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During the week, Daniel P. Gurney ’09 learns theory and composition in the Harvard Music Department, where he recently composed a string quartet. On weekends, Gurney leaves the campus behind for Boston’s Irish pubs, where he plays jigs and reels on the accordion. “As far as the department is concerned, the accordion is my secret life,” he says. While tradition is important to Gurney and his music, he is eager to push at its limits. Over the course of his time at Harvard, Gurney has brought together traditional...
...there’s no doubt that Harvard is in a better place looking towards the future than it was at the end of last season.Sure, the Crimson will have to take four steps back before it takes any steps forward as it loses its quartet of senior sluggers. But Douglas and Rogers didn’t do much with the bat until this year, which leaves room for hope that a new batch of heavy hitters will emerge.Harvard’s rotation should have a whole new look next season. Suter has ace potential and Hulse...
...Still, the backcountry dilemma persists. Its latest poster boys, the Grouse Mountain rope-duckers, did return home safely, with some observers questioning whether these elite skiers actually needed any help in the first place. Nevertheless, the quartet also had their names circulated to all of the major resorts in Western Canada, and will have to pay an undisclosed amount for their rescue. Still, both the resort and North Shore Search and Rescue, a volunteer organization that helped in the operation, have been careful in crafting their response, wary of dissuading anyone in danger from seeking help in the future. Grouse...
Things rarely come in groups of six. Sextuplets (by birth or in a boy band) are uncommon and overwhelming, while musical arrangements are more likely to be written for a quartet or a quintet. Because of this, if the word sestet rings a bell, it is likely that the cognizance dates back to your high school unit on poetry. The sestet is commonly known as the last 6 lines of a sonnet, usually demarcating a turn in thought. And though a sestet can be any six-lined stanza or poem, with “Sestets,” the latest...