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It is a musician'sjob to make sound that evokes
emotion. Under this definition , no music can be bad
music. As long as music provides us with an emotion-
al response, then it has succeeded.
So, we're then faced with music that elicits welcome
feelings like a warm smile driving down the road as
harmonies meld together, or not-so-welcome spasms
of confusion that force the usually angry thoughts
followed by statements like, "They call this music?!"
Either way, the music has succeeded.
You can never rule out the possibility that the art-
ist intended to infuse the listener with a spasmodic
wincing of the eyebrows and clenching of teeth. It is
the right, agreed the sometimes unfortunate right,
of artistic license. And believe it or not , some people
enjoy listening to music that sounds, to the near rest
of the human population, bad.
Who the heck knows why people like listening to
the kinds of music they do? The point is people listen
to music to feel, and to feel like themselves at that .
Music is there to fill the air with sound and provide
emotion - a simple and beautiful truth.
Further, music makes life better. Music is good. Mu-
sic makes us, us. All right, all right, don't like these.
Take a look af, some of history's finest wordsmiths'
comments on music...
The man that hath no music in himself,
nor is not moved with concord of sweet
sounds, is f itfor treasons, stratagems
and spoils .
William Shakespeare
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Where there is music there can be
no evil.
Cervantes
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature can-
not do without.
Confucius
Where words fail , music speaks.
Hans Christian Andersen
When I hear music, Ifear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no
f oe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
Henry David Thoreau
For the introduction of a new kind of music
must be shunned as imperiling the whole
state, since styles of music are never dis-
turbed without affecting the most important
political institutions .
Plato
In music the passions enjoy them-
I selves.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Music is the language of the spirit. It
opens the secret of life bringing peace , abolishing strife.
Kahlil Gibran
Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the
notes and curl my back to loneliness.
Maya Angelou
To me, the greatest pleasure of
writing is not what it's about, but
the music the words make.
Truman Capote
Music is the shorthand of
emotion.
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Leo Tolstoy
To hell with reality! I want to die in
music, not in reason or in prose.
Louis Ferdinand Celim
After silence that which comes
nearest to expressing the inexpress-
ible is music.
Aldous Huxley J
Music takes us out of the actual
and whispers to us dim secrets that startle our wonder as to who
we are, and for what, whence, and whereto.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Chatham Drama
Guild's Later Life is
a love story gone
wrong
By Heather Wysocki
hwysocki@barnstablepatnot.com
ROBERT TUCKER/FOCALPOINT STUDIO PHOTO
HAPPILY AFTER EVER? - Keely Sorenson and Kenneth Nardone portray Ruth
and Austin, a couple who try in vain to rekindle a romance in Later Life at The
Chatham Drama Guild.
It's the story told a thousand
times: Boy meets girl, boy kisses
girl, boy and girl live happily ever
after.The Chatham Drama Guild's
Later Life is not that story.
Instead,director Fran DeVasto's
adaptation of A.R. Gurney 's 1993
play presents two people fated to
meet (twice), fall in love (twice),
and ultimately turn their backs on
one another (once again, twice).
Later Life is essentially a study
of the fears and apprehensions of
love the second time around. At a
party in Boston , Ruth, played by
Keely Sorenson, and Austin,played
by Kenneth Nardone , rekindle a
flirtation begun 30 years before on
the isle of Capri.
Despite being interrupted by
a bevy of hilarious and eccentric
partygoers , the evening is con-
stantly overshadowed by Austin's
certainty that his life will be ru-
ined by something horrible. After
a while, this certainty leads to
Ruth's uncertainty that Austin is
the man for her.
Though the play's subject mat-
ter and ending are depressing,
the actors make up for it with
enough enthusiasm to fillthe small
theater.
Sorensen plays a good confused
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divorcee dealing with her demons,
and Nardone a great Proper Bos-
tonian , trying to overcome his
Calvinistic feelings of predestina-
tion. But it'sKaren McPherson and
Edward Etsen who save the play
from having a daytime-television
feel. Both play multiple characters
-the interruptingpartygoers -and
do so extremely well.
McPherson plays the party 's
hostess and resident matchmaker,
and three other characters who
truly make the play hilarious.
Though she appears every few
minutes, each character has a
completely different personality,
and each helps Ruth and Austin
accomplish something.
Etsen, the play's resident male
partygoer , accomplishes more
in Later Life than most actors
do in five plays. His portrayal of
"recovering nicotic" Jim prompts
Austin to think about hislife,while
Southerner Ted gets Ruth to open
up. Though intentionally out of
place, Etsen's and McPherson's
performances guide the play along
its somewhat crooked tracks.
DeVasto even makes an appear-
ance as Austin's inebriated best
friend Walt, bringing a bit more
depth to Austin and his feelings
of imminent doom.
Though the scenery is simple,
it too is well done. Complete with
gargoyles, the penthouse balcony
overlooking Boston Harbor is the
perfect place for Ruth and Austin
to discuss the romance started on
a similar harbor in Italy long ago.
Ambient noise,includingjets pass-
ing over on their way out of Logan
Airport , and the chatter of other
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Living...
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Pianist Jared McMurray will perform at the Cotuit
Center for the Arts on March 11 at 8 p.m.
Mr. McMurray is a local business owner and trained
classical pianist. He will be performing works by Cho-
pin, Rachmaninoff, and Liszt.
Tickets for the event are $20 for the general public
and $15 dollars for CCftA members. Please call 508-
428-0669 or e-mail info@cotuitcenterforthearts.org for
more information.
ON THE LOCAL CIRCUIT:
March is the month
to visit CCMNH
By Kathleen Manwaring
kmanwaring@barnstablepatnot.com
DO THE WAVE - A lovely pink sea anemone waves gently from beneath the
waters ot the tide pool exhibit in the aquarium at CCMNH.
KATHLEEN MANWARING PHOTOS
INTHE BELLY OFTHE WHALE -
The skeleton of a minkewhale,recovered
from our very own Cape Cod shores,
hangs trom the ceiling of the Cape Cod
Museum of Natural History. March is
free admission at the museum.
There is a place on Cape Cod
whereeven inwinterseahorsesswim,
waves crash and bees are buzzing
busily in their hive. There are trails
to walk, tidepools to explore and
much to see and do where everyone
in the family will find something of
interest.
Take a drive along 6A to the Cape
Cod Museum of Natural History
in Brewster where all of this and
more awaits. Since admission isfree
throughout the month of March,this
is the perfect time to go.
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural
History (CCMNH) is a place where
locals, wash-ashores and visitors
alikecan discover the elements that
epitomize the Cape.
Exhibits such as Coastal Change
and Living on the Edge provide an
informative and eye-openinglook at
just how time and tides are affecting
the structure of the Cape. Videos
of past storm footage are captivat-
ing, demonstrating the ferocity of
Mother Nature.
The erosion machineisagreat way
for children and adults alike to see
how the sands are slipping into the
seas. The long, plexiglas box con-
tains beach sand and water which
"erodes" when the wave-activating
button is pressed. Hold the button
long enough and the lighthouse on
the cliff will fall into the water.
"Living on the Edge" is an inter-
active coastal exhibit on loan to
CCMNH from the Boston Museum
of Science. Folks of all ages will find
learning about the importance of
the edges where ecosystems meet
through fascinating. Children in
particular will like the Creatures of
the Edge where they can discover
all of the different species that live
along the earth's edges.
A most impressive sight are the
whale bones. In one case is a nearly
complete skelet on of aminke whale,
while just across the corridor are
bones from humpbacks and dol-
phins.
The Honey Bee Observation
Hive lets viewers peek into the in-
tricate world of hive-building and
honey making. Good luck finding
the Queen!
Art lovers will appreciate the
museum'sdisplay of amazing, true-
to-life bird renderings by Karen Al-
laben-Confer.Her imagesof common
terns, piping plovers and puffinsare
stunning.
Downstairs visitors can explore
the aquarium, which is accessible
through a hallway lined with glass
casescontaining an endless arrayof
preserved birdspeciesthat no doubt
kept a taxidermist very busy.
The aquarium gets to the heartof
all things Cape Cod. In the Kettle
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Seahorses, moonjellies and more