[NEohioPAL] This Week at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music

[Marci Janas]

Hello everyone--

This e-digest from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music is filled
with exciting news and thrilling events for this weekend and beyond!

The Legendary Marilyn Horne Returns for Oberlin Residency
September 28-October 2








For the third year in a row, the incomparable Marilyn Horne, regarded  
as one of the great mezzo-sopranos of the 20th century, will be in  
residence at the Conservatory as Distinguished Professor of Voice.  
Included in her residency, which runs from September 28 through  
October 2, are two public master classes in Finney Chapel: Friday,  
September 28, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, September 30, at 2 p.m.

Full Story >



Acclaimed Musicians Present HIV/AIDS Awareness Concerts This Fall









According to statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control  
and Prevention, more than 1,000,000 Americans are living with HIV,  
and one quarter of these are unaware of their infection. Of the  
approximately 40,000 new HIV infections that occur each year in the  
U.S., half occur in young adults under the age of 25. That you were  
unlikely aware of these statistics is one reason why Oberlin College  
has received a grant from the Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation  
to increase HIV/AIDS awareness.
Two concerts this fall—by acclaimed pianist Barbara Nissman on  
September 30 and by the “Bono of Pakistan,” Salman Ahmad, on  
October 5—are the by-products of that grant, and are intended to  
wake us all from our quotidian slumber.

Full Story >




SHOULD YOU FIND YOURSELF IN CLEVELAND TONIGHT OR THIS WEEKEND ....

A ‘Peer’-less Adventure with the Cleveland Orchestra for  
Conservatory Soloists and Choir in Peer Gynt



The Oberlin College Choir, prepared by Associate Professor of Choral  
Conducting Hugh Floyd, will be joined by six Conservatory singers  
selected to perform as soloists in the Cleveland Orchestra’s  
presentation of Peer Gynt. Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts the renowned  
ensemble’s rare performance of Edvard Grieg’s incidental music to  
Henrik Ibsen’s fantastical play. It all happens on the stage of  
Severance Hall Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, September 27-29, at 8  
p.m.

Full Story >





It’s Official: Oberlin Is ‘… Home to One of the Country’s Best  
Music Conservatories,’ According to U.S. News & World Report











Editorial coverage of Oberlin College in the 2008 print edition of  
U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges guide, in which  
Oberlin ranked 20th among the “Best Liberal Arts Colleges,”  
reveals what Obies have always known: “Its reputation as one of the  
best undergraduate music schools in the country benefits even  
nonmusical students … .”

Read more at http://www.oberlin.edu/con/



New York Times Article Calls the Conservatory a “Hotbed of  
Contemporary-Classical Players”









An article by classical music critic Steve Smith in the Sunday,  
September 2 edition of The New York Times shines a light on the  
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), formed at Oberlin in 2001.  
Smith interviewed several ICE members, including co-founder Claire  
Chase ’01, and called the Conservatory “a hotbed of contemporary- 
classical players.”

Full Story >



The Conservatory Launches Master of Music Teaching Program








The Conservatory is redefining music education for the 21st century  
with a new Master of Music Teaching (MMT) program. While Oberlin’s  
MMT program reflects the interests of the millennial generation—the  
desire to pursue a performance career, a dedication to investing in  
and improving local communities, and a passion for spreading the joy  
of music through teaching—area schools will also benefit.

Full Story >




For more information about upcoming events at the Oberlin  
Conservatory of Music, please visit

http://www.oberlin.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/events/cal_conservatory.pl


To remain current with new developments at the Conservatory, please  
visit

http://www.oberlin.edu/con


Best wishes to you for a wonderful weekend!

-Marci Janas





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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