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...conductor of the Radcliffe Choral Society (RCS) will resign after the academic year 1977-78 because of the University's decision to deny tenure to F. John Adams '66, lecturer on Music and choral director...
Priscilla Chapman '67 said Wednesday her decision to leave RCS is "directly related" to the Adams decision. She will remain with the choral group for one more year so that the chorus will be assured of having a conductor next year...
...these inequities which led to the June reorganization. The women of RCS voted to incorporate into a mixed group, the Collegium Musicum, with the option to dissolve the merger in June of this year should the reorganization prove dissatisfactory. The arrangement certainly seems more than satisfactory from a musical point of view, and will provide more tour opportunities for the women than was possible with RCS...
...graduate student who had been a member of RCS both as an undergraduate and after noted, "One of the biggest problems with the merger was the alumnae of RCS. There was a kind of nostalgia involved in maintaining the autonomy of the group and its name, especially now, when the alumnae are confronted with the impending merger between Harvard and Radcliffe colleges. We solved the problem by incorporating as RCS within Collegium, leaving the women the option to dissolve the merger if necessary. Also, we plan to give one concert per year of women's music here in Cambridge...
...remain incorporated in June. Many of its members find the kind of musical and touring opportunities it provides unequalled by any other group. One alto commented after rehearsal that she felt more pressure to excell musically in the Collegium than she had ever felt in previous years singing with RCS: "The quality, the tone, the music, is so universally good that even the smallest mistake by one person is immediately obvious to everybody. So there is pressure from within the group for continual improvement in addition to John's demanding standards. It's difficult, but really worth...