Silence. As stage lights glimmer within Chism Recital Hall, Boris Berman enters from stage right and the audience applauds. It’s Friday the 13th and campus is alive with the excitement of a visiting...
The piece was Gustave le Gray. Roger McVey sways at the piano, and the music sways with him. His delicate phrasings create a series of impressions that coalesce, physicalize, then fade away.
The theme...
Driving melodies and intricate harmonics filled Chism Hall on Wed. March 8, as the Adastra Piano Trio performed Maurice Ravel’s famous composition, the “Ravel Piano Trio,” a powerful and technically...
One need not be a music major to love music, as senior Robby Brothers shows.
Brothers, a geology major, is active in Whitman’s music department and considers music an important part of his life. He...
Whitman student musician-athletes senior Katri Gilbert and sophomore Cheney Doane offer their thoughts on how they balance music and sport with grace and insight.
In the past three years, the Whitman music department has undergone monumental shifts in its faculty, both tenure-track and temporary. After a recent decision to not rehire highly esteemed piano specialist Melissa Loehnig, some music students are questioning the policies of the administration and the nature of the tenure track at Whitman.
