Tag: Music at Harvard

  • Arts & Culture

    The Nostalgics, a Harvard Motown band

    One of the many student-led musical groups on campus, The Nostalgics keep a Detroit sound tradition alive as Harvard’s Motown and soul band.

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    Mariachi Véritas de Harvard

    Created in 2001, Mariachi Véritas de Harvard is a student-run group that focuses exclusively on the mariachi musical tradition.

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    Harvard Gregorian Chant

    Members of the Harvard community gather regularly in the basement of the Memorial Church for an informal hour of Gregorian chant singing under the guidance of Thomas Kelly, Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music.

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    Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra

    Founded as the Pierian Sodality in March 1808 by a handful of students, today the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra is a collection of more than 100 accomplished musicians who present four major concerts each year.

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    Madison Greer, solo artist

    During her time at Harvard, Jazz singer and junior Madison Greer has developed her skills in music theory and music performance and learned how to “front” a band.

  • Campus & Community

    Harvard’s 375th Anniversary Celebration

    On Friday evening, October 14th 2011, in Tercentenary Theatre, Harvard’s extended family of faculty, students, staff, alumni and invited guests gathered together for a festive evening featuring fabulous desserts and a memorable musical performance. The Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra performed, accompanied by a chorus of over a hundred student voices followed by a solo performance by…

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    Jazz at Harvard

    Harvard sophomore Andrew Kennard discusses his love of jazz and his experience mentoring students at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, preparing with them for the arrival of Wynton Marsalis at Harvard.

  • Campus & Community

    Harvard Thinks Big 2: “Experiencing Time in Music” – Richard Beaudoin

    Richard Beaudoin, Lecturer on Music

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    With the band

    Karen Woodward Massey, director of education and outreach at FAS Research Administration Services (RAS), has always needed a creative outlet from her “right-brain” work. From ingénue roles to a staff cover band, the Grateful Deadlines, one thing remains the same: She has a ton of fun along the way.

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    Mouthpiece

    Erin Gee performs an original composition, “Mouthpiece.”

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    The sound of summer music

    The musically inclined are drawn to Harvard from near and far each summer. They come together to create the sound of music through Harvard’s Summer School ensembles.

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    Sing a song of praise

    From Puritan psalms to spirituals to Ellington and Coltrain, a Divinity School class explores – and performs – the sacred and musical.

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    Gamelan rings out at Harvard

    The hypnotic, orotund tones of Gamelan, a venerable musical tradition from Indonesia that employs gongs, drums and metallophones, now resonates in University seminar rooms.

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    Medieval renaissance

    Medieval history comes to lyrical life at Harvard as musicians perform an 800-year-old Ambrosian liturgical chant recently indetified in Harvard’s Houghton Library.

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    Harvard Gumboots speak with feet

    Students from around the world come together at Harvard to speak the rhythmic language South African miners created during apartheid.

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    The Silk Road Ensemble

    Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble perform during Learning From Performers, sponsored by Office for the Arts, September 2005.