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...Chicago Classical Oriental Ensemble (CCOE) perform selections from the oeuvre of Sheikh Sayyed Darweesh. Sponsored by Xauen Music, Inc., a Chicago organization dedicated to the preservation of traditional music from the Near East, the performance showcased the work of now-deceased Darweesh, who is considered Egypt’s premier 20th century composer and one of the great innovators in Arabic music...
...York City, perennially one of the best choirs in New York. Over the course of a life devoted to the organ, he has earned an impressive array of awards, including the prestigious International J.S. Bach Organ Competition in Leipzig. Lauded as “the premier English organist of his generation…in a class of his own,” by the Manchester Evening News, Scott is best known for his virtuosic performances of large-scale Romantic and twentieth century repertoire. He commands an imposing talent, softened by his unassuming demeanor and incomparable musicianship. As organist...
...DIED. SUN YUN-SUAN, 92, former Taiwan Premier and heir apparent to President Chiang Ching-kuo until a stroke forced him to withdraw from public life in 1984; in Taipei. An electrical engineer who rose to become president of the Taiwan Power Company before entering politics, Sun played a key role in the island's rapid economic development, guiding the creation of its prominent semiconductor industry. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian hailed him as "the creator of Taiwan's 'economic miracle...
...known as “The Dark Side”—hosted “Street Beat,” one of college radio’s seminal rap programs. The show also spawned a campus newsletter by the same name, which later became one of the premier journals of hip hop culture: “The Source.” Darius P. Felton ’08 and Sam D. G. Jacoby ’08, the department’s current directors, recall the halcyon days of Harvard’s hip-hop prominence...
...thought Katie was better, no question,” Delaney-Smith. “I’ll take Katie any day of the year.”In a league lacking interior dominance—Dartmouth’s Elise Morrison is the league’s premier post player, but she’s out for the season with a torn ligament in her foot—Rollins is fast becoming the Ivy’s best on the low block. She seals impeccably well and has great hands, providing Harvard the inside force it so lacked...