[NEohioPAL]Oberlin Conservatory Production of LUDUS DANIELIS in Cleveland, Boston, and Oberlin

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:		MEDIA CONTACT: MARCI JANAS
January 20, 2004			440-775-8328//marci.janas at oberlin.edu

OBERLIN CONSERVATORY STUDENT DIRECTOR PRESENTS MEDIEVAL MUSICAL PLAY LUDUS=20
DANIELIS IN CLEVELAND, BOSTON, AND OBERLIN


OBERLIN, OHIO -- Mary E. Larew, a senior music composition major at the=20
Oberlin Conservatory of Music and a recipient of one of Great Britain's=20
coveted Marshall Scholarships, is directing a production of the medieval=20
musical play Ludus Danielis (The Play of Daniel) at venues in Cleveland,=20
Boston, and Oberlin.

Since its revival in the 1950s by the early-music concert ensemble New York =

Pro Musica, Ludus Danielis has become one of the most beloved and familiar=20
medieval musical plays of our time.

The production dramatizes two stories from the Book of Daniel  -- "The=20
Writing on the Wall" and "The Lions' Den."  Recorded in the Egerton=20
manuscript by 13th-century students of the Beauvais Cathedral School, this=20
work was performed for many years during the Christmas and New Year's=20
season for the Feast of Fools.

Featuring students and alumni of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Larew's =

production brings this boisterous and beautiful medieval masterpiece to=20
life, fully staged, choreographed, and costumed with the aesthetics of=20
medieval visual art. Larew has added vocal harmonies and instrumental=20
interludes, to be played by period instruments, to the 13th-century music=20
score. At the height of the dramatic action, three lions throat sing a=20
unique and intimidating polyphonic roar. Performances will be sung in=20
Latin, and an English translation of the text will be provided in the=20
program.

A free will offering of $10 is suggested for all performances. For=20
additional information, please contact Mary Larew at:=20
mary.larew at oberlin.edu or visit ludusdanielis.org.

The schedule of performances is as follows:

CLEVELAND
Saturday, January 29, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, January 30, 7:30 p.m.
Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus
Slavic Village
3649 E. 65th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44105

BOSTON
Wednesday, February 2, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 3, 7:30 p.m.
St. Paul=92s Episcopal Church
15 St. Paul Street
Brookline, Mass. 02446

Saturday, February 5, 2 p.m.
First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church
23 Dedham Avenue
Needham, Mass. 02912

OBERLIN
Tuesday, February 8
6 p.m. MEDIEVAL FEAST*
8 p.m. Ludus Danielis
Wednesday, February 9
6 p.m. MEDIEVAL FEAST*
8 p.m. Ludus Danielis
Root Room (Room 217)
Carnegie Building
Oberlin College
52 W. Lorain Street
Oberlin, Ohio  44074


*Oberlin's Medieval Feast is a separate ticketed event. Attendees to the=20
Feast will be served dinner prepared from historically researched recipes,=20
and will enjoy period music and other forms of entertainment. Tickets to=20
the Medieval Feast are $10 for students and children under 12 and $20 for=20
adults.

Principal soloists:

Tenor Samuel Sytsma '04  (Daniel)
Bass Chris Macklin '04 (Belshazzar)
Baritone Austin Clark '05 (Darius)
Soprano Caitlin Maura Smith '07 (Queen)

A chorus of 20 Oberlin students and alumni, including:
Avery Book '04, Chris Macklin '04, and Joseph Kimmel '05 (Lions)
Walker Evans '05, Noah Horn '07, Joseph Kimmel '05, and Stephen Lind '05=20
(Wise Men)
Erin Grady '06 and Jason Lindgren '05 (Enemies of Daniel)
Sarah Allen '06, Rachael Luther '07, and Timothy Rosser '06 (Angels)
Eric Tillberg '07 (Habakkuk)
Avery Bang '04, Leah Falk '07, David Giusti '08, Madeleine Hogue '05, Jason =

Lindgren '05, Naomi Morse '04, Timothy Rosser '06,  and Eric Tillberg '07=20
(Belshazzar's Court)
Walker Evans '06, David Giusti '08, Erin Grady '06, Jane Leggiero '06,=20
Stephen Lind '06, Jason Lindgren '05, Caitlin Maura Smith '07, and Zoe=20
Weiss '06 (Darius's Court)

Instrumentalists:
Harp and Psaltery: Valerie Neverman '05 (all performances)
Organ (Cleveland performance only): Thatcher Lyman '04
Shawms, Recorders, and Bagpipes Debra Nagy '00 and Rotem Gilbert (Boston=20
and Oberlin performances only); David Giusti '08 (all performances)
Vielles: Zoe Weiss '06 and Jane Leggiero '06
Recorders and Percussion: Walker Evans '05


Set Design: Megan Hart '05
Costumes: Sarah Allen '06

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Mary E. Larew is a native of Iowa City, Iowa, where she studied violin and=20
piano at the Preucil School of Music. Now a senior music composition major=20
at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Larew has studied composition with=20
Lewis Nielson, Randolph Coleman, Jeffrey Mumford, and Marilyn Shrude and=20
violin with Kyung Sun Lee.

Larew's greatest passion is Medieval and Renaissance music. At Oberlin, she =

has performed as a soloist and ensemble member of the Collegium Musicum=20
Oberliniense and is co-founder of the a cappella consort Uncloistered. In=20
January 2004, Larew directed a production of Hildegard von Bingen's Ordo=20
Virtutum, with performances in Oberlin and Cleveland. She has also=20
performed with the Renaissance wind band Ciaramella, and can be found on=20
their CD War ich ein Falk, which will be released by Naxos this summer.=20
Upon graduation from the Oberlin Conservatory, Larew plans to study early=20
vocal performance practice and ensemble singing with Dr. John Potter at the =

University of York under the aegis of a 2005 Marshall Scholarship.


ABOUT THE OBERLIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

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. Oberlin-trained=20
musicians, among them Benjamin Bagby, founder of Sequentia, Jeannette=20
Sorrell, founder and music director of Apollo's Fire, and Kathleen Fay,=20
executive director of the Boston Early Music Festival, are also highly=20
respected contributors to the field of historical performance. All of the=20
members of the contemporary music ensembles eighth blackbird and the=20
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) are Oberlin graduates, and=20
members of the Mir=F3, Pacifica, Juilliard, and Fry Street quartets, among=20
others, include Oberlin alumni, who can also be found in major orchestras=20
and opera companies throughout the world.
For more information about Oberlin, please visit Oberlin.edu.



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<bigger><bold>OBERLIN CONSERVATORY STUDENT DIRECTOR PRESENTS MEDIEVAL =
MUSICAL PLAY <italic>LUDUS DANIELIS</italic> IN CLEVELAND, BOSTON, AND =
OBERLIN



</bold>OBERLIN, OHIO -- Mary E. Larew, a senior music composition major at =
the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and a recipient of one of Great Britain's =
coveted Marshall Scholarships, is directing a production of the medieval =
musical play <italic>Ludus Danielis (The Play of Daniel)</italic> at venues =
in Cleveland, Boston, and Oberlin.


Since its revival in the 1950s by the early-music concert ensemble New York =
Pro Musica, <italic>Ludus Danielis</italic> has become one of the most =
beloved and familiar medieval musical plays of our time.


The production dramatizes two stories from the Book of Daniel  -- "The =
Writing on the Wall" and "The Lions' Den."  Recorded in the Egerton =
manuscript by 13th-century students of the Beauvais Cathedral School, this =
work was performed for many years during the Christmas and New Year's =
season for the Feast of Fools.


Featuring students and alumni of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Larew's =
production brings this boisterous and beautiful medieval masterpiece to =
life, fully staged, choreographed, and costumed with the aesthetics of =
medieval visual art. Larew has added vocal harmonies and instrumental =
interludes, to be played by period instruments, to the 13th-century music =
score. At the height of the dramatic action, three lions throat sing a =
unique and intimidating polyphonic roar. Performances will be sung in =
Latin, and an English translation of the text will be provided in the =
program.


A free will offering of $10 is suggested for all performances. For =
additional information, please contact Mary Larew at: =
<color><param>0000,0000,00ff</param><underline>mary.larew at oberlin.edu</under=
line></color> or visit ludusdanielis.org.=20


<bold>The schedule of performances is as follows:


CLEVELAND

</bold>Saturday, January 29, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, January 30, 7:30 p.m.

Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus

Slavic Village

3649 E. 65th Street

Cleveland, Ohio 44105


<bold>BOSTON

</bold>Wednesday, February 2, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, February 3, 7:30 p.m.

St. Paul=92s Episcopal Church=20

15 St. Paul Street

Brookline, Mass. 02446


Saturday, February 5, 2 p.m.

First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church

23 Dedham Avenue=20

Needham, Mass. 02912


<bold>OBERLIN

</bold>Tuesday, February 8

6 p.m. MEDIEVAL FEAST*

8 p.m. <italic>Ludus Danielis

</italic>Wednesday, February 9

6 p.m. MEDIEVAL FEAST*

8 p.m. <italic>Ludus Danielis

</italic>Root Room (Room 217)

Carnegie Building

Oberlin College

52 W. Lorain Street

Oberlin, Ohio  44074



*Oberlin's Medieval Feast is a separate ticketed event. Attendees to the =
Feast will be served dinner prepared from historically researched recipes, =
and will enjoy period music and other forms of entertainment. Tickets to =
the Medieval Feast are $10 for students and children under 12 and $20 for =
adults.=20

 =20

<bold>Principal soloists:=20


</bold>Tenor Samuel Sytsma '04  (Daniel)

Bass Chris Macklin '04 (Belshazzar)

Baritone Austin Clark '05 (Darius)

Soprano Caitlin Maura Smith '07 (Queen)


<bold>A chorus of 20 Oberlin students and alumni, including:

</bold>Avery Book '04, Chris Macklin '04, and Joseph Kimmel '05 (Lions)

Walker Evans '05, Noah Horn '07, Joseph Kimmel '05, and Stephen Lind '05 =
(Wise Men)

Erin Grady '06 and Jason Lindgren '05 (Enemies of Daniel)

Sarah Allen '06, Rachael Luther '07, and Timothy Rosser '06 (Angels)

Eric Tillberg '07 (Habakkuk)

Avery Bang '04, Leah Falk '07, David Giusti '08, Madeleine Hogue '05, Jason =
Lindgren '05, Naomi Morse '04, Timothy Rosser '06,  and Eric Tillberg '07 =
(Belshazzar's Court)

Walker Evans '06, David Giusti '08, Erin Grady '06, Jane Leggiero '06, =
Stephen Lind '06, Jason Lindgren '05, Caitlin Maura Smith '07, and Zoe =
Weiss '06 (Darius's Court)


<bold>Instrumentalists:=20

</bold>Harp and Psaltery: Valerie Neverman '05 (all performances)

Organ (Cleveland performance only): Thatcher Lyman '04

Shawms, Recorders, and Bagpipes Debra Nagy '00 and Rotem Gilbert (Boston =
and Oberlin performances only); David Giusti '08 (all performances)

Vielles: Zoe Weiss '06 and Jane Leggiero '06

Recorders and Percussion: Walker Evans '05



<bold>Set Design:</bold> Megan Hart '05

<bold>Costumes:</bold> Sarah Allen '06


<bold>ABOUT THE DIRECTOR


</bold>Mary E. Larew is a native of Iowa City, Iowa, where she studied =
violin and piano at the Preucil School of Music. Now a senior music =
composition major at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Larew has studied =
composition with Lewis Nielson, Randolph Coleman, Jeffrey Mumford, and =
Marilyn Shrude and violin with Kyung Sun Lee.


Larew's greatest passion is Medieval and Renaissance music. At Oberlin, she =
has performed as a soloist and ensemble member of the Collegium Musicum =
Oberliniense and is co-founder of the a cappella consort Uncloistered. In =
January 2004, Larew directed a production of Hildegard von Bingen's =
<italic>Ordo Virtutum</italic>, with performances in Oberlin and Cleveland. =
She has also performed with the Renaissance wind band Ciaramella, and can =
be found on their CD <italic>War ich ein Falk</italic>, which will be =
released by Naxos this summer.  Upon graduation from the Oberlin =
Conservatory, Larew plans to study early vocal performance practice and =
ensemble singing with Dr. John Potter at the University of York under the =
aegis of a 2005 Marshall Scholarship.



<bold>ABOUT THE OBERLIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC


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. Oberlin-trained =
musicians, among them Benjamin Bagby, founder of Sequentia, Jeannette =
Sorrell, founder and music director of Apollo's Fire, and Kathleen Fay, =
executive director of the Boston Early Music Festival, are also highly =
respected contributors to the field of historical performance. 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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MEDIA CONTACT ONLY:

Marci Janas

440-775-8328

marci.janas at oberlin.edu








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