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Thanks to renowned concert pianist Ursula Oppens '65, the Radcliffe Club of Boston will be able to grant 10 scholarships to freshmen from the Boston area...
...plot unfolds, so does the family's bitter and guilt-ridden past. The well-bred Mary regrets all she abandoned to marry the dashing actor James Tyrone--the aspirations of becoming a nun or a concert pianist, the niceties of the settled home life she has always craved. She blames herself for bringing Edmund, a sickly baby, into the world, and for disgracing her family by being a "dope fiend...
...great pianist, however, including Berkey, will be somewhat stiffled when playing primarily keyboards. This is the first Fresh Aire album without a single piano "Interlude," a shame, as these short demonstrations of pure style were one of the band's great trademarks. One reason for the omission could be last year's release of Interludes, a collection of all of Berkey's interludes from the first four albums--a possible reluctance to continue along the same line. This, however, would not explain the additional lack of organ Tocattas which started off their last two albums. In pursuit of what...
Another fund raising event that took place this weekend, Jazz for Life raised $4000 for Oxfam. America a Boston based relief agency. The concert last Friday night featured both student and local talent and presented a variety of musical styles, ranging form the Din and Tonies to blind jazz pianist and street musician Jerry Mack...
...range of her creations is already greater than her physical presence can encompass. She speaks fondly and volubly of her parents' inspiration. Her mother, who trained to be a concert pianist, insisted on lessons in several instruments, musical theory, plus extras like baton twirling (there is a fine baton riff in The Bix Pieces). Her father owned drive-in movie theaters around Los Angeles, which provided Tharp with an open-air classroom in popular culture. But she also remembers the satisfaction of watching him building and repairing his property, "brick and mortar, step by step." That is how Twyla...