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...After a piano prelude performed by Clara S. Chan '87, Hunt, a Quincy House fellow, opened the proceedings with recollections of Aloian's wide and varied interests in the life of the College. He noted Aloian's love of Quincy House, his work as executive director of the Harvard Alumni Association, and his important contribution to the 350th Celebration. Hunt said that Aloian's efforts helped to make the 350th "a family affair...
...clock on a Thursday evening, the members of the choir are seated in folding chairs in their rehearsal room at Christ and Holy Trinity Church, Westport, Conn. Bruce Barber, choir director, stoops at the piano with one foot on the sustain pedal and his eyes on his singers. He is leading them through a 300-year-old hymn, and he is not happy...
Guttmann served as co-chair of the Amnesty International chapter here and also works as a supervisor at the University Lutheran Church shelter for homeless. She was on the sailing team and plays piano and clarinet...
Punk attire aside, the Kronos can really play. Somewhat surprisingly, the highlight is the Nancarrow, a straightforward, approachable, quasi- Bar-tokian work in three movements. It predates Nancarrow's dense, mind-boggling, rhythmic experiments in his Mexico City studio with the player piano, which later became his chosen medium of expression. Emotionally stirring, the piece deserves wider currency. And the swooping, sliding, fuzz-toned Purple Haze must be as close as a string quartet is likely to come to playing acid rock at the Fillmore. Jimi was never like this. Can Janis be far behind...
...faithful, though ticket sales are lagging behind his two previous record-breaking Radio City gigs. In addition, Lee has a new book (his fourth), called The Wonderful Private World of Liberace. He is about to open a new museum in Las Vegas, filled with costumes and pianos. He will soon franchise his Vegas restaurant, Tivoli Gardens. The Liberace Foundation, which endows promising young musicians, ! provides the star with a string of proteges (like Eric Hamelin, the 14-year- old piano whiz who performs a featured solo at the Music Hall). Not bad for a fellow who might once have been...