[EBRUARY 1988
U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER 17
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EBRUARY 1988 U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER 17
ianist strikes
e right keys
y Adrienne Toomey
The Hoya
eorgetown U., DC
When John Brennan, now a George-
own freshman, began taking piano les-
ons at the age of eight, he had no idea
hat nine years later he would play for
wo thousand people in a Leningrad
oncert hall
Since then he has given innumerable
performances, ranging from jam ses-
~ions in Irish pubs to formal concerts at
ome and abroad. Although he enjoys
laying songs by contemporary artists,
se says that "classical music is the most
challenging type of music to play. I had
strict classical training until I came to
Georgetown. If I only played Billy Joel
and George Winston, my overall skill§
would deteriorate."
Brennan's hours of practice have not
been in vain. In 1985, hehbecame a mem-
her of the Massachusetts Youth Wind
Ensemble, which consists of roughly 50
musicians, and is affiliated with the
New England Conservatory of Music.
When Daniel Riley, the ensemble's con-
ductor, heard Brennan audition, he im-
mediately gave him the pianist posi-
tion. Brennan says, "I probably just
happened to he at the right place at the
right time."
The ensemhle left for a three week,
seven performance concert tour
through the Soviet Union April 16,
1986. One performance in particular
stands out. "We were playing in an enor-
mous concert hall in Leningrad. It was
obvious that we were Americans, and
people, especially the older generation,
had said some snide remarks to us. Any-
way, when we walked out on stage, all
that just melted away."
"At one point in the concert, I played a
Russian folksong called 'Moscow
Nights.' It's shout the Russian people
who died in World War II. When I first
saw the song four months earlier, it
didn't really mean that much to me. Sit-
ting in my own living room, I never
guessed the impact it would have. When
I began playing it in the Leningrad con-
cert, the entire audience began singing
the song in unison. I remember looking
up and seeing two old ladies in the front
row crying. It's hard to express how I
felt-it was so beautiful."
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The lyrics, a romanticized call for a brief
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State Pess
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