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...Goldsmith Awards are given annually inhonor of Bertha Goldsmith of Philadelphia, aconcert pianist with a love of television news
...recently had the great honor and privilege of serving as a pianist for the Hasty Pudding Alumni Revue during the 150th Anniversary Celebration of the Pudding. As an undergraduate, I refused to participate in musical activities, whether out of feelings of fear, inadequacy or stubbornness. I actively sought to alienate those individuals in the arts at Harvard who could have provided me with a forum for my talents by walking out on their rehearsals. I regret that such half-hearted attempts and bad behavior characterized my stay at Harvard...
...musician and actor that I could have been is gone. Instead, years of service as a local community choral singer, choral director, organist and pianist have gone a long way toward making up for the damage that was done during my years at Harvard...
...Pure Imagination (Impulse!) jazz pianist Eric Reed takes a sunny stroll down Broadway to where it intersects Memory Lane. Reed, a former member of Wynton Marsalis' septet, is only 27 years old, but his new album could easily have been titled Pure Nostalgia: the songs he covers in this collection of Broadway show tunes are classic numbers, including Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music, 1973), Hello, Young Lovers (The King and I, 1951) and My Man's Gone Now (Porgy and Bess...
...Anne Sofie von Otter Schubert: Lieder (Deutsche Grammophon) The cool radiance of Von Otter's mezzo-soprano voice lights up this cannily chosen, passionately sung program of 18 Schubert songs, stylishly accompanied by pianist Bengt Forsberg. Some are obscure, some ultrafamiliar, but either way they are irresistible; even the age-old Ave Maria sounds brand...