No matter how popular a particular program may be or how vocal its faculty and staff, the well-being of the entire university must be preserved.
Brian Leerhuber, a gifted 27-year-old baritone, inaugurated this season's On Wings of Song voice recital series at the Kosciuszko Foundation on Sunday afternoon, accompanied by the pianist Michael Baitzer, a member of the vocal arts faculty at the Juilliard School.
The most vocal critics were the faculty who, under enormous constraints themselves to compress their lessons, found their students under too much pressure to understand fully all the requisite materials or to make thoughtful career decisions.
Three days later, Luria learned from another Times story that Nixon's administration had blacklisted him from advising the NIH on scientific grants, apparently because of his vocal role in mobilizing faculty and public sentiment against the Vietnam War.
The announcement by Dr. Summers, an economist and a former secretary of the Treasury, disappointed many students on the campus and raised questions about future leaders' ability to govern Harvard with its vocal and independent-minded faculty.
From a core of 13 students in 1988, the academy has grown to include 285 students who study everything from piano and flute to guitar and vocal jazz with a faculty of 24 teachers.
Robert Muckenfuss is a member of the Peabody Conservatory voice faculty as vocal coach.
He was also a vocal member of the faculty consistently calling for open debate and discussion about many issues including those centered on the campus's "equity" initiative.
Faculty-led vocal ensembles and organizations include: the Yale Camerata, the Yale Collegium Musicum, the Yale Glee Club, and the Yale Schola Cantorum.
But skeptics, including vocal members of the Cal faculty, are not convinced.
