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...classroom, Monson was introduced to other genres of music, and played everything from Klezmer to salsa. After a few years, Monson returned to school, this time to study ethnomusicology. She began to examine the improvisational process through the lens of social history. In discussing what moved her to write critically about music and politics, she says, “I didn’t want the tense issues of race in music to be left under the table. They seemed so central to what the jazz ethos was all about, how the musical language came about...
Richard Bradley: I’m relieved, I guess, because I think that this change is going to be good for Harvard. The situation was getting so ugly, it was painful to watch. As fascinating as it has been to write about, it’s like watching the proverbial car crash. You can’t stop looking, but it’s pretty horrific all the same...
...name of student safety. Harvard is right to allow student newspapers the same degree of freedom that off-campus newspapers in this country enjoy; such freedom allows students to better grapple with and understand the decisions made in the real world by newspapers that they may read, write for, or be offended by in the future...
Darweesh’s compositional genius became readily apparent as the quintet launched into its first set of songs. Whereas Western composers sometimes write Arabic instruments or themes into their scores to lend them exotic “flavor,” Darweesh’s use of Western musical tropes is a true synthesis of styles. The violin and cello parts were not merely ornamental to their Arabic counterparts, but rather integral components of Darweesh’s sonic palette—Darweesh did not bridge the gap between Western and Arabic music, so much as he recombined elements...
...Princeton, New Jersey. Benchley's tale of a human-chomping fish sold 20 million copies, and the 1975 film adaptation epitomized the summer movie experience. Fascinated by oceans throughout his life, the author eventually became an outspoken protector of sharks. "Knowing what I know now I could never write that book today," Benchley wrote last month. "Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges...