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...life-long lover of jazz and opera, he dabbled as a musician during his time at the FBI, playing second violin with the Brockton Symphony...
Over the weekend in performances for Arts First—the University-sponsored annual arts festival—students will play in violin concertos, act in Shakespeare classics and dance in student-choreographed numbers. But come next week, Harvard will return to its traditional policy of neglect and utter lack of institutional support. As curricular review kicks off its examination of undergraduate education, Harvard must challenge its restrictive notion of “liberal arts” and construct an arts curriculum to meet growing student demand...
...carried Friday’s pageant on the strength of her violin concerto, a platform advocating music education in public schools, floral pattern evening gown and blue one-piece bathing suit...
Quickly, credit where credit is due: the ABBA-scored musical is orchestrated well, the violin and keyboard work is noteworthy and the choreography is very sound. The vocal ability of the cast is impressive, and the female lead Rebecca J. Levy ’06, as Florence, is uniquely superb. Benjamin D. Margo ’04 -’05, who is also a Crimson editor, sings well and acts competently as the Russian chessmaster Anatoly Sergivesky, though less could be said of Travis Nesbitt in the role of his childlike American counterpart, Freddie Trumper. Nesbitt, though excellent when...
Besides adding up to a glorious, affecting ambience, every track more than impresses on its own. “KC Accidental” is a barrage of intensive drum and guitar rhythms interspersed with thoughtful violin. “Pacific Theme” brilliantly infuses a simple beach-worthy melody with electronic elements, background voices and perfectly placed percussion. “Shampoo Suicide” is a haunting, writhing mass of noise that intensifies majestically, only to halt after a staggering climax. “Lover’s Spit” soars beautifully to melancholic piano. It also...