Midday Monday series provides a diverse and nuanced show to a perplexingly...
The music department’s Midday Monday Concert Series offers monthly classical programming for a single-digit number of interested college students and a reasonably-sized mass of local retirees, bused in...
View ArticleMy anaconda don’t want none of these neo-Nazis, hun
I’ve been a fan of Nicki Minaj for quite some time. Ever since she dropped “Super Bass” during the height of my awkward phase, it’s been hard to stop listening to her. I’ve been there for every song...
View ArticleClassical music doesn’t deserve its reputation
Classical music has seen better days. As a proud lover of this genre, I have had to defend it against some criticism here at Swarthmore. Students have remarked to me that classical music is “elitist”...
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Sufjan Stevens dazzles with light show, lyricism in Philly
Photo by Z.L. Zhou This past week in the Academy of Music: Sufjan Stevens walked onto the stage in complete darkness. Dual spotlights shone down from below as he began to play the piano, singing,...
View ArticleThere’s more to music education than classical music
Before coming to Swarthmore, I didn’t care much for Western Classical music. I might’ve played it in the background while doing my homework, but beyond that my only exposure to it had been through my...
View ArticleLiving the alt music dream at olde club
I grew up in Miami, Florida. The music scene, if you can even call it that, is uninspired. Nothing in Miami exists that is analogous to the underground house show scenes of Philly or Brooklyn or...
View ArticleRosie Langabeer discuss music and theater collaboration
Rosie Langabeer, an award-winning musician and experimental composer, came to campus on Thurs. January 28 to lead a discussion with a group of faculty and students about music and theater and dance...
View ArticleCommunity Joins with Dr. Barnwell in Song
Last Saturday, over 30 members of the Swarthmore community (including President Valerie Smith) gathered in the Lang Concert Hall to listen to and sing with former member of a capella ensemble Sweet...
View ArticleVan drivers give life to quiet shuttle rides with Motown music
Living off campus can be pretty difficult; for one thing, students living off campus don’t always have the option of a short return walk home. Luckily, there’s the Garnet shuttle, but despite its...
View ArticleRnM leads celebration of divas
This past Friday, Rhythm n’ Motion dance company hosted the annual Diva Party in Paces. “Diva” colloquially refers to a number of female artists that have produced music with feminist undertones,...
View ArticleThe sounds of pub nite always lead back to semisonic
Pub Nite can be pretty predictable when it comes to music. In the later part of the night, after the lights are turned off, music always shifts towards hits that are more dance-worthy, and of course,...
View ArticleArtist’s perspective: performing in “Lift Every Voice”
Performing is cathartic for me. It’s how I let things out: the good, the bad, and the ugly. The act of writing a rap, of finding the right flow and the right lyrics to weave into the beat is only half...
View ArticleWhat’s that smell? Nothing. It’s Lights.
Simon Bloch ’17 and Ian Grant ’17 are living together for the first time this year. While they have many activities and interests in common, their first team effort as roommates was buying their...
View ArticleTheater, dance, orchestra combine in “Soldat”
This past Saturday night, Swarthmore’s resident musical ensemble Orchestra 2001 performed Stravinsky’s “Histoire du soldat,” along with a collection of pieces composed and arranged by students and...
View ArticleTri-Co Battle of the Bands sees Swarthmore success amid issues
Last Saturday night, Bryn Mawr hosted the Tri-Co Battle of the Bands, during which eight bands from all three Tri-Co schools competed for the chance to perform at Bryn Mawr’s May Day. Four of the eight...
View ArticleBand Profile: Honey Pickup
Swarthmore student band Honey Pickup performed last Saturday night at Bryn Mawr’s Battle of the Bands. Musicians Dan Eisler ’16, Cosmo Alto ’16, Andrew Gilchrist-Scott ’16, and Hanyu Chwe ’16 began...
View ArticleBand profile: Altair
Student trio Altair was one of four bands representing the college at Saturday’s TriCo Battle of the Bands. Consisting of Nate Dow ’18, Shruti Pal ’18, and Stefan Laos ’17, Altair describe themselves...
View ArticleBand Profile: Caboose
Swarthmore boasts a number of dedicated and talented bands. Caboose, an all first-year group composed of five members, is one such band. Dakota Gibbs ’19 initiated the formation of the group by first...
View ArticleBand Profile: GOODGOODNOTBAD
GOODGOODNOTBAD is a student band spanning all four current class years and several musical genres. The band is made up of drummer Stefan Laos ’17, bassist RJ Tischler ’16, saxophonist Sam Wallach...
View ArticleBand Profile: Biscuit
The self-proclaimed punk-poem band Biscuit who is out to have fun and share that fun with Swarthmore played last Friday night at Swarthmore’s Battle of the Bands in Olde Club. The musicians, bass...
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