[NEohioPAL]Oberlin Conservatory Student Makes National Radio Debut on "A Prairie Home Companion"
Marci Janas
Marci.Janas at oberlin.edu
Wed Apr 18 13:21:44 PDT 2007
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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:
Percussionist Stefan Amidon, a Student at the Oberlin Conservatory of =20=
Music,
Makes His National Radio Debut on =94A Prairie Home Companion=94 =20
Saturday, April 21
OBERLIN, OHIO (April 18, 2007)=97Percussionist Stefan Amidon =9108, a =20=
jazz studies major at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin =20
College, will make his national radio debut on American Public =20
Media=91s =94A Prairie Home Companion,=94 hosted by the inestimable =20
Garrison Keillor, on Saturday, April 21, 2007. The program, which is =20
broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the country, is =20
presenting its first annual =94People in their Twenties Talent Show.=94 =20=
Stefan is a drummer with the honky-tonk band Sweetback Sisters, one =20
of six musical acts vying for the talent show=92s top prize. Listeners =20=
are asked to vote online for their favorite act during the broadcast. =20=
More information about the talent show, and the Sweetback Sisters, is =20=
found on the program=92s web site: http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/=20=
features/talent/.
In northern Ohio, =94A Prairie Home Companion=94 airs on =
Saturdays at 6 =20
p.m. on 90.3-FM, WCPN (Cleveland public radio) and on 89.7-FM, WKSU.
Amidon, 22, is from Brattleboro, Vermont. He studies with =
Assistant =20
Professor of Jazz Percussion Billy Hart.
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 =93national treasure=94 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=F3, =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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Media Contact Only:
Marci Janas, Director of Conservatory Media Relations
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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margin-left: 0px; "><B><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"6"><SPAN =
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Stefan Amidon</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"6"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 24px;">, =
a Student at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music,=A0</SPAN></FONT></B></P><P=
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"6"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 24px;">Makes His National Radio Debut on =94A =
Prairie Home Companion=94 Saturday, April 21</SPAN></FONT></B></P><P =
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margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;">OBERLIN, OHIO =
(April 18, 2007)=97<FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
color=3D"#292929">Percussionist Stefan Amidon =9108, a jazz studies =
major at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College, will make =
his national radio debut on American Public Media=91s =94A Prairie Home =
Companion,=94 hosted by the inestimable Garrison Keillor, on Saturday, =
April 21, 2007. The program, which is broadcast on National Public Radio =
stations across the country, is presenting its first annual =94People in =
their Twenties Talent Show.=94 Stefan is a drummer with the honky-tonk =
band Sweetback Sisters, one of six musical acts vying for the talent =
show=92s top prize. Listeners are asked to vote online for their =
favorite act during the broadcast.</FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
color=3D"#292929">=A0More information about the talent show, and the =
Sweetback Sisters, is found on the program=92s web site:=A0<A =
href=3D"http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/features/talent/"><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
color=3D"#1E4257"><B>http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/features/talent/</=
B></FONT></A>.=A0</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#292929" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> </SPAN>In =
northern Ohio, =94A Prairie Home Companion=94 airs on Saturdays at 6 =
p.m. on 90.3-FM, WCPN (Cleveland public radio) and on 89.7-FM, =
WKSU.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
color=3D"#292929" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-tab-span" =
style=3D"white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Amidon, 22, is from Brattleboro, =
Vermont. He studies with Assistant Professor of Jazz Percussion Billy =
Hart.<FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
color=3D"#000000"><B></B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P><P style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#292929" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;"><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#000000"><B><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre"> </SPAN>The =
Oberlin Conservatory of Music</B></FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
color=3D"#000000">, founded in 1865 and situated amid 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 </FONT><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
color=3D"#000000"><I>Washington Post,</I></FONT><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#000000"> 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.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV =
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