Giving a Voice to University Musicians
This isn’t the University Cafe or the TAC. If you’re looking for hipsters and ambience, you won’t find it here. In the Staller Recital Hall, you’re more likely to see[...]
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The Piano Project: A Musical Olympics
Wednesday, March 28 marked the 11th annual Piano Project in which students and faculty of the piano studio tackle this three-concert marathon each year. Flashing fingers, pounds of sheet music,[...]
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Emerson String Quartet
So I think it’s safe to remark on the love affair the classical music world has with Beethoven. My music history textbook, for instance, torridly describes Beethoven and his works[...]
Earfest
As a classical musician, I’ve learned to respect the sanctity of ceremony in music performance. One grows accustomed to the frenetic chaos of performers warming up, the whispered breaths of[...]
Classical Music Giants in Our Backyard
As one of the most distinguished string ensembles of our time, the Emerson String Quartet has found success in its longevity. Over the course of their 33 years together, the[...]
Shared Support in Progress
In the spring semester of 2011, President Stanley announced to Think Magazine a new project in the works: the then separate fine arts departments would be brought together to function[...]
Zombie Invasion à la Michael Jackson
The Halloween spirit makes people do strange things. Some consume their body mass in candy. Some dress up as sexy Dora the Explorer and ruin everyone’s childhood memories. It’s a[...]
Album Review: St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
Singer-songwriter Annie Clark knows how to make bold decisions. After spending three years at Berklee College of Music, she dropped out. Later, she left her posts as guitarist first in[...]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Started My Engine
Three years ago marked a crucial point of my transition into womanhood, taking me out of what I now refer to as the dark ages. I am of course referring[...]
Tabler’s Tunnel of Love…Sort Of
Sometimes, men do great things not for good reasons, but just because they can. Why climb the tallest mountains, dive to the bottom of the ocean or jump to the[...]