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Fourteen years later, Mia Chung '86 is sharing her gift with the rest of the world as the most renowned concert musician to come out of Harvard since the cellist Yo-Yo Ma '76. In April, she was the first Harvard student in 10 years to give a benefit concert when she performed for Phillips Brooks House at Sanders Theater. Her next recital will be at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. later this month, and she has been invited to compete in the Gina Bauchauer International Piano Competition in Salt Lake City...
...most glorious of resorts can pall after a few days, for reasons of tameness and sameness. Up the lift, down the beautifully groomed trail, half an hour in the lift line with several hundred nice people, then up and down again: the alpine skier turns himself into a yo-yo. And after the fifth or tenth chug around the splendidly scenic cross-country circuit, the Nordic skier can feel like a toy train...
Like I said, I really didn't mind this too much. What I did mind was being treated like a yo-yo. Another roommate also started seriously dating a woman. The problem was that his bunkmate stoutly refused to join me on the couch. So sometimes I found myself kicked out of my bedroom and other times kicked into it by the other roommate who made full use of the pull-out feature of our couch. I also faced a moral dilemma everytime I needed to use the facilities. What really got to me wasn't being jacked...
...Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Minister in Memorial Church, who presented the award to Lebowitz at last night's benefit concert by cellist Yo-Yo Ma '76, praised Lebowtiz for his work with children in Canton, Mass who are victims of spina bifida...
BACH. THE UNACCOMPANIED CELLO SUITES (CBS Masterworks). Patrician readings by Yo-Yo Ma of the cello literature's most challenging test...