Haverford’s first orchestra was founded in 1895, and joined forces with Bryn Mawr in 1940. Under William Heartt Reese’s sustained guidance the orchestra grew in numbers and skill, and in 1963 and 1964 it undertook its most ambitious concert repertoire to date, including pieces by Bartók, Fauré, and Shostakovich.
Come back tomorrow to see Music at Haverford “Now”.
1963 photo of a Haverford-Bryn Mawr College Orchestra performance shows Reese, who led the group for more than a quarter-century, from 1947 to 1975.
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Tuttle Creative Residencies encourage faculty from across the three divisions—natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities—to design and implement arts residencies in conjunction with their curricular and scholarly agendas.
Poet Joan Naviyuk Kane visited Haverford for a poetry reading as part of her Tuttle Creative Residency. Photo: Elena Harriss-Bauer '19.
The Bi-Co orchestra will see its performance and rehearsal spaces upgraded thanks to the Lives That Speak campaign, which is investing in enhancements and additions to Roberts Hall, including a custom-built orchestra shell to improve acoustics in the auditorium, and a new rehearsal/recital hall facing the Duck Pond.
Missed yesterday’s photo? See the Orchestra back “Then“.
The orchestra performing its fall concert in Marshall Auditorium, led by Associate Professor of Music Heidi Jacob, a distinguished cellist and composer who took over as conductor in 1996.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.