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...give an unusual performance, inspired by the music class, “Music 167: Electro-Acoustic Composition,” which the group of six is currently taking. The band’s disjointed set included a variety of seemingly mismatched musical instruments that ranged from a classical violin to the primitive, rhythmic pounding of a fist (this same fist seconds before had also gracefully danced on a laptop’s keyboard...
Senovio K. Shish ’05 knew that he wanted to play violin every since kindergarten, and since coming to Harvard he has been highly active in different musical groups. His credits range from playing viola with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) to composing music for CityStep to serving as the musical director of Mariachi Veritas...
...currently in the works is a pre-frosh-weekend fashion show dubbed “Anything But Clothes.” Chelsae I. Smith ’07, another co-founder, says the event will feature “elaborate dresses made from everyday stuff,” including violin strings, bottle caps, chopsticks, and take-out boxes from the Kong. Unfortunately for those expecting scantily clad models, however, Smith says, “the show won’t have any people—it will just exhibit the clothing.” Now that’s high...
...violinists, led by Anna L. Dickerman ’05 and Ian K. Goh ’06, are particularly remarkable and at times sound almost as if they are playing a single instrument, as they easily synchronize to toss off some difficult violin licks. To keep the music from becoming too heavy during the opera’s emotional ballads, the strings section play using specialized bow strokes with an expertise that betrays their experience as seasoned players...
...parents got me playing the violin when I was about ten. I took lessons for nine years, and although I don’t really play it much anymore it made me familiar with all the tools I would need to teach myself guitar and bass and to start writing music. The first time I remember being excited about music was in middle school. I went to a Beck concert in sixth grade. Odelay had just come out, and I really couldn’t believe what was going on: it was just a circus with DJs and disco balls...