[NEohioPAL] Oberlin Celebrates Bach's Birthday with Concert—and Live Broadcast—March 21
Marci Janas
Marci.Janas at oberlin.edu
Mon Feb 6 08:52:01 PST 2006
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Marci Janas, Director of Conservatory Media Relations
(440) 775-8328 (office); (440) 667-2724 (cell); marci.janas at oberlin.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Oberlin Conservatory of Music Celebrates J. S. Bach=92s Birthday March =
21=20
With an Evening of Organ and Chamber Concerts Hosted by Pipedreams=92=20
Michael Barone
Event to be broadcast live on 104.9 FM-WCLV
OBERLIN, OHIO (Feb. 6, 2006) =97 Numerologists might have some=20
interesting things to say about the fact that Johann Sebastian Bach=20
turns 321 on 3/21/06. But music, not mysticism, will be the focus when=20=
students from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music present a celebratory=20
evening of the composer=92s organ and chamber music Tuesday, March 21, =
at=20
8 p.m. in Warner Concert Hall. Michael Barone =9268, a senior executive=20=
producer at Minnesota Public Radio and the host and producer of=20
American Public Media=92s radio program Pipedreams (also online at=20
www.pipedreams.org), will be the master of ceremonies for the free,=20
public event. The entire concert will be broadcast live on Cleveland=92s=20=
classical station 104.9 FM-WCLV and simulcast online at www.wclv.com.
The showcase instrument for Bach=92s birthday party concert is =
Oberlin=92s=20
Warner Concert Hall pipe organ, built in 1974 by D. A. Flentrop in the=20=
northern European style of the 18th-century. A three-manual instrument=20=
with forty-four stops and four couplers, its 3,400 pipes are housed in=20=
a painted case made of handcrafted solid African mahogany, with the=20
Prestant pipes of each division comprising the facade. Most of the=20
required performances for organ majors take place in this hall, and the=20=
concert=92s program features seven outstanding soloists from Oberlin=92s=20=
organ studies program. The first five listed below study with Professor=20=
of Organ James David Christie; the last two are students of Professor=20
of Organ David Boe:
=95 Daniel Tappe =9206 from Germany will perform Bach=92s =
Chorale Prelude:=20
Vor deinen Thron;
=95 Songsun Lee =9206, an artist diploma student from the =
Republic of=20
Korea, will perform the Trio Sonata V in C Major;
=95 Balint Karosi AD =9205; MM =9207 from Hungary, will perform =
the Prelude=20
and Fugue in G Major;
=95 Jakub Bukowczan =9207, an artist diploma student from =
Poland, will=20
perform the Chorale Prelude: Allein Gott in der H=F6h sei Her;
=95 James Feddeck BMus =9205; MM =9206 from Scarsdale, New York, =
will=20
perform the Chorale Prelude: Schm=FCcke dich;
=95 Jonathan Wessler =9206 from Peoria, Illinois, will perform =
the Fugue=20
on the Magnificat; and
=95 Yoon-Jin Hwang =9207 from the Republic of Korea will perform =
the=20
Fantasie and Fugue in G minor.
Three ensembles from Oberlin=92s historical performance program =
are also=20
slated to perform on period instruments, and Professor of Musicology=20
Steven Plank will add his commentary to that of Barone=92s during the=20
concert.
The concert will also be recorded for possible future use on Barone=92s=20=
Pipedreams program, which is the only radio program in national=20
syndication that explores the art of the pipe organ, embracing=20
everything from period-appropriate instruments and repertoire from the=20=
17th- and 18th-centuries to contemporary scores, new installations,=20
works with orchestra and other instruments=97even the theater organ. The=20=
national offering of Pipedreams began in 1982, an outgrowth of a=20
regional-only show, The Organ Program, which Barone started in 1969,=20
shortly after being appointed music director at KSJR-FM in=20
Collegeville, the cornerstone station of what in the past 38 years has=20=
grown into the present Minnesota Public Radio system. Pipedreams can be=20=
heard on 104.9 FM-WCLV on Sunday evenings at 11 p.m.
=93We=92ve never programmed anything quite like this before,=94 =
says David=20
Boe. =93J.S. Bach has been the focus of numerous programs over the=20
years=97we=92ve presented all-Bach recitals and he has been the central=20=
figure in several sessions of the Baroque Performance Institute=97but=20
what distinguishes this event is the fact that it is our first live=20
broadcast of an all-Bach program, and is hosted by our esteemed alumnus=20=
Michael Barone.=94
Barone, a music history major at Oberlin who took applied =
studies in=20
organ with Emeritus Professor of Organ Haskell Thomson, has returned to=20=
campus several times since graduating in 1968, including a visit in=20
1992 to record student performances and interviews for a subsequent=20
pair of Pipedreams broadcasts. He also produced a show featuring Finney=20=
Chapel=92s Kay Africa Memorial Organ when it was dedicated in September=20=
2001, and contributed, from Minnesota, to an intermission feature=20
during the live broadcast of that event.
=93Inevitably, aspects of the campus have changed since I was a=20=
student,=94 says Barone. =93Fortunately, the talent and enthusiasm of =
the=20
Conservatory students remains as I remember it.=94
A blanket invitation to Oberlin=92s birthday party for Bach =
extends to=20
all members of the Oberlin community and beyond. =93Warner Concert Hall=20=
seats 645,=94 Boe adds, =93We hope every seat is filled for this =
marvelous=20
celebration of Bach and his music.=94
Organ Studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music stands in the very first rank =
of=20
organ schools internationally, and has long been recognized as one of=20
the world=92s leading centers for organ instruction. Oberlin has=20
graduated professional musicians who serve with distinction as=20
university organists, professors, and church musicians. The organ=20
program is designed to help students develop excellence in performance=20=
and to give them a broad understanding of repertoire and performance=20
practice through a flexible curriculum that includes private lessons,=20
studio classes, and repertoire courses. In addition, the Conservatory=20
offers a yearlong course that covers the history of the organ and its=20
literature as well as an improvisation course. The organ collection at=20=
Oberlin includes some of the very finest instruments from several of=20
the world=92s best builders. The Kay Africa Memorial Organ in Finney=20
Chapel was designed and built in 2001 by C.B. Fisk, Inc. in the best of=20=
the late-Romantic tradition, based on the symphonic style of the great=20=
French organbuilder, Aristide Cavaill=E9-Coll. The D.A. Flentrop organ =
in=20
Warner Concert Hall was designed and built in 1974 in the northern=20
European style of the 18th-century, and the John Brombaugh organ, found=20=
in Fairchild Chapel, was modeled on the late Renaissance and early=20
Baroque style of North Germany.
Founded in 1865 and situated within the intellectual vitality of=20=
Oberlin College since 1867, Oberlin is the oldest continuously=20
operating conservatory in the United States. A primarily undergraduate=20=
institution, Oberlin is renowned internationally as a professional=20
music school of the highest caliber and has been called a =93national=20
treasure=94 by the Washington Post.
# # #
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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<flushright><underline><x-tad-smaller>Media Contact Only:
</x-tad-smaller></underline><x-tad-smaller>Marci Janas, Director of
Conservatory Media Relations
(440) 775-8328 (office); (440) 667-2724 (cell);
=
</x-tad-smaller><underline><color><param>0000,0000,FFFD</param><x-tad-smal=
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</x-tad-smaller></flushright><underline><x-tad-smaller>FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:
</x-tad-smaller></underline><x-tad-smaller>
</x-tad-smaller><center><bold><bigger>Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Celebrates J. S. Bach=92s Birthday March 21 With an Evening of Organ and
Chamber Concerts Hosted by <italic>Pipedreams=92</italic> Michael =
Barone</bigger>
<x-tad-smaller>
</x-tad-smaller><italic>Event to be broadcast live on 104.9 =
FM-WCLV<x-tad-smaller>
</x-tad-smaller></italic></bold></center><x-tad-smaller>
</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-bigger>OBERLIN, OHIO (Feb. 6, 2006) =97
Numerologists might have some interesting things to say about the fact
that Johann Sebastian Bach turns 321 on 3/21/06. But music, not
mysticism, will be the focus when students from the Oberlin
Conservatory of Music present a celebratory evening of the composer=92s
organ and chamber music Tuesday, March 21, at 8 p.m. in Warner Concert
Hall. Michael Barone =9268, a senior executive producer at Minnesota
Public Radio and the host and producer of American Public Media=92s
radio program
=
</x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Pipedreams</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-=
tad-bigger> (also
online at www.pipedreams.org), will be the master of ceremonies for
the free, public event. The entire concert will be broadcast live on
Cleveland=92s classical station 104.9 FM-WCLV and simulcast online at
www.wclv.com.=20
The showcase instrument for Bach=92s birthday party concert is
Oberlin=92s Warner Concert Hall pipe organ, built in 1974 by D. A.
Flentrop in the northern European style of the 18th-century. A
three-manual instrument with forty-four stops and four couplers, its
3,400 pipes are housed in a painted case made of handcrafted solid
African mahogany, with the Prestant pipes of each division comprising
the facade. Most of the required performances for organ majors take
place in this hall, and the concert=92s program features seven
outstanding soloists from Oberlin=92s organ studies program. The first
five listed below study with Professor of Organ James David Christie;
the last two are students of Professor of Organ David Boe:
=95 </x-tad-bigger><bold><x-tad-bigger>Daniel Tappe
=9206</x-tad-bigger></bold><x-tad-bigger> from Germany will perform
Bach=92s </x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Chorale Prelude: Vor
deinen Thron;
</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-tad-bigger>
=95 </x-tad-bigger><bold><x-tad-bigger>Songsun Lee
=9206</x-tad-bigger></bold><x-tad-bigger>, an artist diploma student
from the Republic of Korea, will perform the
</x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Trio Sonata V in C =
Major;</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-tad-bigger>
=95 </x-tad-bigger><bold><x-tad-bigger>Balint
Karosi</x-tad-bigger></bold><x-tad-bigger> =
</x-tad-bigger><bold><x-tad-bigger>AD
=9205; MM =9207 </x-tad-bigger></bold><x-tad-bigger>from Hungary, will
perform the </x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Prelude and Fugue in
G Major;
</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-tad-bigger> =95
</x-tad-bigger><bold><x-tad-bigger>Jakub Bukowczan
=9207</x-tad-bigger></bold><x-tad-bigger>, an artist diploma student
from Poland, will perform the
</x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Chorale Prelude: Allein Gott in
der H=F6h sei Her;</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-tad-bigger>
=95 </x-tad-bigger><bold><x-tad-bigger>James Feddeck BMus =9205; =
MM =9206
=
</x-tad-bigger></bold><x-tad-bigger>from</x-tad-bigger><bold><x-tad-bigger=
>
</x-tad-bigger></bold><x-tad-bigger>Scarsdale, New
York,</x-tad-bigger><bold><x-tad-bigger> =
</x-tad-bigger></bold><x-tad-bigger>will
perform the </x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Chorale Prelude:
Schm=FCcke dich;</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-tad-bigger>
</x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger> =
</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-tad-bigger>
=95 </x-tad-bigger><bold><x-tad-bigger>Jonathan Wessler
=9206</x-tad-bigger></bold><x-tad-bigger> from Peoria, Illinois, will
perform the </x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Fugue on the
Magnificat; </x-tad-bigger></italic><x-tad-bigger>and=20
=95 </x-tad-bigger><bold><x-tad-bigger>Yoon-Jin Hwang =9207 from =
the
Republic of Korea</x-tad-bigger></bold><x-tad-bigger> will perform the
</x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Fantasie and Fugue in G
minor</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-tad-bigger>.
Three ensembles from Oberlin=92s historical performance program =
are
also slated to perform on period instruments, and Professor of
Musicology Steven Plank will add his commentary to that of Barone=92s
during the concert.
The concert will also be recorded for possible future use on Barone=92s
=
</x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Pipedreams</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-=
tad-bigger>
program, which is the only radio program in national syndication that
explores the art of the pipe organ, embracing everything from
period-appropriate instruments and repertoire from the 17th- and
18th-centuries to contemporary scores, new installations, works with
orchestra and other instruments=97even the theater organ. The national
offering of
=
</x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Pipedreams</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-=
tad-bigger> began
in 1982, an outgrowth of a regional-only show,
</x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>The
Organ</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-tad-bigger> =
</x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Program</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-tad=
-bigger>,
which Barone started in 1969, shortly after being appointed music
director at KSJR-FM in Collegeville, the cornerstone station of what
in the past 38 years has grown into the present Minnesota Public Radio
system.
=
</x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Pipedreams</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-=
tad-bigger> can
be heard on 104.9 FM-WCLV on Sunday evenings at 11 p.m.
=93We=92ve never programmed anything quite like this before,=94 =
says David
Boe. =93J.S. Bach has been the focus of numerous programs over the
years=97we=92ve presented all-Bach recitals and he has been the central
figure in several sessions of the Baroque Performance Institute=97but
what distinguishes this event is the fact that it is our first live
broadcast of an all-Bach program, and is hosted by our esteemed
alumnus Michael Barone.=94
Barone, a music history major at Oberlin who took applied =
studies in
organ with Emeritus Professor of Organ Haskell Thomson, has returned
to campus several times since graduating in 1968, including a visit in
1992 to record student performances and interviews for a subsequent
pair of
=
</x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Pipedreams</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-=
tad-bigger> broadcasts.
He also produced a show featuring Finney Chapel=92s Kay Africa Memorial
Organ when it was dedicated in September 2001, and contributed, from
Minnesota, to an intermission feature during the live broadcast of
that event.=20
=93Inevitably, aspects of the campus have changed since I was a
student,=94 says Barone. =93Fortunately, the talent and enthusiasm of =
the
Conservatory students remains as I remember it.=94
A blanket invitation to Oberlin=92s birthday party for Bach =
extends to
all members of the Oberlin community and beyond. =93Warner Concert Hall
seats 645,=94 Boe adds, =93We hope every seat is filled for this =
marvelous
celebration of Bach and his music.=94
</x-tad-bigger><bold><x-tad-bigger>Organ Studies at the Oberlin
Conservatory of Music
</x-tad-bigger></bold><x-tad-bigger> The Oberlin Conservatory of =
Music
stands in the very first rank of organ schools internationally, and
has long been recognized as one of the world=92s leading centers for
organ instruction. Oberlin has graduated professional musicians who
serve with distinction as university organists, professors, and church
musicians. The organ program is designed to help students develop
excellence in performance and to give them a broad understanding of
repertoire and performance practice through a flexible curriculum that
includes private lessons, studio classes, and repertoire courses. In
addition, the Conservatory offers a yearlong course that covers the
history of the organ and its literature as well as an improvisation
course. The organ collection at Oberlin includes some of the very
finest instruments from several of the world=92s best builders. The Kay
Africa Memorial Organ in Finney Chapel was designed and built in 2001
by C.B. Fisk, Inc. in the best of the late-Romantic tradition, based
on the symphonic style of the great French organbuilder, Aristide
Cavaill=E9-Coll. The D.A. Flentrop organ in Warner Concert Hall was
designed and built in 1974 in the northern European style of the
18th-century, and the John Brombaugh organ, found in Fairchild Chapel,
was modeled on the late Renaissance and early Baroque style of North
Germany.=20
Founded in 1865 and situated within the intellectual vitality of
Oberlin College since 1867, Oberlin is the oldest continuously
operating conservatory in the United States. A primarily undergraduate
institution, Oberlin is renowned internationally as a professional
music school of the highest caliber and has been called a =93national
treasure=94 by the </x-tad-bigger><italic><x-tad-bigger>Washington
Post</x-tad-bigger></italic><x-tad-bigger>.
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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=
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