member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, she recently starred as Luisa Contini...
...singer.” Playing with Vaughan and the other jazz greats, Haynes came to realize his place in the genre: “The drummer is the heartbeat. If the heart stops beating, you’re dead.”To enhance the festivities honoring Haynes, the OFA invited special guest and Grammy-winning trumpet virtuoso Roy Hargrove. Hargrove, who recorded with Haynes on the 2001 Charlie Parker tribute “Birds of a Feather,” views Haynes as a key influence on modern jazz. In a presentation sponsored by The Harvard College American Music...
...ground at all,” Chazelle explains. “Basically, it was the launching pad for the project, and it gave me the chance to make the film I wanted to make.” Initiated in conjunction with the Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA) and the Office of Career Services (OCS), the ADF program recognizes students with extraordinary artistic promise and provides them with grants to help foster their development. The ADF, which is moderated by committee members of the Council on the Arts, is awarded to 12-15 students who represent a wide range...
...Twenty Years that Changed the World of Art,” has been organized by the Harvard Theatre Collection at the Pusey Library, which features more than 200 original documents and art works and is free of charge and open to the public. On April 16th, the OFA Dance Program presents “Dancers’ Viewpointe 9” at the New College Theater, featuring student dancers and choreographers, as well as Associate Artistic Director and Choreographer of Ballet Nacional de Mexico Jaime Blanc’s own “Rite of Spring...
...where undergraduate Jane K. Cheng ’09 raised the question of where students could sell their pieces. When it became clear that no such venue existed, Spies-Gans and Wang turned to each other, both struck by the same idea. They approached Office of Fine Arts Director (OFA) Jack Megan immediately after the luncheon to pitch the project of Harvard’s first student-run art show.Megan was thrilled with the idea and eager to help Spies-Gans and Wang get started. “It lets [Harvard students] know what’s happening at Harvard...