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LENOX, Mass.—I came to Tanglewood this summer expecting to find Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Mozart. Instead, my everyday life has revolved around the guitar-driven sounds of Styx, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Tanglewood, summer home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is a haven where classical music lovers can enjoy the symphony and the fresh air of the Berkshires at the same time. And classic rock just doesn’t seem...
...dining hall is peopled by the next generation of classical musicians. The average Boston University Tanglewood Institute student rolls out of bed in his dorm-style room at around 8 a.m. and bumbles in with his cello to eat the breakfast that someone has been up since 6 a.m. cooking. Scrambling eggs, frying hash browns, flipping pancakes and baking muffins, among other things, for 150 people is not an easy task. While tackling such a task, some form of aural distraction is needed...
...even with all our differences, music still affects us in the same way. We need it to survive. In the kitchen, it keeps us sane, a rhythm in the dishroom. The students need it to fulfill their creative desires; Mahler is an essential part of their diet. Tanglewood has been infiltrated by classic rock lovers, but it’s all in the name of loving music...
Jessica S. Zdeb ’04, a Crimson editor, is a history concentrator in Adams House. This summer she is slaving away in a hot kitchen for the Boston University Tanglewood Institute while trying to become the world’s first human classic rock jukebox...
...pangs of love were actually quite excruciating for Dana Lawson '01. If a ceiling lamp hadn't fallen on her knee in the midst of a concert at the Tanglewood Summer Music Festival 1995, she may have never met her fiancee, Noble M. Hanson...