Word: orchestra
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...choices facing first-years, musically-inclined new students face an additional agonizing decision: which orchestra to join...
Harvard has five active orchestras: the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO), Mozart Society Orchestra (MSO), Bach Society Orchestra (BSO), Toscanini Chamber Orchestra (TCO) and the Pops Orchestra...
Gansner said that the letters he received helped him decide on an orchestra, but that ultimately his decision to join BSO was based in large part on his contact with student leaders...
...while Caram, who leads Harvard's largest orchestra, agrees that prestige is often a determining factor in first-years' decisions, he says by shopping orchestras--attending multiple groups' rehearsals before settling on one--first-years can get a better feel for the groups...
Here's the pedigree: this 30-year-old alto saxophonist is an ex-member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and a former regular at Small's, the dingy Manhattan club that has become a key incubator of young talent. His playing is plenty soulful on his second CD--so you'd think, given the title--but with a dry, sometimes acerbic tone that gives the album a haunting edge; listeners may be reminded of John Coltrane's way with a ballad or the blues. As a composer, Irby has a gift for melody, and there are so many fine...