Tag Archives: music

A Look Back At Pinwheel Day

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Rebecca Raber

For yesterday’s Pinwheel Day, Founders Green was festooned with scores of pinwheels spinning in the sunshine to mark the unofficial start of spring. Students picnicked among the pinwheels, played Frisbee, and brought out instruments and stereo speakers to fill the Green with music. Continue reading →

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The Music of Physics

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Eils Lotozo

Ever heard of a physics sing-along? Well, Professor Walter Smith leads one every year at the American Physical Society meeting. Continue reading →

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Reviving WHRC

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Nora Landis-Shack '13

Haverford’s formerly dormant college radio station, WHRC, is now back in action as a “a web-based collective of audio content and multimedia generated by the Bi-Co community” that is available for live-streaming. Continue reading →

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Haverford-Bryn Mawr College Chorale in Fall Concert

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Eils Lotozo

The weekly rehearsals of the Haverford-Bryn Mawr College Chorale are known as a Wednesday night institution in bi-college life. The practices bring together students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the local community in an oratorio choir of more than … Continue reading →

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Winterreise And Beyond

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Rebecca Raber

On Friday, November 30, the Performing Artists Series presented a concert featuring Franz Schubert’s song cycle Winterreise by Ruth Marshall Magill Professor of Music Curt Cacioppo and Montreal-based baritone Alex Dobson that represented the culmination of months of interdisciplinary between five professors and 60 students. Continue reading →

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Ghanaian Hip-Hop Hits the Bi-Co

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Robin Riskin '12

Robin Riskin ’12 organized a Tri-College symposium, GMGE: Ghanaian Music//Global Entrepreneurship, that brought some of the most innovative musicians from Ghana to campus for a concert, a screening and a panel series to explore how these artists have harnessed the powers of new media to create a global movement through music. Continue reading →

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Two Bands Formed at Haverford Jam Together

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Rebecca Raber

Current students the Attic Stairs acted as the opening act (and played their first ever off-campus show) for the alums in Broadside Electric for a night of Haverford-related folk music at a local coffee shop. Continue reading →

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Ukuleles in the Cold

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Rebecca Raber

Despite frosty temperatures outside, an impromptu ukulele concert broke out on the steps of Founders on Friday afternoon. Continue reading →

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A Musical Tribute to Thanksgiving

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Nora Landis-Shack '13

Ruth Marshall Magill Professor of Music Curt Cacioppo and his friend, pianist Emanuele Arciuli, presented an on-campus colloquium celebrating Native American art and music in honor of Thanksgiving. Continue reading →

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The Bi-Co Orchestra Performs Dvořák and Bernstein

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Rebecca Raber

The Bi-College Orchestra, conducted by Associate Professor of Music Heidi Jacob, performed Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide and Antonin Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 in the majestic Marshall Auditorium for free last Friday night. Continue reading →

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