[NEohioPAL]Oberlin Conservatory of Music Student Wins Met Opera Audition

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Media Contact Only:

Marci Janas, Director of Conservatory Media Relations

440-775-8328 (office); 440-667-2724 (cell); marci.janas at oberlin.edu

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Alek Shrader, a Student at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Wins

the Metropolitan Opera=E2=80=99s National Council Audition

Tenor is one of six young singers selected for $15,000 cash prize at =20
Grand Finals Concert on April 1

<Editors please note: digital photographs are available upon request.>

OBERLIN, OHIO (April 3, 2007)=E2=80=94Tenor Alek Shrader, a master=E2=80=99=
s =20
degree student in opera theater at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, =20=

is one of six young singers to win the Metropolitan Opera=E2=80=99s 2007 =
=20
National Council Auditions and with it, a $15,000 cash prize. He was =20
selected from 11 finalists who performed arias with the Met =20
Orchestra, conducted by Marco Armiliato, at the Grand Finals Concert, =20=

held at the Met on April 1. Shrader performed =E2=80=9CIl mio tesoro =20
intanto=E2=80=9D from Mozart=E2=80=99s Don Giovanni and =E2=80=9CAh! mes =
amis=E2=80=9D from =20
Donizetti=E2=80=99s La Fille Du Regiment.

The Grand Finals Concert was recorded for broadcast at a later date =20
on public radio stations across the United States. Check local =20
listings for air times.

A student of Associate Professor of Singing Salvatore Champagne, =20
Shrader is the third Oberlin-trained singer in the last six years to =20
win the prestigious Met competition. Soprano Alyson Cambridge =E2=80=9902 =
=20
won in 2003; soprano Carolyn Betty =E2=80=9999 won in 2002.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Shrader, 25, is expected to receive both a =20
bachelor=E2=80=99s degree in vocal performance and a master=E2=80=99s =
degree in =20
opera theater from Oberlin in May 2007. He began his Oberlin studies =20
with Emeritus Professor of Singing Richard Miller, and last October =20
participated in a master class with Distinguished Professor of Voice =20
Marilyn Horne. His recent Oberlin roles include Nemorino in L=E2=80=99Elis=
ir =20
d=E2=80=99Amore, Fenton in Merry Wives of Windsor, the Chevalier in =20
Dialogues des Carm=C3=A8lites, and Tony in West Side Story.

Shrader made his professional debut last summer as Count Almaviva in =20
Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and last =20
January sang Florville in Rossini=E2=80=99s Il Signor Bruschino with New =
=20
York=E2=80=99s Gotham Chamber Opera. Of his debut at St. Louis, Opera =
News =20
wrote: =E2=80=9CAlek Shrader =E2=80=A6 sang the role of Almaviva with =
great skill =20
and sensitivity, plus plenty of comic wit of his own.=E2=80=9D Last =
month he =20
attended Renata Scotto=E2=80=99s Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia =
Opera =20
Studio in Rome. Upcoming is Ramiro in La Cenerentola with San =20
Francisco Opera=E2=80=99s Merola Opera Program. This fall he joins the =20=

Juilliard Opera Center.

Oberlin audiences can hear Shrader when he presents his senior =20
recital on Saturday, May 12, at 8 p.m. in Kulas Recital Hall. His =20
program will include Robert Schumann=E2=80=99s Liederkreis, Op. 39, =
Joaqu=C3=ADn =20
Turina=E2=80=99s Poema en forma de canciones, Op. 19, Ralph Vaughan =20
Williams=E2=80=99 Four Hymns, and a Rossini aria. Kulas Hall is located =
in =20
the Conservatory at 77 West College Street on the Oberlin campus. The =20=

recital is free and open to the public.

The Met Opera made its selection of 11 finalists from nearly 1,500 =20
singers who participated in the auditions held in 45 districts and 15 =20=

regions throughout the United States and Canada, sponsored by the =20
Metropolitan Opera National Council. Given the reach of the =20
auditions, the number of applicants, and the long tradition =20
associated with them, the Metropolitan Opera National Council =20
Auditions are considered the most prestigious in North America for =20
singers seeking to launch an operatic career. Some winners are =20
invited to join the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist =20
Development Program.

  Past winners of the Met auditions include many of today=E2=80=99s =
leading =20
operatic artists such as Ren=C3=A9e Fleming, Hei-Kyung Hong, Deborah =20
Voigt, Grace Bumbry, Susan Graham, Dolora Zajick, Nathan Gunn, Ben =20
Heppner, Thomas Hampson, and Samuel Ramey. During a typical opera =20
season, more than 100 alumni of the auditions sing in Met performances.

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865 and situated amid =20
the intellectual vitality of Oberlin College since 1867, is the =20
oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. =20
Renowned internationally as a professional music school of the =20
highest caliber and pronounced a =E2=80=9Cnational treasure=E2=80=9D by =
the =20
Washington Post, its alumni have gone on to achieve illustrious =20
careers in all aspects of the serious music world. Numerous Oberlin =20
alumni have attained stature as solo performers, composers, and =20
conductors, among them Jennifer Koh, Steven Isserlis, Denyce Graves, =20
Franco Farina, Lisa Saffer, George Walker, Christopher Rouse, David =20
Zinman, and Robert Spano. All of the members of the contemporary =20
music ensembles eighth blackbird and the International Contemporary =20
Ensemble (ICE) are Oberlin graduates, and members of the Mir=C3=B3, =20
Pacifica, Juilliard, and Fry Street quartets, among others, include =20
Oberlin alumni, who can also be found in major orchestras and opera =20
companies throughout the world.

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440-775-8328 (office); 440-667-2724 (cell); marci.janas at oberlin.edu

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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class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;">OBERLIN, OHIO =
(April 3, 2007)=E2=80=94Tenor <B>Alek Shrader</B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;">, a master=E2=80=99s degree student in opera theater at the =
Oberlin Conservatory of Music, is one of six young singers to win the =
Metropolitan Opera=E2=80=99s 2007 National Council Auditions and with =
it, a $15,000 cash prize. He was selected from 11 finalists who =
performed arias with the Met Orchestra, conducted by Marco Armiliato, at =
the Grand Finals Concert, held at the Met on April 1. Shrader performed =
=E2=80=9CIl mio tesoro intanto=E2=80=9D from Mozart=E2=80=99s <I>Don =
Giovanni</I></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;"> and =E2=80=9CAh! =
mes amis=E2=80=9D from Donizetti=E2=80=99s <I>La Fille Du Regiment. =
</I></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-indent: 48px;"><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;">The Grand Finals =
Concert was recorded for broadcast at a later date on public radio =
stations across the United States. Check local listings for air =
times.</SPAN><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D"text-indent: 48px;"><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;">A student of =
Associate Professor of Singing Salvatore Champagne, Shrader is the third =
Oberlin-trained singer in the last six years to win the prestigious Met =
competition. Soprano Alyson Cambridge =E2=80=9902 won in 2003; soprano =
Carolyn Betty =E2=80=9999 won in 2002.</SPAN><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D"text-indent: 48px;"><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;">Born in =
Cleveland, Ohio, Shrader, 25, is expected to receive both a bachelor=E2=80=
=99s degree in vocal performance and a master=E2=80=99s degree in opera =
theater from Oberlin in May 2007. He began his Oberlin studies with =
Emeritus Professor of Singing Richard Miller, and last October =
participated in a master class with Distinguished Professor of Voice =
Marilyn Horne. His recent Oberlin roles include Nemorino in =
<I>L=E2=80=99Elisir d=E2=80=99Amore</I></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;">, Fenton in <I>Merry Wives of Windsor</I></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;">, the Chevalier in <I>Dialogues des =
Carm=C3=A8lites</I></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;">, and Tony in =
<I>West Side Story</I></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;">. </SPAN><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D"text-indent: 48px;"><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;">Shrader made his =
professional debut last summer as Count Almaviva in <I>Il Barbiere =
di</I></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;"> <I>Siviglia</I></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"> with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and last January sang Florville =
in Rossini=E2=80=99s <I>Il Signor Bruschino</I></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"> with New York=E2=80=99s Gotham Chamber Opera. Of his debut at =
St. Louis, <I>Opera News</I></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;"> wrote: =E2=80=9CA=
lek Shrader =E2=80=A6 sang the role of Almaviva with great skill and =
sensitivity, plus plenty of comic wit of his own.=E2=80=9D Last month he =
attended Renata Scotto=E2=80=99s Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia =
Opera Studio in Rome. Upcoming is Ramiro in <I>La =
Cenerentola</I></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;"> with San =
Francisco Opera=E2=80=99s Merola Opera Program. This fall he joins the =
Juilliard Opera Center.</SPAN><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-indent: 48px;"><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;">Oberlin =
audiences can hear Shrader when he presents his senior recital on =
Saturday, May 12, at 8 p.m. in Kulas Recital Hall. His program will =
include Robert Schumann=E2=80=99s <I>Liederkreis, Op. =
39</I></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;">, Joaqu=C3=ADn Turina=E2=80=99s <I>Poema en =
forma de canciones</I></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;">, <I>Op. =
19,</I></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;"> Ralph Vaughan Williams=E2=80=99 <I>Four =
Hymns</I></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;">, and a Rossini aria. Kulas Hall is located =
in the Conservatory at 77 West College Street on the Oberlin campus. The =
recital is free and open to the public.</SPAN><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D"text-indent: 48px;"><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;">The Met Opera =
made its selection of 11 finalists from nearly 1,500 singers who =
participated in the auditions held in 45 districts and 15 regions =
throughout the United States and Canada, sponsored by the Metropolitan =
Opera National Council. </SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#222222"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;">Given the reach =
of the auditions, the number of applicants, and the long tradition =
associated with them, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions =
are considered the most prestigious in North America for singers seeking =
to launch an operatic career. Some winners are invited to join the =
Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. =E2=80=A8=E2=
=80=A8 Past winners of the Met auditions include many of today=E2=80=99s =
leading operatic artists such as Ren=C3=A9e Fleming, Hei-Kyung Hong, =
Deborah Voigt, Grace Bumbry, Susan Graham, Dolora Zajick, Nathan Gunn, =
Ben Heppner, Thomas Hampson, and Samuel Ramey. During a typical opera =
season, more than 100 alumni of the auditions sing in Met =
performances.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P><P =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-indent: 48px;"><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;"><B>The Oberlin =
Conservatory of Music</B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: 24px;">, founded in =
1865 and situated amid the intellectual vitality of Oberlin College =
since 1867, is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the =
United States. </SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;">Renowned internationally as a professional =
music school of the highest caliber and pronounced a =E2=80=9Cnational =
treasure=E2=80=9D by the <I>Washington Post,</I></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;">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=C3=B3, 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.</SPAN><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P =
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