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When New England Conservatorys Black Student Union honors alumna Coretta Scott King with a concert Feb. 25, theyll also be remembering all the people we lost this year, says Zoe Cagan, a classical flutist and chair of the BSU.

A lot of the people who are affected the most [by the COVID pandemic] are Black and brown people, essential workers who have to go out there, notes Cagan, 23, who is pursuing her masters degree. Then George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, all the other names from this year that werent as big as them but still we lost along the way. And then on top of that, this year was a year that we lost a lot of Black legends and figures like Kobe Bryant, Chadwick Boseman, Cicely Tyson, John Lewis, all of them. So this was like a really hard year for a lot of Black Americans.

This is the fourth year that NEC has honored King, a 1954 graduate of the school who met her husband, Martin Luther King Jr., while studying in Boston. The hourlong event, Continuation of a Dream: Requiem, will be pre-recorded and streamed on Feb. 25.

For the main concert we really wanted to feature our Black student body and Black alums, Cagan says.

That includes Cagan and Black Student Union marketing and media chair Lemuel Marc, a 19-year-old freshman trumpeter from Milton who joined her for a recent Zoom interview to preview the event.

Cagan decided to perform a solo piece for flute, and zeroed in on a work by a composer from her home state of Texas.

I knew about Allison Loggins-Hull because shes also a Black flutist, and I wanted to play something by her, says Cagan. I found Homeland and thought it was so beautiful, and I listened to her speak on YouTube about it, and I just thought it was perfect.

Homeland was written pre-pandemic, but remains relevant.

She wrote it in 2018 in response to the events around us at the time there was a hurricane in Puerto Rico, we were in the midst of all the political things happening here in America, Cagan explains. The piece basically has elements of anguish and hope and sorrow and nostalgia throughout it, and I just thought it was really appropriate to play because it deals with loss, but also maybe a better hope for tomorrow.

Marcs selection reached back to the 1950s, to Governor Orval Faubus ordering the Arkansas National Guard to prevent Black students from enrolling in Little Rocks all-white Central High School in 1957, an outrage immortalized by the Charles Mingus composition Fables of Faubus on his classic 1959 album Ah Um.

Charles Mingus is probably just my all-time favorite musician of any genre, Marc explains. I started playing jazz officially freshman year of high school, and in our big band we played Fables of Faubus, and it just touched me in a way other songs Ive heard never touched me before. And I kind of just dove really deep into Mingus.

Marc arranged Minguss piece for a septet that included vocalist and Black Student Union board member Naledi Masilo, who will also be featured singing the protest song Thina Sizwe from her native South Africa.

I took a lot of inspiration from multiple recordings of Fables of Faubus, says Marc, because theres at least eight different live versions, all super long, and what Mingus will do usually is theyll play the melody, and the instrumentalists will take a chorus or two and theyll kind of descend into madness. There will be a cadenza, free instrumentalists, and its like a very free solo in a way. But what I did felt slightly different. When we went into the free section, I had a poem being read by Naledi Masilo, a poem [written] by Camonghne Felix entitled For Breonna.

The poem was kind of like the anger that a lot of people felt when Breonna Taylor died. But also the hope. The blues section was really just mourning the lives that were lost over the pandemic, and we go back to the melody and the last note is kind of like the high note the hope.

Encouraging the students to make music relevant to themselves and the year weve just lived through were faculty advisers Nedelka Prescod and Jason Moran, the pianist and composer who also serves as artistic director for jazz at the Kennedy Center.

My role is to make sure the students feel like they are being heard by the NEC community, Moran says in an e-mail. The students have been vocal about what they feel is missing in the conservatory, and meanwhile the students dig into the work they are triggered by and it may well define the rest of their careers. When I was a student at Manhattan School of Music, the Pan-African Student Union was the place where we read books together, had potlucks, and made each other learn spirituals as well as compose for one another. My relationships in that organization fuel me to this day, and I feel it is important for these students dive into the history to witness the futures.

Sometimes it feels like programming for Black History Month is like tokenized programming, where its like, Lets just play this because its Black and Lets get all the Black students, says Cagan. But the fact that this is something we created ourselves meant that we could do things that we wanted to, things that were meaningful to us. And when its something thats coming from us, from our own heads and our own hearts, I think thats what makes a difference. Thats what makes this concert different from other concerts that other institutions might just put together.

CONTINUATION OF A DREAM: REQUIEM

Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. Free. Details and links to related performances at necmusic.edu/black-history-month and necmusic.edu/events/coretta-scott-king-tribute-concert-continuation-dream-requiem

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Goaltending for the New York Islanders has been a strongsuit in recent years.

With veteran Semyon Varlamov continuing where he left off from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, while Ilya Sorokin seems to be developing exponentially at the NHL level, Head Coach Barry Trotz has another tandem brewing.

On Tuesday night, Ilya Sorokin picked up his first National Hockey League victoryand his first career NHL shutout as he denied all twenty shots thrown his way by the Buffalo Sabres. From start number one of his career to start four, he has improved drastically.

He was just electric in the win and seemingly bailed his team out the entirety of the night. It was a game to remember and one that the young netminder will look to build on when he gets his next opportunity.

On Monday, Semyon Varlamov was brilliant yet again, as he stopped 20 in the 3-1 victory. His biggest save came against Sabres forwards Victor Olofsson, which you can view for yourself below and please do because it is pretty special.

The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away.

Semyon Varlamov #40 of the New York Islanders. (Photo by Kevin Hoffman/Getty Images)

On the Islanders eight-game point streak, Varlamov has started six of those games, as he has posted a 4-0-2 record with a 1.50 GAA with a .921 SV%. Sorokin has received two starts, as he has posted a 1-0-1 record, with a 2.00 GAA and a .931 SV%.

To dive deeper into how good these two have been over this stretch, Varlamov has stopped 89.6% of higher danger chances he has faced (52 of 58), while Sorokin has stopped 90.47% (19 of 21).It is safe to say that the Islanders have been bailed out by their netminders often this season and have been vital reasons for the wins and the points.

Last season, particularly in the second half, Head Coach Barry Trotz saw his tandem fall apart. Thomas Greiss struggled mightily post All-Star break, while Varlamov was solid as he played the majority of games before the leagues hiatus. When the Playoffs began, Varlamov was the starter and played well before showing signs of fatigue against the Philadelphia Flyers. Once he finally allowed a goal in Game Two, after setting an Islanders postseason shutout streak record, Greiss was thrown into the fire and played well despite losing that game in overtime.

Ilya Sorokin #30 of the New York Islanders. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)

When it came to Game 7 of this series, Greiss got the nod as he shutout the Flyers as the Islanders advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1993.While Varlamov would start all games against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the series loss was not his fault. He had been a rock all postseason long, but the Islanders just ran into a better hockey club.

Heading into this season, given the shortened schedule and the number of games needed to be played, tandems would play a pivotal role in making the Stanley Cup Playoffs. For the Islanders, there was a significant question mark as prospects are prospects until they can prove themselves at the NHL level.

After his first two starts, it seemed it could take longer, meaning Varlamov would have to be relied on heavily. Even though the veteran has done his job and more this season, Sorokin can take some of the pressure off his shoulders.

There is now confidence that I do not believe was there previously with Sorokin. That is not a knock on Sorokins play, but the Islanders in front of him were failing to play well enough in their own zone, and their offense was just not there when the rookie was in between the pipes. And that was leading to a lack of points. Given this short season, it would have been hard to give Sorokin chances if Varlamov was getting the best out of his team.

But now that the Islanders see they can win with him in net, they can score goals, which is a major confidence boost for all the parties involved. Because Varlamov has been so good, it is still difficult to give away starts to Sorokin, especially as the Islanders look to extend their point streak as far as they can. Last year, we saw the importance of a streak, as without the Islanders one earlier in the season, making the Playoffs would not have come to fruition.

Semyon Varlamov is in goal tonight when the puck drops against the Pittsburgh Penguins. I would not be shocked to see Ilya Sorokin back in net sooner than later as both netminders give the New York Islanders a chance to win each night.

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Familiar Tim Hortons menu shrinking

Had the 2020 CFL season not been cancelled, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats would have had a remarkable 10, arguably 11, players on the roster most of them starters who had been with the team since its new stadium opened on Labour Day, 2014. Well always call them the Tim Hortons Generation. Inarguably era-defining.

On offence; Jeremiah Masoli, Brandon Banks, Mike Filer and possibly, at some point, Luke Tasker. On special teams; long snapper Aaron Crawford. On defence; Simoni Lawrence, Ted Laurent and Mike Daly, plus Cats-to-the-bone Courtney Stephen, Rico Murray and Delvin Breaux who had returned although they each spent a year or two elsewhere.

In recent days, that group has been pared by probably four: Crawford went to Calgary via free agency, immensely popular Filer wont be resigned, Tasker hasnt been made an offer and, this week, versatile Rico Murray, who was the 2019 wide side linebacker, announced his retirement.

Rico Murray, who was the 2019 Hamilton Tiger-Cats wide side linebacker, announced his retirement this week. Teammate Courtney Stephen sends a message of congrats.

Winning followed Murray around in his eight-year CFL career, which began and ended with the Ticats. He arrived here for the Guelph season in 2013, made the East all-stars at halfback for each of the thee Ontario teams and five times in his eight CFL years, he went to the Grey Cup. He won it with, oh geez, Toronto in 2017 and three of his six Ticats squads made it to the Cup final.

Although he made it public Thursday, several weeks earlier Murray took the classy and respectful route of privately informing the Ticats of his pending retirement so football operations could go into free agency pre-armed with that knowledge.

Foul shooting and foul mouthing?

As he watched the Toronto Raptors, Spectator reader Jeff Witt noticed that with no distracting fans, players seemed to have better focus at the foul line. So, he summoned up NBA stats for the last four seasons and found that in 2020 and 21, when a lot of games have been played with few or no fans, indeed foul shooting success had risen over the two previous full-fan years.

Well supplement that reasoning with: all teams have obsessed over pure shooting skills in practice and roster construction since the Warriors moved the three-pointer from the accessories drawer to the main wardrobe closet.

But it also got us to wondering about something else the naked eye suggests: that maybe mounting time in cooped-up mode has stoked frustration in players and officials.

Its by no means an empirical study, but heading into Thursdays night slate 11 players were averaging at least .20 technical fouls per game so far in the compacted 2021 season. Over the past 15 years, only twice has a season ended with more than seven .20-plus-per-game players, and never reached double figures. And no one has come remotely at those seasons ends to the .47 T-ups per game the combatively-talented Russell Westbrook currently averages.

Beam us in Scotties

Every time theres a gap in live-event scheduling which has been a whole bunch over the past year along comes the curling broadcast replays to plug the hole. So, its energizing to the see the real, live, thing return this week with most of the games top Canadian women athletes at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

The Scotties is always big deal spiel and this will be one of the toughest to win, ever, with the one-time expansion of playoffs and teams (18). Itll be mentally draining with no fans to invigorate the long days, very strict quarantine restrictions inside the Calgary bubble, and the inevitable procedural adjustments on the fly during this first of four major national championships to be held in the venue this winter/spring. Plus, many teams havent had much game or even practice experience this season and theres a berth in the Olympic trials on the line.

It should be great to finally watch curling drama again without actually knowing the script.

DeNobile shepherded Hall in roughest times

Back to the 110-yard game, we cant let February end without noting that late last month executive-director Mark DeNobile left the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, just shy of his bakers dozen anniversary.

It was a really enjoyable 13 years and we went through a lot of changes, says the 62-year-old Hamilton native. I wish the Hall absolutely nothing but the best.

DeNobiles late father, Geno, won the 1957 and 63 Grey Cups during his nine seasons as a Ticat guard, and his son lived and breathed the Hall of Fame during his stewardship. Plagued by lack of money, minuscule attendance and other issues, the Hall closed its downtown location, near City Hall in 2015. Ownership passed, by agreement with the city, to a non-profit board of directors at arms length from, but controlled by, the CFL head office.

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DeNobile doggedly and tirelessly promoted its artifacts and displays, escorting them around the country for big CFL promotions and Grey Cup week. But, there was no rooted physical location until June 2018, when the Hall was rebooted on the imaginatively reconfigured fourth floor at Tim Hortons Field, with additional displays in the west entrance lobby and the seventh floor media zone.

Greg Dick, the leagues CFO and director of football operations, is also chair of the Halls board and says the league has several plans to upgrade the in-house experience over time. Dick will run operations until a new executive-director is in place.

End Offs

He missed a week with an injury and more with the COVID-19 restrictions which shut down the Wild, but Caledonias Cam Talbot is doing exactly what he was brought to Minnesota to do: stabilize the goaltending and defensive confidence. Talbot came off the NHLs pandemic protocol list Thursday and didnt play that night against the Ducks but might get in Saturdays second game Anaheim. Hes 3-2 with a .920 save percentage but those positive numbers understate his calming steadiness hes brought ... In Calgary, critics have been slamming the core players after a ragged three games. Some called for the re-promotion of Hamiltons Zac Rinaldo from the taxi squad to add a little edge to the seemingly listless team in a weekend home-and-home with Edmonton. Rinaldo has played just one game with just three shifts and two minutes of ice time two weeks ago, but it was a Flames win over the Oilers ... Nick Caamano of Ancaster played the Dallas Stars first nine games but was returned to the taxi squad last weekend ... Earlier this week, legendary St. Johns sports writer Robin Short detailed The Rocks all-time NHL scorers and Michael Ryder was No. 1 followed by Dan Cleary, the first Newfoundlander to win a Stanley Cup. Both played for the AHL Hamilton Bulldogs ... RIP longtime friend and former Torstar colleague Frank Orr, who made heavy days on the road lighter with incisive humour and uncanny knowledge of some of the worlds funkiest restaurants.

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Opinion | 1-Offs Tiger-Cats Tim Hortons Generation has another bite taken out of it with Rico Murray retirement - TheSpec.com