[NEohioPAL]Sir Simon Rattle Conducts the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra Dec. 1

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BERLIN PHILHARMONIC MUSIC DIRECTOR SIR SIMON RATTLE CONDUCTS THE OBERLIN=20
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA IN FINNEY CHAPEL DEC. 1


OBERLIN, OHIO -- Sir Simon Rattle, music director of the Berlin=20
Philharmonic, will conduct the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra in a performance=20
of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4 at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music=20
Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at 8 p.m. in Oberlin Colleges Finney Chapel.

Featured soloist is soprano Alyson Cambridge, a 2002 graduate of the=20
Conservatory and winner of the 2003 Metropolitan Opera competition.=20
Concertmaster is Amanda Grimm '05 of Medina, Ohio, a student of Professor=20
of Violin Gregory Fulkerson.

The concert will be broadcast live on 104.9 FM, WCLV, with the generous=20
support of the Riverside Company, a leading private equity firm investing=20
in premier companies.

"Sir Simon Rattle is one of the great conductors of our time, and an=20
inspiration to all of us as musicians," says Dean of the Conservatory David =

Stull. "This is an extraordinary opportunity for our students and will=20
surely be a highlight of their Oberlin experience." Seventy-five=20
Conservatory students make up the personnel of the Oberlin Chamber=20
Orchestra for this concert.

General admission tickets, which are $10 for the public, are available in=20
advance by calling Oberlin's Central Ticket Service at 440-775-8169 or by=20
visiting the CTS box office, located in the lobby of Hall Auditorium, 67 N. =

Main Street and open Monday through Friday from noon until 5 p.m. This=20
concert is free for those with an Oberlin College I.D. (students, faculty,=20
staff, alumni, parents, and area educators), and OCID holders should=20
arrange to obtain their tickets at the box office rather than by phone.

Finney Chapel is wheelchair accessible and is located on the southwest=20
corner of Route 511 (Lorain Street) and N. Professor Street. Free parking=20
is available throughout the campus.

The composer Nicholas Maw has said: "We are all fortunate to be living=20
through the Rattle era =3F [he has] spiritual and intellectual curiosity,=20
appetite, dedication, concentration, and the ability of all great=20
conductors to make musicians give the best of themselves."

The orchestral members of the Berlin Philharmonic voted for Sir Simon=20
Rattle to succeed Claudio Abbado as the chief conductor of their orchestra=20
in June 1999. Simon Rattle conducted his first concert in that post and as=20
the orchestra's new artistic director on September 7, 2002, although he had =

already worked with the Berlin Philharmonic for 15 years, making his debut=20
on November 14, 1987, with Mahler's Sixth Symphony, and appearing regularly =

on the conductor's rostrum in the years that followed.

A native of Liverpool, he has worked with many of the leading orchestras in =

Great Britain: the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, and the London=20
Sinfonietta. His American debut was with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in=20
1979, and he was their first principal guest conductor from 1981 to 1994.=20
He became principal conductor and artistic advisor of the City of=20
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) in 1980, and their musical director=20
from 1990 to 1998. They toured together throughout the world and in 1998=20
were guests at the Salzburg Festival, where they performed the complete=20
Beethoven Symphonies.

During his tenure with the CBSO, he continued to work with the leading=20
orchestras in the United States and Europe. He has an exclusive recording=20
contract with EMI, and has made more than 60 recordings with the CBSO and=20
other orchestras. His recordings with the Berlin Philharmonic of Liszt's=20
Faust-Symphonie and Mahler's Tenth have received international acclaim and=20
won Grammy Awards.

Alyson Cambridge is a native of Arlington, Virginia, and received a=20
bachelor of music degree in vocal performance from the Conservatory along=20
with a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from the College in 2002. She=20
continued her studies at the Curtis Institute of Music, pursuing a master=20
of music degree. She joined the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist =

Development Program at the beginning of the 2003-04 season after being=20
selected as a winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions=20
in 2003. She was also awarded first prize in the 2003 Licia=20
Albanese-Puccini Foundation Competition and made her Alice Tully Hall debut =

with the Foundation in November 2003. She is also the 2004 winner of an=20
Encouragement Award from the George London Foundation. That summer marked=20
her main stage debut at the Opera Theater of St. Louis as Frasquita in=20
Carmen, a role she reprised for her Met debut this season. The New York=20
Times praised that performance for her "powerful [and] clear voice." She=20
returns to St. Louis in the summer of 2005 to sing Juiliette in Rom=E9o et=20
Juiliette. Joan Rienthaler of the Washington Post called Cambridge's Adina=20
in Wolf Trap's L=92Elisir d=92amore, "radiant, vocally assured, =
dramatically=20
subtle, and compelling and artistically imaginative. Even amid a stage full =

of singing and dancing, she could sit off to the side reading quietly and=20
be the most interesting person there."

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865 and situated within the=20
intellectual vitality of Oberlin College since 1867, is the oldest=20
continuously operating conservatory in the United States. It is renowned=20
internationally as a professional music school of the highest caliber, and=20
its alumni have gone on to achieve illustrious careers in all aspects of=20
the serious music world. Numerous Oberlin alumni have attained stature as=20
solo performers, composers, and conductors, among them Jennifer Koh, Steven =

Isserlis, Denyce Graves, Franco Farina, Lisa Saffer, George Walker,=20
Christopher Rouse, David Zinman, and Robert Spano. All of the members of=20
the contemporary music ensembles eighth blackbird and the International=20
Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) are Oberlin graduates, and members of the =
Mir=F3,=20
Pacifica, Juilliard, and Fry Street quartets, among others, include Oberlin =

alumni, who can also be found in major orchestras and opera companies=20
throughout the world.


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SIMON RATTLE CONDUCTS THE OBERLIN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA IN FINNEY CHAPEL DEC. 1



</bold></fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Times</param>OBERLIN, OHIO -- =
</fontfamily><fontfamily><param>Palatino</param>Sir Simon Rattle, music =
director of the Berlin Philharmonic, will conduct the Oberlin Chamber =
Orchestra in a performance of Gustav Mahler's <italic>Symphony No. =
4</italic> at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music Wednesday, December 1, =
2004, at 8 p.m. in Oberlin Colleges Finney Chapel.


Featured soloist is soprano Alyson Cambridge, a 2002 graduate of the =
Conservatory and winner of the 2003 Metropolitan Opera competition. =
Concertmaster is Amanda Grimm '05 of Medina, Ohio, a student of Professor =
of Violin Gregory Fulkerson.


The concert will be broadcast live on 104.9 FM, WCLV, with the generous =
support of the Riverside Company, a leading private equity firm investing =
in premier companies.


"Sir Simon Rattle is one of the great conductors of our time, and an =
inspiration to all of us as musicians," says Dean of the Conservatory David =
Stull. "This is an extraordinary opportunity for our students and will =
surely be a highlight of their Oberlin experience." Seventy-five =
Conservatory students make up the personnel of the Oberlin Chamber =
Orchestra for this concert.


General admission tickets, which are $10 for the public, are available in =
advance by calling Oberlin's Central Ticket Service at 440-775-8169 or by =
visiting the CTS box office, located in the lobby of Hall Auditorium, 67 N. =
Main Street and open Monday through Friday from noon until 5 p.m. This =
concert is free for those with an Oberlin College I.D. (students, faculty, =
staff, alumni, parents, and area educators), and OCID holders should =
arrange to obtain their tickets at the box office rather than by phone.=20


Finney Chapel is wheelchair accessible and is located on the southwest =
corner of Route 511 (Lorain Street) and N. Professor Street. Free parking =
is available throughout the campus.


The composer Nicholas Maw has said: "We are all fortunate to be living =
through the Rattle era =3F [he has] spiritual and intellectual curiosity, =
appetite, dedication, concentration, and the ability of all great =
conductors to make musicians give the best of themselves."


The orchestral members of the Berlin Philharmonic voted for Sir Simon =
Rattle to succeed Claudio Abbado as the chief conductor of their orchestra =
in June 1999. Simon Rattle conducted his first concert in that post and as =
the orchestra's new artistic director on September 7, 2002, although he had =
already worked with the Berlin Philharmonic for 15 years, making his debut =
on November 14, 1987, with Mahler's <italic>Sixth Symphony,</italic> and =
appearing regularly on the conductor's rostrum in the years that followed.


A native of Liverpool, he has worked with many of the leading orchestras in =
Great Britain: the Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, and the London =
Sinfonietta. His American debut was with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in =
1979, and he was their first principal guest conductor from 1981 to 1994. =
He became principal conductor and artistic advisor of the City of =
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) in 1980, and their musical director =
from 1990 to 1998. They toured together throughout the world and in 1998 =
were guests at the Salzburg Festival, where they performed the complete =
Beethoven Symphonies.


During his tenure with the CBSO, he continued to work with the leading =
orchestras in the United States and Europe. He has an exclusive recording =
contract with EMI, and has made more than 60 recordings with the CBSO and =
other orchestras. His recordings with the Berlin Philharmonic of Liszt's =
Faust-Symphonie and Mahler's Tenth have received international acclaim and =
won Grammy Awards.


Alyson Cambridge is a native of Arlington, Virginia, and received a =
bachelor of music degree in vocal performance from the Conservatory along =
with a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from the College in 2002. She =
continued her studies at the Curtis Institute of Music, pursuing a master =
of music degree. She joined the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist =
Development Program at the beginning of the 2003-04 season after being =
selected as a winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions =
in 2003. She was also awarded first prize in the 2003 Licia =
Albanese-Puccini Foundation Competition and made her Alice Tully Hall debut =
with the Foundation in November 2003. She is also the 2004 winner of an =
Encouragement Award from the George London Foundation. That summer marked =
her main stage debut at the Opera Theater of St. Louis as Frasquita in =
<italic>Carmen, </italic>a role she reprised for her Met debut this season. =
<italic>The New York Times</italic> praised that performance for her =
"powerful [and] clear voice." She returns to St. Louis in the summer of =
2005 to sing Juiliette in <italic>Rom=E9o et Juiliette.</italic> Joan =
Rienthaler of the <italic>Washington Post </italic>called Cambridge's Adina =
in Wolf Trap's <italic>L=92Elisir d=92amore</italic>, "radiant, vocally =
assured, dramatically subtle, and compelling and artistically imaginative. =
Even amid a stage full of singing and dancing, she could sit off to the =
side reading quietly and be the most interesting person there."


<bold>The Oberlin Conservatory of Music</bold>, founded in 1865 and =
situated within the intellectual vitality of Oberlin College since 1867, is =
the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. It is =
renowned internationally as a professional music school of the highest =
caliber, and its alumni have gone on to achieve illustrious careers in all =
aspects of the serious music world. Numerous Oberlin alumni have attained =
stature as solo performers, composers, and conductors, among them Jennifer =
Koh, Steven Isserlis, Denyce Graves, Franco Farina, Lisa Saffer, George =
Walker, Christopher Rouse, David Zinman, and Robert Spano. All of the =
members of the contemporary music ensembles eighth blackbird and the =
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) are Oberlin graduates, and =
members of the Mir=F3, Pacifica, Juilliard, and Fry Street quartets, among =
others, include Oberlin alumni, who can also be found in major orchestras =
and opera companies throughout the world.

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