Word: soloed
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...choreographing “Set & Reset”—an iconic, post-modern piece with music composed by Laurie Anderson—Rauschenberg called her up with an idea. She had been having what she described as writer’s block and was struggling with her solo in the center of the stage. As she told the story, she again left her chair and re-enacted her pacing. “I never told anyone, but then Bob calls. He said ‘You are just standing there at the edge of the stage. You will...
...dove into the arts scene, contributing to a show for a class in the Visual and Environmental Studies Department with works of mixed media. He quickly realized that creating art was the only path for him, but one which can require a significant amount of initiative for a solo artist interested in creating larger-scale works. While Martin praises Harvard’s willingness to support artistic projects, financing his projects have proved to be one of the most challenging aspects of pursuing art at the College. “This stuff is completely different from the other arts...
Former Bach Society Orchestra musical director, Aram Demirjian ’08, conducted the performance with John D. Kapusta ’09 singing the baritone solo...
...same beautiful woman, Erisbe (who is, of course, unavailable, having married an ancient, wealthy and powerful monarch). The young queen and her two suitors are backed by a cast that includes three Egyptian fortune-tellers, a page, a lady-in-waiting, and a king, all of whom sing lengthy solo arias and pose and mime animatedly. This is meant to be very much in tune with the Baroque style, which suggests the way deep emotion arises out of formal gesture. Performance in the very idiosyncratic vein of “Baroque” was in fact the subject...
...Jingling, jangling, paced by drumstick clacks, it manages to seem almost upbeat despite its pessimistic lyrics. Apparently, J. Smith looks forward to the next world: Healy breaks off about singing “of the last words” to cede the spotlight to an unusual Andy Dunlop guitar solo. In “J. Smith”—the most experimental cut on the album—the protagonist tries to off himself. Beginning with 20 seconds of warring barebone guitar riffs, the song seems to settle into the traditional Travis formula of Healy?...