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Mix22, Schizmatics record originals over break
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Mix22, Schizmatics record originals over break

Left to right: Schizmatics members Owen Gerth, Gavin Listro, and Matt Byrne record at Burt House. Courtesy | Jack Cote   Two student bands dove into the world of releasing music over winter break with their first, original songs. Mix22 released its song, “Heartbeats,” Dec. 27 and the Schizmatics will release its first of four...

Dylan biopic explores rise to musical stardom
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Dylan biopic explores rise to musical stardom

  ‘A Complete Unknown’ poster. COURTESY | Instagram   As folk musician Woody Guthrie laid on his deathbed, Bob Dylan handed his gifted harmonica back to Guthrie to signify his departure from the folk genre, as depicted by Timothée Chalamet and Scoot McNairy in the new biopic movie about Dylan, “A Complete Unknown.”  The movie,...

Q and A: Nicholas Nestorak
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Q and A: Nicholas Nestorak

(Left) James Holleman, professor of music and director of orchestras and choirs (right) alumnus Nicholas Nestorak ’11. Courtesy | James Holleman   Nicholas Nestorak is a tenor soloist in the opera circuit, joining the Metropolitan Opera roster in 2021 and making his first debut last season as Pang in their production of “Turandot.” Nestorak graduated...

‘Wicked’ movie fills the musical’s ruby red slippers
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‘Wicked’ movie fills the musical’s ruby red slippers

“Wicked” movie poster.  COURTESY | Amazon   After “Wicked” lost the Best Musical Tony Award in 2004, theater fans everywhere have waited for the wider recognition and acclaim that the musical truly deserves. “Wicked”— the fourth-longest-running Broadway musical — has one of the catchiest soundtracks on Broadway and an iconic original cast featuring Idina Menzel...