[NEohioPAL]Bridget-Michaele Reischl Appointed Music Director at Oberlin Conservatory of Music

[Marci Janas]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:		MEDIA CONTACT: Marci Janas
July 12, 2005					=
440-775-8328//marci.janas at oberlin.edu


BRIDGET-MICHAELE REISCHL IS APPOINTED NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR OF ORCHESTRAS=20=

AT THE OBERLIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

<Editors please note: digital images are available upon request. Please=20=

contact Marci Janas.>

OBERLIN, OHIO=97Bridget-Michaele Reischl, music director of the Green =
Bay=20
Symphony Orchestra since 2001, has joined the faculty of the Oberlin=20
Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College as visiting associate=20
professor of conducting and music director of the Oberlin Orchestras.=20
She will retain her directorship of the Green Bay Symphony.

=93Bridget Reischl is a phenomenal musician and teacher and a very =
gifted=20
conductor,=94 says Dean of the Conservatory David H. Stull in announcing=20=

her appointment. =93We are enormously pleased to be bringing her to=20
Oberlin.=94

Reischl=92s appointment became effective July 1, 2005, but this will not=20=

be her first experience at Oberlin; from the fall of 1990 until the=20
spring of 1992 she served as Oberlin=92s interim orchestra conductor.

=93I am honored and delighted to have this opportunity=97Oberlin =
impressed=20
me so much back then,=94 says Reischl. =93It is very exciting to be=20
returning. I can=92t wait to get started.=94

Reischl=92s first concert will be with the Oberlin Orchestra on Sunday,=20=

October 2, at 8 p.m. in Finney Chapel. She will also conduct the spring=20=

opera, The Merry Wives of Windsor, in March 2006.

Since becoming the first American to win Italy=92s Antonio Pedrotti=20
International Conducting Competition in 1995, Reischl has been an=20
active guest conductor internationally and throughout the United=20
States.

 =46rom 1992 to 2004, Reischl was music director of the Lawrence =
Symphony=20
Orchestra and associate professor of conducting at the Lawrence=20
University Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin.=09

Reischl is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music. As a student of=20
Robert Spano =9283, she continued her studies as a conducting fellow at=20=

both the Aspen and the Tanglewood music festivals, where she worked=20
with Seiji Ozawa, David Zinman=9258, and Murray Sidlin.  She is recorded=20=

on the Velut Luna, CRI, and Sea Breeze Record Company labels.

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865 and situated within=20=

the intellectual vitality of Oberlin College since 1867, is the oldest=20=

continuously operating conservatory in the United States. Renowned=20
internationally as a professional music school of the highest caliber=20
and pronounced a =93national treasure=94 by the Washington Post, =
Oberlin=92s=20
alumni have gone on to achieve illustrious careers in all aspects of=20
the serious music world. Many of them have attained stature as solo=20
performers, composers, and conductors, among them Jennifer Koh, Steven=20=

Isserlis, Denyce Graves, Franco Farina, Lisa Saffer, George Walker,=20
Christopher Rouse, David Zinman, and Robert Spano. All of the members=20
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,=20
among others, include Oberlin alumni, who also can be found in major=20
orchestras and opera companies throughout the world.
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440-775-8328





Marci Janas
Director of Conservatory Media Relations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH  44074
www.oberlin.edu/con
(P) 440-775-8328
(F) 440-775-5457
marci.janas at oberlin.edu=

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</fontfamily></bold><fontfamily><param>Palatino</param>OBERLIN,
OHIO=97Bridget-Michaele Reischl, music director of the Green Bay
Symphony Orchestra since 2001, has joined the faculty of the Oberlin
Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College as visiting associate
professor of conducting and music director of the Oberlin Orchestras.
She will retain her directorship of the Green Bay Symphony.


=93Bridget Reischl is a phenomenal musician and teacher and a very
gifted conductor,=94 says Dean of the Conservatory David H. Stull in
announcing her appointment. =93We are enormously pleased to be bringing
her to Oberlin.=94


Reischl=92s appointment became effective July 1, 2005, but this will not
be her first experience at Oberlin; from the fall of 1990 until the
spring of 1992 she served as Oberlin=92s interim orchestra conductor.=20


=93I am honored and delighted to have this opportunity=97Oberlin =
impressed
me so much back then,=94 says Reischl. =93It is very exciting to be
returning. I can=92t wait to get started.=94


Reischl=92s first concert will be with the Oberlin Orchestra on Sunday,
October 2, at 8 p.m. in Finney Chapel. She will also conduct the
spring opera, <italic>The Merry Wives of Windsor</italic>, in March
2006. =20


Since becoming the first American to win Italy=92s Antonio Pedrotti
International Conducting Competition in 1995, Reischl has been an
active guest conductor internationally and throughout the United
States.


=46rom 1992 to 2004, Reischl was music director of the Lawrence Symphony
Orchestra and associate professor of conducting at the Lawrence
University Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin.	=20


Reischl is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music. As a student of
Robert Spano =9283, she continued her studies as a conducting fellow at
both the Aspen and the Tanglewood music festivals, where she worked
with Seiji Ozawa, David Zinman=9258, and Murray Sidlin.  She is recorded
on the Velut Luna, CRI, and Sea Breeze Record Company labels.


<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. Renowned internationally as a professional music school of the
highest caliber and pronounced a =93national treasure=94 by the
<italic>Washington Post,</italic> Oberlin=92s alumni have gone on to
achieve illustrious careers in all aspects of the serious music world.
Many of them 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 also can be found in major orchestras and opera companies
throughout the world.

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440-775-8328

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Marci Janas

Director of Conservatory Media Relations

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

39 West College Street

Oberlin, OH  44074

www.oberlin.edu/con

(P) 440-775-8328

(F) 440-775-5457

marci.janas at oberlin.edu</fontfamily>=

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