Word: violins
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...picky eaters. When are you ever again going to have such a smorgasbord of talented, wonderful, and deliciously awkward people? If you’ve ever tried to pick someone up at a bar/club/rock show, I’m sure you’ll agree: after traipsing around with violin prodigies, Olympic medallists, and of course, Spee boys, a 33-year-old light technician, however charming, just doesn’t match...
Sasha was not a normal kid. His parents told me he was a genuine child genius. Spoke three languages, did 12th-grade math, played violin and piano - if you read Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game or saw Little Man Tate, you know the type...
...There were noticeable intonation problems throughout “Choral Fantasy”—especially in the brass and violin sections—and minor issues with the ensemble of the piece, particularly during the performers’ entrances...
...version of world music, however, means cramming every conceivable genre into a single song. “Welcome to the East” features hints of samba, reggae, and classical guitar, and even has a cameo from the Nation of Islam’s Louis Farrakhan, who plays violin. “Hollywood meets Bollywood (Immigration)” also introduces Spanish vocals to a dancehall beat. Which is not to say these ethnic mishmashes aren’t sometimes great fun—they’re just all over the place. The 13-minute “Touch...
...have yet to realize this. Our solution to the need for someone to clap as we go by is not fewer heroes but more parades. This is why, on any given weekend, Harvard students receive invitations to three “Parties for Microfinance,” one intimate violin concert, and two innovative re-imaginings of Greek tragedy featuring spray-paint and live garden spiders. Also, the Pan-Australian Dance Collective wants us to come to their Jamboree vs. Malaria. Harvard boasts nearly 400 organizations—somewhat above the Ivy League average: Yale has 249; Princeton...