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...what distinguishes the crème de la crème from the merely über-accomplished? It all comes down to the audition, which isn’t always guaranteed. There is even a pre-screening process for the more popular instruments, such as violin and piano. NEC aims for a class of four to five each year, according to NEC’s Dean of the College Thomas W. Novak. Novak reports 133 applications to the program this year, a bump from the usual 80-100. He attributes the school’s increased popularity to recent...
Cameron is petite, her curly brown hair is pulled back in a ponytail. She flashes an impish smile. A silver “S” dangles from the black cord around her neck, near a dark smudge where she constantly holds her violin...
Like many classical musicians, he began training early in life. From the violin at three to the cello at six, Olarte-Hayes attended the Julliard pre-college program in seventh grade. There, he switched teachers three times to capitalize on their knowledge and learn as much as he could...
...preceding it.The second act of the afternoon show continued to impress with the wide array of cultures and talents Harvard boasts. Tommy and Andres, a two-man band, sang about a picturesque Lithuanian peninsula town; even though the two sported get-ups and relied simply on a guitar, a violin and their voices, their performance equaled other, flashier numbers.The Harvard Breakers infused the show with new energy, popping, locking, and spinning upside down. In the subsequent interview with Aykroyd, one member explained that he was one of four choreographers to assemble the piece, reminding us that the talent possessed...
...Thomas Michel ’77 considers himself the leading accordionist among the deans of Harvard Medical School. During the summer, the Dean of Education at HMS, specialist in cardiovascular medicine, MCB 234 professor, and multi-instrumentalist (piano, violin and accordion) takes his talent to the streets of Harvard Square. One might have spotted Michel last summer playing Klezmer music with Ted Sharpe ’76, a computational biologist at The Broad Institute at MIT and an amateur fiddle player. Michel and Sharpe are not the only street performers who boast an impressive resume of academic credentials and musical...