Word: sonly
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...especially musical diversity, to its stages, and the performances of the Callbacks and the Pro Arte Orchestra last weekend in Sanders Theatre further demonstrated this tradition. While the musical styles on display couldn't be more different than night and day, they are also as similar as father and son...
...son, Ben Jackson '03, also knows the musical offerings of Harvard well. Apart from singing and arranging for the Callbacks, Jackson fils also plays the violin for the Baroque Chamber Orchestra. He loves the fact that he performs with two very different groups with music from two very different centuries. Likewise, Ben's musical background is quite diverse. He began playing the piano at five and within a few years picked up the violin. The Jacksons lived in Britain for several years and in elementary school, Ben sang with the boys choir at his school. Moving to Dayton, Ohio...
...music as a hobby; the career can come later, just as it did for himself. But Ben has come to his father for advice; his father was able to offer great perspective with Ben was faced with tough decision making in picking musical groups at Harvard. Upon hearing his son's offer to play with the Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Isaiah asked, "What do you know about baroque music?" Ben replied, "It's tuned to A-flat, right?" Isaiah laughed and replied, "That's politically incorrect...
...Their separate performances last weekend at Sanders is the closest father and son have been so far to sharing a stage. Still, while Ben has never performed under his father's baton, he hopes that he will someday. "It might be weird. I mean, what would I call him in front of everyone else in rehearsal?" he explains. "But my father is a great conductor and I imagine there is lots to learn musically from...
...Perhaps father and son will finally perform together in the future. They may even be joined by yet another Jackson. Ben's sister Kate has been accepted to the Class of 2004, and both father and son hope that she will join them in the academic and perhaps even the musical tradition they have established in their family and at Harvard...