[NEohioPAL]Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble to Perform in New York

[Marci Janas]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:	MEDIA CONTACT: Marci Janas
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THE OBERLIN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE PRESENTS NEW WORK BY LEWIS NIELSON=20
AT NEW YORK CITY=92S MERKIN HALL JAN. 23


OBERLIN, OHIO -- The Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble (CME) will present =

a program at New York City's Merkin Concert Hall that will include the=20
world premiere of a work by composer Lewis Nielson, professor of=20
composition at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. The Conservatory has long =

been an undergraduate haven for many nationally acclaimed chamber musicians =

and ensembles, including the new music group eight blackbird and the=20
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE).

The CME concert will take place Sunday, January 23, at 8 p.m. Tickets are=20
$10 for the general public and free for those with an Oberlin College I.D.=20
For more information, please call the Merkin Hall box office at (212)=20
501-3330. Merkin Hall is located in the Kaufman Center at 129 W. 67th=20
Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam.

The program, conducted by Oberlin=92s Strickland Gardner Professor of Music =

Timothy Weiss, will feature Nielson=92s Anabasis as well as Charles=20
Wuorinen's Arabia Felix, the U.S. premiere of Jonathan Harvey's Death of=20
Light/Light of Death, and, with baritone Michael Weyandt, Peter Maxwell=20
Davies' Eight Songs for a Mad King. Stage direction for the Davies' piece=20
is by Oberlin Assistant Director of Opera Theater Victoria Vaughan.

This is the second New York appearance of the CME in less than a year. In=20
March 2004, Weiss led the ensemble in an all-Nielson program at Carnegie's=20
Weill Recital Hall that music critic Anthony Aibel, writing for the New=20
York Concert Review, called "unbelievably polished, superb ... [and]=20
impeccable."

Considered one of the premiere new music ensembles in higher education in=20
the United States, the CME performs music of all styles and genres, with a=20
repertoire that is as broad as the entirety of contemporary music. In=20
addition to premiering works by student, faculty, and alumni composers, the =

CME has given first performances of new works by prominent composers,=20
including James Dillon's The Soadie Waste and an upcoming work by Jason=20
Eckhart. The CME also offers students the chance to perform with such=20
famous exponents of modern music as Steven Schick, Marilyn Nonken, and=20
Ursula Oppens, among many others. In May 2005, the CME, under the baton of=20
Timothy Weiss, will perform two concerts of works by Sir Harrison=20
Birtwistle, who will be in residence at Oberlin.

Timothy Weiss, who also directs the Oberlin Conservatory of Music's=20
conducting division, holds a diploma from the Li=E8ge Conservatory and=20
degrees from Northwestern University and the University of Michigan. His=20
repertoire in contemporary music is vast, and includes masterworks, very=20
recent compositions, and an impressive number of premieres. Weiss also=20
conducts the Oberlin Wind Ensemble.

Lewis Nielson studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, at Clark=20
University in Massachusetts, and at the University of Iowa, where he=20
received a Ph.D. in music theory and composition. His more than 90 works=20
are published by Seesaw Music Corp. and through American Composers Edition. =

He has received numerous commissions from chamber ensembles and solo=20
performers, and many grants and awards, including those from the National=20
Endowment for the Arts and Meet the Composer. He chairs Oberlin's=20
composition department and serves as director of its contemporary music=20
division.

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.

For more information about Oberlin, please visit Oberlin.edu.

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<bold>THE OBERLIN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE PRESENTS NEW WORK BY LEWIS =
NIELSON AT NEW YORK CITY=92S MERKIN HALL JAN. =
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</fontfamily></bold><fontfamily><param>Palatino</param>OBERLIN, OHIO -- The =
Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble (CME) will present a program at New =
York City's Merkin Concert Hall that will include the world premiere of a =
work by composer Lewis Nielson, professor of composition at the Oberlin =
Conservatory of Music. The Conservatory has long been an undergraduate =
haven for many nationally acclaimed chamber musicians and ensembles, =
including the new music group eight blackbird and the International =
Contemporary Ensemble (ICE).


The CME concert will take place Sunday, January 23, at 8 p.m. Tickets are =
$10 for the general public and free for those with an Oberlin College I.D. =
For more information, please call the Merkin Hall box office at (212) =
501-3330. Merkin Hall is located in the Kaufman Center at 129 W. 67th =
Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam.


The program, conducted by Oberlin=92s Strickland Gardner Professor of Music =
Timothy Weiss, will feature Nielson=92s <italic>Anabasis</italic> as well =
as Charles Wuorinen's <italic>Arabia</italic> <italic>Felix</italic>, the =
U.S. premiere of Jonathan Harvey's <italic>Death of Light/Light of =
Death</italic>, and, with baritone Michael Weyandt, Peter Maxwell Davies' =
<italic>Eight Songs for a Mad King</italic>. Stage direction for the =
Davies' piece is by Oberlin Assistant Director of Opera Theater Victoria =
Vaughan.


This is the second New York appearance of the CME in less than a year. In =
March 2004, Weiss led the ensemble in an all-Nielson program at Carnegie's =
Weill Recital Hall that music critic Anthony Aibel, writing for the =
<italic>New</italic> <italic>York Concert Review</italic>, called =
"unbelievably polished, superb ... [and] impeccable."


Considered one of the premiere new music ensembles in higher education in =
the United States, the CME performs music of all styles and genres,<bold> =
</bold>with a repertoire that is as broad as the entirety of contemporary =
music. In addition to premiering works by student, faculty, and alumni =
composers, the CME has given first performances of new works<bold> =
</bold>by prominent composers, including James Dillon's <italic>The Soadie =
Waste</italic> and an upcoming work by Jason Eckhart. The CME also offers =
students the chance to perform with such famous exponents of modern music =
as Steven Schick, Marilyn Nonken, and Ursula Oppens, among many others. In =
May 2005, the CME, under the baton of Timothy Weiss, will perform two =
concerts of works by Sir Harrison Birtwistle, who will be in residence at =
Oberlin.


<bold>Timothy Weiss</bold>, who also directs the Oberlin Conservatory of =
Music's conducting division, holds a diploma from the <bold>Li=E8ge =
</bold>Conservatory and degrees from Northwestern University and the =
University of Michigan. His repertoire in contemporary music is vast, and =
includes masterworks, very recent compositions, and an impressive number of =
premieres. Weiss also conducts the Oberlin Wind Ensemble.


<bold>Lewis Nielson</bold> studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, =
at Clark University in Massachusetts, and at the University of Iowa, where =
he received a Ph.D. in music theory and composition. His more than 90 works =
are published by Seesaw Music Corp. and through American Composers Edition. =
He has received numerous commissions from chamber ensembles and solo =
performers, and many grants and awards, including those from the National =
Endowment for the Arts and Meet the Composer. He chairs Oberlin's =
composition department and serves as director of its contemporary music =
division.


<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.


For more information about Oberlin, please visit Oberlin.edu.


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