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University President Lawrence H. Summers has scrapped his plan to narrate the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra’s October 29 performance of Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait”—but according to members of the symphonic group, Summers’ withdrawal from the event came too late for the orchestra to edit its season brochures, which cost about $900 to print. Current and past board members of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) said that over the summer, Summers told the group that he would narrate the tribute to Lincoln, which was written...
...Loker a successful space. Although the now-graduated Zaccagnino is not actively involved in the planning, other students with similar dreams are. James M. Rhodes ’06, current co-president of Veritas Records, would like to see a place where student musicians have space to practice and perform. Haan has his own vision, too. He would like to see a sign above the bar that blinks three minutes before the shuttle comes, allowing students to finish their drinks and take off. “That way,” explains Corker, sitting next to Haan...
...Last Five Years,” the inventive and generally successful musical performed over the long weekend, recounts the break-up of Jamie Wellerstein (Joshua M. Brener ’07) and Catherine Hiatt (Kieran H. Shanahan ’07) a married couple whose relationship is dissolving after five years together. The show, written by Jason Robert Brown, consists of fourteen songs, which the actors alternate singing. The play simultaneously advances and rewinds through time, with Jamie narrating the relationship from its beginning to its end while Catherine recounts the relationship in reverse, from the breakup to their first...
...tragedy of the solo pianist: all alone with no one to play with. No orchestras, no choruses. When they are given the chance to perform with others, they can be trampled—as “accompanists,” they are roped into playing second-rate orchestral reductions with diva violinists and sopranos. Fortunately, the Harvard Piano Society (HPS), founded in 2000, addresses this dilemma. One of Harvard’s most inclusive music groups, it was originally created as a kind of meeting place for piano-types. Of course, the HPS is more than a musical dating...
...life of a superstar DJ sounds like one endless party. You get to travel the world, perform for thousands of scantily clad ravers, and earn a stack of money?all for playing other people's songs. But there are downsides. Have you ever felt the weight of a DJ's record box? The back pain from lifting those crates every night must be unbearable...