YEAR IN REVIEW 2003-04
Timeline 2003-04
September
15 27 grants for fall projects announced
October
2 Annual fall Students Arts Leaders Luncheon
3 Ceramics Program “Clay All Night” undergraduate studio party
8 Master class with theater composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens
22 94 Music Lesson Subsidies awarded
25“FORTE! A Celebration of Student Excellence in the Arts”
November
9 Master class with vocal coach Tom Jones
10 Filmmaker Ed Zwick ’74 discusses The Last Samurai with students in “Constructing the Samurai” course
13-15 Harvard Contemporary Dance Ensemble concerts with works by Mark Morris
14 Lorenzaccio directed by Visiting Director Project’s Jay Schieb opens
December
8 Dance Program fall classes showcase
8 Video artist Wynne Greenwood (Tracy & the Plastics) performes
11 Public forum with theater director Augusto Boal
11-14 Annual Winter Show and Sale at Ceramics Studio
13 Bassist/composer Bob Nieske performs with Harvard Jazz Band
January
5-9 Dance Program master classes with choreographer Susan Shields
4 58 grants for Spring projects announced
February
6 Artist Rosemary Lonewolf lectures, Ceramics Program
6 Ceramics Program “Clay All Night” undergraduate studio party
9 NEA Chairman Dana Gioia presents “Perspective From the NEA”
12 Master class with theater composer Jason Robert Brown
17-29 Student dancers perform at American College Dance Festival
19 Quincy Jones discusses music with the Harvard Jazz Bands
19 Quincy Jones celebrated in discussion moderated by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Sanders Theatre
19 Annual Spring Student Arts Leaders Luncheon
23 Workshop with Ivory Coast theater artist Werewere Liking
27 Pakistani poet/vocalist Saqlain Naqvi performs at Paine Hall
March
3 Master class with violinist Janet Sung ’96
4 Lecture by Wampanoag ceramist Ramona Peters
8 Fox Music Inc.’s Robert Kraft ’76 lectures on music in film/TV
15 Master class with pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard
16 Conversation with composer Randy Newman
18-29 Dancers’ Viewpointe IV
April
7 Site tour by environmental artist Jody Pinto
9 Leon Gruenbaum ’85 lectures, Music 167 “Electro-Acoustic Composition” course
14 Public conversation with jazz guitarist Jim Hall
15 “An Evening with Ballerina Suzanne Farrell” and master class
17 Guitarist Jim Hall performs with Harvard Jazz Band
20 Christopher Adams ’94 lectures, Ceramics Studio
26 Lyricist Betty Comden visits with Music Department seminar
May
6-9 Twelfth annual ARTS FIRST festival
6 Leon Gruenbaum ’85 presents lecture-demonstration on electronic music
9 Cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76 honored as 10th annual Harvard Arts Medal recipient
14 Master class with violinist Robert Mann
20-23 Annual Spring Show and Sale, Ceramics Studio
