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Spring Symposium Flyer (PDF)
Speaker: Timothy Weiss, Ruth Strickland Gardner Professor of Music and Associate Professor of Conducting, Oberlin Conservatory
Date: Saturday, March 1, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Craig Lecture Hall
To sign up and for more information: Contact Carla Freyvogel at aida1898@yahoo.com
February 6 - The Heisman Club of Oberlin College is pleased to announce the second annual spring symposium entitled: Push Me, Pull Me: Collaboration and Competition in Art, Sports and Life. The symposium will take place on Saturday, March 1 from 11am to 3 pm, in Craig Lecture Hall.
The lead speaker is Timothy Weiss, the Ruth Stickland Gardner professor of music and an associate professor of conducting in the Conservatory. Mr. Weiss most recently received critical acclaim for his masterful leading of the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble in Lost Highway, a dramatic musical theater work, at its premiere in New York City. He has been praised for his keen ability to bring coherence and polish to contemporary works of music. Mr. Weiss holds a diploma from the Royal Music Conservatory in Brussels, Belgium and degrees from Northwestern University and the University of Michigan.
Mr. Weiss will speak about challenges facing performers of all types when it comes to collaboration and competition. Musicians and athletes certainly confront the necessity of collaboration, striving to work together to produce a result that is greater than the sum of its parts. These same performers face competition, as well, as they endeavor to perform at their own highest level. A similar tension can be found in classroom situations, in the work force, in interpersonal relationships and on a biological and evolutionary level.
Mr. Weiss’ lecture will be followed by a performance by the students in Nusha Martynuk’s Improvisational Performance Class. There will be 8 performers, dancing and making sound, demonstrating the collaboration that is required for effective improvisation.
A panel discussion will follow the performance. Participants on the panel will include Blake New (Oberlin Men’s Soccer Coach), Nusha Martynuk (Professor of Dance), Peter Slowik (Professor of Viola, Oberlin Conservatory), Joan Glenn- Katsakis (Assistant General Counsel, Forest City Enterprises, Inc.) and Cameron Leverett, ‘06 (Life Insurance Underwriter and Sergeant and COC Watch Chief, US Marine Corps Reserve).George Smith, class of 1987, a bureau reporter for ESPN news, will moderate the discussion, as he did last year. The panel will explore the concepts of collaboration and competition as they apply to their individual areas of expertise and experience.
This symposium grew out of the commitment of the Heisman Club to expand its efforts beyond athletics, into the broader Oberlin community. Historically an athletic booster club of sorts, the Heisman Club was founded in 1978 with the objective of strengthening Oberlin’s athletic program. The club has been very successful. Through the years, the club has funded major capital improvements, sponsored awards programs for athletes, and provided general financial support to the athletics department and coaches.
In recent years, the Heisman Club has expanded its mission. Along with Athletic Director, Joe Karlgaard, the Club now believes the Athletic Department should promote wellness, general fitness, active lifestyles, and lifetime sports, as well as varsity and intramural sports. Furthermore, the Oberlin community is teaming with performers in many arenas: on the playing fields, in the labs and classrooms, in the Conservatory, in Warner and Hales gyms, and so on. The efforts of the Heisman Club now include helping those performers discover and appreciate their common goals.
Lunch will be served. The program will conclude at 3 pm.
For more information or to sign up, contact Carla Freyvogel at aida1898@yahoo.com.
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