Last Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, the lovely, the talented Hertz Hall played host to the First Berkeley Piano Competition. The university recently came into possession of a fabulous 1927 Steinway grand piano, which was “a bequest by Leone Squires McGowan,” and was “to be donated to a ‘worthy student of piano at the University of California, Berkeley.’”

This begged several difficult questions, one being “Where the hell would a Berkeley student keep that shit?” and, more importantly, “How do we decide who gets the Steinway?” The music department had one word: “Battle.” Oh, and in case nobody was up to snuff, they reserved the right not to give it to anybody. read more »

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Tags:Davitt Moroney, Music majors, Piano Competition, Pressure
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