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...Virginia. The story of flight was re-enacted with models -- correct down to the fabric, wires and rivets -- of those old, often ungainly aircraft that took the first pioneers aloft. Larry Kruse, a dean of Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kans., launched his replica of a 1911 Voisin into the fitful afternoon breezes. An almost perfect twelve grams of craftsmanship with a 13-in. wingspan, the plane is powered by a rubber-band motor turned 2,300 times. The Voisin bucked and churned, its tiny pusher propeller sending it 125 ft. high, its miniature control flaps guiding it across...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Virginia: Winging It for the Fun of It | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

CLASSICAL: B.U. Repertory Orchestra; Roger Voisin, conductor; Rafael Druian, guest conductor; music of Lalo, Mendeissohn and Prokofieff; B.U. Concert Hall; Friday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: b.u. | 10/15/1981 | See Source »

Boston School of Music and Boston Repertory Orchestra--Works of Weber, Hindemith and Berlioz conducted by Roger Voisin. At BU Concert Hall, 855 Comm Ave., Boston. Call 353-3345 for info...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weekly What Calendar Listings: April 27-May 3 | 4/27/1978 | See Source »

...Boston University School of Music performance offers another season finale this week, in two concerts featuring winners of the annual Concerto/Aria Competition. On Thursday, Roger Voisin conducts the Boston Repertory Orchestra and School of Music vocal and instrumental soloists in Weber's Bassoon Concerto in F Major, Hindemith's Viola Concerto "Der Schwarendreher," and Berlioz's "Les Nuits d'Ete." The Friday program should be even more special, as Joseph Silverstein conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Major op. 77, Chausson's Poeme for Violin and Orchestra op. 25, and Liszt's Piano Concerto...

Author: By Richard Kreindler, | Title: The Glee Club's Bach, but the HRO's in Haydn | 4/27/1978 | See Source »

Quadrivium--Busch-Reisinger Museum at 12:15. Roger Voisin--855 Commonwealth Ave. at 8:00. Boston Symphony Orchestra--Symphony Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weekly What Listings Calendar: December 1-December 7 | 12/1/1977 | See Source »

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