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...official opening ceremony on Oct. 17 will precede the season’s opening night. In addition to welcoming remarks by President Drew G. Faust, “Learning With Performers?? will present a panel discussion on the future of playwriting with speakers including Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel...
...capella groups will grace a stage outside Holyoke Center on Friday, May 4, as part of this year’s Arts First festival. The free concert, which will run from noon until 6 p.m., promises to make for an entertaining afternoon—especially because of its performers?? unique backgrounds and musical styles. The Holyoke Center show will feature traditional a capella ensembles that are well-established on campus, like the Krokodiloes and the Sisters of Kuumba, as well as other performing arts groups. These acts will cover a variety of artistic modes of expression?...
...Boyd ’64 understands that timing can be everything. Boyd, who produced the first single for Pink Floyd and has also produced albums for the likes of Nick Drake, R.E.M., and 10,000 Maniacs, may have been 20 minutes late for his “Learning from Performers?? talk, but he entered the music industry at just the right moment. When he spoke to about a dozen undergraduates on April 4, Boyd recounted his experiences as a rock and roll producer working in the heady ’60s.“I apologize...
...Oh…You Don’t Know What You’ve Got” slowly gained momentum with some tricky floor work and ended with a stunning sequence in which the dancers, in a pyramid configuration, moved across the floor in one unit. The performers?? incredible precision and control combined with their collective energy to create an amazing image that was symbolic of the great success of “Ex-Rated” as a whole...
...massive orchestra—directed by Yu—gets off to a shaky start, but becomes more synchronized as the evening progresses. The sheer volume of the orchestra often overpowers the performers?? singing, especially when female voices drop into lower registers. The lack of balanced sound—one that could easily be solved by either giving the performers microphones or having a smaller orchestra—detracts from the overall enjoyment of the show. In addition to reading subtitles, watching the stage, listening to the music, and trying to follow the comedic complexities of the opera...