[NEohioPAL]Cellist Darrett Adkins to Join Oberlin Conservatory Faculty
Marci Janas
pjanas at oberlin.edu
Thu May 8 16:12:48 PDT 2003
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CELLIST DARRETT ADKINS
TO JOIN OBERLIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC FACULTY
OBERLIN, OHIO, May 8, 2003--Cellist Darrett Adkins is joining the faculty
of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College. Robert K. Dodson,
Dean of the Conservatory, announced that Adkins would be Assistant
Professor of Cello beginning in the fall of 2003.
"Darrett Adkins' career is exceptionally promising," says Dodson. "His
magnetism as a teacher and his compelling voice as a performer have
contributed to his growing reputation in the world of music. Since he is a
1991 graduate of Oberlin with a bachelor of music degree in cello
performance, we are delighted also to be able to welcome him home."
Adkins has been on the faculty of the Juilliard School, where he received
his doctor of musical arts degree, for seven years. This season he joins
the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival and School, where he will teach
cello and co-direct the string chamber music program.
Adkins New York debut of Samuel Barber's Concerto, with Per Brevig
conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's at Alice Tully Hall in 1999,
prompted Strings magazine to call him "an adventurous champion of
contemporary music."
Adkins has won numerous prizes, including the Presser Music Award and
Bunkamura Orchard Hall Award, for which he appeared as soloist with the
Tokyo Philharmonic. He has performed as soloist with Tochio Soloisten, the
North Carolina Symphony, and the New Hampshire Symphony, among others.
Other performances include the 1999 American premiere of Franco Donatoni's
cello concerto Un Ruisseau sur l'Escalier and, in 1990, Birtwistle's
Meridian, both with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. With only three
days' notice, he made his professional debut at the Aspen Music Festival in
2002 with James Conlon conducting Pierre Boulez' Messagesquisse. Adkins was
the "cellist of honor" at the 2002 International Cello Encounter in Rio de
Janeiro, where he gave master classes, recitals, and concerto performances.
King Harald of Norway attended his Oslo debut at Aulaen Konsertsal in 1996.
Adkins is also an acclaimed chamber musician. The Houston Chronicle
praised the "suave musicality" of his solution to the "substantial
technical challenges" presented by Debussy's 1915 Cello Sonata in a
November 2000 performance with the Zephyr Trio, of which he is a member.
Featuring flutist Jeanne Galway and pianist Jonathan Feldman, the Zephyr
Trio regularly tours the United States and Europe.
From 1997 until 2002 Adkins was a member of Flux, a string quartet
dedicated to cutting-edge music. He has appeared with them at major
festivals in New York, Melbourne (Australia), Southern California (Ojai),
and Oslo. A 2001 recording Flux made of Morton Feldman's six-hour String
Quartet No. 2 has been released this year on the Mode label; reviewer
Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times praised its "warm, clear sound."
Tommasini recalled that when Flux played the work at Cooper Union in
Greenwich Village in 1999--the first performance of the quartet in its
entirety--The New Yorker's Alex Ross described it as "a disorienting,
transfixing experience that repeatedly approached and touched the sublime."
In addition to the Mode label, Adkins has as a chamber musician recorded
for the RCA, Tzadik, Koch, MMC, and CRI labels.
Adkins frequently steps outside the classical mainstream, collaborating
with figures such as free-jazz legend Ornette Coleman and electronic pop
wizard David Baron '90.
Besides receiving degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he
studied with Norman Fischer, and the Juilliard School, where he was a
student of Joel Krosnick, Adkins also earned a Master of Music degree from
Rice University. He is originally from Tacoma, Washington.
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865, is the oldest
continuously operating conservatory in the United States, and is renowned
internationally for the professional training opportunities it provides to
aspiring professional musicians.
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Media Contact Only: Marci Janas: 440-775-8328//marci.janas at oberlin.edu
5/9/03 #45-mj
________________________________________
Marci Janas
Director of Conservatory Media Relations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
vox: 440-775-8328
fax: 440-776-3006
marci.janas at oberlin.edu
www.oberlin.edu/con
________________________________________
________________________________________
Marci Janas
Director of Conservatory Media Relations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
vox: 440-775-8328
fax: 440-776-3006
marci.janas at oberlin.edu
www.oberlin.edu
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IN, OHIO, May 8, 2003--Cellist Darrett Adkins is joining the faculty of the =
Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College. Robert K. Dodson, Dean of =
the Conservatory, announced that Adkins would be Assistant Professor of =
Cello beginning in the fall of 2003.
"Darrett Adkins' career is exceptionally promising," says Dodson. "His =
magnetism as a teacher and his compelling voice as a performer have =
contributed to his growing reputation in the world of music. Since he is a =
1991 graduate of Oberlin with a bachelor of music degree in cello =
performance, we are delighted also to be able to welcome him home."
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Juilliard School, where he received his doctor of musical arts degree, for =
seven years. This season he joins the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival =
and School, where he will teach cello and co-direct the string chamber =
music program.
Adkins New York debut of Samuel Barber's <italic>Concerto</italic>, with =
Per Brevig conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's at Alice Tully Hall in =
1999, prompted <italic>Strings</italic> magazine to call him "an =
adventurous champion of contemporary music."
Adkins has won numerous prizes, including the Presser Music Award and =
Bunkamura Orchard Hall Award, for which he appeared as soloist with the =
Tokyo Philharmonic. He has performed as soloist with Tochio Soloisten, the =
North Carolina Symphony, and the New Hampshire Symphony, among others. =
Other performances include the 1999 American premiere of Franco Donatoni's =
cello concerto <italic>Un Ruisseau sur l'Escalier</italic> and, in 1990, =
Birtwistle's <italic>Meridian, </italic>both with the Tanglewood Music =
Center Orchestra. With only three days' notice, he made his professional =
debut at the Aspen Music Festival in 2002 with James Conlon conducting =
Pierre Boulez' <italic>Messagesquisse</italic>. Adkins was the "cellist of =
honor" at the 2002 International Cello Encounter in Rio de Janeiro, where =
he gave master classes, recitals, and concerto performances. King Harald of =
Norway attended his Oslo debut at Aulaen Konsertsal in 1996.
Adkins is also an acclaimed chamber musician. <italic>The Houston =
Chronicle</italic> praised the "suave musicality" of his solution to the =
"substantial technical challenges" presented by Debussy's 1915 Cello Sonata =
in a November 2000 performance with the Zephyr Trio, of which he is a =
member. Featuring flutist Jeanne Galway and pianist Jonathan Feldman, the =
Zephyr Trio regularly tours the United States and Europe.
From 1997 until 2002 Adkins was a member of Flux, a string quartet =
dedicated to cutting-edge music. He has appeared with them at major =
festivals in New York, Melbourne (Australia), Southern California (Ojai), =
and Oslo. A 2001 recording Flux made of Morton Feldman's six-hour String =
Quartet No. 2 has been released this year on the Mode label; reviewer<bold> =
</bold>Anthony Tommasini of <italic>The</italic> <italic>New York Times =
</italic>praised its "warm, clear sound." Tommasini recalled that when Flux =
played the work at Cooper Union in Greenwich Village in 1999--the first =
performance of the quartet in its entirety--<italic>The New</italic> =
<italic>Yorker's</italic> Alex Ross described it as "a disorienting, =
transfixing experience that repeatedly approached and touched the sublime." =
In addition to the Mode label, Adkins has as a chamber musician recorded =
for the RCA, Tzadik, Koch, MMC, and CRI labels.
Adkins frequently steps outside the classical mainstream, collaborating =
with figures such as free-jazz legend Ornette Coleman and electronic pop =
wizard David Baron '90.
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the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Norman Fischer, =
and the Juilliard School, where he was a student of Joel Krosnick, Adkins =
also earned a Master of Music degree from Rice University. He is originally =
from Tacoma, Washington.
</color>The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865, is the oldest =
continuously operating conservatory in the United States, and is renowned =
internationally for the professional training opportunities it provides to =
aspiring professional musicians.
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________________________________________
Marci Janas
Director of Conservatory Media Relations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
vox: 440-775-8328
fax: 440-776-3006
marci.janas at oberlin.edu
www.oberlin.edu/con
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Marci Janas
Director of Conservatory Media Relations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
vox: 440-775-8328
fax: 440-776-3006
marci.janas at oberlin.edu
www.oberlin.edu</fontfamily></flushleft>
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