[NEohioPAL]Oberlin Conservatory Students to Perform at Kennedy Center

Marci Janas Marci.Janas at oberlin.edu
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OBERLIN CONSERVATORY TO HEADLINE KENNEDY CENTER EVENT

<Editors please note: Biographies of individual performers are included.>


OBERLIN, OHIO -- The Oberlin Conservatory of Music will have the=20
opportunity to showcase some of its exceptionally talented students during=20
the prestigious Conservatory Project Series at the John F. Kennedy Center=20
for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Feb. 25.  A part of =

the Center's Millennium Stage Initiative, the Conservatory Project is a new =

program for developing and presenting young talent from the nation's=20
leading music conservatories.

"The Conservatory Project creates an ongoing showcase for our nation's=20
exceptional young musical artists," says Michael M. Kaiser, president of=20
the Kennedy Center, "and is a wonderful opportunity for them to be heard on =

a national stage."

The Kennedy Center offers the music series twice a year as a means of=20
introducing Washington audiences to young performers who show extraordinary =

talent with performances of classical music, jazz, and opera. National=20
Public Radio will record the performances, which will be broadcast via the=20
Kennedy Center's website at kennedy-center.org. Student participants also=20
will have the opportunity to be critiqued by world-renowned musicians,=20
including Leonard Slatkin and Placido Domingo.

"We welcome this wonderful opportunity to demonstrate on a national level=20
Oberlin's pursuit of excellence,"  says Andrea Kalyn, associate dean of the =

Oberlin Conservatory of Music. "By inviting Oberlin to participate, our=20
nation's performing arts leaders have affirmed that our school offers one=20
of the country's finest music programs."

Oberlin's Friday night performance is one of a series of six nights of=20
concerts, each presented by a different school.  The free events take place =

from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theatre, which seats 513=20
people.
	
Five sets of musicians, each selected by different departments in the=20
Conservatory, will represent Oberlin at the Kennedy Center. The Oberlin=20
program includes:

Yuncong Zhang '07, violinist, and pianist Scott Meek '05
    Carmen, fantasie brillante (1877) by Jen=F6 Hubay (1858-1937)

Todd Boyce '05, baritone, with pianist Yingying Su '07
   Selections from M=F6rike-Lieder (1889): Heimweh; Der J=E4ger;
   Die Geister am Mummelsee by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)

Emily Brebach '05, oboist, accompanied by pianist James
Howsmon, associate professor of instrumental accompanying
    Concerto for Oboe II. Poco andante III. Poco allegro by
    Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)

Jasper Quartet:  J Freivogel '06 and Evan Few '06, violins;
       Sam Quintal '06, viola; Rachel Henderson '06, cello
       String Quartet No. 4 (1928) by B=E9la Bart=F3k (1881-1945)

Yury Shadrin '05, pianist
     Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante by
     Frederick Chopin (1810-1849)

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.




OBERLIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
BIOGRAPHIES OF KENNEDY CENTER PERFORMERS


YUNCONG ZHANG was born into a musically active family in Changchun, P.R.=20
China. In 2003, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music offered Zhang a full=20
scholarship to study with Professor of Violin Marilyn McDonald. Zhang was=20
invited to perform in Oberlin's Danenberg Honors Recital in fall 2003, and=20
was accepted into the Blossom Music Festival's summer program, during which =

she performed with the Cleveland Orchestra. In both 2003 and 2004 she=20
participated in the New York String Seminar and performed at Carnegie Hall=20
with Leon Fleisher, Kyoko Takezawa, and Gil Shaham, conducted by Jamie=20
Laredo. She was a 2004 prizewinner in the Kingsville International Concerto =

Competition in Texas, and has also won many national violin competitions in =

China. Zhang spent the summer of 2004 at the School of Music in Taos, New=20
Mexico.
_________________________________________________________________
SCOTT MEEK was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada where he began his=20
musical studies.  His piano teacher for 10 years in Winnipeg was Carole=20
Pollard, and he currently is pursuing a bachelor of music degree with=20
Associate Professor of Piano Alvin Chow at the Oberlin Conservatory of=20
Music. As part of the double degree program at Oberlin College, Scott is=20
also working towards a bachelor of arts degree in the Japanese language.

Meek has participated in many competitions and has won many scholarships.=20
In 2003 he was chosen as one of the four winners of the Oberlin Concerto=20
Competition, and performed with the Oberlin Orchestra in March 2004.  Also=20
that year, he was awarded the John Elvin Piano Prize for Outstanding=20
Third-Year Student. In 2002, Meek won the Shean Piano Competition in=20
Edmonton, Alberta.  He performed his debut with the Edmonton Symphony=20
Orchestra in January 2004.
_________________________________________________________________
TODD BOYCE is a winner of Oberlin's 2004 Concerto Competition, the Dayton=20
Opera Guild's Annual College Vocal Competition 2004, including their=20
"Audience Favorite" award, the Cleveland Singers Club 2003 S. Livingston=20
Mather Scholarship Competition, and NATS (National Association of Teachers=20
of Singing) Audition 2001.  He has sung in masterclasses with=20
world-renowned bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff, coach Dusi Mura, and=20
professional accompanist/vocal coach, J. J. Penna.

Currently, Boyce studies with Professor of Singing Marlene Ralis Rosen at=20
the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he has appeared as a soloist with=20
many of the major ensembles.  His past performances include Poulenc's=20
Chansons Villageoises with the Oberlin Orchestra; baritone solo in Vaughan=20
Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem with the Oberlin Orchestra and Musical Union;=20
Gustav Mahler's Um Mitternacht with the Oberlin Wind Ensemble; baritone=20
soloist in Vaughan William's Turtle Dove with the Oberlin College Choir;=20
and bass soloist in various cantatas with the Black River Singers.  In=20
addition to engagements at Oberlin, Mr. Boyce has performed with the=20
Cleveland Orchestra as baritone soloist in Fantasia on Christmas Carols by=20
Vaughan-Williams and in the role of Der Pfleger in their concert production =

of Strauss's Elektra.

Among Boyce's other operatic performances are Count Almaviva in Mozart's Le =

Nozze di Figaro, Vicar in Benjamin Britten's Albert Herring, both performed =

with Oberlin Opera Theatre; Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte and Masetto in Don=20
Giovanni by Mozart, both at the Oberlin in Italy summer program; and=20
Spinelloccio in Gianni Schicchi by Puccini.  This summer he will perform=20
Gregory in Gounod's Romeo and Juliet  with the Opera Theatre St. Louis=20
Gerdine Young Artist Program 2005.
_________________________________________________________________
YINGYING SU is a sophomore piano major at the Oberlin Conservatory studying =

with Monique Duphil.  She has given recitals throughout the United States=20
and has won several prestigious awards, including first prize in the=20
Xing-Hai Conservatory of Music Piano Competition (2001), and prizes in Hong =

Kong's Asian Competition for Young Pianists (1999) and the Chinese National =

Piano Competition (1996).
_________________________________________________________________
EMILY BREBACH started oboe studies at the age of nine with Louis=20
Rosenblatt, former English hornist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and was a =

member of the woodwind quintet program at Philadelphia's Settlement Music=20
School.  She currently lives in Oberlin, Ohio where she studies with=20
Professor of Oboe James Caldwell at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.  In=20
the past year she has performed extensively with Oberlin's Contemporary=20
Music Ensemble including the American premiere of Jonathan Harvey's Death=20
of Light/Light of Death at Merkin Hall in New York City and a concert of=20
chamber works by Oliver Knussen at Reinberger Concert Hall in Severance=20
Hall in Cleveland.  Also this year she has performed in an Oberlin faculty=20
chamber music concert and as English hornist under the baton of Sir Simon=20
Rattle at Oberlin.

Brebach has spent her summers at both the Aspen Music Festival and School=20
and the International Festival-Institute at Round Top studying with=20
world-renowned oboists such as Richard Woodhams, Elaine Douvas, Rebecca=20
Henderson, and Basil Reeve.  When not performing, she spends her time=20
working for the Oberlin Artist Recital Series and as president of the=20
Oberlin Music Coalition, an entirely student-run outreach organization=20
dedicated to bringing classical music to children in the greater Oberlin=20
area.  Teaching has also become an integral part of Brebach's life.=20
Besides her students in Oberlin, she spent January 2004 in Panama City,=20
Panama, teaching at the Campamento Musical Juven=EDl as a guest of the=20
Panamanian government and Panama=92s Asociaci=F3n Nacional de Conciertos.
_________________________________________________________________
JAMES HOWSMON is Associate Professor of Instrumental Accompanying at the=20
Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He has collaborated in nearly 1,000=20
performances in North American and Europe, including recent concerts in San =

Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Dallas.  A highlight of the spring=20
2005 season will be two performances of Stravinsky's Les Noces with the=20
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, conducted by Pierre Boulez.  At Oberlin he is=20
responsible for the instrumental collaborative activities of the school=92s =

100 piano majors.  He is a frequent performer at Oberlin; recent concerts=20
include the Stravinsky Piano Concerto and the Hindemith Konzertmusik with=20
the Oberlin Wind Ensemble, Messiaen's Couleurs de la cit=E9 celeste with =
the=20
Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, and the Beethoven "Archduke" Trio on=20
the Faculty Chamber Music Series. He has recorded music of Bach, Prokofiev, =

Bartok, Stravinsky, and Ravel for the Numerica Editions, Ltd. and SKREF=20
labels.

Howsmon studied at the Eastman School of Music, where his chamber music=20
teachers included the Cleveland Quartet.  He also studied collaboration=20
with Charles Reiner and Samuel Sanders.  He has served on the faculties of=20
Minnesota State University, The Quartet Program=91, and the MacPhail Cener=20
for the Arts in Minneapolis.  In addition to his performing, Mr. Howsmon=20
has presented recent master classes at the Juilliard School, Indiana=20
University, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the University of=20
Alabama.  In the summers he is on the piano faculty of the Brevard Music=20
Center in the mountains of western North Carolina.  Howsmon is married to=20
violist Louise Zeitlin.  They live in Oberlin with their two children.
_________________________________________________________________
THE JASPER QUARTET (J Freivogel and Evan Few, violins; Sam Quintal, viola;=20
Rachel Henderson, cello) formed in 2003 at the Oberlin College=20
Conservatory.  An advocate of both contemporary and classical music, the=20
Jasper Quartet has been featured in concerts throughout the Midwest,=20
Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Colorado.  They have worked with musicians=20
such as Marilyn McDonald, Darrett Adkins, Brian Zeger, Tim Weiss, Joseph=20
Kalichstein, and members of the Emerson, Juilliard, American, Vermeer, and=20
Cleveland Quartets.  Dedicated to the promotion of Western art music, the=20
quartet has traveled in the past two years to Washington, D.C. using the=20
Oberlin-Smithsonian Fellowship to perform at the Smithsonian's Hall of=20
Musical Instruments and to give outreach concerts in Washington-area=20
schools.  WCLV (Cleveland=92s classical music station) has twice featured =
the=20
Jasper Quartet in a radio broadcast of a live performance.

The Jasper Quartet has worked with a number of emerging and established=20
composers of new music.  Last spring, they performed Morton Subotnick's A=20
Fluttering of Wings for string quartet and electronics, with the composer=20
at the computers. This summer, the quartet plans to attend the Advanced=20
Quartet Studies Program at the Aspen Music Festival, where they will work=20
with members of the Juilliard, Takacs, American, and Brentano string=20
quartets. The members of the Jasper Quartet anticipate graduation from=20
Oberlin in 2006, after which they hope to continue their pursuit of chamber =

music together.
_____________________________________________________________
YURY SHADRIN was born in 1980 in Perm, Russia.  He began his piano studies=20
at the age of eight.  In 1992 he was accepted to the Special School for=20
Gifted Children in Novosibirsk, where he studied with Dina Schevchuk.  In=20
1994, Shadrin won both the Siberian Piano Competition and the International =

Piano Competition in Rome, Italy.  In 1999 he entered Moscow Conservatory.=20
His teachers were Lev Naumov and Elisso Virssaladze.

Shadrin has performed regularly with the Novosibirsk Philharmonic=20
Orchestra, and has played numerous recitals in Germany, France, and=20
Switzerland.  He is currently enrolled in the Oberlin Conservatory Artist=20
Diploma Program as a student of Professor of Piano Monique Duphil.  In=20
April 2004 he was the winner of the prestigious Arthur Dann Piano=20
Competition, resulting in concert engagements in the United State and South =

America for the 2004-2005 season.



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<<Editors please note: Biographies of individual performers are included.>



OBERLIN, OHIO -- The Oberlin Conservatory of Music will have the =
opportunity to showcase some of its exceptionally talented students during =
the prestigious Conservatory Project Series at the John F. Kennedy Center =
for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Feb. 25.  A part of =
the Center's Millennium Stage Initiative, the Conservatory Project is a new =
program for developing and presenting young talent from the nation's =
leading music conservatories. =20


"The Conservatory Project creates an ongoing showcase for our nation's =
exceptional young musical artists," says Michael M. Kaiser, president of =
the Kennedy Center, "and is a wonderful opportunity for them to be heard on =
a national stage."


The Kennedy Center offers the music series twice a year as a means of =
introducing Washington audiences to young performers who show extraordinary =
talent with performances of classical music, jazz, and opera. National =
Public Radio will record the performances, which will be broadcast via the =
Kennedy Center's website at kennedy-center.org. Student participants also =
will have the opportunity to be critiqued by world-renowned musicians, =
including Leonard Slatkin and Placido Domingo.


"We welcome this wonderful opportunity to demonstrate on a national level =
Oberlin's pursuit of excellence,"  says Andrea Kalyn, associate dean of the =
Oberlin Conservatory of Music. "By inviting Oberlin to participate, our =
nation's performing arts leaders have affirmed that our school offers one =
of the country's finest music programs."


Oberlin's Friday night performance is one of a series of six nights of =
concerts, each presented by a different school.  The free events take place =
from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theatre, which seats 513 =
people.   =20

	

Five sets of musicians, each selected by different departments in the =
Conservatory, will represent Oberlin at the Kennedy Center. The Oberlin =
program includes:


Yuncong Zhang '07, violinist, and pianist Scott Meek '05

    <italic>Carmen, fantasie brillante</italic> (1877) by Jen=F6 Hubay =
(1858-1937)


Todd Boyce '05, baritone, with pianist Yingying Su '07

   Selections from <italic>M=F6rike-Lieder</italic> (1889): =
<italic>Heimweh; Der J=E4ger;</italic>=20

   <italic>Die Geister am Mummelse</italic>e by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)


Emily Brebach '05, oboist, accompanied by pianist James   =20

Howsmon, associate professor of instrumental accompanying

    <italic>Concerto for Oboe II. Poco andante III. Poco allegro</italic> =
by=20

    Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)


Jasper Quartet:  J Freivogel '06 and Evan Few '06, violins;=20

       Sam Quintal '06, viola; Rachel Henderson '06, cello

       <italic>String Quartet No. 4</italic> (1928) by B=E9la Bart=F3k =
(1881-1945)


Yury Shadrin '05, pianist

     <italic>Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante</italic> by=20

     Frederick Chopin (1810-1849)


The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, 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.





OBERLIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC=20

BIOGRAPHIES OF KENNEDY CENTER PERFORMERS



YUNCONG ZHANG was born into a musically active family in Changchun, P.R. =
China. In 2003, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music offered Zhang a full =
scholarship to study with Professor of Violin Marilyn McDonald. Zhang was =
invited to perform in Oberlin's Danenberg Honors Recital in fall 2003, and =
was accepted into the Blossom Music Festival's summer program, during which =
she performed with the Cleveland Orchestra. In both 2003 and 2004 she =
participated in the New York String Seminar and performed at Carnegie Hall =
with Leon Fleisher, Kyoko Takezawa, and Gil Shaham, conducted by Jamie =
Laredo. She was a 2004 prizewinner in the Kingsville International Concerto =
Competition in Texas, and has also won many national violin competitions in =
China. Zhang spent the summer of 2004 at the School of Music in Taos, New =
Mexico.=20

_________________________________________________________________

SCOTT MEEK was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada where he began his =
musical studies.  His piano teacher for 10 years in Winnipeg was Carole =
Pollard, and he currently is pursuing a bachelor of music degree with =
Associate Professor of Piano Alvin Chow at the Oberlin Conservatory of =
Music. As part of the double degree program at Oberlin College, Scott is =
also working towards a bachelor of arts degree in the Japanese language.

=20

Meek has participated in many competitions and has won many scholarships.  =
In 2003 he was chosen as one of the four winners of the Oberlin Concerto =
Competition, and performed with the Oberlin Orchestra in March 2004.  Also =
that year, he was awarded the John Elvin Piano Prize for Outstanding =
Third-Year Student. In 2002, Meek won the Shean Piano Competition in =
Edmonton, Alberta.  He performed his debut with the Edmonton Symphony =
Orchestra in January 2004. =20

_________________________________________________________________

TODD BOYCE is a winner of Oberlin's 2004 Concerto Competition, the Dayton =
Opera Guild's Annual College Vocal Competition 2004, including their =
"Audience Favorite" award, the Cleveland Singers Club 2003 S. Livingston =
Mather Scholarship Competition, and NATS (National Association of Teachers =
of Singing) Audition 2001.  He has sung in masterclasses with =
world-renowned bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff, coach Dusi Mura, and =
professional accompanist/vocal coach, J. J. Penna.


Currently, Boyce studies with Professor of Singing Marlene Ralis Rosen at =
the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he has appeared as a soloist with =
many of the major ensembles.  His past performances include Poulenc's =
Chansons Villageoises with the Oberlin Orchestra; baritone solo in Vaughan =
Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem with the Oberlin Orchestra and Musical Union; =
Gustav Mahler's Um Mitternacht with the Oberlin Wind Ensemble; baritone =
soloist in Vaughan William's Turtle Dove with the Oberlin College Choir; =
and bass soloist in various cantatas with the Black River Singers.  In =
addition to engagements at Oberlin, Mr. Boyce has performed with the =
Cleveland Orchestra as baritone soloist in Fantasia on Christmas Carols by =
Vaughan-Williams and in the role of Der Pfleger in their concert production =
of Strauss's Elektra.=20


Among Boyce's other operatic performances are Count Almaviva in Mozart's Le =
Nozze di Figaro, Vicar in Benjamin Britten's Albert Herring, both performed =
with Oberlin Opera Theatre; Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte and Masetto in Don =
Giovanni by Mozart, both at the Oberlin in Italy summer program; and =
Spinelloccio in Gianni Schicchi by Puccini.  This summer he will perform =
Gregory in Gounod's Romeo and Juliet  with the Opera Theatre St. Louis =
Gerdine Young Artist Program 2005.

_________________________________________________________________

YINGYING SU is a sophomore piano major at the Oberlin Conservatory studying =
with Monique Duphil.  She has given recitals throughout the United States =
and has won several prestigious awards, including first prize in the =
Xing-Hai Conservatory of Music Piano Competition (2001), and prizes in Hong =
Kong's Asian Competition for Young Pianists (1999) and the Chinese National =
Piano Competition (1996).

_________________________________________________________________

EMILY BREBACH started oboe studies at the age of nine with Louis =
Rosenblatt, former English hornist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and was a =
member of the woodwind quintet program at Philadelphia's Settlement Music =
School.  She currently lives in Oberlin, Ohio where she studies with =
Professor of Oboe James Caldwell at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.  In =
the past year she has performed extensively with Oberlin's Contemporary =
Music Ensemble including the American premiere of Jonathan Harvey's Death =
of Light/Light of Death at Merkin Hall in New York City and a concert of =
chamber works by Oliver Knussen at Reinberger Concert Hall in Severance =
Hall in Cleveland.  Also this year she has performed in an Oberlin faculty =
chamber music concert and as English hornist under the baton of Sir Simon =
Rattle at Oberlin. =20


Brebach has spent her summers at both the Aspen Music Festival and School =
and the International Festival-Institute at Round Top studying with =
world-renowned oboists such as Richard Woodhams, Elaine Douvas, Rebecca =
Henderson, and Basil Reeve.  When not performing, she spends her time =
working for the Oberlin Artist Recital Series and as president of the =
Oberlin Music Coalition, an entirely student-run outreach organization =
dedicated to bringing classical music to children in the greater Oberlin =
area.  Teaching has also become an integral part of Brebach's life.  =
Besides her students in Oberlin, she spent January 2004 in Panama City, =
Panama, teaching at the Campamento Musical Juven=EDl as a guest of the =
Panamanian government and Panama=92s Asociaci=F3n Nacional de Conciertos.

_________________________________________________________________

JAMES HOWSMON is Associate Professor of Instrumental Accompanying at the =
Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He has collaborated in nearly 1,000 =
performances in North American and Europe, including recent concerts in San =
Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Dallas.  A highlight of the spring =
2005 season will be two performances of Stravinsky's Les Noces with the =
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, conducted by Pierre Boulez.  At Oberlin he is =
responsible for the instrumental collaborative activities of the school=92s =
100 piano majors.  He is a frequent performer at Oberlin; recent concerts =
include the Stravinsky Piano Concerto and the Hindemith Konzertmusik with =
the Oberlin Wind Ensemble, Messiaen's Couleurs de la cit=E9 celeste with =
the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, and the Beethoven "Archduke" Trio =
on the Faculty Chamber Music Series. He has recorded music of Bach, =
Prokofiev, Bartok, Stravinsky, and Ravel for the Numerica Editions, Ltd. =
and SKREF labels.=20


Howsmon studied at the Eastman School of Music, where his chamber music =
teachers included the Cleveland Quartet.  He also studied collaboration =
with Charles Reiner and Samuel Sanders.  He has served on the faculties of =
Minnesota State University, The Quartet Program=91, and the MacPhail Cener =
for the Arts in Minneapolis.  In addition to his performing, Mr. Howsmon =
has presented recent master classes at the Juilliard School, Indiana =
University, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the University of =
Alabama.  In the summers he is on the piano faculty of the Brevard Music =
Center in the mountains of western North Carolina.  Howsmon is married to =
violist Louise Zeitlin.  They live in Oberlin with their two children.=20

_________________________________________________________________

THE JASPER QUARTET (J Freivogel and Evan Few, violins; Sam Quintal, viola; =
Rachel Henderson, cello) formed in 2003 at the Oberlin College =
Conservatory.  An advocate of both contemporary and classical music, the =
Jasper Quartet has been featured in concerts throughout the Midwest, =
Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Colorado.  They have worked with musicians =
such as Marilyn McDonald, Darrett Adkins, Brian Zeger, Tim Weiss, Joseph =
Kalichstein, and members of the Emerson, Juilliard, American, Vermeer, and =
Cleveland Quartets.  Dedicated to the promotion of Western art music, the =
quartet has traveled in the past two years to Washington, D.C. using the =
Oberlin-Smithsonian Fellowship to perform at the Smithsonian's Hall of =
Musical Instruments and to give outreach concerts in Washington-area =
schools.  WCLV (Cleveland=92s classical music station) has twice featured =
the Jasper Quartet in a radio broadcast of a live performance. =20


The Jasper Quartet has worked with a number of emerging and established =
composers of new music.  Last spring, they performed Morton Subotnick's A =
Fluttering of Wings for string quartet and electronics, with the composer =
at the computers. This summer, the quartet plans to attend the Advanced =
Quartet Studies Program at the Aspen Music Festival, where they will work =
with members of the Juilliard, Takacs, American, and Brentano string =
quartets. The members of the Jasper Quartet anticipate graduation from =
Oberlin in 2006, after which they hope to continue their pursuit of chamber =
music together.

_____________________________________________________________

YURY SHADRIN was born in 1980 in Perm, Russia.  He began his piano studies =
at the age of eight.  In 1992 he was accepted to the Special School for =
Gifted Children in Novosibirsk, where he studied with Dina Schevchuk.  In =
1994, Shadrin won both the Siberian Piano Competition and the International =
Piano Competition in Rome, Italy.  In 1999 he entered Moscow Conservatory.  =
His teachers were Lev Naumov and Elisso Virssaladze.=20


Shadrin has performed regularly with the Novosibirsk Philharmonic =
Orchestra, and has played numerous recitals in Germany, France, and =
Switzerland.  He is currently enrolled in the Oberlin Conservatory Artist =
Diploma Program as a student of Professor of Piano Monique Duphil.  In =
April 2004 he was the winner of the prestigious Arthur Dann Piano =
Competition, resulting in concert engagements in the United State and South =
America for the 2004-2005 season.




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Media Contact Only:

Marci Janas:  440-775-8328 or marci.janas at oberlin.edu

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