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SPRING 2010

CONTENTS

FEATURES: Arthur Zankel Music Center

14 THE ANNOTATED ZANKEL

Floor plans offer a guided tour through the

specialized new facility

16 THEORY AND PRACTICE

How the educational process responds to bricks and

16 music learning

mortar (and windows and wires)

19 DOLCE, CON BRIO, BRILLANTE

Sweet, alive, and bright describe the acoustics of the

Ladd Concert Hall—and its role in the wider arts scene

23 WIRED FOR SOUND

The building’s bones include media and info-tech galore

DEPARTMENTS

19

great hall

ESSAYS, LETTERS 2

CAMPUS SCENE 6 ALUMNI NEWS 26 WHO, WHAT, WHEN 32 CLASS NOTES 33 SARATOGA SIDEBAR 60

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23 command center deducing Victor Cahn

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