Summer School Chorus
Choral music will be under the direction of Mr. G. Wallace Woodworth, Conductor of the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society and the University Organist-Choirmaster. The Summer School Chorus will be open to all members of the Summer School and will meet for rehearsals on Monday and Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30 o'clock in Sever 11.
It is expected that the Chorus will include many of the present members of the Harvard Glee Club and the Radcliffe Choral Society as well as members of the choruses in other colleges who are enrolled here during the Summer Term. All students interested in singing are eligible whether or not they have had previous training. Registration will take place in Sever 11 on Monday, June 29, from 3 to 6 o'clock, and after the first rehearsal of the Chorus that evening at 7:30 o'clock.
The Chorus will sing with the Concert Orchestra in Symphony Hall at the Harvard Summer School Night at the Pops, Thursday, July 16, and there will be a concert with the Summer School Orchestra in Sanders Theatre on Tuesday evening, August 4.
A Choir composed of Summer School students will sing at the Sunday services and at morning prayers in the Memorial Church. Members of the Choir receive a small compensation for their services. Those interested should apply to Mr. Woodworth in Sever 11 on Monday, June 29, between 3 and 6 o'clock.
Summer School Orchestra
Instrumental music during the summer will be under the direction of Mr. Malcolm H. Holmes, Conductor of the Harvard University Orchestra. The Orchestra will present an informal program of music by Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi on Thursday evening, July 23, and will join with the Summer School Chorus in the joint concert on Tuesday evening, August 4.
Membership in the Orchestra is open to all students and members of the Faculty. Applicants for admission should register at the Music Building on Monday, June 29, between 3 and 6 or between 7 and 8:30 o'clock. All those not already members of the Harvard, Radcliffe, or Wellesley College Orchestra are requested to bring their instruments to the registration. A number of string and wind instruments will also be available without charge to students not owning their own. Planists will be given an opportunity to play in the clavier concerti of Bach or the continue parts of various eighteenth-century composers.
Members of the Orchestra will assemble for an informal sight-reading evening on Wednesday, July 1, at Sanders Theatre, at 7:30 o'clock. The first rehearsal will occur on Thursday, July 2, at Paine Hall at 7:30 o'clock, and thereafter the Orchestra will rehearse regularly on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30 o'clock.
Religious Services
The program of religious services during the summer sessions is being arranged by Dr. Willard L. Sperry, Dean of the Harvard Divinity School. There will be a worship service in the Memorial Church each Sunday morning at 11 o'clock beginning June 28, and morning prayers will be held in Appleton Chapel each class day throughout the term at 8:40 o'clock. Prominent ministers of various denominations will preach at the Sunday morning services, and the weekday morning prayers will be conducted largely by members of the Harvard Faculty.