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...Variations for Piano and Orchestra" by Nicholas Van Slyck 1G will be the featured composition at the Pierian Sodality concert on April 23 in Sanders Theater as the winner of the orchestra's competition for student musical works. Van Slyck, student of Walter Piston, will have another of his works introduced by the Boston Civic Orchestra within a week of the first concert...
...competition, which the Pierian hopes to make a tradition in future years, began a few months ago and just ended with the selection of Van Slyck's work...
Noel D. Lee '46, well known student pianist, will be the soloist in the performance when the Pierian under Malcolm H. Holmes gives the premiere of the piece. The concert will also feature Phyllis Botner, Radcliffe '05, who plays the harp in Vaughn Williams's "Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus...
Archibald Davison, James Edward Ditson Professor of Music, views the apparent flowering of musical interest "as the natural culmination of the tradition started here 40 years ago." Professor Davison emphasizes musical participation as much as counter transactions: "The Glee Club, Band, and Pierian Sodality have all reached new high-water marks," he says, "while the Music Club is also experiencing a high-interest cycle. All this leads people to take music courses and from there to move to record buying and the eventual building of private music libraries...
...rehearsal procedure will go into effect his week following a suggestion made at a recent Pierian meeting. According to an announcement made by the new executive committee, rehearsals will begin with sight-readings from the Sodality's library...