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With more than 150 performances scheduled for this year’s Arts First weekend, it stands to reason that a diverse range of acts will see the stage. This variety is certainly the case with the weekend’s concerts: alongside the familiar orchestras, rock bands, and a cappella groups, students will also find everything from gypsy-bluegrass fusion to rhythmic ping pong. These offbeat acts cover a considerable range of traditions and experiences. Some, like Jeolla Woodo Iri Pangut, a Korean percussion group, deliver faithful renditions of ancient pieces; others, like The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers (THUD), draw...
...every year and a great way to finish off the semester,” says Waters.The Veritones, too, eagerly anticipate this annual performance. Music director Shannon M. Kelly ’07 says the group’s repertoire includes pop music, a little folk, and some jazz and rock. As for Arts First, Kelly describes it as “a great opportunity to perform for people who wouldn’t necessarily see us in our concerts.” Furthermore, she says “People can get excited about the music that they have never heard...
...HENRY M. COWLESCrimson Staff WriterAfter last year’s collapse of Freefall, Harvard’s most famous pop-rock heartthrob quintet, some worried that music at the College was at its nadir. Not so. Just as Freefall persevered, with some members branching off to form the Dharma Seals, so many student bands have, with the help of loyal fan bases, overcome venue and technical limitations, strict noise rules, and at-times tepid peer response.Arts First weekend looks to celebrate all the acts that have overcome these obstacles. The schedule is peppered with a variety of performances from some...
...shopping complex borders a residential neighborhood in which many streets are named after colleges and universities, including Stanford, Amherst, Cornell, Notre Dame, and surprise picks Slippery Rock and Yale...
...Harvard students joined a band called The Modern Lovers. One was Ernie Brooks ’71, and the other was future Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jerry G. Harrison ’71, a Visual and Environmental Studies film concentrator...