Word: solo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...marquee, but who seems the outstanding member of a rare band. The Wilber group has a very special talent for integration and quiet harmony which makes it a welcome change from the noisy cacophony which seems popular now. Wilber, Archey, and the aged Pops Foster take turns backing restrained solo breaks, with only the final choruses of such venerable numbers as "Rose Room," "Muskrat Ramble," and "High Society" erupting into high, driving chords. These closing choruses, plus Archey's solo on "How High The Moon," were the brightest spots of Sunday's performance...
From the time she was eight, and singing small solo parts in a little church in a suburb of Athens, she had heard nice things about her voice. The directors of the Athens Conservatory heard her sing when she was 15, gave her six years' free training. In 1936 Bruno Walter gave her work at the Vienna State Opera, and she has been on the Vienna roster ever since. Last October she returned to Athens, sang Carmen eight times in two weeks...
...City Center heard what a Caged orchestra sounded like. His music for the ballet, The Seasons, was full of grunting fragments of brass and woodwinds, but Composer Cage proved he could write a melody, too, when he wants to. And to his fans, Cage's two-finger piano solo, surrounded by silence in mid-ballet, was almost a showstopper...
...Solo Tryouts Tonight...
Auditions for solo parts in the coming production will be held tonight at 8 p.m. in the Lowell House music room. Chorus tryouts are set for Thursday and Friday at the same time and place...