BUZZ BOX: Remember these? Alumni share favorite concerts

In response to: Play a song for me

Published in the March 6, 2013 issue

The list of alumni’s unforgettable ­campus concerts continues to grow. EMILE QUEVRIN *59 recalled Louis ­Armstrong’s concert at McCarter ­Theatre in 1953. Albert Einstein “regularly attended” concerts at McCarter, he wrote. “Did you forget the Miracles, the Four Tops, or Sam &...

Music at Princeton

In response to: Hitting the high notes

By STEPHEN S. SECHRIST III ’76

Published in the March 6, 2013 issue

W. Barksdale Maynard ’88’s feature in the Jan. 16 issue (“Hitting the high notes”) brought back many wonderful memories of singing in the Chapel Choir. I remember being intimidated, hearing the choir conducted by Carl Weinrich my freshman year. Thank goodness I got up the...

Music at Princeton

In response to: Profiles in music

By STEVE SCHAEFFER ’73

Published in the March 6, 2013 issue

Your Jan. 16 music issue stirred many memories of concerts attended in the early ’70s, but it was your profile of Stanley Jordan ’81 (“Profiles in music”) that reminded me of the time that, as the administrator working with the Madison Society, which served meals in ...

Music at Princeton

In response to: Profiles in music

By WILHELMUS B. BRYAN III ’47

Published in the March 6, 2013 issue

Congratulations on your “celebration of music” issue! What you omitted is recognition of the great leaders who built the music department into one of the strongest departments of the University, e.g., Roy Welch, Roger Sessions, and Merrill Knapp.

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In response to: Profiles in music

By JOHN C. STONE II ’53

Published in the March 6, 2013 issue

I was sorry not to see included Ed Polcer ’58, who has played for U.S. presidents, at Grace Kelly’s wedding, and at virtually all Princeton reunions since he graduated. He is arguably the finest traditional or Dixieland jazz cornetist and band leader in the country.