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...gets the biggest kick out of being the mayor,” says friend and former councillor Edward Cyr. “And that’s an enormous asset, because the mayor in Cambridge doesn’t have that much authority.” VOCAL AT HARVARDAt Harvard, Reeves was a founder of the Kuumba Singers and also sang in the Glee Club. In 1972, when students protested the University’s investments in the Gulf Oil Company, Reeves joined them in taking over Mass. Hall. He wrote his thesis on W.E.B. DuBois, whom he today calls...
...Facebook Song,” written by two undergraduate music students—Tommy Hewitt Jones and Pete Foggitt—has taken the online community by storm, leaving in its wake polemical new groups on facebook.com, a renaissance for the synthesized orchestra hit, and increasingly vocal recognition for its composers ever since its web-launch in early February. According to Edward Bainton, a close friend of Jones and Foggitt who both produced and mastered the song, the concept occured to the duo as they sat in a Cambridge bar, discussing the obscene amounts of time they waste...
...Chicago,” Hanley, for his own personal sanity and for that of the actors, relies on formulaic tests like this one to evaluate the actors.He writes general comments on each actor, and records his impression of their “presence,” “vocal ability,” “dancing,” and “overall impact,” each on a scale from 1 to 10. At first, his notes are copious and detailed, and there are long discussions about each actor. Choreographers and music directors are consulted...
...Theatre Trust decided to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mozart's birth by staging four of his best-known works, including The Magic Flute, and a company was born. Fifty years later, they have repatriated one of their finest exports, director David Freeman, to launch a new version combining vocal firepower (Amelia Ferrugia, Jaewoo Kim, Emma Matthews) with the aerial acrobatics of Legs on the Wall. Did someone mention crossover appeal? "You can't stay 19th century," says the production's designer, Dan Potra, who shares with his director the belief that opera will "die a slow, agonizing death" unless...
...vocal performances were also outstanding. Kassab and Agha sang in a clear, incantatory style similar to that used in tajwid (Qur’anic recitation). During several songs, they launched into melismatic solos that exhibited their incredible range and respiratory stamina. Their performances were frequently interrupted by ecstatic applause from the Sanders audience...