[NEohioPAL]Career of Legendary Professor of Singing Richard Miller Celebrated with Oberlin Concert April 29
Marci Janas
Marci.Janas at oberlin.edu
Fri Apr 20 12:40:07 PDT 2007
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CAREER OF INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED PROFESSOR OF SINGING RICHARD MILLER
TO BE CELEBRATED AT THE OBERLIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC WITH A CONCERT =20
IN FINNEY CHAPEL ON SUNDAY, APRIL 29
OBERLIN, OHIO (APRIL 19, 2007)=97Internationally renowned vocal =20
pedagogue Richard Miller, who retired at the end of the 2005-06 =20
academic year after serving as a faculty member of the Oberlin =20
Conservatory of Music for 42 years, will be honored at a concert =20
featuring 10 of his former students, all of whom are in the midst of =20
critically acclaimed careers.
The concert, which is free and open to the public, is =20
Sunday, April 29, at 8 p.m. in Finney Chapel, located across from =20
Tappan Square at 90 North Professor Street, on the Oberlin College =20
campus. The program will include performances from bass-baritones =20
Andrew Nolen =9297 and Daniel Okulitch =9299; baritones David Adam Moore =
=20
=9297, Hugh Russell =9200, and Robert Sims =9288; tenors Salvatore =20
Champagne =9285 and Joel Sorensen =9289; mezzo soprano Marie Lenormand =20=
=9299; and sopranos Margaret Cusack =9275 and Kendra Colton =9283. =20
Champagne and Colton are also members of Oberlin=92s voice faculty; =20
Champagne is Associate Professor of Singing and Colton is Visiting =20
Assistant Professor of Voice. Pianists for the evening are Howard =20
Lubin and Curt Pajer. A reception will follow the concert in =20
Klutznick Commons at Peters Hall.
=93Richard Miller is a legend in the field of music,=94 =
says =20
Dean of the Conservatory David H. Stull. =93His contribution to Oberlin =20=
as an artist, teacher, and mentor has been utterly extraordinary. =20
Beyond Oberlin, his students have continually occupied the great =20
performance stages of the world and have transmitted his passion for =20
music to audiences and students alike. As a professor, his prodigious =20=
scholarly output and his teaching methods have shaped the curricula =20
of private teachers and conservatories throughout the world.=94
It is a testament to Miller=92s reputation that the =20
official journal of the National Association of Teachers of Singing =20
(NATS) published a Festschrift on the occasion of his 80th birthday. =20
Articles and essays by Miller=92s colleagues and admirers in the field =20=
fill the pages of the January/February 2007 issue of the Journal of =20
Singing. Martha Randall, president of NATS, writes in a preface to =20
the Festschrift that Miller is =93an icon in our profession.=94 An essay =
=20
by Paul Kiesgen, Professor of Music at Indiana University=92s School of =20=
Music, reads: =93I have never taken a voice lesson with Richard =20
Miller, yet I think of myself as one of his students. I have learned =20
as much about singing from Richard Miller as from anyone I have ever =20
encountered. =85 Through his teaching, extensive writings, and frequent =20=
appearances as a clinician, Richard Miller has influenced the =20
thinking of singers and teachers throughout the world.=94
Richard Miller
A native of Canton, Ohio, Richard Miller is the Wheeler Professor of =20
Singing (Emeritus) at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and founder, =20=
in 1989, of the Conservatory=92s Otto B. Schoepfle Vocal Arts Center, a =20=
high-tech studio where measurable analyses advance the art of =20
singing. He is the author of eight books about singing that are =20
standards in the field, as well as more than 120 scholarly articles. =20
His master classes are internationally acclaimed, and include =20
engagements in Austria=97where for 27 years he was visiting professor =20=
of singing at the famed Salzburg Mozarteum=97Australia, Canada, =20
England, France, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, =20
Switzerland, and nearly every state in America. His rich performance =20
career throughout Europe and America includes oratorio and recital =20
and some 50 operatic roles in more than 450 performances. He is the =20
recipient of numerous awards, honorary degrees, and honors, including =20=
France=92s coveted Chevalier/Officier, by L=92Ordre des Arts et Lettres.
Concert Artists and Program
Bass-baritone Andrew Nolen=92s performances include those with the =20
Edinburgh Festival, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, the =20
American Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival, and Music Academy =20
of the West, among others. He will sing a Schubert lied, =93An die =20
Leier,=94 and the aria =93Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni,=94 from Bellini=92s =
=20
opera La Sonnambula.
Daniel Okulitch first came to national attention on =20
Broadway as Schaunard in Baz Luhrmann=92s production of La Boh=E8me, a =20=
role the bass-baritone repeated in Los Angeles, and for which he =20
received the Ovation Award for Best Ensemble Performance from the Los =20=
Angeles Stage Alliance. He has since performed with opera companies =20
and orchestras throughout Europe and North America. He will sing =20
=93Love-Sight,=94 from Vaughan Williams=92 setting of Gabriel Dante =20
Rossetti=92s sonnet cycle House of Life, and an operatic aria.
Baritone David Adam Moore has appeared in more than 35 =20
principal roles with such major opera companies as New York City =20
Opera, Seattle Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and the New Israeli =20=
Opera in Tel Aviv. He will sing =93Hai gi=E0 vinta la causa =85 Vedr=F2 =20=
mentr=92 io sospiro=94 from Mozart=92s Le Nozze di Figaro and the =
=93Urlicht=94 =20
movement from Mahler=92s Symphony No. 2.
The young Canadian baritone Hugh Russell made his New =20
York City Opera debut as Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, also =20
performing the role with the Atlanta Opera. Other roles include =20
Harlequin in Ariadne auf Naxos under Kent Nagano at the Los Angeles =20
Opera, the Pilot in Rachel Portman=92s The Little Prince (Boston Lyric =20=
Opera), and Valentin in Faust (Pittsburgh Opera). He has been a =20
regular performer with the New York Festival of Song. Russell will =20
sing the comic aria =93Largo al factotum=94 from Rossini=92s Il Barbiere =
di =20
Siviglia and Schumann=92s =93Widmung.=94
Baritone Robert Sims is highly regarded for his moving =20
and authentic interpretations of African American spirituals in =20
recitals throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. His =20
performances in Japan of Leonard Bernstein=92s Opening Prayer with the =20=
Pacific Music Festival Orchestra were nationally televised. His =20
operatic credits include roles in Don Pasquale, Romeo et Juliette, =20
Die Zauberfl=F6te, Le Nozze di Figaro, Pagliacci, and La Traviata. Sims =20=
will sing a Roland Hayes arrangement of =93Lit=92l Boy,=94 Roland M. =20
Carter=92s arrangement of =93Is There Anybody Here?,=94 and Aaron =
Copland=92s =20
arrangement of =93I Bought Me a Cat.=94
Salvatore Champagne has appeared in a wide range of =20
lyric tenor roles with the ensemble of the Badisches Staatstheater in =20=
Karlsruhe, Germany, and he has appeared as a guest at some of =20
Europe=92s most prestigious opera houses, including the Opernhaus =20
Z=FCrich, Op=E9ra du Rhin in Strasbourg, Teatro Bellini in Catania, and =20=
the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. He will sing three Schubert =20
lieder: =93Ganymed,=94 =93An eine Quelle,=94 and =93Versunken.=94
Since his 1994 debut with New York City Opera, tenor =20
Joel Sorensen has given more than 200 performances in more than two =20
dozen productions, including The Magic Flute, Madama Butterfly, =20
Falstaff, Turandot, Salome, Of Mice and Men, La rondine, Les Contes =20
d'Hoffmann, Il trittico, and Mefistofele. He will sing =93Immer ist =20
Undank Loges Lohn!=94 from Wagner=92s Das Rheingold and
Brahms=92 =93Wie bist du, meine K=F6nigin.=94
Soprano Kendra Colton has been soloist with many leading =20=
orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra, and is particularly =20
sought after for baroque and classical repertoire, although she is =20
also a proponent of new music. She will sing two French songs, =20
Duparc=92s =93Chanson triste,=94 and Faur=E9=92s =93Soir.=94 She and =
tenor =20
Salvatore Champagne will also sing Schumann=92s =93In der Nacht.=94
French mezzo-soprano Marie Lenormand, a member of the =20
Houston Grand Opera Studio from 1999 to 2002, is also a distinguished =20=
oratorio singer. In addition to such operatic performances as the =20
title role in L=92incoronazione di Poppea, the Page in Rigoletto, and =20=
Thelma Predmore in the world premiere (Houston Grand Opera) of =20
Carlisle Floyd=92s Cold Sassy Tree, she was the alto soloist in Haydn=92s =
=20
Lord Nelson Mass under Robert Shaw, as well as in Elijah with a cast =20
headed by Sherrill Milnes. She will sing the aria =93Smanie =20
implacabili=94 from Mozart=92s Cosi fan tutte, and, from Ravel=92s opera =
=20
L=92heure espagnole, =93Oh! La pitoyable aventure.=94
Soprano Margaret Cusack made her Metropolitan Opera =20
debut in Elektra in 1999 under the baton of James Levine. With her =20
1985 New York City Opera debut as Micaela in Carmen, she became a =20
leading soprano with the company. She will sing Wolf=92s =93Mignon: =20
Kennst du das Land=94 and =93Hat dich die Liebe ber=FChrt=94 by Marx.
For more information about this and other Conservatory =20
concerts, please call the Conservatory=92s 24-hour Concert Hotline at =20=
440-775-6933 or visit www.oberlin.edu/con. Finney Chapel is =20
wheelchair accessible, and free parking is available throughout the =20
campus.
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, Christopher Robertson, 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 can also be found in major =20
orchestras and opera 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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style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px;"><I>CAREER OF INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED =
PROFESSOR OF SINGING RICHARD MILLER=A0</I></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN></P><P =
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style=3D"font-family:Palatino; color:black"><B><FONT =
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style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px;"><I>TO BE CELEBRATED AT THE OBERLIN =
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC WITH A CONCERT IN FINNEY CHAPEL ON SUNDAY, APRIL =
29</I></SPAN></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P =
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class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">OBERLIN, OHIO (APRIL =
19, 2007)=97Internationally renowned vocal pedagogue <B>Richard =
Miller,</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"> who retired at the =
end of the 2005-06 academic year after serving as a faculty member of =
the Oberlin Conservatory of Music for 42 years, will be honored at a =
concert featuring 10 of his former students, all of whom are in the =
midst of critically acclaimed careers. </SPAN></FONT><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
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style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0 </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"><B>The concert, which is free and open to =
the public, is</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"> <B>Sunday, April 29, =
at 8 p.m. in Finney Chapel, </B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">located across from Tappan Square at 90 North Professor Street, =
on the Oberlin College campus. The program will include performances =
from <B>bass-baritones Andrew Nolen =9297 </B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">and<B> Daniel Okulitch =9299; baritones David Adam Moore =9297, =
Hugh Russell =9200, </B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">and<B> Robert Sims =
=9288; tenors Salvatore Champagne =9285 </B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">and<B> Joel Sorensen =9289; mezzo soprano Marie Lenormand =9299; =
</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span"=
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">and<B> sopranos Margaret Cusack =9275 =
</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span"=
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">and<B> Kendra Colton =9283. =
</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span"=
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">Champagne and Colton are also members of =
Oberlin=92s voice faculty; Champagne is Associate Professor of Singing =
and Colton is Visiting Assistant Professor of Voice.<B> Pianists for the =
evening are Howard Lubin </B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">and<B> Curt =
Pajer.</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"> A reception will =
follow the concert in Klutznick Commons at Peters Hall. =
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count:1"><FONT =
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=A0=A0=A0 </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=93Richard Miller is a legend in the =
field of music,=94 says Dean of the Conservatory David H. Stull. =93His =
contribution to Oberlin as an artist, teacher, and mentor has been =
utterly extraordinary. Beyond Oberlin, his students have continually =
occupied the great performance stages of the world and have transmitted =
his passion for music to audiences and students alike. As a professor, =
his prodigious scholarly output and his teaching methods have shaped the =
curricula of private teachers and conservatories throughout the =
world.=94</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
style=3D"mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">It is a testament to Miller=92s reputation that the official =
journal of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) =
published a <I>Festschrift</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"> on the occasion of =
his 80th birthday. Articles and essays by Miller=92s colleagues and =
admirers in the field fill the pages of the January/February 2007 issue =
of the <I>Journal of Singing</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">. Martha Randall, president of NATS, writes in a preface to the =
<I>Festschrift</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"> that Miller is =93an =
icon in our profession.=94 An essay by Paul Kiesgen, Professor of Music =
at Indiana University=92s School of Music, reads:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN =
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=A0 </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=93I have never taken =
a voice lesson with Richard Miller, yet I think of myself as one of his =
students. I have learned as much about singing from Richard Miller as =
from anyone I have ever encountered. =85 Through his teaching, extensive =
writings, and frequent appearances as a clinician, Richard Miller has =
influenced the thinking of singers and teachers throughout the =
world.=94</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"><B>Richard Miller</B></SPAN></FONT><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">A native of Canton, Ohio, Richard Miller =
is the Wheeler Professor of Singing (Emeritus) at the Oberlin =
Conservatory of Music, and founder, in 1989, </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">of the Conservatory=92s Otto B. Schoepfle Vocal Arts Center, a =
high-tech studio where measurable analyses advance the art of =
singing.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"> He is the author of eight books about =
singing that are standards in the field, as well as more than 120 =
scholarly articles. His master classes are internationally acclaimed, =
and include engagements in </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">Austria=97where for =
27 years he was visiting professor of singing at the famed Salzburg =
Mozarteum=97Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, New Zealand, =
Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and nearly every state in =
America. His rich performance career throughout Europe and America =
includes oratorio and recital and some 50 operatic roles in more than =
450 performances. He is the recipient of numerous awards, honorary =
degrees, and honors, including France=92s coveted Chevalier/Officier, by =
L=92Ordre des Arts et Lettres. </SPAN></FONT><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"><B>Concert Artists and =
Program</B></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style=3D""><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""><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">Bass-baritone Andrew =
Nolen=92s performances include those with the Edinburgh Festival, Santa =
Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, the American Symphony Orchestra, =
Aspen Music Festival, and Music Academy of the West, among others. He =
will sing a Schubert lied, =93An die Leier,=94 and the aria =93Vi =
ravviso, o luoghi ameni,=94 from Bellini=92s opera <I><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"text-decoration: underline;">La =
Sonnambula.</SPAN></I></SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
style=3D"mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">Daniel Okulitch first came to national attention on Broadway as =
Schaunard in Baz Luhrmann=92s production of <I>La =
Boh=E8me</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">, a role the =
bass-baritone repeated in Los Angeles, and for which he received the =
Ovation Award for Best Ensemble Performance from the Los Angeles Stage =
Alliance. He has since performed with opera companies and orchestras =
throughout Europe and North America. He will sing =93Love-Sight,=94 from =
Vaughan Williams=92 setting of Gabriel Dante Rossetti=92s sonnet cycle =
<I>House of Life, </I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">and an operatic =
aria.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count:1"><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0 </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">Baritone David Adam Moore has appeared in =
more than 35 principal roles with such major opera companies as New York =
City Opera, Seattle Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and the New =
Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv. He will sing =93Hai gi=E0 vinta la causa =85 =
Vedr=F2 mentr=92 io sospiro=94 from Mozart=92s <I>Le Nozze di =
Figaro</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"> and the =93Urlicht=94 =
movement from Mahler=92s Symphony No. 2.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count:1"><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0 </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">The young Canadian baritone Hugh Russell =
made his New York City Opera debut as Figaro in <I>Il Barbiere di =
Siviglia, </I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">also performing the =
role with the Atlanta Opera.<I> </I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">Other roles include Harlequin in <I>Ariadne auf =
Naxos</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"> under Kent Nagano at =
the Los Angeles Opera, the Pilot in Rachel Portman=92s <I>The Little =
Prince</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"> (Boston Lyric =
Opera), and Valentin in <I>Faust</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;"> (Pittsburgh Opera). He has been a regular performer with the New =
York Festival of Song. Russell will sing the comic aria =93Largo al =
factotum=94 from Rossini=92s <I>Il Barbiere di =
Siviglia</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"> and Schumann=92s =
=93Widmung.=94</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><H1 =
align=3D"left" style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
style=3D"mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 48px;">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0 </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 48px;">Baritone Robert Sims =
is highly regarded for his moving and authentic interpretations of =
African American spirituals in recitals throughout the United States, =
Europe, and Asia. His performances in Japan of Leonard Bernstein=92s =
<I>Opening Prayer</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 48px;"> =
with the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra were nationally televised. His =
operatic credits include roles in <I>Don Pasquale, Romeo et Juliette, =
Die Zauberfl=F6te, Le Nozze di Figaro, =
Pagliacci,</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 48px;"> =
and <I>La Traviata</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; font-weight: normal; line-height: =
48px;">. Sims will sing a Roland Hayes arrangement of =93Lit=92l Boy,=94 =
Roland M. Carter=92s arrangement of =93Is</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
48px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; font-weight: normal; line-height: =
48px;">There Anybody Here?,=94 and Aaron Copland=92s arrangement of =93I =
Bought Me a Cat.=94<BR></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
style=3D"mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 48px;">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; font-weight: normal; line-height: =
48px;">Salvatore Champagne has appeared in a wide range of lyric tenor =
roles with the ensemble of the </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT=
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; font-weight: normal; line-height: =
48px;">Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe, Germany, and he has =
appeared as a guest at some of Europe=92s most prestigious opera houses, =
including the Opernhaus Z=FCrich, Op=E9ra du Rhin in Strasbourg, Teatro =
Bellini in Catania, and the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. He will =
sing three Schubert lieder: =93Ganymed,=94 =93An eine Quelle,=94 and =
=93Versunken.=94 </SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 48px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></H1><P =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
style=3D"mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">Since his 1994 debut with New York City Opera, tenor Joel =
Sorensen has given more than 200 performances in more than two dozen =
productions, including <I>The Magic Flute</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">, <I>Madama Butterfly</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">, <I>Falstaff</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">, =
<I>Turandot</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">, =
<I>Salome</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">, <I>Of Mice and =
Men</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">, <I>La =
rondine</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">, <I>Les Contes =
d'Hoffmann</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">, <I>Il =
trittico</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">, and =
<I>Mefistofele</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">. He will sing =93Immer=
ist Undank Loges Lohn!=94 from Wagner=92s <I>Das =
Rheingold</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"> and =
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">Brahms=92 =93Wie bist du, meine =
K=F6nigin.=94</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
style=3D"mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">Soprano Kendra Colton has been soloist with many leading =
orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra, and is particularly =
sought after for baroque and classical repertoire, although she is also =
a proponent of new music. She will sing two French songs, Duparc=92s =
=93Chanson triste,=94 and Faur=E9=92s =93Soir.=94 She and tenor =
Salvatore Champagne will also sing Schumann=92s =93In der =
Nacht.=94</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
style=3D"mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">French mezzo-soprano Marie Lenormand, a member of the Houston =
Grand Opera Studio from 1999 to 2002, is also a distinguished oratorio =
singer. In addition to such operatic performances as the title role in =
<I>L=92incoronazione di Poppea</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">, the Page in <I>Rigoletto</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">, and Thelma Predmore in the world premiere (Houston Grand Opera) =
of Carlisle Floyd=92s <I>Cold Sassy Tree</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">, she was the alto soloist in Haydn=92s <I>Lord Nelson =
Mass</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"> under Robert Shaw, =
as well as in <I>Elijah</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"> with a cast headed =
by Sherrill Milnes. She will sing the aria =93Smanie implacabili=94 from =
Mozart=92s <I>Cosi</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"> <I>fan =
tutte</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">, and, from Ravel=92s =
opera <I>L=92heure espagnole</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">, =93Oh! La pitoyable aventure.=94 </SPAN></FONT><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count:1"><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0 </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">Soprano Margaret Cusack made her =
Metropolitan Opera debut in <I>Elektra</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;"> in 1999 under the baton of James Levine. With her 1985 New York =
City Opera debut as Micaela in <I>Carmen</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">, she became a leading soprano with the company. She will sing =
Wolf=92s =93Mignon: Kennst du das Land=94 and =93Hat dich die Liebe =
ber=FChrt=94 by Marx.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"line-height: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><SPAN =
style=3D"mso-tab-count:1"><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">For more information about this and other Conservatory concerts, =
please call the Conservatory=92s 24-hour Concert Hotline at 440-775-6933 =
or visit </SPAN></FONT><A href=3D"http://www.oberlin.edu/con"><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: =
24px;">www.oberlin.edu/con</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">. Finney Chapel is =
wheelchair accessible, and free parking is available throughout the =
campus.</SPAN></FONT><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""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"><B>The Oberlin =
Conservatory of Music</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; 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></FONT><SPAN style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">Renowned internationally as a =
professional music school of the highest caliber and pronounced a =
=93national treasure=94 by the <I>Washington =
Post,</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;"> =
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; 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, =
Christopher Robertson, 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.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
align=3D"center" style=3D"text-align: center; text-indent: 0px;"><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px;"># # =
#</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D"text-align: auto;"><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: =
24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D""><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"text-decoration: =
underline;">Media Contact =
Only:</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P =
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt =
84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt =
336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;">Marci Janas, =
Director of Conservatory Media =
Relations</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D"mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt =
140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt; =
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><SPAN style=3D""><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13.3333px;">440-775-8328 (office); 440-667-2724 =
(cell); </SPAN></FONT><A href=3D"mailto:marci.janas at oberlin.edu"><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: =
13.3333px;">marci.janas at oberlin.edu</SPAN></FONT></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P=
><P class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt =
56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt =
308.0pt 336.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><SPAN =
style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"4"><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13.3333px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
style=3D""><SPAN style=3D""><FONT class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
size=3D"4"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">=A0</SPAN></FONT><SPAN =
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24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=3D"MsoNormal" =
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Janas</DIV><DIV style=3D"">Director of Conservatory Media =
Relations</DIV><DIV style=3D"">Oberlin Conservatory of Music</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"">39 West College Street</DIV><DIV style=3D"">Oberlin, OH=A0 =
44074</DIV><DIV style=3D"">www.oberlin.edu/con</DIV><DIV style=3D"">(P) =
440.775.8328</DIV><DIV style=3D"">(F) 440.775.5457</DIV><DIV style=3D""><A=
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