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They perform on street corners in Amsterdam, subways in the south of France, Puerto Rican nightclubs, restaurants in Bermuda, and Harvard's Sanders Theater. With solo-quality voices, they sing swing tunes, jazz, blues Motown, spirituals...

Author: By Laura S. Kohl, | Title: Trying to Make it Into a Harvard A Capella Group | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

Auditions generally consist of testing three essential elements: how well a student can blend in the group, hold his own part when others sing harmony, and sing solo...

Author: By Laura S. Kohl, | Title: Trying to Make it Into a Harvard A Capella Group | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

...subsided. The orchestra has won widespread praise for transforming itself from a hidebound institution into a more flexible, even innovative ensemble. Still, some listeners ask: At what price? Along with its former way of playing, has the orchestra also shed its soul? The musicians say no. In fact, they sing their conductor's praises so enthusiastically that they are referred to in musical circles, only half jokingly, as "Muti's Moonies." "Muti has been touched by God," says Concertmaster Norman Carol, who has held the post for 20 years. "He has given us all new musical life." Music Critic Daniel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Transformation in Philadelphia | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

...Merle Haggard into the tapedeck, pound your fist and sing along: "Take me back to Tulsa, I'm too young to marry. Take me back to Tulsa, I'm too young to wed thee." For some reason you start thinking about your girlfriend's neck. You've been singing along, having a good ole time, then you start to cry just thinking about your girlfriend's neck. "Her neck," you sob, flipping on the wipers. "Oh, man! I miss her...lousy...n-neck...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: The Shepard Zone | 1/24/1986 | See Source »

They got together a group to sing a song to her at the South House holiday dinner, and as they sang they acted the song out. As a final momento, they gave her a teddy bear...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Secret Santa's Come to Town | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

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