Music Director, Oberlin Orchestras: Bridget-Michaele Reischl Director, Division of Conducting & Ensembles: Timothy Weiss Professor of Conducting: Robert Spano Choral Ensembles: Hugh Floyd Wind and Contemporary Ensembles: Timothy Weiss College-Community Winds: John Knight Jazz Ensembles: Wendell Logan College-Community Strings: Philip Highfill •Oberlin Symphony Orchestra • Acclaimed Conductor Robert Spano to Lead the Oberlin Conservatory Symphony Orchestra in Concert at Carnegie Hall • Two World Premiers, Including One by New York Composer Jason Eckardt, to be Presented by the CME at Merkin Hall • Acclaimed Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble to Perform with Violinist Jennifer Koh at New York City's Miller Theatre • Conservatory Orchestra to Embark on a Tour of The People's Republic of China Department Alumni		The Contemporary Music Ensemble, conducted by Timothy Weiss, performs Lutoslawksi's Jeux Venet. CURRICULA For students with a strong interest in conducting, Oberlin offers a five-year program combining graduate studies in conducting with an undergraduate major in performance, composition, music education, electronic and computer music, or musicology; students receive both the B.Mus. and the M.M. degrees. Graduate studies in conducting may have an instrumental or a choral emphasis. Students interested in this program should consult with the conducting department during their freshman year. Upon successful completion of an audition, students formally enter this program at the end of their junior year. Instruction in conducting includes courses in choral and instrumental conducting at the beginning and advanced levels. Baton and rehearsal techniques, score preparation, and interpretation are stressed. Advanced courses cover every aspect of the conductor's craft: harmonic and formal analysis, rhythmic security, aural imagery, knowledge of the instruments and voices, technique and vocabulary of gesture, group management and psychology, rehearsal techniques, and programming. Participating in student ensembles and assisting in their preparation for public performance is an essential part of the conducting curriculum. ALUMNI Conducting graduates have assumed positions in major colleges and universities and have become conductors and music directors of major symphony orchestras, opera orchestras, regional and municipal symphonies, and youth orchestras in the United States and abroad. Some of these organizations include the Buffalo and New York philharmonics, the Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Milwaukee, St. Louis, and Guatemala symphonies, and the Graz Opera House and New York City Opera orchestras.