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...David Rothenberg's high school year book said that in 10 years he would be wandering around the Himalayas doing research and playing strange music. This apparently far-out prediction proved to be prophetic, but chronologically off the mark. Prone to unconventionality and adventure, Rothenberg had already done exactly what the yearbook had forecasted within only three years after graduating from Staples High School in Westport, Conn...
...Rothenberg spent the first semester of his junior year at Harvard in Nepal on a study abroad program. "I'd always wanted to go but it just seemed more of a dream, rather than something I could go and get credit for and save money doing--because it's much cheaper than going here." He spent the bulk of his stay living in Katmandu with a family that didn't speak any English, studying many aspects of the country's culture and learning Nepali...
...last month in Nepal, Rothenberg went to live in a monastary, primarily to study the "gyaling", a Tibetan instrument that looks like a big oboe with a large conical bottom and sounds like "very noisy bagpipes--very nasal and loud...
...music--composed and directed by senior David Rothenberg--is undeniably one of the show's highlights. The six-member group of musicians jumps from reed and percussion to less conventional instruments like conch shells with case, complementing the actors' attempts at creating a sometimes apocalyptic, sometimes soothing scenario. The lighting and special effects heighten the audience's response to the performers. The incense and candles give the ceremony a profoundly mystical quality, as does the variegated "mondola"--an authentic Tibetan floor piece upon which the dance and communicate with one another. Particularly effective is the white shroud, which subtly...
...David Rothenberg '84, "The Way of Pure Sound." Ivan Tcherepnin. Senior Lecturer...