Tom Everett to retire from Harvard
The Office for the Arts at Harvard and Harvard’s Department of Music announced that Thomas G. Everett, director of Harvard Bands since 1971, will retire Feb. 15. Everett has also served at Harvard as associate of the Department of Music, lecturer on Afro-American studies and on music, and jazz adviser to the Office for the Arts. In addition to his duties as director of Harvard Bands — which include the University Band, Harvard Wind Ensemble, and Harvard Jazz Bands — Everett has taught, conducted, and performed the work of many modern and contemporary music masters, and, for more than four decades, guided and mentored generations of Harvard musicians and student leaders. “Tom Everett’s extraordinary musicianship, his dedication to teaching and scholarship, and depth of knowledge — especially regarding 20th-century American composers and artists of the jazz tradition — connected our students and faculty to many of the field’s greatest musical innovators,” said...