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Though the Lama spoke no English, he and Rothenberg communicated through music...
...interests of music and communication have figured predominantly in Rothenberg's life, both away from and at Harvard. "It was during the summer before freshman year that I really saw that these were two directions in my life and two things I'd have to be pursuing, somehow separately, maybe together." He came to Harvard thinking of studying geology, but quickly became less enthralled with science...
...stresses that he has not taken the conventional approach. "I wasn't so interested in the music department in general--it seemed to require a lot of things I didn't want to study." Although he is an accomplished clarinetist and has studied piano since coming to college, Rothenberg does not consider himself primarily a classically trained musician. He feels he has not had much of the basic standard instruction in performance and music theory, and downplays his proficiency. Rather, he emphasizes the other facets of music he has pursued: jazz, improvisation and composition...
After having taken a course in the music department with Ivan Tcherepnin "which dealt with the way music relates to the world and problems in society," Rothenberg opted for a self-devised special concentration in Music and Communication...
...Harvard, Rothenberg was also involved in music for theater, composing and performing for productions all over campus, including the Loeb Mainstage and the Ex. The possibilities for innovation in this type of music particularly appealed to him. "I found doing music for theater you can try different things and do unusual things and people will come and hear it and pay attention." But after sophomore year, he became tired of the theater scene. At the end of his Junior year, he performed a solo clarinet concert that featured classical works, as well as Tibetian and Japanese music, improvisation, and jazz...