Mr. Drucker said his musical faculties were undiminished, but 80 was a good moment to bid farewell.
Leonard Bernstein was brought to the Brandeis music faculty and directed this first festival, conducting the world premiere of his musical operetta Trouble in Tahiti (1951).
Among the ticketed events are a Musical Cavalcade of faculty and aumni performers, Friday, 7 p.m. at Crowell Concert Hall, for which tickets are $5; and the Sam Rivers Jazz Trio and the percussionists Bob Becker and Russell Hartenberger of Nexus, Saturday at 7, Crowell Concert Hall.
Charles Darwin, in "The Descent of Man", noted that "neither the enjoyment nor the capacity of producing musical notes are faculties of the least direct use to man in reference to his ordinary habits of life".
The evening, at the Supper Club in Manhattan, 240 West 47th Street, near Broadway, will begin with drinks at 6. Dinner and musical performances by students, faculty members and colleagues of Dr. Taylor will follow at 7. Tickets, $150, from (718) 622-3300.
Student publications include the yearbook, 1310 Address of the Arts, a monthly newspaper published by the Creative Writing department, but open to contributions by all students, and Pandora's Backpages, a full-color magazine featuring creative writing, visual art and musical compositions by students, faculty, and alumni.
They did so not because they necessarily lacked critical faculties or musical chops, but because they were marching to a different drum, grooving to beats of loyalty and love.
-- he was repairing and making musical instruments for friends and faculty members.
In the Faculty of Music on St Aldate's is the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, a collection mostly of instruments from Western classical music, from the medieval period onwards.
The Juilliard School started its historical performance program in the fall and quickly established its bona fides with a performance of Bach's "Musical Offering" by its nine-player faculty ensemble, Juilliard Baroque, led by the violinist Monica Huggett.
