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...mathematics concentrator from Normal, Ill. She plans to study philosophy at Oxford. Her thesis subject is topological social choice, but she has also focused on the study of Kant’s ethical theory. Moss is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, plays violin in the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and has worked for Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach (ECHO...
...seen at a near run, cris-crossing the campus with a black viola case on her back trying to attend the myriad rehearsals for the myriad musical groups she is a part of. There’s HRO and BachSoc, Collegium, The Brattle Street Chamber Players, The Baroque Orchestra and performances for two Chamber Music classes, Music 180 and Music 93R. There are the theatrical performances (“about four or five a year”), HRCME (a group of undergraduate composers) and any number of spontaneuos groups that tend to pop up on a campus as driven...
...symphony. She believes that it would be a good idea for for professional musicians to have experiences similar to her own that would enable them to actually enjoy the music they play. “There was a job satisfaction survey I saw a few years ago, and symphony orchestra musicians were less satisfied than janitors which is kind of crazy when you think about what a powerful tool music is,” Darling says, astounded...
...amazing party at the Waldorf Astoria. Marlo Thomas and everybody at Ms. had organized everything from photos of all 50 years; to Phil Donohue, who toured the table with a microphone for toasts; to Bette Midler, who sang; to an all-woman orchestra. The guests were divided between people who were always at the Waldorf and people who'd never dreamed of going there. Rosa Parks came, Bella Abzug, Dolores Huerta for the farm workers and many movement people...
...Henry Kissinger! He brushes the dirt off his face and says something that's supposed to sound like "Derek who?" In another, ROBERT DE NIRO, on a Thanksgiving parade float with BILLY CRYSTAL, yells, "Are you gobblin' at me?" In yet another, Yogi Berra conducts the New York Philharmonic Orchestra before asking "Who is this Phil Harmonic?" And in the most disturbing spot, a woman at a diner orders a "Ben Stiller with a side of bacon," at which point Ben Stiller and Kevin Bacon sit on either side of her, fulfilling her sandwich fantasy. Warning to tourists: If this...