Tag: Music
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Arts First expands into Allston
Arts First, the annual Harvard spring festival that begins Thursday, will make its debut on the other side of the river with concerts, exhibitions, and a historic work of theater.
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A whirlwind of opera
Two Harvard grads brought to campus the opera company they helped to found for a residency that included more than a dozen events.
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Songs in the key of humanity
A new Harvard study suggests that people around the globe can identify lullabies, dancing songs, and healing songs — regardless of the songs’ cultural origin — after hearing just a 14-second clip.
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Learning from a legend (a.k.a. Dad)
Jamie Bernstein remembered her father by heart during a visit to Harvard to discuss centennial celebrations of the legendary maestro’s life and legacy.
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Wynton Marsalis makes a return engagement
Wynton Marsalis shares the stage with President Drew Faust to celebrate the release of his video, based on a lecture series he started at Harvard in 2011.
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Giving Harvard a little more groove
Harvard’s newest assistant professor of music brings years of experience as a composer, pianist, choir director, and minister.
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In the comings and goings of shopping week, first impressions matter
The first week of each semester is known as “shopping week” at Harvard, during which students are encouraged to try out classes before formally registering.
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Harvard jazz leader, amid his Cuban roots
Harvard jazz leader and instructor Yosvany Terry returns to his musical roots in Cuba, where his destiny was formed.
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Esperanza Spalding, Claire Chase join music faculty
Grammy-winning jazz star Esperanza Spalding and flutist Claire Chase will be Harvard professors starting in the 2017-2018 academic year.
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A concentration’s first growth spurt
As Harvard’s Theater, Dance & Media specialty turns 2 this spring, it graduates its first concentrators.
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Moving the needle
Will Butler of the indie rock band Arcade Fire will graduate from Harvard Kennedy School’s midcareer master’s program with a goal of helping others.
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Arts First at 25
Since 1992, Arts First has had a profound effect on more than just the students who go on to become professional artists.
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His music pierces the darkness
Childhood cancer survivor Taylor Carol found hope through music and turned it into his thesis.
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Sounding off for noises on
In Carpenter Center discussion, musicians Amanda Palmer and Damon Krukowski talk about what’s been lost in the transition from analog to digital recording.
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New degree of difficulty challenges performers
Aislinn Brophy was one of the first to study Theater, Dance & Media when the concentration launched two years ago, and believes her pioneering experience bodes well for the future.
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Trumpeting women in jazz
Some inroads finally may be happening for women in jazz, which traditionally has been a man’s musical world.
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Why sing to baby? If you don’t, you’ll starve
A new study suggests that infant-directed song evolved as a way for parents to signal to children that their needs were being met, while leaving time for other tasks, like food foraging or caring for other offspring.
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Unveiling Lowell House renewal
Central to Lowell House renewal is Otto Hall, named in recognition of a gift from Alexander Otto ’90, M.B.A. ’94.
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Prescribing art in medicine
A Wintersession course studied compassion and suffering through the lenses of dance, music, and science.
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The sweep of jazz history
Pianist and composer Randy Weston visits campus on the eve of Harvard acquiring his personal archive.
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A sound all his own
Harry Yeff, better known as beatboxer Reeps One, speaks to the Gazette about finding his voice, bringing it to the classroom, and leaving it on the stage.
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Don’t think twice, it’s all right
Harvard scholars weigh in on Bob Dylan’s Nobel for literature
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Harvard and Berklee to offer dual degree
Harvard University and Berklee College of Music announced a dual degree program that will let students earn a bachelor of arts degree at Harvard and a master’s degree at Berklee in five years.
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Creative differences
A Harvard Business School economist discusses the heated dispute between the music business and the tech industry over the federal law that governs the use of copyright-protected music on the Internet.
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Researching roots, aiming to teach
Soon to become a Fulbright scholar, Kapena Baptista ’16 finds histories in his heritage, and plans to teach.
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Creative, cultured, and diverse
The annual Arts First festival showcased many forms of imaginative expression and creativity across Harvard.
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Sharing his creative gifts
South Carolina native Joshuah Campbell, who is graduating with joint degrees in music and French, has discovered the serious side of performing.
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Field notes gathered by ear
Grammy-nominated saxophonist Yosvany Terry is bringing the music of his native Cuba to campus as a senior lecturer and leader of the Harvard Jazz Ensembles.