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| Conservatory Students to Headline Kennedy Center Event February 23, 2005
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"Mr. Domingo, I'm from the Oberlin Conservatory
of Music and I graduate this year." Students from the Conservatory will have the ultimate performance and networking opportunity on Friday, Feb. 25, when they perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. during its prestigious Conservatory Project Series. The free concert takes place from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Center's Terrace Theatre, and will be broadcast live on the Kennedy Center web site. The performances will also be archived on the site for future listening. The Conservatory Project Series, a new program for developing and presenting young talent from the nation's leading music conservatories, is part of the Center's Millennium Stage Initiative. "The Conservatory Project creates an ongoing showcase for our nation's exceptional young musical artists," says Michael M. Kaiser, president of the Kennedy Center, "and is a wonderful opportunity for them to be heard on a national stage." The Kennedy Center offers the music series twice a year as a means of introducing Washington audiences to young performers who show extraordinary talent with performances of classical music, jazz, and opera. National Public Radio will record the performances, which will be broadcast via the Kennedy Center's website. Student participants also will have the opportunity to be critiqued by world-renowned musicians, including Leonard Slatkin and Placido Domingo. "We welcome this wonderful opportunity to demonstrate on a national level Oberlin's pursuit of excellence," says Andrea Kalyn, associate dean of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. "By inviting Oberlin to participate, our nation's performing arts leaders have affirmed that our school offers one of the country's finest music programs." Oberlin's Friday night performance is one of a series of six nights of concerts, each presented by a different school Five sets of musicians, each selected by different departments in the Conservatory, will represent Oberlin at the Kennedy Center. The Oberlin program includes: • Yuncong Zhang '07, violinist, and pianist Scott Meek '05 Carmen, fantasie brillante (1877) by Jenö Hubay (1858-1937) • Todd Boyce '05, baritone, with pianist Yingying Su '07 Selections from Mörike-Lieder (1889): Heimweh; Der Jäger; Die Geister am Mummelsee by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) • Emily Brebach '05, oboist, accompanied by pianist James Howsmon, associate professor of instrumental accompanying Concerto for Oboe II. Poco andante III. Poco allegro by Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) • Jasper Quartet: J Freivogel '06 and Evan Few '06, violins; Sam Quintal '06, viola; Rachel Henderson '06, cello String Quartet No. 4 (1928) by Béla Bartók (1881-1945) • Yury Shadrin '05, pianist Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante by Frederick Chopin (1810-1849) |
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