Holmes Returns to Conduct For Joint Orchestra Tonight

Malcolm H. Holmes '28, conductor of the band, will lead the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra for the first time in two years when the group holds its traditional sight-reading rehearsal at 7:15 p.m. tonight in Sanders Theatre.

Holmes retired as conductor of the orchestra in 1950 after serving 25 years in that position. He will return only for the one program tonight in place of the regular conductor, Russell Stanger. The sight-reading will include passages from Beethoven's "Eroica" symphony.